Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Sills (American football)


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The result was   keep. JForget 00:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

David Sills (American football)

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This is an articles about a 13 year old (7th grader) who committed to play football at USC. This articles is not yet notable for the fact that he hasn't even started playing college football yet. The supersonic seahawk (talk) 17:50, 26 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep As per Talk:David_Sills_(American_football), this subject has been a target of the media for years.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:01, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Just because he committed to a major university at a young age does not make him notable for an article creation. Besides, the media is not going to keep talking about him for years to come. When he made the commitment it was a big deal because he was only 13, but the media has other interests other than following this kid until he gets to college. The supersonic seahawk (talk) 18:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I respectfully disagree with Super... I definitely think that this is a unique enough issue that it is worthwhile and notable. While he certainly is not notable becaue of his college football play (because he hasn't had any yet), I see evidince of notability under WP:GNG (general notability guideline).--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment This issue isn't as unique as you think. There has been 14 year olds who committed to major universities before in basketball.  Why should David Sills have his own page while those number of people don't?  I've even seen high school seniors who got their page deleted because they weren't in college yet. Although I agree they don't have to be in college in order to have their own page, why don't we wait until he's a high school senior to consider him notable.  The supersonic seahawk (talk) 21:28, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It is not a matter of age or scholastic status. We are a tertiary source and summarize secondary sources.  If secondary sources exist the wikipedia article could and should exist.  High school basketball players like Lance Stephenson last year who have already received a lot of press can have articles.  Probably many McDonald's All-Americans could have articles in high school.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:46, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep He's getting news coverage by major affiliates in Los Angeles, because of the uniqueness. As a result, he will get the follow up scrutiny--this name will be in the news for the next 6+ years, whether he succeeds or not.Trackinfo (talk) 03:54, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  -- Bradjamesbrown (talk) 18:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  —TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
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