Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Campbell (ice hockey, born 1976)


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Ryan Campbell (ice hockey, born 1976)

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Non-notable hockey player, fails WP:NHOCKEY, no evidence he passes the GNG. Played several years in the lower minors without distinction. One of a long string of NN stubs thrown up by article creator.   Ravenswing   11:42, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 12:07, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 12:08, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 12:09, 12 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep or Redirect to List of All-ECAC Hockey Teams. Note: The sheer volume of AfD nominations by this editor (45-plus and counting in the last three days alone) makes it impossible to fully research all of the articles to prove they meet GNG. Expecting any editor to properly research this large number of articles for GNG sources is not realistic or fair, especially when one considers that many of these AfDs require searching pre-Internet sources. Going straight to AfD with this many nominations, without first using PRODs or appropriate tagging, is disruptive. The nom should be reminded that deletion is a last resort, and per WP:BEFORE should only be used after other alternatives have been fully explored. Dolovis (talk) 15:56, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: As many as a hundred articles go to AfD every day, and no one expects any editor to research all of them on the spot; happily, since these are Wikipedia's articles, and do not "belong" to any one editor, there's no onus on any one person to do so. What is seriously disruptive is creating so many BLP articles without even a cursory attempt at proper sourcing.  Perhaps, rather than creating yet more NN sub-stubs, you could turn your attention to that.   Would you like, by the bye, to proffer a reason to Keep, valid or otherwise?     Ravenswing   18:02, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Delete. Fails NHOCKEY and GNG. Making All-ECAC rookie team is not a sufficent claim to notability. Patken4 (talk) 21:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn player. Also, I would like to thank you Dolovis for admitting that you don't even bother researching whether the players are notable before you create the articles.  This is the kind of admission that should probably be used in consideration of a topic ban preventing you from creating any further articles. Resolute 18:47, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete A search shows no sources that meet GNG and he fails NHOCKEY. And I would have to agree with Resolute here. Admitting you don't research before you create an article is something that should be discussed in a topic ban on article creation. -DJSasso (talk) 19:08, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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