Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Bowdy


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The result was Delete. Randykitty (talk) 14:28, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Jay Bowdy

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Non-notable basketball player. Has never played in NBA or NBA D-League or other major league. LionMans Account (talk) 23:52, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep Has played in William Jones Cup, a "major international amateur or professional competition", fulfilling Notability (sports). Vycl1994 (talk) 00:04, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The whole sentence is "participated in a major international amateur or professional competition at the highest level (such as the Olympics)." Judging by the level of competition at the tournament, calling it highest level would be questionable at best. LionMans Account (talk) 00:21, 29 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - He definitely does not meet WP:NBASKETBALL or WP:NCOLLATH. The question is going to rest on if he meets WP:GNG.  I still need to do the research, but I wanted to ensure it's known that the William Jones Cup absolutuely doesn't satisfy any sports-specific guideline, nor do any of the leagues he has played in.  I'll come back with a vote once I research GNG.  Rikster2 (talk) 19:15, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * William Jones Cup is the only questionable one. My opinion is it isn't, but that can be argued.  His US leagues are all semi-pro leagues, all from a team he owns.  His international teams are Dominican Republic team, which he was at for a month and never played, and Lebanon team, which he couldn't play due to FIBA sanction (I think).
 * No, the William Jones Cup does not connote notability and is not what the SSG is meant to signify. The international participation that generally would indicate notability would be the Olympics, the FIBA World Cup or at worst one of the continental qualifiers for these.  It clearly says "at the highest level (like the Olympics)." And besides, he still would need to meet GNG. Rikster2 (talk) 21:40, 1 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - The William Jones Cup does not represent the top level competition needed to establish notability. - Whpq (talk) 13:15, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - after research, I don't find sufficient reliable, independent sources to establish notability. Pretty much everything is self-published or from the organizations he has play for. Rikster2 (talk) 00:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
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