Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Sherry


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The result was   no consensus. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:09, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Matt Sherry

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Fails WP:ATHLETE: has never played professional American football. No significant independent media coverage to otherwise pass WP:N  Grsz 11  21:25, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  --  J mundo 21:36, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:BIO, not notable. Drawn Some (talk) 22:49, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - Drafted player who spent season on IR with a team, which is full pay. He was as much a member of the team as anyone.► Chris Nelson Holla! 22:49, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Out of curiousity, was he actually injured or was it one of those "non-football injuries", as I haven't seen a source and the Bengals bio is HTTP 404ed.  Grsz 11  23:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Bengals have changed over their site, old links are dead. He's still on the team and his bio is here. And yes, he was on IR all season.► Chris Nelson Holla! 23:36, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment' All that aside, he still doesn't pass WP:BIO.  Grsz 11  23:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - But he should pas WP:ATHLETE as a member of the Bengals who was drafted and has spent over a year with the team.► Chris Nelson Holla! 23:46, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Per Chrisjnelson, drafted by the Bengals and a professional in his sport.-- Giants27 T/  C  23:23, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per Chris and Giants--Yankees10 23:33, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, per longstanding consensus you don't pass WP:ATHLETE unless you play. Not play = not notable by WP:ATHLETE.  If sources could be found for him to be notable otherwise, that's fine, but until/unless then, he's not notable at all.  Nyttend (talk) 02:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: WP:ATHLETE is just a backup guideline for when the regular one fails. To make a good case for deletion you should also show it fails other guidelines that can apply like WP:BIO or WP:GNG. - Mgm|(talk) 09:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment ATHLETE is part of BIO.  Grsz 11  16:54, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - WP:ATHLETE is an additional criteria of the basic criteria of WP:BIO. Not meeting WP:ATHLETE in itself isn't a valid rationale for deletion any more than not meeting WP:POLITICIAN. Strikehold (talk) 00:58, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep He is a professional athlete.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:20, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:N (no multiple independent sources providing non-trivial coverage of the subject), and fails WP:ATHLETE (has not competed at the fully professional level of a sport). It's all there in the infobox: "Career highlights and awards - No notable achievements". Will happily change to Keep if feature articles about his life or sporting career are provided.  S HEFFIELD S TEEL TALK 20:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - that line in the infobox means nothing, that's just the arbitrary phrase we chose for players without major awards.► Chris Nelson Holla! 20:33, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
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