Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Bethell

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. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:29, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Bethell[edit]

Delete seems to be a WP:BLP1E for starring in a film that won an award, but is devoid of most biographical detail. He's a professional kite flier - are their competitions, does he compete - how does he do? Has he sponsors? Awards? Coverage? I assume he was born somewhere sometime, but alas by reading our article those facts do not appear - were there an article on the film (which may be notable) a redir would be in order, but since that hasn't been written and may never be, or kept even if it were, delete seems the best option. Poorly sourced BLPs need to be subjected to tougher scrutiny than other articles and this BLP barely tells us much about the subject. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:40, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BLPs are still subject to the same rules as any other when it comes to deletion. Your nomination shows no indication that you made an effort to find the sources to back it up outside the article. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep per very substantial coverage in reliable sources [1] and record setting accomplishments. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:51, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A world kite-flying champion, who apparently who holds 12 world records at multiple kite flying, an inductee into the 'Kite Flyers Hall of Fame', tours the world performing at international kite festivals, plus we have sufficient "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" to meet our primary notability criteron. Sounds good to me. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:02, 19 May 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.