Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Lewis (offensive lineman)

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 06:25, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Lewis (offensive lineman)

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Practice squad players are not notable per WP:Athlete; subject does not meet other guidelines for notability as set forth in WP:N. Drmies (talk) 05:24, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per failing WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. ArcAngel (talk) 06:56, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ATHLETE with no prejudice to recreation if he makes the active roster. youngamerican (wtf?) 12:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - As NFL practice squad player, should automatically be notable per WP:VERIFY as lesser talented players from lower-level football leagues are notable.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 13:38, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- A few flaws here: first of all, practice players are not automatically notable--that is a given. I don't know what you mean with "notable per WP:VERIFY"--no verifiable notability is proven for this and other practice squad players. That they should be notable because lesser-talented players are notable is doubtful and confused: determining who has less talent is impossible, and ordinarily (unless WP:N is met in other ways) players (such as?) from lower-level leagues (such as?) are not notable. Reread WP:ATHLETE, without trying to make it fit your recent spate of new articles. You seem to suggest a general law for notability for almost everyone in an NFL organization, and that is counter to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Drmies (talk) 18:47, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - having never actually played at the professional level (yet), fails WP:ATHLETE. If he makes the active roster, I'm not against recreation.--Unionhawk ^Talk ^E-mail ^Review 16:02, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Agreed; no salt necessary. Drmies (talk) 16:05, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:ATH and WP:GNG. As Unionhawk said recreate when notability has been asserted.--Giants27 (c|s) 18:43, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. --Giants27 (c|s) 18:49, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. --Giants27 (c|s) 18:49, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Lewis was just released today by Miami.--Giants27 (c|s) 14:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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