Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J.T. Thomas (linebacker)


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The result was   delete. —  Aitias  // discussion 13:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

J.T. Thomas (linebacker)

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This article's creator has a habit of creating articles for borderline-notable or non-notable subjects. This article in question is about a sophomore football player. I see no notability for this article; he has won no awards (except "scout team player of the year at WVU", which is not a notable award) and has only a few highlights as a player. Lots of people have a few highlights; this does not merit inclusion on Wikipedia. Completely unnotable Timneu22 (talk) 11:30, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all It would be permissible to put this and the other four articles in a group nomination, given that the common thread is that they are all the product of someone's attempt to make individual biographies of this year's West Virginia University Mountaineers football team. I appreciate the nominator's decision to make individual nominations out of fairness concerns, but the article creator hasn't distinguished between players.  As Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football players demonstrates, somebody has created a shrine for their favorite team, and there are more than these five articles.  We live in a strange world where some people would debate whether an individual brain surgeon is notable, but believe that all college athletes are entitled to their own Happy Meal toy.  Mandsford (talk) 15:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all as non-notable. Fails WP: Notability_(sports). --ThaddeusB (talk) 18:11, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete Being the Defensive Scout Team player of the year isn't even close to being notable.--  Iamawesome  800  20:21, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 14 January 2009 (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.