Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rasheed Sulaimon


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:54, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Rasheed Sulaimon

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High school student, fails notability criteria for Basketball player inclusion Escape Orbit  (Talk) 15:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
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 * Weak Delete: High school athletes are tough cases. There is a burgeoning media business covering them and major outlets like ESPN have been building their HS recruiting coverage over the last few years.  After looking at Google News entries, I would say Sulaimon probably isn't notable at this point - under the assumption that very few HS athletes are.  My guess is that this he will become notable as he goes through his senior year - especially as a Duke commit.  He's not on the Brandon Knight/Harrison Barnes/Austin Rivers notability level (as HS students), that's for sure. Rikster2 (talk) 13:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Coverage seems to be about a high-school athlete signing with a college team, which falls under WP:RECENTISM. The remainder of coverage is WP:ROUTINE sourced from player statistic pages and high school team schedule and results and basic game coverage. Finally, a star high school player attending a college is WP:ROTM and not notable in this case. —Bagumba (talk) 00:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
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