Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew McMahon

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 delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:35, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew McMahon

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

I created this page in hopes of helping my career with more publicity, unfortunately it has not met its intended purpose and gets vandalized frequently. I would simply like the page removed completely. I assume the corresponding picture will get deleted as well. I used Mattymc59 to initially set up the page, but subsequently forgot the password and immediately created this account, Sizzler8, to continue the construction of the page. You can see from the early edits of this page that I created all of the original content with these two accounts. I apologize for earlier trying to blank the page and picture, as I did not realize that it was not acceptable. Thank you for your understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sizzler8 (talk • contribs)

Why not simply request page protection? — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 03:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would prefer if it was just removed completely. It hasn't met its intended purpose. I appreciate the input. (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sizzler8 (talk • contribs)

Comment I think you'll find that Wikipedia is not the place to try and promote yourself. However, you'll also find that just because you want the article deleted, it doesn't mean that it will happen. I don't know what all the official policies are, but my understanding is that you won't be able to get this deleted simply because you claim to be the subject of the article and want it gone. For one thing, we have no proof that you are Matthew McMahon. I'm not saying you are lying, but we can't really take anyone's word for it or else someone could pretend to be Barack Obama and ask to have his article removed. Also, Wikipedia wants to have article about notable subjects, and I don't believe those notable subjects can overrule that. However, I'm not sure you'd meet the notability guidelines, so this page might end up getting deleted for that reason. AutomaticStrikeout 04:08, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Regardless of whether the nominator is the subject, this athlete doesn't appear to meet the qualifications for notability for a golfer yet. The article can be re-created later if he achieves a higher level of notability in the golf world. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete seems to fail WP:N at this time.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:25, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Golf-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 11 October 2012 (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.