Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Riedell

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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:01, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Riedell[edit]

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Riedell competed as a sports shoter in the Olympics but he did not medal. I was unable to find any significant coverage about him. I found lots of coverage about a different William Riedell who was a hockey player this century, at the minor league and college level, he may be current, who probably is not notable but is a way more likely search than this person, and so this is not at all a good candidate for being redirected. John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Olympics, and New York. Shellwood (talk) 14:18, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, found an obit here. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:41, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- A para on him here. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:45, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - A bit of brief covg. here. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:47, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Found a New York Times obit here. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:54, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      - More NYT covg. here ("RIEDELL SHATTERS WORLD RIFLE MARK"). BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:55, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        Seems to have gotten covg. in a lot of newspapers after he broke the US pistol record in 1935, see The Indy Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, AZ Daily Star, News & Observer, and The Boston Globe (sure, all those are pretty short, but having coverage in that many papers has to do something to your notability). BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:04, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above obit + coverage, with a quick look at his profile stating (amongst other things) that he was also a lieutenant commander in World War II, worked in the Naval Reserve and was buried at Arlington, indicating that there must be other coverage on this guy somewhere. At worst, redirect to Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol per WP:ATD, WP:PRESERVE, WP:R#KEEP and WP:CHEAP. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:48, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, appears to pass GNG (though kind of weak IMO) with sources I have listed above. If nobody else does, I'll try to expand the article when I have more time. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:06, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Holder of both world record and US record, [1], significant coverage provided by BeanieFan11 shows that sources exist to establish notability as per the General Notability Guideline. Jacona (talk) 13:43, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep satisfies GNG. Djflem (talk) 17:44, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above sources, passes WP:GNG. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:09, 9 May 2022 (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.