Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur J McDonnell

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. Secret ^account 22:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur J McDonnell

The article makes no assertion of notability, nor does it provide any references showing notability. Instead, it reads like a resume. Bellwether ^B _C 06:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, not reliable sources. Also, Wikipedia is not a personal web page. --Goobergunch|? 10:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep President of the British Tenpin Bowling Coaching Association seems to indicate notability, but it needs more sources. DGG (talk) 11:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but how does being president of a rather obscure (as it seems to be, at least outside of G.B.) organization confer notability? And what of the fact that the "article" reads like little more than a resume? Bellwether ^B _C 13:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't (yet) have an opinion on this deletion, but reading like a resume is not a deletion reason. Maintenance tags, such as {{cleanup}} or {{tone}} can take care of that. The only deletion issue I see here is notability.--Fabrictramp (talk) 22:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 12:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Notability is not inherited, so even if the organization is notabile, the president of it is not automatically notable. The sole source offered in the article is a primary source and doesn't show notability. Gsearch for this name and either tenpin or bowling returns less than two dozen ghits, none of which show notability. Seems to fail WP:BIO.--Fabrictramp (talk) 22:12, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As much as I enjoy 10-pin bowling when drunk (milk bottles beware HIYO!), this article lacks the necessary secondary sources and this gentleman seems to fail WP:BIO. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 06:12, 12 January 2008 (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.