Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colin Angus (explorer)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 02:58, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Colin Angus (explorer)

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Alongside Julie Angus.

This one is tough. It was previously PROD'd[1] as questionable notability, and the PROD was removed because "he is published by Random House". There was also a previous AfD, which was deleted (not the article, but the AfD itself was deleted for lack of participation).

The claim of Colin's notability is that he performed the first human-powered global circumnavigation, but many disagree that what he did qualifies as circumnavigation. Most claims in the article cannot be attributed to a reliable source. Sources provided include blog posts from a race, Coverage from 2 man boat trip, more 2 man boat trip, an article written for the Globe and Mail (not independent).

The subject has done several documentaries for National Geographic, written several books, and won the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Award in 2007.

I think it's a case of WP:BLP1E. menaechmi (talk) 20:38, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep (although maybe consider merging Colin Angus with Julie Angus). The references in the article almost all fail WP:RS but there is other coverage: CBC[2], Boston Globe[3], Kirkus[4], Publishers Weekly[5], Vancouver Sun[6], Toronto Star[7]. It's questionable if it's one event as they also have book reviews and coverage of other things they have done, but even if that was the case, in the absence of an obvious name for an event, and based on the fact that they're at least as well known as any event, WP:ONEEVENT allows an article on the person rather than the event. --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:30, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. In particular I found persuasive indications of notability in the 'Recognition' section. PK T(alk) 18:41, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - there seems to be sufficient news articles to demonstrate notability (though that Recognition section is almost entirely unsourced, so I don't see how it can be considered "persuasive"). However, I question the "explorer" tag. "Author", or "adventurer" or "media personality" would seem more reasonable. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 19:35, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thanks everyone who participated, it's pretty clear this passes I thought it would be a little closer. Thanks again. menaechmi (talk) 14:02, 7 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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