Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlie Wade

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The result of the debate was keep. Babajobu 04:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charlie Wade

Delete, or Merge with Wahine Volleyball; not notable enough to warrant separate article.

Keep 1. He's not with the Wahine Volleyball program, he joined a different team. 2. He caused a HUGE uproar with the gay communittee, the NCAA and which got him mentioned in every other newspaper in the country. 3. Well known in volleyball across the nation. --Masssiveego 08:55, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, add any relevant info to Wahine Volleyball. The notable comment Masssiveego mentions is only in relation to the Wahine logo, therefore it belongs in that article. Other than that one comment, and while I'm sure he's a great, well-known, coach, he's not notable enough to have his own entry in the encyclopedia. Powers 14:47, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

That is incorrect he caused changes with the entire Universities logo system, which including both the Wahine and UH Warriors logos, from the rainbow to the H logo. I disagree, he should have his own entry due to his story having national coverage. Charlie has been to, and affected more then 3 states.

Hawaii alone he is front of crowds of 10,000, has been front of a crowd of more then 10,000 in Nebraska. Has been seen by more then a million people across the state. Is in many major newspapers, as newsworthy. --Masssiveego 00:38, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Not quite. Charlie Wade wasn't the reason why the logo was changed. It was due partially to the negative connotation of the word "rainbow" held by people unfamiliar with the term's history in Hawaii, and partially due to trademark enforcement issues with the old logo. While his comments were somewhat controversial, he did not cause the entire UH system to change its logo. 青い(Aoi) 06:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep with cleanup tag, a number of references [1] -- Astrokey44|talk 05:33, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, Astrokey's search shows media coverage. Kappa 02:32, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Astrokeys's refs but Major cleanup needed Jcuk 23:40, 6 February 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.