Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Lawler (canoer)

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The result was keep. Olympic athletes are notable, period. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Lawler (canoer)[edit]

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Not Notable, he was involved with the Olympics and a sexual abuse of a minor incident, however, media coverage including Google search, news, and books etc., does not show significant amounts of coverage to warrant an article. Does not meet notability guidelines. Tattoodwaitress (talk) 18:04, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:34, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:35, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:35, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There seems to be enough to establish that he was a three-time Olympic athlete, which should confer automatic notability here, even if UK sources from the 1960s and 1970s are difficult to locate. Coverage of the sexual abuse often includes mention of his past Olympics participation, thus provides secondary coverage of his sporting career. Dl2000 (talk) 00:30, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. We invariably keep articles on anyone who has competed in the Olympics (per WP:NOLYMPICS, which is a notability guideline). No reason to make an exception here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:54, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:OLYMPICS which reflects long standing consensus that Olympic athletes are presumed notable. In this case, we have coverage in reliable sources available. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:44, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep A 3 time Olympian certainly passes WP:NSPORTS.204.126.132.231 (talk) 21:14, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Clearly meets OLYMPICS and NSPORTS. 86.136.93.185 (talk) 21:05, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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