Talk:Debbie Kalsow

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Sports and Games

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	Sports portal This article is supported by the sports and games work group.

Cycling

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cycling, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of cycling on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CyclingWikipedia:WikiProject CyclingTemplate:WikiProject Cyclingcycling articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Women's sport

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's sport (and women in sports), a WikiProject which aims to improve coverage of women in sports on Wikipedia. For more information, visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.Women's sportWikipedia:WikiProject Women's sportTemplate:WikiProject Women's sportWomen's sport articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Notability of Debbie Kalsow

A tag has been placed on Debbie Kalsow, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you feel that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --SquidSK ^(1MC^•^log) 00:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sheesh! I am in the middle of Wikifying her right now. She, as the article says, was a BMX racer in the 1980s. This is in connection of notable BMX racers, stars of the sport.

Here are a couple of independent websites her name is mentioned in:

Catalog of BMX (google cache)

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:g9bVLPsLytoJ:www.catalogofbmx.com/usba.html+debbie+kalsow+bmx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us

And the ABA website:

http://www.ababmx.com/index.php?page=default/champions&id=GRL

Look toward the bottom of the page and see "1982 Debbie Kalsow." Hunter2005 01:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article now makes a case for the subject's notability (i.e., national championship at the sport's highest amateur level). Recommend speedy delete be denied. Sorry if I jumped the trigger, but when the article was created, there was nothing notable listed. Thanks for the article! --SquidSK ^(1MC^•^log) 04:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]