Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Mendez


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The result was delete. Clear consensus for deletion. North America1000 17:40, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Steve Mendez

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I had prodded it with the rationale: "I would have A7'd it, but if the assertion that he is the youngest official is correct (cannot find any verification of it), then I guess that could be considered notability. However, searches on News returned no hits for this particular person of this name; same with Newspapers, Books, Scholar (unsurprisingly) and JSTOR." - The prod was contested without comment. So, now we're here.  Onel 5969  TT me 23:59, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  Onel 5969  TT me 01:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete. There is no presumption of notability for NCAA football officials. Such a subject must satisfy WP:GNG, and I am not finding significant coverage in multiple, reliable, indpendent sources of the type required to pass that bar. Cbl62 (talk) 01:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete with a curiosity to follow... it's possible there may be some notoriety arrive because he is an NCAA official at what may be perceived as such a young age. I haven't found support for this, but... maybe... --Paul McDonald (talk) 16:46, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, there doesn't seem to be any coverage of the subject. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:30, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - The assertion that the subject is the "youngest American Football Official in the United States" [sic] is irrelevant, even if it is 100% true. Under the general notability guidelines of WP:GNG, the only thing that is relevant in determining notability is significant coverage of the subject -- significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources, each element of which is a separate criterion for judging whether references are suitable to be used in determining the notability of a potential article subject.  In this case, I could no reliable coverage -- let alone significant coverage -- of "Steve Mendez" NCAA official.  The most prominent source I found for the assertion of being the youngest NCAA official is Mendez's own Twitter account.  Unless I missed something, this isn't even a close call.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:54, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I also think it is worth noting that the article creator and the subject may be the same person, given the creator's SPA editing interests and the similarity between the subject name and creator's user name: . Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:01, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:20, 12 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete No sources, clear fail of WP:BIO. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:54, 13 November 2015 (UTC)


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