Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Candice Forword

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Mailer Diablo 22:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Candice Forword

Prod noticed placed by User:Doug Bell with reason "Non-notable athlete, possible vanity." My experience tells me international sportspeople typically get kept; I'm bringing it here for wider discussion. No recommendation from me, though given the creator's wide involvement in the area of sport, I'm doubting this is vanity. Jonel | Speak 05:32, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep, she didn't get in the national team, though she has won a few notable field hockey awards --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 05:35, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
  • She didn't get in the team for the Olympics, but she had made her international debut the year before. Bhoeble 15:30, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep - google search yields many seemingly relevant results. Wickethewok 05:36, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - as the person who put it on prod, it doesn't seem to meet the minimal threshold of notability. —Doug Bell ^{talk•contrib} 06:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep - seems to have missed the team for the olympics but is probably very much on the fringes of selection. Darius Dhlomo, who created this has 10,000+ sport edits, so unless he is the sports agent of every athlete in the world, I don't think it is vanity.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 11:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - pretty arcane, as far as I can tell, but I trust the sports judgment of a guy who's apparently made 10,000 sports edits more than I trust my own. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 12:40, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep International team member. Bhoeble 15:29, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable --Masssiveego 08:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I'd like to point out the WP:BIO guidelines for determining notability for sportspeople. You decide if this bio meets this threshold:

Sportspeople who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in an individual professional sport, or at the highest level in mainly amateur sports, including college sports in the United States. Articles about first team squad members who have not made a first team appearance may also be appropriate, but only if the individual is at a club of sufficient stature that most members of its squad already have articles.

Of course, "most members of its squad already have articles" is a weak criteria since it doesn't seem to take into consideration that somebody could create articles for every member of a non-notable team and then argue that each bio is justified because everyone else on the team has one. —Doug Bell ^{talk•contrib} 10:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.