Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Hakeem Bin Abdul Halim

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The result of the debate was delete. Bratsch e^talk 04:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Abdul Hakeem Bin Abdul Halim

Another non-notable athlete from Singapore. He did compete at the 2005 South East Asian Games, but this is a quite small event as far as athletics goes, nowhere close to its European, American or African counterparts in terms of importance. I'm all for keeping Olympic competitors or medal winners at major international events, but this is below my bar. Although I am curious about the 2005 West Germany Championships... Punkmorten 19:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:BIO unless I'm completely off base and track is enormously popular in Singapore... Too bad these couldn't have all been combined.--Isotope23 20:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I didn't want to combine them as the cases are somewhat, although not very, different. Punkmorten 21:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair enough.--Isotope23 14:03, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Being a participant in a minor regional or international sporting event isn't enough to make a person notable, WP:BIO refers. (aeropagitica) 23:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. He is more than 15% slower than the WR, so very slow.Blnguyen 03:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. If someone in Australia was more than 15% outside Libby Lenton's WR of 53.42s, that would make them about 60.9s, which would not even have them in the top 50 in Australia, and completely unknown
Keep, international athlete. Kappa 18:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, He is well known in Singapore. All over newspaper and word-of mouth. only those ignorant ones who done follow track in the country or south east asia, asian region doesnt know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manha (talk • contribs)
- Note -user's first edit. Blnguyen 07:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment - Personal attack noted with amusement.Blnguyen 07:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, Sorry, this doesnt meant to be personal attack.its like c'mon, look, do you know of every good and notable sportsmen in every different discipline? or even in each particular country? each country or area have their own famous people. like do you know any indian famous actor? if you do not know, but few billions of indians know. then if thats the case , the billion of people notability is well proofed? thanks (Manha 07:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]
- Comment - it is generally accepted here at WP that skillfulness is a criteria for notability, and this is overriden by lack of skill only in famous cases, such as Eric Moussambani. Unless this fellow is well known because of his lack of skill, or is a celebrity, skill is an important criteria. Incidently, I have watched a few Bollywood films, and know of many Bolywood stars, eg, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit. Regards, Blnguyen 07:55, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep notable in Singapore. S iva1979^{Talk to me} 16:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Stromg Keep; notable enough!! he's featured in newspaper and websites!! ask straits times newspaper in Singapore(Geishalover 07:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]
- Note - User's 2nd edit. The other was on another AfD for a similar singaporean athlete.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 07:12, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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