Deletion of Walter J. West

Comment: Upon reading everyone's arguments. It appears unless we redefine the meaning of "competitor", "highest level" and only for a certain value of "amateur sports", criteria in  are simply not met. The basic problem here is that the wikiproject involved doesn't seem to agree with Wikipedia's scope and policy. However, Wikipedia is not a universal wiki, it is not a wiki farm, if the rules are not adequate for your project, the most sensible course of action is to migrate to a separate, specialized wiki, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Wikia
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: As stated by Paul, this man competed at the highest amateur level, which WP:ATHLETE guarantees to be notable.  It's basically like |politicians: if we have a single reliable source (if Geneva isn't a reliable source for its coaches, the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' isn't a reliable source for members of the US Congress) that someone was a legislator, that's sufficient to prove notability and to keep the article.  We have no more reason to require lots of nontrivial coverage of this man than we do of government officials and professional sportspeople
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: WikiProjects do not get to redefine notability requirements for articles in their purview and this guy clearly does not meet the agreed standards at  etc
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Be happy to.  Already invited users from over 12 other projects, commented and participated in multiple AFDs, listed the essay in the wikipedia essay category, worked with comments on , ... what else should the project do?  The project has asked and asked, but no one seems to want to comment on the essay, only on individual articles.  Per , silence implies consensus
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:CON)

Comment: as per nom. Appears to fail both the basic  and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:ATHLETE)