Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff lavin
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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. PeaceNT 04:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Jeff lavin
Professional snowboarder article without much notability; was tagged for speedy and contested, the talk page suggests 400k+ ghits, with quotes around the name there are less - it's apparently a common name. But searching for the name in quotes and snowboard* only 318 ghits. Carlossuarez46 20:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. Holds no records, so is not notable. Also looks like a promotional entry. •Malinaccier• T/C 20:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- Strong Delete Googling this guy comes up with few entries, most of which aren't him. This article seems to be just an ad, and is supported by the fact that there are so many external links to his site, and snowboarding sites littering the article. Toon 20:44, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. Someone obviously doesn't understand how to cite sources - you don't include external links to the homepage of a site; you say how that site mentions the subject in question.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 21:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- Strong delete. Not notable, I feel that he does not meet the criteria of notability for inclusion in Wikipedia. Snowboarding is a little awkward to assess but he appears not to have won any awards or a major championship or been selected to represent his country at, for example, the Olympics or to have taken part in a national championship. I found 46 ghits for "Jeff Lavin" +snowboard[1], most of which seem to be primary sources, where he has uploaded a video or written a profile of himself on, e.g. a forum or myspace, or is mentioned on a sponsor's site or in passing by another person. The Sugarloaf link opens to a golf course, the Sunday River link to a vacation site, the Aspen Open link to another vacation site. In fact, there are an awful lot of links to commercial sites, including his sponsors, and even a 'Contact Jeff Lavin.' link and I agree that this appears to be a promotional entry. That could be edited out but there appears to be no reliable third party sources to be able to do so. --Malcolmxl5 21:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- Delete - Fails WP:BIO and looks totally promotional. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 23:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
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