Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter J. West
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
— User:Nyttend, 17:52, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)