Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samir Patel (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. joe decker ^{talk to me} 01:44, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Samir Patel

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None of the recent Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have independent articles on Wikipedia. Samir Patel's claim to fame is being a runner up in the spelling bee and a couple brief appearances on game shows. Also he has failed to qualify for a national forensics tournament and won a local Dr. Pepper paintball tournament. A few mentions in media coverage of the Spelling Tournament doesn't meet the WP:GNG. Warfieldian (talk) 21:55, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 00:51, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per User:Metropolitan90 below. Keep (and add cleanup tag) - Although currently the article is poorly written and in need of a good edit, the subject is of historical and national prominence in the U.S. similar to winners of nationally prominent sporting events - and probably more so than early contestants of "American Idol" - who do have astonishingly robust bio pages here. NOTE: Just because it is the first article doesn't mean it should be deleted (Wikipedia is not paper, etc.). May be of use by future scholars or researchers studying U.S. spelling bees. Even though you or I personally do not find this the least bit interesting is of no matter; we are here to document such cultural minutiae and historical footnotes in case they is needed by a researcher in the future. - Davodd (talk) 03:47, 27 June 2011 (UTC) - Davodd (talk) 06:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This biography of a living person is about a minor and includes an insulting characterization of him in the lead. Apparently it is okay in some people's minds to make fun of a person for not having won the National Spelling Bee (an activity he engaged in between the ages of 9 and 13). Somehow I suspect that the people engaging in such mockery never won the National Spelling Bee themselves, and probably some of them would have been lucky to be the spelling champions of their classrooms. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:10, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable. The bar for creating biographies of minors should be high, and this article demonstrates why. I agree with Metropolitan90. --AJHingston (talk) 10:32, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I removed the "insulting characterization" from the lead as failing verification. The "source" is here, and it appears to be a blog or op-ed. It appears the original quote from the source was used in past revisions, but various editors came by and bastardized it to suit their own opinions; regardless, the original quote was inappropriate to begin with. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 17:11, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not notable in the real world. Fails the WP guidelines as well. FuFoFuEd (talk) 02:54, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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