Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Rado

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. John254 00:54, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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Not a lot of people know this person, there are no other articles that are about people who Drag Race. Ryou Hashimoto (talk) 02:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. —Ryou Hashimoto (talk) 02:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. Yes, there are other articles about people who drag race. See Category:Dragster drivers for a list of such articles. No comment as to the notability of this particular drag racer. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep There is some media coverage of Chris Rado outside of the hundreds of car related stories. AlbinoFerret (talk) 02:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment @AlbinoFerret: Only one, but the other 2 aren't related to Rado. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryou-kun16 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

The links you mention, while not being 100% about him, mention him in some way. AlbinoFerret (talk) 12:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

If it mentioned him once, then it's not reliable for source. It must be about him only. Ryou Hashimoto (talk) 17:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Comment I think you mean notable, not reliable. Reliability has nothing to do with how often the subject is mentioned. It's also not true that a source has to be solely about the subject to prove notability. 4u1e (talk) 19:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

• Keep, I have heard of him as he is one of the prominent import drag racers in the series, some people will claim non-notability since import drag racing do not have the same mainstream notability as NHRA Powerade Series but there are plenty of notable names such as Stephan Papadakis, Lisa Kubos and Kenny Tran and Rado is one of them, even magazines such as Super Street and Sport Compact Car can prove it. Willirennen (talk) 18:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - 'Nothing similar exists' and 'not a lot of people know about this topic' are not valid reasons for deletion. The article is referenced by 2 independent sources (+ his own website) so it meets our notability criteria IMO. AlexJ (talk) 19:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Keep He was a multiple time champion in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the top series of drag racing in the U.S., so he is notable. The article contains several references. I've been starting articles on drag racing drivers lately because Wikipedia didn't have articles on many greats in the sport. 5 have been featured on DYK since December and another is nominated, so things are changing. Royalbroil 04:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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.