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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 of the debate was keep (16/5).--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 09:47, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thum Ping Tjin[edit]

This page is about me. I didn't write it or ask for it, but it's here. I was fine with it until someone made a personal attack on me on this page, and I don't like it. 163.1.231.147 14:29, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. —Crypticbot (operator) 14:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Yes, being the first Singaporean to swim the channel is encyclopedic. Yes, the information provided is verifiable [1] [2]. Yes, Wikipedia has mechanisms to deal with libellous or inaccurate content on it and AfD is not one of these mechanisms. The Land 14:49, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep" Enyclopedic and interesting. - squibix 15:06, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per The Land's comments. Ifnord 15:14, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The activity of Channel swimming is encyclopedic but individuals who participate in it generally aren't. Delete and maybe add a mention in the English Channel article under "Notable Channel crossings". flowersofnight (talk) 15:21, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Not just the channel swim, he was also olympic athelete and Rhodes scholar. Individually they may not be encyclopedic but combined indicates a notable person - at least to me. Ifnord 16:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
PJ have became a person with significant note in Singapore, courageous in a sense for the course of charity. He is the sort of person we need once in awhile, just to make sure that at least we pursue for dreams - not merely contrite over our losses. Slivester 06:02, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure that's reading too much into one activity of channel swimming. Either case it makes Singapore sounds really dreadful (a place where people don't care to pursue their dreams - eek) Mandel 06:49, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per flowersofnight Descendall 16:52, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per flowersofnight Ashibaka (tock) 17:38, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. I think too many people have swum the English channel for this one person to be encyclopedic. I'm not sure if this numbers up to hundreds of thousands. Mandel 18:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete As per flowersofnight. Marcus22 18:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, among all the other things listed on the page (all of which google can verify) being an Olympic athlete should be notable enough by itself. - Bobet 18:58, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep per Bobet Swegner 20:01, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Ifnord. Reyk 21:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and cleanup. Probably. Not a strong keep, though. Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 21:28, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Olympian athletes who swim the channel. If there's attacks on the page, they can be fixed. It doesn't warrant deletion. - Mgm|(talk) 23:29, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, member of the Signapore national swim team. Kappa 02:09, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep,famous swimmer.Tan Ding Xiang 陈鼎翔 03:02, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - As stated above, my response to User:flowersofnight. Slivester 06:03, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep First person to swim the English Channel plus a member of the Singapore Swim Team. Terenceong1992 08:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep -ryan-d 12:33, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - achievements are notable and encyclopaedic Singopo 14:20, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Mailer Diablo 17:46, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - as per Singopo. Kimchi.sg | Talk 11:50, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]


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