Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Langton
As noted above, Langton is not notable under  since he failed to win the office for which he ran. The difficult issue is . To qualify under that provision, I think, the article would need to show that Langton had "competed at the fully professional level". The https://www.pba.com/members/join.asp PBA website is informative. That organization is quite different from, say, the National Football League. There are 3 membership levels: Junior, Standard, and Full. You show that you are a good bowler, and then YOU PAY THEM to get in; they don't pay you. Thus, being in the PBA is not really sufficient to provide the needed "professional level" qualification under . If the article's author can show that Langton has earned his living as a PBA bowler I believe the article should stand. Lacking that, though, I recommend '''Delete
— User:Tim, 13:35, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN||WP:ATHLETE||WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)