Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick VanderLaan


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The result was delete. Consensus is that the article does not meet either of the relevant notability guidelines. Davewild (talk) 07:23, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Nick VanderLaan

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Not WP:NBASKETBALL?. Article looks impressive but on closer inspection you can see the issues. VanderLaan has not played at the top level. He was not selected in the NBA Draft. In the USA he was in the NBA Development League, NBA Summer League, American Basketball Association (2000–present) and Continental Basketball Association, not making it to the National Basketball League (United States). He did lead a stat in the 2006 CBA but this was in the short lived revival period. Is that good enough? It might meet the letter of WP:NBASKETBALL but this was after CBA had lost much of it's significance. In Spain, the article claims he played in Bàsquet Manresa who play in Spains top tier, Liga ACB. Records show he played for Ricoh Manresa (same team, 2nd tier) in the second tier Liga Española de Baloncesto as a bench player. (He did appear in the first game of seven of the LEB Finals ). duffbeerforme (talk) 09:52, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:27, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Has significant sources to pass GNG even if it may not pass the more narrowly defined NBASKETBALL. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs ) ~ 14:35, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Whether he strictly meets WP:NBASKETBALL or not, he seems to fail GNG. Most of the sources listed are not independent of the subject, a key factor in GNG. The information comes mostly from his teams' or leagues' websites and his company's own website for the gold business. The only outside coverage is a few articles in the local paper from his time at Concordia. If there's not significant, independent coverage from his time at Cal, Virginia, or in the pros, I don't see him meeting GNG. If a few articles in a single county newspaper are enough for GNG, it would mean that just about every all-county level high school athlete ever would have enough material to meet GNG. SCMatt33 (talk) 19:59, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 07:18, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - does not meet WP:NHOOPS criteria. Collection of general college and minor league roster references is not sufficient for WP:GNG,--Rpclod (talk) 11:48, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


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