Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lee Troop

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 as per consensus and the absence of deletion requests beyond the nominator. Non-admin closure. Warrah (talk) 00:09, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lee Troop[edit]

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I am nominating that this page be deleted, ~~it is hardly referrenced, in fact, it has no referrences what so ever and it has hardly any proper information relating to the person in question~~. It either should be deleted or cleaned up. Joker264 (talk) 06:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. He easily satisfies WP:ATHLETE as a national champion who has competed in the World Championships and three Olympic Games. No shortage of coverage.[1][2][3] ~~Lack of references is not a valid reason for deletion.~~ Clarityfiend (talk) 06:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It is regrettable to !vote keep on such a poorly sourced BLP. But he passes WP:ATH so clearly that deletion just isn't on the cards. I'd fully support stubbifying this straight away to remove the unsourced content. I'd like to jump in and work on it but I'll leave it to the experts at WP:WikiProject Athletics to have a go first. --Mkativerata (talk) 06:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. While the concern about poor referencing is absolutely valid, the article is not contentious, so there's no real reason to delete. One might either add some sources (IAAF profile that I've just added, perhaps?) or delete the unsourced content. Of course, subject's notability is beyond any doubt. GregorB (talk) 11:43, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Certainly meets the criteria of WP:ATHLETE. Sure the article needs cleaning up, but this is not an issue for AfD. PDCook (talk) 14:26, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – I've clean the article up and referenced it somewhat. It's not a great article, but (sadly?) articles being a complete mess isn't a generally accepted reason for deletion. Ten minutes work has made this passable though I think! Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 18:21, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, Commonwealth Games competitor and Olympian. Decent sourcing, as well. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 01:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Grahame (talk) 01:35, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Satisfies WP:ATHLETE, "competed at the highest amateur level of a sport". No brainer. WWGB (talk) 02:11, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I think it is obvious from the above why this athlete is, in fact, notable. Also, the article doesn't seem to be in THAT poor shape. Some more references/citations might be nice, however. Mipchunk (talk) 06:38, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Easily meets Wikipedia notability guidelines for athletes. Afd is not for cleanup. Edward321 (talk) 22:11, 28 March 2010 (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.