Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Legion


 * 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   keep. No argument for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 09:49, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Alex Legion

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Fails WP:ATHLETE. Still in school, so he hasn't played professionally. Crotchety Old Man (talk) 20:20, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep he is competing at the highest level of amatuer basketball in the United States. --Dincher (talk) 20:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Playing for an NCAA Division I team in any sport is not inherently notable. WP:ATHLETE was changed in order to close out the argument that "the highest amateur level of a sport" means that all college athletes are entitled to their own articles.  Otherwise, we'd have tons of articles about all the players on a particular team (in this case, its Illinois, but I would say the same about Kentucky and North Carolina as well).  The phrase "usually considered to mean the Olympic Games or World Championships" was added to close whatever loophole might be inferred.  In this case, there's an article called 2009-10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team where all of the player bio stuff can be put. Mandsford (talk) 21:34, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Amatuer basketball not longer participate in the Olympics or World Championships. Those events are now for pros. Dincher (talk) 21:59, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Falls afoul of WP:ATHLETE. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 22:33, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Change !vote to keep per findings. -- Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 22:41, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep subject has significant third party coverage. -Drdisque (talk) 19:58, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * From whom? I'd expect it in Illinois and Kentucky, but anywhere else?  Mandsford (talk) 21:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * , ranked 10th best player at his position out of High School, USA Today good enough for you?,
 * Why, yes. Yes, it is.  -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 22:41, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Good enough.  I'm not against Alex Legion demonstrating notability in the usual way, and he has gotten notice on ESPN, USA Today, an other outside sources, by being a heavily-recruited guard who has jumped from one program to the next (Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois), and even his momma seems to get some opportunity-press herself.  What I am against is the silly idea that we should host a different fansite for each player on a particular team.  I can think of lots of people, like heart surgeons and test pilots, who do something more important than play basketball, but they don't get inherent notability either.  Mandsford (talk) 12:48, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * But, nobody pays big bucks to watch surgeons and pilots do there thing. I do get your point. Dincher (talk) 16:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
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