Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warren Metcalfe

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The result was Delete in accordance with consensus view. --

Warren Metcalfe

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Notability. I just can't see why he needs a page, the links are pretty obscure and don't seem to be especially about him, and the first half seems unsourced. It would help if it had wikilinks, categories or was linked to. JohnBlackburne (talk) 23:58, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Neutral. The subject's claim to notability appears to be as a professional surfer. I have only found two Google News Archive hits about him, but I can't rule out the possibility that he may be notable in the surfing community. The supporters of this article should revise it to focus on his surfing career to clarify his claim to notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:06, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I don't see him listed here [1], although one of the links in the article does show that he's competed in ASP events [2]. It don't know if he'd qualify as inherently notable under
  WP:ATHLETE; it would depend on whether he'd competed at the highest level of professional surfing competition, and I think its analogous to how we deal with articles about professional golfers. Mandsford (talk) 14:33, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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• Delete According to the ASP FAQ, there are thousands of surfers who are in the World Qualifying Series of ASP, the only requirement being the $200 fee. Since there's no mention of him currently or ever being one of the 46 who qualify each year for the higher ASP World Tour, I think he fails
  WP:ENTERTAINER either. No references indicating significant roles, no significant or cult following. I could be persuaded to change my mind if there can be found references showing him as a named spokes-model for one of the companies mentioned, but merely appearing in an add doesn't fit the criteria. – jaksmata 18:11, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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• Delete - First source is a picture (doesn't help). 2nd is a press release (not neutral or really valid) The third says it is a "one-star event" (hardly a "highest level" as per
  WP:ENTERTAINER. Cocytus [»talk«] 01:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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• Delete The biggest achievement I can find is that he made the round of 64 (3rd round- there were at least 4) in a tournament called the "Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 3-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido". World Qualifying Series? It seems to me this is similr to a golfer whose biggest achievement was playing in and losing in
  WP:ATHLETE. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 03:29, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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