Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eddie James (motorcyclist)

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The result was delete. ff m 17:40, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eddie James (motorcyclist)

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Fails to meet the criteria Wikipedia:Notability (people). There are a large number of notices of the death of Eddie James on motorcycling blogs and forums, but unless these media count toward notability, the threshold for inclusion is not met. WP:NOTMEMORIAL

There are two articles in the general media with coverage of Eddie James: A long obituary (558 words) in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a portion (about 310 words out of 1100) of an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 2006:

Going the distance, year after year ; Iron Butt Association members take pride in criss-crossing the world on motorcycle. A 7,000-mile rally starts Tuesday. [METRO Edition], Heron Marquez Estrada, Staff Writer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.), 2006-08-07, p. 1.B. Found online via ProQuest archive with local public library access.

The subject was active in various motorcycling organizations, and an employee of the American Motorcyclist Association (Director of Road Riding), and James is briefly mentioned in one article in the AMA's magazine, American Motorcyclist, and a few events calendar entries. It is misleading to say he "helped pioneer long-distance riding"-- that activity has existed since the first motorcycle. James actually was an organizer of a non-notable riding club (TeamStrange Airheads) and the founder of the Butt Lite, a non-notable spinoff of the Iron Butt Rally.

This article should be moved into user space for the convenience of the primary author in case in the future Eddie James meets notability criteria, such as being inducted in the AMA Hall of Fame. --Dbratland (talk) 18:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. —Dbratland (talk) 18:43, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. —Dbratland (talk) 18:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As someone involved in the community James was in (hi Lisa!), ultimately Wikipedia is not a place for memorials. James isn't entirely non-notable, but ultimately he doesn't pass WP:BIO. Note that as an admin, I've offered to userify this article, and I'll still do that after the AFD. tedder (talk) 19:50, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BIO guidelines. sixtynine ^{• spill it •} 21:47, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not meet WP:BIO, lacks significant coverage in 3rd party sources. Article reads like a memorial rather than a biography RadioFan (talk) 03:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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