Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald Sloan (American basketball player)


 * 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. Plenty of coverage has been found since the article was put up for deletion. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 02:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Donald Sloan (American basketball player)

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College athlete with no significant coverage in reliable sources. does not meet general notability or athlete specific notability guidelines.  GB fan  talk 02:10, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

If pages such as Damion James are allowed to exist (college player with equally little impact) then this page should be allowed to stay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.3.161.28 (talk) 02:49, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Invalid appeal to WP:Other stuff exists. PDCook (talk) 03:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Player 5th in the Big 12 in scoring, leader of his top 25 team and first team all big 12 selection. What more is needed for a college athlete? The page is still being expanded on to add more information and sources, give it time —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.129.20 (talk) 03:07, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * He fails WP:ATHLETE by default, so the article needs references that demonstrate notability. PDCook (talk) 03:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Again, the article is being added to and now contains 5 reliable sources. Some of which do demonstrate notability (All Big 12 honors). More will be added as time allows but that's all I can do for now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.129.20 (talk) 03:29, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete The references are all but one links to either sports listing pages or reports in which Sloan receives one or two brief mentions. Nowhere remotely near WP:ATHLETE. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:35, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. (GregJackP (talk) 12:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC))
 * JamesBWatson - I am attempting my best to correct deficiencies that have been pointed out here, I have now added references 6 &7 which are articles that feature Sloan (one from a local media outlet - Houston, Tx - & one from a national outlet - Fanhouse. Is that the type of information you are referring to? Given a little guidance I can make this article relevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.129.20 (talk) 13:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Also just added ref #10. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.129.20 (talk) 13:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. WP:ATHLETE is ridculously outdated with regard to amateur athletes.  It lists the Olympics and World Championships as examples of the "highest level of amateur competition" even though both of these have accepted professionals nearly across the board for almost 20 years.  Sloan is notable in that he DOES play at the highest level of amateur basketball competition - top player on a top 25 team who is All-Big 12 Conference in one of the highest profile leagues in America.  I don't believe all college basketball players are notable (a good example of one who isn't is Michael Dunigan, also up for deletion.  He is an average player on a below-average team), but if you are a major award winner - and I would count 1st team All-Conference in a "top 6" league - you are notable.  Besides, if you wait 3-4 months he'll be a pro anyway - either in the NBA or a top European league - all big conference stars are that good.  I do recommend the page title be changed to Donald Sloan (basketball), however, since there isn't another Sloan playing hoops. Rikster2 (talk) 01:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - also adding to objective notability, was just named to the 2010 Big 12 All-Tournament team. matt91486 (talk) 04:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Here are a couple pieces on Sloan or otherwise articles focusing exclusively on him, demonstrating media coverage of him personally:, . At this point I realize there are only a couple, but I haven't been looking super hard either.  They just show up in a simple Google News search. matt91486 (talk) 16:07, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

The entry has been vastly updated since the deletion tag was first added. Thanks to all who helped in finding quality sources. Does anyone know when a decision will be made regarding this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CLT08 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Matt91486.--MacRusgail (talk) 16:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
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