Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Badger (poker player)

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) LlamaAl (talk) 00:00, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Badger (poker player)

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Not a notable person. He won small amounts of money in minor poker tournaments a long time ago, and created a website. If we are to include every such person, there would be thousands of BLP's for poker players. DegenFarang (talk) 01:03, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep in line with the previous speedy keep where this notorious diruputive editor previously vandalized and tried have this article deleted. Subject plainly meet WP:BIO and Wikipedia Poker project guidelines for article creation as a World Series of Poker winner. Nominator has been barred eight times for long history of disrpution and vandalism in terms of this article, multiple other poker bios, other BLP's like John Roberts. 2005 (talk) 21:13, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- That's an impressive ad hominem attack, but you haven't addressed the issue at all. Please explain how Steve Badger is ""worthy of notice" – that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded"". DegenFarang (talk) 07:36, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep per 2005. (NB Afd is malformed so may not show up on the Afd summary page).--ukexpat (talk) 21:34, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Snow keep as article subject meets all necessary notability requirements. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 21:58, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I've removed lots of peacock statements. Please review the article again and see if you think he is notable. Outside of his one and only World Series of Poker cash, 14 years ago, he hasn't done anything notable. Winning a few $100 and $300 buy-in poker tournaments hardly qualifies. DegenFarang (talk) 08:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined to say keep. Badger has received coverage in a few poker magazines (although the two cited in the article contain dead links) but also in SF Gate, The NY Times and the International Herald Tribune. [For new crop of poker players, a good hand holds a mouse, International Herald Tribune--July 11, 2003 | Peter Wayner][Aside from his winnings he seems to be a minor but notable authority on the topic. That said, I would echo the request for editors to comment on the content and not on other editors. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 21:32, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The subject of the article clearly and obviously meets notability requirements. Rray 18:31, 17 February 2013 (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.