Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David William Lane Greer

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The result was keep. John254 01:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

David William Lane Greer[edit]

Questionable notability is the reason why I am nominating this, maybe it is the highest level for Canadians if they don't get to win that many medals as even the United Kigdom would, but this has been written by an user with COI issues, as for the highest level, 900 ghits would not justify notability as this is my pure reason. Knock-Off Nigel (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Competed, and won a gold medal, at the Canada Winter Games. The Canadian National Chamionships medals are unverified in the article, but even without this he still passes WP:BIO for athletes. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- No. Punkmorten (talk) 09:24, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per Phil Bridger.--uɐɔlnʌɟoʞǝɹɐs 22:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Hello? Gold medals at a national level! That's more notable than some baseball player who qualifies for appearing once in an MLB game. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - national winter games championship confers notability in this case. matt91486 (talk) 01:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, national championships of a certain nation is not in itself notable because it is not the highest level of the sport. He has a biography which shows that he has not competed in the World Cup. In the 2006-07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, 172 skiers placed among the top 30, and hundreds more competed, so there are more than enough skiers who actually meets WP:BIO, contrary to Greer who does not. The skier in question is only 18 years old, and could thus achieve something in the future. Punkmorten (talk) 09:24, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep- Its a close one because he is an amateur athlete, but I do think the gold and silver medals in the national winter games championship is sufficient. Rigby27 Talk 20:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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