Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bradley Smith

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. joe decker^talk 15:41, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Racing driver that does not meet the WP:NMOTORSPORT criteria or the WP:GNG. Additionally, the main contributors for this article may have a WP:COI in the subject, considering the tone and no contributions to any other articles. (This driver should not be confused with Bradley Smith (motorcyclist), another British motorsport figure.) QueenCake (talk) 20:39, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note to admins: The page history for this article is very muddled, and originally this page was an article for Brad Smith (footballer, born 1979), which appears to have been created in parallel to that second article. This page was changed to a disambiguation page in 2006, where it remained until the current page about the driver was created in 2014. Content may have been cut and pasted between the two articles for the Aussie rules player, if so this will require fixing regardless of the outcome. QueenCake (talk) 20:44, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 16:43, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:04, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Has raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona - see [1]. That would meet both criterion 1 and 3 of WP:NMOTORSPORT. The history may be muddled and the article may need improvement, but the SNG is met. So unless shown otherwise, keep. RonSigPi (talk) 04:11, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason that didn't show up first time round. If that was in a professional class - we generally don't include amateur-rated drivers unless they meet other criteria - that would be a keep. It will need adding to the article though, as there is no indication of notability currently. QueenCake (talk) 17:38, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If I am reading WeatherTech SportsCar Championship#Class structure right, it is in their top, flagship class so I would say that is a professional division.RonSigPi (talk) 00:11, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable to keep this then, though the article remains in poor shape, which may be reason enough for some to delete. QueenCake (talk) 22:27, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep at best for now even if reluctant as the article certainly needs better work but the 24 Hours of Daytona may at least be minimal to imagine for better improvements. SwisterTwister talk 22:40, 29 March 2016 (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.