Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Shay

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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 18:43, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Shay[edit]

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Subject may well have set a record some time ago, but the reference is dead and I cannot find any other reliable sources to establish that this person passes GNG or some Athlete's version. Also, the amount of vandalism is somewhat overwhelming; dig through the history to find a cleaner version. Drmies (talk) 02:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I was considering nominating this myself. I removed some of the overt vandalism, along with the dead ref. I also could not find any refs to verify. The only notability criterion he might meet is #1 of Wikipedia:Notability (sports)#College athletes regarding records, although the article does not specify the nature of the record. – GorillaWarfare ^{talk • contribs} 02:42, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I have a strong suspicion this is a hoax article. I removed numerous blp violations and a picture that nothing whatsoever to do with the subject. ~~Odd also that the claim is for the Female 13-18 world record, when he is clearly male.~~ Strike that, appears to have been vandalism. Additionally, Concept2, which appears to be the best source for these types of records (and a marathon record would be set indoors on a machine, not actually on water), has no record of this individual or time. So at worse a hoax, at best, an unverified claim to a very minor world (at least in a certain age range) record, with no other coverage. Ravendrop 03:48, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- N/A 0 17:31, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, Non-notable. Unverified claim of age group record, and no other claim of notability. Overdrawn Invader (talk) 21:24, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Notability requires verifiable evidence. Jenks24 (talk) 20:38, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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