Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Kinloch (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Kinloch

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I hate to be the bad guy here. Mr Kinloch was young and brave and his loss was a tragedy. But we do not host memorials. Is Mr Kinloch notable? No he is not. He was a motivational speaker, but many people have professions, motivational speaker being one. He was an accomplished mountain climber, but many people are accomplished at this endeavor. About 275 people have achieved the Seven Summits; Mr Kinloch was not one of them (although he probably would have been had he lived).

His one claim to notability, in my view, is that his death was reported somewhat in the media, so there are secondary sources for that I suppose, although there don't seem to be any good ones in the article. However, this was a one-day wonder, and does not make him notable. His end was tragic and heartrending but it was not especially unusual (for mountaineers). Over 200 people have died on Everest. Herostratus (talk) 06:33, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further comment: Perhaps there should be a section "Mountaineers" at WP:SPORT, which would give us a better idea of where this person fits, but right now there isn't. Herostratus (talk) 14:27, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not suff. notable as a mountaineer. Bigdaddy1981 (talk) 21:23, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Agreed that there should be a section "Mountaineers/Climbers" at WP:SPORT, but I doubt Kinlock would qualify Vartanza (talk) 14:09, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - It's sad, but not notable. -- Whpq (talk) 15:01, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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