Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spencer West

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:06, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spencer West

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A moving tale, but WP:BLP1E nonetheless. Notability only stems from his mountain trek with a disability. Tarc (talk) 18:05, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:55, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:55, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The very unusual nature of the mountain trek and the large amount of media coverage that his climb generated [1] makes this pass WP:BIO, at least IMHO. I don't know what Mr. West will do for an encore; perhaps this article should be revisited in another year? And Adoil Descended (talk) 20:35, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's nice, but not relevant to the nomination rationale. Further down the page you link is Wikipedia:BIO#People notable for only one event. Tarc (talk) 22:09, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But the section you rightly link to says "the degree of significance of the event itself and the degree of significance of the individual's role within it should be considered". Since media coverage is frequently used to assess the significance of events it is indeed relevant how much coverage there has been. You (and I) may think the event not sufficiently significant but that does not mean the amount of media coverage is irrelevant. Thincat (talk) 09:53, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Every time someone climbs a mountain who has a novel disability, ethnicity, gender, age, etc.. it gets press attention. And each mountain has its own records. This feat is amazing (be sure to see the pictures), but it's just one more in a very long line of "amazing" mountain climbers. I don't mean to discount the accomplishment but clearly 1E. And it was intentionally promoted to raise money so the amount of coverage is not surprising given a media campaign. Since he is an "activist" and "public speaker", the climb was in a larger picture of activism, so we should be able to see additional notable accomplishments in the future. Until then 1E. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 21:37, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BLP1E. --BDD (talk) 22:52, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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