Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Babikan

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 Delete. Keilana^talk_(recall) 01:17, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Babikan[edit]

This article was prodded, with the reason "Non notable, no reliable sources." The problems with finding reliable sources were probably due to a typo in the name of the article: Babikian instead of Babikan. Robert Babikan has raced in a number of racing classes, such as the British GT Championship and the European Le Mans Series. I am bringing this discussion to AFD, to decide on whether racing in such classes constitutes notability. Procedural nomination, no opinion. Aecis·(away) ^talk 17:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - From my search of results, he ran British GT in 2000 (22nd in the championship), 1 race in 2001, and 1 race in the European Le Mans Series in 2001. No wins, nothing to really make him notable as a driver. The359 (talk) 19:13, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As a one sentence article it should be deleted, probably near speedy limits as WP:CSD#A1 (no context). That being said, he raced in several quite notable series. Even though he had only a few total races in those series, the criteria needed to satisfy the sanctioning bodies in those series probably make him notable. So my opinion is that starting in just a few races in these internationally well-known series make him inherently notable. This discussion is about his ability to be notable, not the cleanliness and size of the article. Royalbroil 02:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:BIO, no assertion of notability and, all due respect to the previous, I am not inclined to assume that he is notable because he started notable races. --Alfadog (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: According to this site, he won the British Porsche Carrera in 1996. Would that make Babikan notable? It's just a national one-make series. --Pc13 (talk) 18:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Not for me. And as far as the "Le Mans" racing, that was not the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it was a short-lived series that bore the name in which he raced a GT car (lowest class on the track) as, I think, a privateer. Little notability there. --Alfadog (talk) 18:59, 26 December 2007 (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.