Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Petrosino

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. Compelling nomination; observation re GBW deleting the same is also pertinent. -Splash - tk 18:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steven Petrosino

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The subject of the article is notable for one thing only: for breaking beer-drinking records when he was a young man, notably in 1977. He has a Wikipedia account himself (apparently), yet there is nothing else to suggest that he merits a full biography for any other reason (having a PhD, being a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, being a Mensa member, having been in the Marines and being married with two adult children just add up to nothing in terms of real notability). Fails WP:BLP1E. The external links in the article appear not to be reliable sources (blogs, mainly), there are no Google News or Google Scholar hits, and the only reliable sources for this biography appear to be documentation of his drinking records. I don't know, maybe we can have an article on him, but I'm not sure he passes WP:BIO right now. What do you think? h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 23:01, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

• See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Schumann (adventurer), a similar Guinness World Records holder who was notable for nothing else than being a record breaker, and that got deleted.-h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 23:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, not possible to verify whether he was competing at the top level of his sport. I mean, if this were like the Nathan's hot dog contest.... --Dhartung | Talk 00:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Note: Steven Petrosino's 1977 recorded entry is the last beer drinking record to be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records before they (Guinness World Records Limited) removed beer drinking related events from their scope. On this basis this information is of wide interest, more in relation to the history of Guinness Book of World Records, rather than any negative impacts it may have on the Dr Steven Petrosino of today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.26.225 (talk) 08:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

• delete the Guinness Book of World Records saw fit to drop the category of beer drinking records from it's roster of tracked accomplishments, I don't think Wikipedia is obliged to pick up the slack. Even if WP were to decide that this is a record worth tracking, then it would deserve an article on the event listing this name. Per the spirit of WP:BLP1E, an biographical article of this otherwise non-notable individual isn't merited, at most his name ought to be listed in an article covering the putatively notable activity. Pete.Hurd 14:52, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

"do not delete" This article is interesting and should not be deleted. I think that it's reasonable to have Wikipedia entries on Guinness record holders, and the fact that the title has been removed from the Guinness record book doesn't negate the fact that it was won. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.192.55 (talk) 03:02, 10 November 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.