Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Chertow

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. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 03:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ken Chertow[edit]

Article does not explain notability, has no references, and the only external link is to the personal commercial website of the person the article is about Dimension31 (talk) 00:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep seems notable [1], [2], [3], [4], copious other ghits. JJL (talk) 01:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The problems are he doesn't seem to have won anything in wrestling, he no longer wrestles so he won't win anything in the future, the article doesn't have any references, and the article seems to be an advertisement for his wrestling company.Dimension31 (talk) 03:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although he may not have won anything, per Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Athletes he has "competed at the highest level in amateur sports" by virtue of being in the Olympics and hence meets WP:N. JJL (talk) 19:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The article is an ad, and advertising is against policy. I wouldn't care if he were the Pasha: he's running a business and using Wikipedia for page rank boosting. If the advertising were evacuated, we'd end up with a three line entry, which is, again, not an article. If it isn't an article, it doesn't belong. Utgard Loki (talk) 17:27, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete: The article is not actually an article. It has no citations and is just an advertisement for Chertow's own commercial website.Dimension31 (talk) 23:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject is within WP:BIO standards by being an Olympian (see here). It needs clean-up, yes; but he is notable. Metros (talk) 03:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep but splatter it with cleanup tags until it's not such a mess (although neglecting to revert the last vandalism edit was a bit much). By virtue of being an Olympian as well as a few other things - Wrestling Broadcaster of the Year apparently - the subject himself appears to be notable. The remaining question was whether the article minus the useless stuff - High School GPA?! - still left an article with content and an assertion of notability. I think it does - but barely. —Wknight94 (talk) 14:02, 23 February 2008 (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.