Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sidney McKnight

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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. --Kinu t/c 06:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sidney McKnight

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Lack of notability. I know that there are those who will say that being in the Olympics is in itself sufficient for notabilty. I respectfully disagree. Something needs to be published about the person, other than the barebones Canadian Olympic Committee database bio and the one line entries in newspaper tables that report the Olympics. Sidney McKnight has no other publication existance. --Bejnar 20:56, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment Surely something was published at the time, and we're not judging a 1976 athlete by 2007 web results? --Dhartung | Talk 21:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
No, I searched Lexis and newspaperarchive.com (both for-pay services) and found no articles about him, just single line entries about his defeat in Olympic results tables. I did find out a fair amount about a non-notable Sidney McKnight in Greenville, Mississippi in the 1950s. --Bejnar 23:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, WjBscribe 23:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep WP:BIO says "Competitors who have played or competed at the highest level in amateur sports." are notable. Is already marked as stub. Will be expanded eventually...--Dacium 01:10, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Being in the Olympics is in itself sufficient for notability. The nominator is respectfully disagreeing with established Wikipedia policy and that's no basis on which to delete this article. Expanding an article like this, not deleting it, would be a better use of his time. Nick mallory 01:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep. I agree with Dacium that amateur boxers in the olympics are themselves notable. Also, I agree with Nick Mallory concerning expansion, not deletion.--Thomas.macmillan 02:17, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep They did box in the Olympics...pretty dang notable for some! Jmlk17 05:21, 30 April 2007 (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.