Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Karabell


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The result was   Delete. Rjd0060 (talk) 14:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Eric Karabell

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Procedural nomination. PROD/dePROD in Jan 2007, then PROD again in Aug 2008; current PROD nominee's reasoning: no sources to indicate this person meets the notability requirements of WP:BIO. User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete apolgies for the re-prod, and thanks, C, for bringing it here. There are no sources that provide significant coverage, as required by WP:BIO. UnitedStatesian (talk) 01:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: A man with a job.  Wikipedia is not Monster.com, and this fellow has not achieved significant notice.  Utgard Loki (talk) 13:13, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment do the fantasy awards establish notability? I just cited those but I'm not sure whether they're sufficient. TravellingCari  14:16, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No, the only way to establish notability is with significant converage in relaiable secondary sources. The awards do not do this, and the FSWA website does not provide significant coverage. UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't disagree that more sourcing is needed, but part of WP:BIo allows for * The person has received a notable award or honor, or has been often nominated for them. I'm unfamiliar with the award or the field to know whether that award established notability. That's why I asked. TravellingCari  16:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The awards are not notable. WP:BIO is referring to awards like the Academy Awards. UnitedStatesian (talk) 17:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's only those top tier awards, others have passed with far less but I wasn't sure about this. That said I have looked and find no evidence of any other coverage of Karabell's work, just copies of his own writing so with that I say weak delete. TravellingCari  17:18, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

This is one of the lead analysts for ESPN, the biggest company in the sports business. Isn't that enough to keep this entry? It's hard to find 3rd-party sources because not a lot of major media is devoted to this growing industry (30+ million users). So we have to use sources like the FSWA (which was incorrectly deleted in my opinion). FantasyHistory (talk)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 14:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)


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