Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jose Vargas


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The result was  Keep, closing this early per WP:SNOW. Mandsford 21:59, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Jose Vargas

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It's in Spanish. There's very little content. No sources. No notability established. Alex (talk) 21:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Appears to have been born in 1963, played at centre, and played for the Dallas Mavericks, whoever they are. Peridon (talk) 21:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Under WP:NBASKETBALL, a basketball player is considered notable if he was drafted in the first two rounds of the NBA draft. Although he never played for the Dallas Mavericks, he does appear to have been drafted in the 2nd round. I will translate this article into English, although it will probably just be an infobox at first. The article can be reconsidered once it is in English. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:10, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * He also meets another criterion of WP:NBASKETBALL because he played in Lega Basket Serie A, the main Italian league. I have since translated the article into English. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:27, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:27, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems sufficiently notable. I've added an old Sports Illustrated article about him. Zagal e jo^^^ 01:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep – I'm not a big fan of the "drafted in the first two rounds" guideline, but playing in the top division in Italy and Spain confers notability per WP:NSPORTS. Also, when the Sports Illustrated article is combined with links like this and others avaliable on Google News Archives, it's likely that this player meets the GNG on the basis of coverage he received before he even turned pro.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 04:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep It ain't in Spanish no more... Mandsford 20:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - The Italian league is one of the top leagues in the world. Clearly notable.  Article could be stronger, but the subject is notable. Rikster2 (talk) 22:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - reliable sources indicate general notability. (Disclosure: I used to work summers at Time/Life, publisher of Sports Illustrated.) Bearian (talk) 00:54, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Irrefutably passes WP:NBASKETBALL. Jrcla2 (talk) 00:58, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems sufficiently notable. -- Joaquin008  ( talk ) 16:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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