Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Hyde

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. per WP:SNOW; WP:ATHLETE is met and an article being a stub is not a reason for deletion. (non-admin closure) power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:43, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Hyde[edit]

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Insufficient notability; still a very small stub after three years; one page view per day. GeeTeeBee (talk) 14:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 15:09, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. He competed at the Olympics. Wikipedia:Notability (sports) says that "sports figures are likely to meet Wikipedia's basic standards of inclusion if they have, for example, participated in a major international amateur or professional competition at the highest level (such as the Olympics). " Eastmain (talk • contribs) 15:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 15:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Olympic athletes meet notability standards. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:16, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep.Berrocca Addict (talk) 18:09, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NOLY, having competed at the Olympics. The nominator should take a look at WP:TOOLITTLE and WP:NOBODYREADSIT, as their claims of being a stub that no-one looks at are not relevant. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:11, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep article subject competed in an Olympic event, and so passes WP:ATHLETE.--SamHolt6 (talk) 13:59, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge or incubate — I'm not saying the person who's the subject of this article is of insufficient notability within the scope of the WP project — but I do question the need to have a distinct article on him — I think the article should either be incubated further, or be merged into another page, a list perhaps, something along those lines.

As much as I appreciate all the education that is being offered on WP policies and guidelines, I would equally like to remind the honorable editors of WP Pillar #5: "Wikipedia has policies and guidelines, but they are not carved in stone; ... The principles and spirit matter more than literal wording, and sometimes improving Wikipedia requires making exceptions." --GeeTeeBee (talk) 21:48, 22 June 2018 (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.