Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hendrik Coetzee
The article easily passes the notability threshold. First, it uses 10 |reliable sources from the press to demonstrate notability. Second, the press demonstrates his notability for several of his actions, including being an author and for leading expeditions that had never been accomplished previously. Third, the guideline Wikipedia:Notability (people) states,A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. which this man clearly does. Note the use of British, Indian, Australian and American news sources. The reliable sources that have been cited come from no shortage of international press sources in a very non-routine, very significant way. Based on the above, it is clear that this man is notable
— User:Basket, 17:51, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)