Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Duguid
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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. Seraphimblade Talk to me 11:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] James Duguid
Borderline notability. An MSN (and not Google, as it is very misleading) websearch suggests there are a few James Duguids out there, none of whom are that notable. If the AFD fails, there needs to be a rewrite of this article - it seems written by a fan or this dude Montchav 18:35, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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- This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 12:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Delete - seems more like spam than an article. Betaeleven 14:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - good luck sorting through this mess, it seems like most of the comments were added by the same anonymous user who vandalized my user page today. Betaeleven 20:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Me and my friend Liam, who are regular riders, just noticed that the James Duguid page was going to be deleted. We were checking to see if Duguid has a website we could look at for his events or some more pictures of his riding. This page is far better than other riders pages like Steve Peat [steve peat] and his isn't being deleted. (Please don't deleted that as well, because Peat is a legend) --Thank Mike Balwik and Laim Dobson
- Comment- I'm unsure about this one. Maybe we could merge it with some article on freeride as the section is quite smallh i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 16:05, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Keep - the current article is essentially an unreferenced stub, but I imagine that there is room for expansion, and referencing available. For example, a quick google search without much thought or effort produced [1] from an online large cycling forum. It may be a fluff piece, but it does represent a reliable source, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Whpq (talk • contribs) 16:45, March 14, 2007 (UTC)
- Keep - fair point: if it was written by this guy, then wouldnt he have more pictures and it be a bit more of a self appraisal(i.e a big up), plus I followed the links, and put this guys name into the British Google, it came back with about 6 or 7 races from the late nineties, (thats a far as records go back, come on this isn't the biggest sport, not like football) and some links are to the Pink!bike website (which is a forum for cyclists)- --kookokatchoo talk thyme 19:53, 16 March, 2007 (GTM)
- Keep - Why should you delete a page that, has information about British Freeriders, when so few are lacking in promotion because Britain it is a little fish in the sport, compared to canada and america. This page just gives information to up and coming riders, provides motivation and information, for those who want to be active, surely thats a good thing?
I've clicked on the links seen that he's a good rider, and seen some sticker bikes on ebay, but this page i dont think is an advertisement for them. I think this page is helpful --Shultz12 talk thyme 12:50 16 March 2007 (GMT)
- Transwiki - Seems to fail WP:BIO, as he was active in junior categories, rather than at least the highest level of amateur competition: it seems to me that the race results are irrelevant. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not for advocacy or advertisement (WP:NOT), so providing motivation and support is not a valid reason for keeping a page. It may be a good thing, but out of place. This article could be transwikied to Bicycling Wiki. --Severo 00:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, and good luck to whoever gets to sort out this page! Severo 00:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Contest of Speedy Deletion: A large community of bike riders has grown in the Brighton (England) and surrounding area. Its thanks to The Sticker Bike that using scrapped and unwanted bikes off the streets and dumped in town. It has made cycling more popular with the students and younger adults of Brighton and this promotes exercise and healthy living. It should be recognised that creating bikes with thin handlebars and in smaller sizes means that they are easy to store in flats and apartments and small rented rooms that are often quite hard to bicycles in.
The aim of the Sticker Bike is riding around having fun not to make a profit, just to provide transport for students and transport for couriers to do their jobs.
James Duguid should be recognised as a contributor to the cycling industry and as cyclist himself
[edit] Image licensing help
Hi - I looking for some info on the licensing of the actual piccy of James on the page. I see that the creator is claimed as Claire Beaumont and it licensed for public domain. However the same picture arrived on Commons over a week ago with creation claimed as here but also another uploader and then "Franscio for Torque Magazine". Obviously correct licensing is very important here on other wikis - info at my talk page here or on Commons (same name) or on this page would be very helpful. Thanks --Herby talk thyme 13:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
Torque magazine is a magazine run/sponsored by Evans Cycles UK LTD, Claire Beaumont works for this company, pictures taken on behalf of the company are freely licensed to other company employees. If you would like to address the company on this matter please email either estates@evanscycles.com or claire.beaumont@evanscycles.com you can visit the website www.evanscycles.com and then find the contact section and send a letter or email about Torque magazine. Hope this is helpful -- --Cookies80 talk thyme 11:52, 16 March, 2007 (UTC)
Redirected from Discussion - --kookokatchoo talk thyme 19:53, 16 March, 2007 (GTM)
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