Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Christopher Johnson

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The result was delete. Sr13 03:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Matthew Christopher Johnson

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Non-notable child snowboarder. Winning youth competitions does not make one notable. Oli Filth 23:37, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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• delete agree. wikipedia already has too many child 'future stars' articles that also need deleting. Pharmboy 23:40, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• dont delete I've heard of matt before and i dont think hes just a future child star he already has a career in snowboarding and though some people dont think thats important i think it should be here so people who want to read about him can. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johnwhiles (talk • contribs).

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please sign your comments, and dont write in front of another signature, so it appears I wrote your article. Pharmboy 00:04, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy delete. How precisely have you heard of the subject's snowboarding prowess when there's not a single relevent Google hit? Single purpose account, both edits on this AfD...I smell WP:MEAT. Bullzeye^{Complaint Dept./Contribs)} 00:01, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

"Career in snowboarding" does not equal "notable". Especially not without Reliable sources. Oli Filth 00:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Some of the sources are rather old and would not bear out the claims of sponsorship. Absence of Google hits corroborates the unverifiability. Further, I'm suspicious that his first win was the "Carol Games," given that his mother's name is Carol. I'm still assuming good faith, but I don't think there's a case for notability here under WP:BIO—certainly not any case backed up with reliable sources. —C.Fred (talk) 00:17, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Don't Delete I dont know much about this kid but i know theres a snowboarding competition called the carol games, its a rather small competition but its deffently possible that he won the 3 medals —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohioman779 (talk • contribs) 00:27, 27 July 2007 — Ohioman779 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

DELETE/DONT DELETE??Matt is my boyfriends brother. I read everything written and im pretty sure its all true, but i dont think he wants somthing on wikipedia written about him that he hasnt seen.. especially that its written by someone he mostly likley doesnt know. even though the information is true, i think matt should be informed about what it says before its kept —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mdobelle88 (talk • contribs). — Mdobelle88 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

I don't think he has any more say than anyone else about that, as long as the article isn't defamitory. Autobiographies aren't allowed, so anything that would ever be allowed would have to be written without his consent, again, as long as it wasn't false, etc. Pharmboy 02:02, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per lack of significant coverage from independent sources. Corpx 02:41, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete While it gets a bit confusing due to an older skier named Matthew Johnson from Alaska, I'm not finding much in Google. I can't even find the companies that are supposedly sponsoring him. Trivia section is suggestive of a joke article. Fail to see Notability. - Fordan (talk) 21:03, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

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