Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Atkins (basketball)


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The result was Snow Keep. I'm closing this early as no other users have !voted to delete the article, and given the direction the discussion is going, there's no evidence to suggest that keeping this open for the full seven days will change that. (non-admin closure). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:02, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Simon Atkins (basketball)

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Atkins has not played in one of the leagues that is listed as a league playing in grants notability for basketball players. John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:29, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep PBA players get a lot of media coverage. Atkins should pass the GNG easily:, , , , etc. Zagal e jo^^^ 21:26, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep passes GNG per above, PBA may not appear in list of NBASKETBALL leagues but is the top professional league in the Philippines. --- PageantUpdater (talk) 22:07, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep per above, PBA seems professional enough to ensure notability. Inter&#38;anthro (talk) 01:50, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Baby miss fortune 03:59, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep PBA satisfies the requirement of being the top pro league in the Philippines. Lepricavark (talk) 02:37, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Snow Keep as coverage above demonstrates gng, so the unfortunate omission of PBA as a top level league in the basketball essay is irrelevant. Jacona (talk) 12:45, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources provided by Zagalejo, meets GNG. The rest of you should be providing sources as "plays for a top professional league" is not an automatic notability qualifier. That the PBA is not included in the guideline is not "irrelevant," the fact is that no one has done the legwork to investigate whether every single player appearing in a game - including the case where someone appears for just a few minutes in a single contest - are notable. It may be the case, but that's why the league isn't included in WP:NBASKETBALL. The other issue with the article is that there isn't a single source on it that is a reliable, independent source representing significant coverage of Atkins himself. This is a very common problem with a lot of basketball articles and it is bad practice Rikster2 (talk) 06:38, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * If he meets GNG, WP:NBASKETBALL (or any other essay) is irrelevant to this discussion. Jacona (talk) 15:31, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Got it, I misunderstood you. Rikster2 (talk) 17:08, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep as a WP:GNG pass, per Zagalejo's sources. Ejgreen77 (talk) 11:57, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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