Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Hightower


 * 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. extransit (talk) 05:15, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Ed Hightower

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not notable. a local basketball coach and superintendent. also, his article is highly POV with few sources. also, article is an orphan with no articles linking to it. KingJohn23 (talk) 20:59, 27 October 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:24, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meritstarzzz (talk • contribs) 15:10, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Question Why is he not notable? When discussing a person's notability, just saying "delete" or "keep" with no further explanation is basically a thoughtless response and doesn't show that the user put forth any consideration at all to his/her explanation. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:53, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I would like to point out that the above user is most likely a sockpuppet and the account has only responded in a limited number of AfDs. His/her explanations don't clarify anything either. Jrcla2 (talk) 17:27, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Found plenty of Ghits, and the fact that he's refereed in 12 Final Fours puts him in the top tier of college officials. There has been no precedence on WP:CBBALL in terms of referee notability as far as I'm aware of, but this is as good of an example as I can imagine as a definite keep. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:51, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Cirt (talk) 17:59, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:42, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep The nomination ("a local basketball coach and superintendent") seems to have missed the point that his notability has been as a game official (referee) in multiple (12) NCAA Final Fours and that he was honored by the NCAA as official of the year. Mandsford 15:33, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - While it is criminal that this guy was ever selected as "official of the year" by anyone (lol), he certainly is a well-known college basketball referee and is notable. Rikster2 (talk) 19:50, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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