Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Alexander (basketball)


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 22:23, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Brian Alexander (basketball)

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Does not meet WP:GNG, lacking multiple sources of significant coverage from independent sources. Career does not meet WP:NBASKETBALL. —Bagumba (talk) 10:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. —Bagumba (talk) 10:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep played for a top level professional team.--User:Namiba 12:44, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:NBASKETBALL lists specific leagues, not a generic "top level professional team"; which one did he meet?—Bagumba (talk) 16:01, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. This is the best I could find, though the commonness of the name makes searching difficult. There's also this obit but the source is not independent. No obituaries were found in Detroit Free Press or The Detroit News as of yet, but given recency of death (two days ago) those may still be coming. Waiting to see if additional sources develop. If not, I'd lean delete. Cbl62 (talk) 13:37, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I can't find any independent coverage of his death. What about you?—Bagumba (talk) 08:17, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Still nothing in any of the outlets (mlive.com, freep.com, detroitnews.com) where you would expect to see it if he were notable. Cbl62 (talk) 14:36, 26 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment. Here is an Estonian article from 1998 about an transfer/contract incident he was involved in from when he played in Finland. He doesn't seem to have played any regular season games in Finland though, the translated text here indicates that he played only two pre-season games for Salon Vilpas and their Korisliiga statistics page for that season does not list him as a player. He played for the Windsor Drive in 2003 according to the article and Eurobasket.com. In 2003, the Drive was a member of the Canadian National Basketball League. It seems that the CNBL never got off and there were only played a few exibitions games before it folded in 2004. If he does pass WP:GNG, it probably won't be through his professional career. — Alvaldi (talk) 18:37, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep here are several sources already listed for GNG, but I was able to find     . I'm sure there's more but it's a common name. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 01:16, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * #1 from Colorado Communuity Media reads like a paid advertorial e.g. Any youngsters interested in Team Alexander Athletics can go to the website at www.taathletics.org or call 720-251-5282.. #2 3 & 4 are trivial mentions, and not significant coverage. #5 & 6 are both from Detroit Free Press, which count for one source only: Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability. Does not meet GNG requirement for multiple sources of significant coverage.—Bagumba (talk) 08:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I should note that the one article has been published in multiple publications. And I would dispute that some of the others are trivial. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 17:47, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The same article published in even 100 sources would still be one source for GNG purposes. And again, that one reads like paid advertisement i.e. non-independent. I'm dumbfounded how one or two mentions in an article is anything but trivial. People can judge for themselves from the full text of those Newspapers.com links here and here.—Bagumba (talk) 10:07, 21 May 2020 (UTC)


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