Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wayne Weiler

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 of the debate was KEEP. -Doc (?) 21:41, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wayne Weiler

I'm aware of the precedent regarding professional athletes, but a) I don't know it applies to Formula One drivers, and b) this is the weakest case I've ever seen. One race. Still, only weak delete because this isn't something about which to be passionate. Xoloz 13:53, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - but agree about the passion thing! --MacRusgail 17:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep in the interest of completeness. Hall Monitor 19:17, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No. This is an encyclopedia, not a sports database. This is the equivalent of an actor who had a single, unimportant speaking role in a single film. Gamaliel 19:41, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Gamaliel only one race c'mon --JAranda | watz sup 20:40, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Weakest Keep in that F1 (and Indy 500) are definitely the "major leagues" of motor sports. I'm confused by the article, though; it says "...was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only)" which makes no sense, since the Indy 500 is not a F1 event, nor is it a grand prix. Was the Indy 500 this guy's only race? In which case he's not an F1 driver. Although, weirdly, he is listed on several F1 sites, but only for his apparent two Indy starts (1960 and 1961). MCB 21:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep professional racing drivers. Kappa 21:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Professional racing drivers would be a keep in my book, but this guy has only one or two pro-level races under his belt, and won't be adding any more. Saberwyn 00:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually that is not true, he had quite a history on the dirt-track circuits back in the 1950's. At the time they were almost as popular if not much more so than the big races. Incidentally, he gets well over 200 google hits. Williamb 21:30, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Having grown up in Indy, I have to say just getting a ride at Indy is a feat in itself. The competition is fierce. He had to have some kind of history in racing to get in. This particular bio is probably weak because it's just a stub. Incidentally during the 50's The 500 counted in the world cup standings, but was dropped in the early 60's. I think the article just needs to be researched and rewritten. Williamb 06:10, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
keep please this person was a professional race car driver we should expand and not erase this history Yuckfoo 16:23, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Saberwyn. Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 22:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
keep Ejrrjs | What? 22:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Evil Monkey∴Hello 02:38, 21 October 2005 (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.