Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lee Melchionni (3rd nomination)


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The result was keep.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:50, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Lee Melchionni

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I AFDed this article about a year ago on the basis that collegiate athletes do not pass WP:BIO. The result was no consensus with references to a newspaper article stating that he may play with a professional club in Italy. The basketball season is over, and Lee never played a game. Therefore I renominate this on the same premise as I stated I would months ago. Note: there was a 2nd nomination with questionable motives that I did not endorse. ccwaters 13:34, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, no notability. Axem Titanium 14:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. No professional experience = no notability. Placeholder account 15:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I would probably approve a credible article about any top 100 recruit. Encyclopedic interest is augmented by lineage. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 18:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I think any recent Blue Devils co-captain deserves an article, even if he never plays professionally. Duke is a major, major basketball program, and it receives more national tv coverage than many (most?) NBA teams. Zagalejo 01:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. While he doesn't meet the "have played in a fully professional league" clause, he certainly passes the "The person has been the subject of published secondary sources" test quite easily. JavaTenor 09:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a comment: Duke had 5 or 6 co-captains (everyone in that class). Please don't make that out to be anymore than it is. ccwaters 12:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This article says that there were four in the class of 2005-06, and that that was the first time in history Duke had so many co-captains. Zagalejo 20:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that situation was clarified: 4 co-captains. I'll leave the AFD to run its course now. ccwaters 20:37, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * But the main point from the article is this: "This marks the first time in Duke basketball history the team has had four captains." They don't usually have 4 captains. Zagalejo 21:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep per nom 67.163.161.103 16:02, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. The sum of available third party references fulfills WP:BIO requirements with ease.  RFerreira 18:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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