Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hugh Evans

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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 keep. Carioca 07:00, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hugh Evans

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deleteSeems non notable, and I observe the creator, or editors, are largely former students from this school. As such, it appears to exist largely as a effort at reflected glory from the editors former schools alumni. I have clicked on the links, and there seems nothing notable about the bodies, any more than a thousand other self appointed volunteer groups with their own webpage. I'd support the Oak foundation having a page, but for this guy to have one purely based on the fact he is a member of this nonentity body is pretty obviously fake. Some of the stuff is token in the extreme as a desperate attempt to create notability... he carried the Olympic Torch? Him and about 1000 other people in Australia Jembot99 07:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak keep. Young Australian of the Year seems to be a legit, significant award. Clarityfiend 01:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
    • comment- no references to any of it though... also dubious of the award, is it really more noteworthy than a Rhodes scholar? and we don't list those. It's current format is also clearly unacceptable, he's not that noteworthy, even if he did win.JJJ999 01:25, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. It is certainly a notable enough award presented in a nationally televised ceremony see [1]. It is a secondary award to Australian of the Year awarded to Steve Waugh in that year. However the article needs to be rewritten as it is a resume. Capitalistroadster 03:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. —Capitalistroadster 03:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Some fairly simple checks before listing and commenting could have saved everybody a lot of time. Mr Evans most certainly did win the Young Australian of the year award, as a fairly basic check would have told you.[2] It is a very significant honour awarded by the Australian government and announced every Australia Day. Previous winners have included Lleyton Hewitt, Kieren Perkins, Bryan Gaensler and Simone Young. The announcement of the winners of the Australian of the Year awards attracts major media coverage, usually including front page coverage in every major daily in the nation. A search for sources will certainly find plenty. The article needs work, although it is isn't as bad as some commenters earlier have made out. -- Mattinbgn\ talk 03:31, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
    • comment I admit I didn't see the Young Australian bit initially, mainly because it isn't even IN the text of the article, only the sidebar, and none of it is referenced. I guess just clean up...JJJ999 03:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Young Australian of the year, found of an organisation with minor (but enough) notability Recurring dreams 01:48, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Per Capital. Twenty Years 08:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Young Australian of the Year. John Vandenberg 11:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


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