Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Turnbull (curling)

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The result was Speedy keep Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:51, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Turnbull (curling)[edit]

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Queried speedy delete. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:28, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ray Turnbull is the John Madden of Curling. The article should be undeleted. WaxonWaxov (talk) 23:52, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Surely being part of the team that won silver at the 1965 World Curling Championships means that someone would pass Wp:ATHLETE - and more specifically Criterion 2: "People who have competed at the highest amateur level of a sport, usually considered to mean the Olympic Games or World Championships." We can't use the Olympic Games one, has curling wasn't an official event until Nagano, but he was at the World Championships. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 10:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. He easily qualifies as an athlete and as a broadcaster. In addition to his second place at the World Championship, he won the Brier, which is a very big deal in curling circles. (As the article states, "The Brier is regarded by most curlers as the world's premier curling championship.") And there are plenty of media articles about him as a sports broadcaster.[1][2][3] Clarityfiend (talk) 12:15, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Major AFD fail. Very well known curling broadcaster in Canada, and former Brier champion to boot. -- Earl Andrew - talk 13:48, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Clarityfiend, this appears to be a highly notable broadcaster. JBsupreme (talk) 16:52, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:55, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Brier winning curler and national broadcaster. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 03:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.