Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thor Aackerlund

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The result was 1-up (keep). The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thor Aackerlund[edit]

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Won a videogame competition called the Nintendo "World" Championships (by "world" they mean only the United States of course). He's one among thousands of people that have won these kinds of tournaments. Already mentioned in Nintendo World Championships article, not notable enough for a separate stand-alone article. œ ^™ 19:58, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) œ ^™ 20:14, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:17, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Delete~~ - paragraph in 1UP feature, ARS Technica mentions he'll be in an upcoming documentary. On the other hand, two of the three refs in the article are dead. The other one, however, shows a print magazine. Not sure what magazine, though. --Teancum (talk) 13:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Changing to Weak Keep per coverage found. --Teancum (talk) 21:33, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. SwisterTwister talk 00:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I found a few paywalled news articles which discuss him, e.g. [1][2][3]. As well as the Nintendo World Championships, I see coverage about his Tetris playing and his promotions for Camerica, so I don't think WP:BLP1E applies. I would be happier about !voting keep if there was more coverage, but even so I think he just about qualifies for a stand-alone article. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 04:47, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
'Keep' Only if the article gets better sources. It seems that there is more than enough information to write a good article on him, but whoever created the article didn't use those sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rupert'sscribe (talk • contribs) 00:26, 10 June 2012 (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) 00:03, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

'Keep' - This person at least meets WP:BASIC per [4], [5], [6]. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:01, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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