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The result was keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:25, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Melissa Coates[edit]

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Woefully inadequate sources sufficient to demonstrate notability   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 04:22, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Keep. I'll work on this a little later (within the next couple of days) to expand and source it. She is a professional athlete that will pass WP:ATHLETE and has place in the top 10 at the Ms. Olympia and the top 5 at the Ms. International, which are two of professional body-building's most prestigious competitions. And she won the Jan Tana Classic, which was considered the third most presigious event behind the two I already listed. She also had a reasonable successful modelling career, having appeared on covers of notable publications. Unfortunately, the author chose to focus on her marginally notable wrestling involvement and made her professional body-building career almost an afterthought.Niteshift36 (talk) 09:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:13, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:13, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Keep - A google search returns over 34,000 hits. She is notable for her bodybuilding career, as she has been included in several print sources. I have added a couple of short articles from Flex magazine that discuss her career. A lot more information is available in reliable sources, so she passes the General Notability Guideline. GaryColemanFan (talk) 14:48, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Keep - Some notability established in a search of Google News (note to GaryColemanFan - more relevant in an AfD than generic search hits) with actual mainstream media sources being available. -- Scjessey (talk) 15:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Provisional Keep pending the work promised by Niteshift. Relies too much on OWOW and needs additional sources. Probably notable. RICK ME DOODLE YOU DOODLE 22:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The simple fact that she was a professional body-builder that competed in (and won one of) the 3 biggest competitions in the sport should get her past WP:ATHLETE easily. Niteshift36 (talk) 23:04, 10 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Provisional Keep per Rick Doodle and all the recent work.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 00:19, 11 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Keep, she was granted pro status in bodybuilding in 1995 and won her pro debut at the Jan Tana in 1996. Following that, she was on the cover of several magazines, including the previously mentioned Flex. Afterward, she competed in Ms. Olympia and Ms. International twice each, which is definitely the "fully professional level of a sport" mentioned at WP:ATHLETE. Nikki♥311 17:58, 12 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Keep - bodybuilding record stands on it's own as notable. Mad Dog Dunstan (talk) 11:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[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.