Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Igor Kenk

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The result was keep. Jayjg ^(talk) 04:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Igor Kenk

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This one's going to be controversial. It's a bicycle thief, which by itself is completely non-notable. Even a spree of thefts doesn't satisfy the criminal inclusion criteria.

What complicates it are the high profile sources. Some of those sources, however, are bureau chiefs or similar regional posts doing online articles for the respective areas. Beyond those I don't know if this has widespread coverage. That coverage also suggests some human interest-style reporting, which I don't believe meets WP:N. Shadowjams (talk) 04:30, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The most notable person in the world in any activity is notable, if there are reliable sources to prove it--as in this case. DGG ( talk ) 17:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. LOL the most notable bicycle thief in the world. he he. It is stuff like this that keeps me coming back. keep per dgg. Turqoise127 (talk) 22:26, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note - Maybe it highlights some fundamental differences about what WP:N means, but I'm pretty confident that it does not mean the "most notable...in any activity," unless that's meant in some sort of tautological game, which I don't think is what you mean. For an easy example, the most notable person at highschool X is not notable. It isn't said enough, probably because most people take it as implicit, but notability standards are what separates wikipedia from a google search. They're important. Shadowjams (talk) 04:36, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Weird one, this, but I think the amount of coverage allows for notability, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 11:37, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.