Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Thieneman


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The result was   speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn in light of new evidence--with thanks to Dirtlawyer Drmies (talk) 01:29, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Chris Thieneman

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Puff piece for a non-notable mayoral candidate and real estate developer. His jobs and aspirations do not make him notable, and neither does the coverage he generated. Drmies (talk) 17:53, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom. Non-notable, fails WP:BIO & WP:POLITICIAN.--JayJasper (talk) 18:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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 * Speedy Keep. This AfD nomination is flawed because it is not supported by proper due diligence.  Although the subject's pro football career is not properly sourced in the article per WP:V, WP:RS and WP:BLP, Thieneman played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for three seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1991) and Sacramento Gold Miners (1993–1994) (see CFLapedia, Players A–Z for quick confirmation).  Per WP:NSPORTS, specifically the WP:NGRIDIRON section, "American football/Canadian football figures are presumed notable if they . . . have appeared in at least one regular season or post season game in any one of the following professional leagues: the Arena Football League, the Canadian Football League, the National Football League, the third American Football League, the All-America Football Conference or the United States Football League, or any other top-level professional league."  [emphasis mine]  Thieneman played three seasons in the CFL, therefore he's presumed to be notable.  Game over.  I ask the nominator to withdraw the AfD nomination or that an administrator immediately close this AfD as a speedy keep.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Reversing my previous position in favor of deletion, per comments of Dirtlawyer1. Football career needs to be properly sourced in the article, however.--JayJasper (talk) 05:04, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. In fairness to the nominator, I spent an hour searching for news articles, etc., on Theineman last night, and was frustrated when I could only find articles like the second-page sports news "transactions" columns where he was signed, activated, placed on injured reserve, released, etc.  Bottom line: a much lower percentage of regional Canadian newspapers have been scanned into Google News Archive, and very few of them have their own on-line article archives, free or pay-per-view, and the CFL itself does not have an on-line history of all former CFL players.  A private site like CFLapedia partially fills a big hole for CFL football players.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:18, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
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