Talk:Ed Cooke (author)
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Untitled edit
I feel this page deserves not to be deleted for these reasons: (a) the subject is a memory Grandmaster with a world ranking of 19;[1] (b) the subject is a published author; (c) the subject has written for national UK newspapers The Guardian [2], and The Times. For these three reasons I feel there is no reason why there shouldn't be a page started about the subject, even if the quantity of info available (e.g., date of birth, exact place of birth, etc) for the page started is in the beginning fairly low. P3L3 (talk) 13:41, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Per notability guidelines, a person is not notable for their OWN writings, but for things written about them in independent sources. Nor is a person notable for nineteenth place in a competition, but for a major national or international championship. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Here's a page written by an independent source.[3] Maybe it would be a better link than the Amazon link. Also he's come in the top ten of the World Memory Championship for the last three years. If a tennis player had never won an ATP title but had got to the latter stages many times, and was in the world top twenty, you wouldn't dispute that they should have a page on wikipedia would you? P3L3 (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- The reference you provided would be better, as it shows some notability (although not exactly favorable notability). As for the comparison to a tennis player, I think one also needs to take into account the notability of the competition as well. While the ATP tennis championships are generally notable for the amount of press coverage they receive, and therefore the competitors who rise to the top level of that sport are notable by virtue of receiving a good deal of press coverage, memory competitions are generally NOT the subject of a great deal of independent press coverage (be that fair or not), and therefore, the competitors in those competitions do NOT receive the same notability. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
I agree that the comparison with tennis is not a fair one, but still think that since this is a world competition that requires genuine skill, and is not in any way 'more for fun' (e.g., pie throwing), or subjective (e.g., best Christmas decorations) then enough people will still classify it as a serious achievement, even if it doesn't get or deserve broad coverage. P3L3 (talk) 14:58, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Proposed for deletion edit
This does not appear to be about anyone notable, particularly because of the complete lack of reliable sources referring to the subject. Really should be speedied, but another editor objected to the tag I placed. -- Scjessey (talk) 15:50, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
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