Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lee Melchionni (2nd nomination)


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The result was Keep. - Bobet 21:44, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Lee Melchionni
He was a benchwarmer and was a bad player. Unless he's a professional or prominent amateur player who made news, this article should be deleted. Averaged 5.7 pts, give me a break. LOL. Squadoosh 23:46, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This nomination was formatted incorrectly because it was the article's 2nd nomination; I have fixed this now. -- H·G (words/works) 23:59, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment this was nominated for deletion only 10 days ago; result was no consensus. Isn't it a bit early for another AfD nomination? I also have doubts about the nom's good faith when he comments that the subject "was a tool" on the talk page. -- H·G (words/works) 23:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Again The JJ Redick article says the Melchionni was a co-captain of the Duke team. In addition he has signed a contract to play professionally in Italy for Benetton Treviso which is one of the top European teams, having produced current #1 pick Andrea_Bargnani. In addition I find it troubling that this is being resubmitted for AfD when the first nomination just concluded a couple days ago. DrunkenSmurf 02:49, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I was the original AFD nominator, I did so because I inquired about his notability months ago and never received a response. As far as I can tell he still fails WP:BIO (ie: playing pro). The referenced article about the Italian team states "Melchionni said he expects to play for Benetton but has not yet signed the contract." and he is not listed in the roster at said team's website. If he is actually signed and with the team, than I think it should be mentioned in the article. With that said, I'm staying neutral in this AFD as I have no particular motive to get this deleted. I'd be content to wait until the beginning of the Italian basket season and see if he is playing. ccwaters 13:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Fair enough, questioning what does and does not belong here is healthy and makes for the best possible set of articles which is what we all want. Doing it twice in the span of a couple weeks does not sit well with me however. (I know you personally did not do this, just a general comment regarding this second nomination) My feeling is that a former captain of one of the top teams in collegiate sports would make someone pretty notable. In addition the article linked above states that Benetton offered him a contract, and he expects to sign it. I can't imagine a senario where he would not be playing for them in the upcoming season, but as you say maybe we can just wait a few months. DrunkenSmurf 17:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. Borderline college players who get a contract offer from Europe tend to wait a while to be sure that an NBA team doesn't pick them up as a free agent. That's not very likely to happen in his case, so signing with Benetton is a formality. He'll be playing pro on one of the best European teams unless he gets a better offer. BTW, as above, I also question why this was AfD'd again so soon. -- Wine Guy  Talk  06:44, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep against nom 216.141.226.190 14:08, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep U.S. college stars who play professionally in Europe are notable. Eluchil404 22:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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