Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Bland


 * 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 of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 18:24, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Mark Bland
Vanity / non-notable. A google search for '"Mark Bland" wrestler' returns 140 results, with the most relevant relating to Wikipedia. The article is poorly written and adopts an informal tone. Not every professional wrestler needs an article, and I see nothing marking the career of this particular wrestler as worthy of an article. McPhail 22:38, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I coldn't find anything that wasn't a mirror of Wikipedia. - Dalbury (talk) 03:11, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article came off a red link in the Randy Orton trivia section, but the link only came about due to the creator of this article making the name a link... if you get what i mean --- Paulley 17:38, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't believe that my article should be deleted from the Wikipedia. I am not a vain person in the least bit. I have had a very sucessful run as a pro-wrestling trainer and eventually trained a WWE World Heavyweight Champion. If you are the coach of a sucessful football team that wins a national championship, they don't erase you from the story because you didn't step on to the field. Originally, I didn't post this article at all as Randy Orton will personally attest. The original article was poorly written and had gramatical errors all over it. I have a masters degree in Teaching and decided that if some wanted to write about me in the first place, I might as well do the story justice and correct the errors. At the same time put a bit more depth to the article. If you guys wanna erase it, go ahead. Like I said, "I didn't write it in the first place, I just corrected it." I do apologize for being successful in Pro-Wrestling and Television. By the way, I was a television show host for a show called Audaphobia that ran on the WB Network in 2004. So between my two careers in entertainment, I personally don't feel that it is quite off the mark for someone to have put me in wikipedia. I mean, nothing personal, but I have done 2 things in this article alone that most people will never do in their entire lives, and be successful at a high level.

I will say to McPhail. I think your Randy Page is quite impressive and I like it's depth. As I have told you before, Randy also thought it was very in depth and justified. I think their needs to be some kind of gatekeeper to keep irrelevant information out of the article though. The OG Stevie B name in the first paragraph is a little over the top. I have wrestled Randy hundreds (not kidding) of times and you don't see me going out of my way to name every single guy I have worked in the past 10 years. Anyway, I think your article is great.

In closing, I can prove anything I said here or on the MARK BLAND article page. It's not a problem at all. My email is markbland@charter.net. I live in St. Louis (actually St. Charles, MO ) Missouri, not more than 2 minutes from Randy's gated community. If you want to erase the article about me, go ahead, it's not a big deal to me. I appreaciate you guys taking the time to read this. s968339 00:51, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. *drew 12:11, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.