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The result was delete. — Aitias // discussion 03:32, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fred Reid

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Subject does not pass WP:N and fails WP:ATHLETE notability standards as well. Article originally cited no secondary sources of significance; though there is now a list of references, none of them mention the subject in more than an extremely passing sense. Furthermore, the entire article was written by (a) user(s) on the University of Rochester network; I suspect that the author or one of his close friends wrote the whole article (especially since the images uploaded - though several seem of dubious legitimacy in an intellectual property sense - seem to be personal, as far as I can tell), thus violating WP:NOR. This impression is further strengthened by the personal tone and clear original research involved in writing some of the more effusive and reference-less parts of the page... 1of42 (talk) 05:32, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Black Kite 23:30, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I think this guy might achieve notability in future but has probably not yet done so. So far coverage have mostly been minor and local. There is also promotional tone in the article and some of it seems to be written from personal knowledge. This also raises suspicion of a COI and counts against it. Besides, if somebody is "born with a racquet in his hand" I want to see the medical reports! That really would be notable. ;-) --DanielRigal (talk) 23:49, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:11, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:ATHLETE . -- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 02:17, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ATHLETE - has not won at the national level, nor received any more than local press. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 19:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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