Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerraud Powers


 * 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    Delete. Consensus is that the cited sources are largely trivial and insufficient to establish encyclopedic notability. Eluchil404 (talk) 21:16, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Jerraud Powers

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To the extent that I understand WP:ATHLETE, people are not notable solely for playing university football and getting bitten by dogs.  Sandstein  22:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Update: I added some references and notation of the Zeke Smith award. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:54, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete High school College athlete whose claim to fame is being bitten by a dog. -- R andom H umanoid ( &rArr; ) 22:59, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete It's actually a college athlete, but whatever... flaminglawyerc 23:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  12:41, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Good evidence of notability and recognition. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep-- Per the references provided above, meet wp:athlete. --Jmundo (talk) 07:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete He clearly fails WP:ATHLETE, unless college football is now fully professional? пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  14:41, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * His notability is established by substantial coverage from reliable sources and a notable award for being the defensive player of the year at Auburn University. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:04, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Question: WP:Athlete suggests that no amateur athlete is notable enough, unless they compete at for instance a World Championship (or a BCS title game, I imagine?). (That means no Rashad Johnson or Andre Smith, since the Tide is only in the Sugar Bowl?) Anyway, I would like someone to weigh in on this, since that's the rub. Despite one editor's hard and diligent work on the article, I don't think this athlete is notable enough--the Zeke Smith award didn't even make the paper here, and I live an hour and a half away. Now, getting bit by a dog, I remember it well! But then, I'm a Alabama fan... (so, I'm leaning toward delete...) Drmies (talk) 04:45, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The ample media coverage of Powers in a variety of settings seems to meet the more general notability guideline. And I would think getting an award as the best defensive player on your Div 1 team (Kevin Greene got it...)is competing at a pretty high level of Football. But I agree it's not a slam dunk. I would like to point out the extraordinary conflict of interest regarding Drmies being a Bama fan. :) Should he be blocked from editing any Auburn related articles? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:06, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, this is the most blatant accusation I've had to face since I got out of walking the dog yesterday (bad hamstring...war wound...). What's with the biting, Child? Got a jaw-fetish? Just to show you what a good sport I can be: here. (Hope the link works for you--the archives for the Montgomery Advertiser are not accessible to me, strangely.) Now, in the interest of full disclosure, my paycheck actually comes from Auburn. There. And I'll see you at arbitration, if my dog doesn't bite you in the hand first. Oh, grudgingly, I might stop leaning toward delete, if only because, as the Bear used to say, it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. (OK, that doesn't really apply, but come on, it's not a bad find.) Drmies (talk) 06:29, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I just added some more sourced content. He's been covered extensively since high school, including in USA Today, the New York Times, regional papers, recieved honors etc. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable enough as a college player. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 05:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete From the onset appears to fail WP:ATHLETE. Most of the sources cited are reliable, but I'm not convinced that he's notable enough. – Alex43223T 07:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ample coverage could've satisfied notability guidelines that trumph any ATHLETE specific ones, but the majority of references are trivial mentions. The coverage is not significant enough. - Mgm|(talk) 16:44, 1 January 2009 (UTC)


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