Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Lalande


 * 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. --Luigi30 (Ta&lambda;k) 13:18, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Kevin Lalande

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Junior hockey player with lack of notability. Junior players are only considered notable if they are a top draft prospect or have accomplised extraordinary feats. Flibirigit 21:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination. Flibirigit 21:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Until a player has played atleast one NHL (or equivalent) game he is not considered notable enough unless some other aspect has made him notable. --Djsasso 21:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep per JamesTeterenko as he has signed a pro contract. --Djsasso 02:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Kevin who? GoodDay 22:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Need we say more?Orangemarlin 23:31, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Mid-round draft choice who hasn't played a professional game, and so fails WP:BIO.   RGTraynor  23:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. I'm not too hung up on keeping this article.  If the consensus is to kill it, fine.  I just don't see much point in deleting an article that is likely to be recreated within a year.  He has signed a professional contract and unless he has a career ending injury, he'll be playing professional hockey in the fall.  No, he won't be in the NHL next year, it will be in the AHL or ECHL.  When I take a look at the roster of the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (where he would likely play if he plays in the AHL), I see other players that are not much more notable that have an article.  Some examples include: Warren Peters, Brett Skinner, & Brett Palin.  These were all created by different people, so it isn't as if one person went out to create a bunch of players on his favourite team.  As a side note, I actually did a search on Kevin Lalande in Wikipedia earlier this week to see information on him.  That is when I noticed the prod, and figured it might be better at least as an AFD discussion.  Granted, I am unique in that I know who he is and can name the five top goalies in the Flames system.  I just wanted to know what junior team he is playing for this year and figured Wikipedia was as good a place as any to look this up.  -- JamesTeterenko 22:50, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per norm. James makes a good point, however, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and we do not know that he will be playing somewhere for sure, as likely as it is. Kaiser matias 04:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hasn't played a professional game, per WP:BIO  It looks like the Flames have at least 3 other goalies in the system above him in the pecking order . If he plays actually next season (probably in the ECHL) I wouldn't be opposed to recreation of this article, but I won't be itching to create it myself. ccwaters 12:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pending what the Flames do with other contract, Lalande will have to deal with Krahn, McElehiny (SP), Keetley and Irving.  He will be in a low minor league (likely the ECHL) for sometime, which I believe would place him below the notability threshold at this time.  Wikipedia policy is that articles are created after notability is achieved, not before.  As it does not appear that Lalande has any outstanding argument for notability in the OHL (ie: won a major award, etc), I have to vote delete. Resolute 19:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - can always be recreated if he ever does anything significant at professional level. Metamagician3000 23:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


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