Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DeMario Minter


 * 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   no consensus. There are legitimate arguments on both sides here with the delete side pointing out the games played by Mr. Minter are insufficient to meet the special notability guidelines for athletes while the keep voters point out the news coverage is sufficient to pass the general notability guideline. While some have argued that this news coverage is fairly routine in nature, it is still coverage that is sufficient to satisfy the basic verifiability requirements, so there is no policy mandating deletion in the absence of a consensus here. Sjakkalle (Check!)  20:21, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

DeMario Minter

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Never played a game at the NFL level, doesn't seem to pass notability. Wizardman 06:01, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. LlamaAl (talk) 16:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:19, 12 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep more than enough news articles to pass WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:45, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough on the others I've nominated, but looking through his news sources I'm not seeing any major mentions that would make him article worthy, just passing ones. Wizardman  17:29, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I just clicked on the "news" link above and it brought me hundreds. many are behind a paywall, but even with the summaries you can verify that most of them are about this individual.--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 01:47, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 00:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)



Weak delete - yes there are lots of hits on Google, but most seem to be rather trivial mentions and plus we have WP:GOOGLEHITS...the feature article I found was from a team website, so it's not third party and consequently cannot be used to confer notability. The only article that I see that would count is this one. I can't tell if the ones behind a paywall would be more than just trivial mentions; if someone has a subscription to any of the news sites in question and can prove me wrong, I'll be happy to change my vote. Go  Phightins  !  00:43, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - Fails WP:NGRIDIRON since he never played a professional game, but meets WP:GNG per CBS College Sports, Athens Banner-Herald, Scout.com, Cleveland Leader. --Cerebellum (talk) 12:36, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't consider those sources strong for WP:GNG, just regular WP:ROUTINE coverage, two of those articles are more based on Calvin Johnson and that he's the "next" cornerback to face him in a college game, one is a knee surgery, and the last one was a regular signed with the team source. It needs better sources here. Secret account 22:37, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It's far above the low bar set by WP:ROUTINE -- it's not a wedding announcement or a box score, for example.--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:11, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.