Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Ray

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 of the debate was Keep. Deizio talk 21:57, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mary Ray

vanity Greece666 23:22, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Not notable. DarthVader 23:35, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I know very little about dog training, but she seems like she might be a notable trainer. She probably qualifies under author guidelines of WP:BIO [1] [2], she was used as one of the three experts on an episode of the BBC program Faking It [3], and she got a pretty strong mention in this article in The Guardian. There's probably more; that's just what I turned up with a casual search. If someone more familiar with the subject (Hint! Hint!) could add some of this stuff to the stub, we'd have a nice little article. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 05:54, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• The Guardian article also mentions that she's a two-time champion at Crufts (no, it's not what you're thinking). -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 06:00, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete unless properly referenced. Stifle (talk) 15:11, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

It can't be "vanity" as I am not Mary Ray. I'm an amateur dog handler. I looked to see what the Wikipedia had on Mary Ray and was suprised that there was nothing. Hence I added this article. I would have thought being the leading figure in a field or disclipline would make someone notable? Anyway, I'm not particularly bothered if you decide to delete it, I just wanted to counter those points. Cptoatsy 15:21, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I re-checked the article and my initial conclusion was evidently wrong: as it is now the article is a good contribution(still needs editing, wikifying, references though). Cptoatsy: pls have in mind that dozens of articles are nominated for deletion daily and that when i nominated it for deletion it was two lines long. i suggest you create your user page and keep up the good work! best--Greece666 15:44, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep (after the expansion mentioned above.) Needs wikification (and I didn't check who screwed up the links, but some of the redlinks can be easily fixed.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 16:17, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

lol Im the one who screwd up the links! thx for fixing them up- however, have in mind that red links are not always useless.--Greece666 17:00, 21 May 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.