Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gavin wolpert

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The result was delete. --Akhilleus (talk) 21:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gavin wolpert[edit]

This is a borderline case, but he's not on the right side of notability yet, I'm affraid. Apart from being unreferenced, (I found the link to copy of the documentary here), it's tough to say what distinguishes Wolpert from numerous others Bridge pros around. His achievements are all fine (Blue Ribbon pairs are still a side event of NABCs, and he came second one year at Spingold. He's currently ranked 586 in the world [1]. The problem with establishing of notability within bridge world is a bit difficult, as it's kind of walled garden; (see Google). In all fairness, he was sort of featured in Sydney Morning Herald, but more as a traveling bridge hired gun than for his achievements... Tough call, I'd say. Duja► 16:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for lacking clear notability, aside from bits and pieces of media coverage as mentioned. A key clue is that "what links here" shows zero other Wikipedia articles (aside from this AFD). Yechiel Man 23:26, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as nn. 586th isn't even a big fish in a small pond. We're not talking Blue Team here. Clarityfiend 23:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:20, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:20, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He's been the subject of a documentary produced by a national tv network in his home country, Canada. He's also been written about by a newspaper in Australia. I also did a web-search on the "Vincent Dumuy" listed in the article. Nothing came up, BUT spell it "Dumey" & there are lots of hits, including some that also pertain to Gavin Wolpert. I didn't have time to look through them (pizza just was delivered to my house) but I found this which lists Gavin Wolpert as a member of the Flight A 2003 Cdn National Team. ColtsScore 23:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...and the team ended up 9th in the subsequent 2003 Bermuda Bowl, not even making it to the quarterfinals. WikiProject Contract Bridge is mostly dead, and it haven't set up hard rules for notability. Still, I feel that allowing all Bermuda Bowl participants and all NABC finalists would give us few thousands biography articles in what is (unfortunately) still a minor sport.
He maybe is (or was?) a rising star (altough his best achievements are from 2003-2005); still, he's ranked #32 in Canada's all-time Masterpoint list, which isn't good enough even for America's top 500 (although I do think that masterpoint rankings show more how persistent one is, than is a real measure of play quality). Remarkable? Yes. Enough? Not in my book, but YMMV. Duja► 07:34, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable. -- Steve Hart 15:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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