Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dereck Faulkner

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 03:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dereck Faulkner

Football player who never played in the NFL, ergo fails WP:ATHLETE, WP:N. Wizardman 22:28, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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~~Weak keep~~ He seems to meet the notability threshold, although the article needs clean up. Are you arguing that only professional football players can have entries? What about record breaking or otherwise notable college players or notable high school athletes? ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He isn't one of those which you mentioned above though. His high school and college career appear to be pedestrian. Wizardman 14:23, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. 74 receptions in a IAA career might rank him in the top 15,000 all time...hardly record breaking...he wasn't even the leading receiver on his team--Smashville^talk 04:21, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete You guys and a second look at the "references" none of which seemed to link to anything convinced me. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article appears to be sourced quite well now, and plenty more sources are available from a simple Google search. Note that WP:ATHLETE is a guideline. Verifiability is the policy, which this appears to meet quite handily. BradV 00:15, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Quite blatantly fails WP:ATHLETE. He was a #2-3 receiver on a IAA football team. WP:V is irrelevant. He was a football player, the only thing he could be notable for is being a football player...and he is not a notable football player. --Smashville^talk 04:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete With all due respect to the comment above. He has to meet both WP:N and WP:V and he does not meet WP:N. -Djsasso (talk) 03:43, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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