Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Golokhov
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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 delete. Majorly (o rly?) 14:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dave Golokhov
Found this page while moving a page for a new user. It certainly contravenes WP:COI, but as for actual notability and sourcing, having no knowledge of US sports, I have No Opinion. Can an admin remove the original page Dave golokhov, as it is now pointless? EliminatorJR Talk 17:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- Weak Delete. He doesn't seem to satisfy the requirements of the WP:BIO guideline. He hasn't been written about by multiple non-trivial sources. (A flurry in the Letters to the Editor of the publication he works for isn't non-trivial and as far as I can tell it didn't spread past askmen.com.) He has received no significant awards. His writings are not part of a curriculum and have not been cited. He did not create a new theory, nor is he considered an innovator by his peers. He's one of ten thousand sports writers. Perhaps some day he will win a significant award or be considered among the best in his field, but for now he appears to be non-notable. --Charlene 18:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- Response To Weak Delete To satisfy the requirements of the WP:BIO guideline, one does not have to be considered among "the best in the field" or "considered an innovator by his peers".
There are hundreds of sports athletes who are not viewed as such with pages on Wikipedia and there are countless sports writers with a smaller following than the current writer considered. Dave Golokhov does has been written about by multiple non-trivial sources such as USAToday and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His article reach is along the MSN Network, which includes having his articles featured on MSN.com - the internet's largest website. There are only a handful of Canadians who have accomplished that feat. When googled, 11 pages worth of content surfaces. Furthermore, his recent appearance on a sports talk show - The Grill Room on Sun TV, makes him their youngest guest ever. His articles are referenced on Wikipedia pages, such as NFL Superstar Chad Johnson (Top 10 Sports Showboats) as well as 'List of Famous NHL Linemates'. If a page like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buffery is allowed to exist, then surely this page should as well. --Dave]] 23:33, 4 March 2007
- Delete non-notable journalist. MLA 11:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
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