Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craig Lamb

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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 was No consensus. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-27 08:05Z

[edit] Craig Lamb

Craig Lamb (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Does not meet WP:V -Nv8200p talk 03:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete. Not a very notable person. --Knobbly 04:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep: Appears to have some (limited) coverage.[1] Chovain 04:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - couldn't get anything but trivial mentions out of Google. Fails WP:V. MER-C 04:54, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:V. ŞρІϊţ ۞ ĨήƒϊήίтҰ (тąιк|соήтяївѕ) 05:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, WP:V, WP:BIO. Terence Ong 05:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Competed in international tournament. Meets criteria for sportspeople. (Article: "Top U.S. paddle team beaten", The Houston Chronicle, Pg. 17, November 5, 1995, Sunday, 4 STAR Edition for anyone who's interested; found two others too) -- Sources don't need to be electronic, they can be paper too. - Mgm|(talk) 10:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Please add these sources to the article! They don't have to be electronic but they have to be there.--Dmz5 17:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Done. - Mgm|(talk) 09:40, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not notable enough. Looks like an autobiography. Julius Sahara 15:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
A sportsperson ranked first in their field who played international matches not notable? Please explain how you come to that conclusion. - Mgm|(talk) 09:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
According to the article, he is ranked 237th in the world. None of those ranked 1-236. appear to have Wikipedia biographies. If Paddle tennis is such a minor sport, then participation at an international tournament hardly justitifies stand-alone article on this player. More information about notability of this sport is needed. Julius Sahara 12:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Being totally notable in a totally obscure field is a weird thing to be. Ford MF 10:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak delete Worldwide, he may be 237th, but he's best in Canada. As far as I could figure out, he's playing the variant of paddle tennis that's also called padel. The variant invented in 1969, not the variant invented in 1898. Padel doesn't have its own Wikipedia article, but it's quite possible it should. They seem to have professional leagues in Spain and Argentine, possibly Mexico, but alas, I cannot read Spanish. I'd really prefer the article about padel to be made first. Secateur 00:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
My fault, Wikipedia does have its own Wikipedia article, but it's called padel tennis. That article has problems of its own, but it seems like padel tennis is a huge thing in Spain and Argentine. I'll leave that to editors fluent in Spanish. I found some international ranking at http://www.padelfip.com/rankingM2.html which ranks him as 114th in a 33-way tie, together with three other Canadians. And, by the way, this article is about the Canadian padel player, not the Scottish badminton player with the same name.Secateur 01:04, 21 December 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.