Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Gonzalez (wide receiver)


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The result was   delete. slakr \ talk / 22:36, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Tony Gonzalez (wide receiver)

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Fails WP:NGRIDIRON, he was released in July of 2008 before playing a down in even a preseason game, as well as WP:NCOLLATH because he wasn't on any all-conference, all-american teams, didn't win any awards, and barely any articles exist about his college career outside of a few local news media outlets. He is coaching, but he's a high school assistant. He's just one of dozens of rookie players that get released during training camp. Rockchalk 717 16:04, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete appears to be some kind of promotional page, or at least could be. No reason to keep by any notability measure that I can find.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:23, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - This could be a closer call than a first glance might indicate. The first problem is distinguishing this guy, Tony Gonzalez (American football), from this guy, Tony Gonzalez (wide receiver).  I suggest that everyone conduct their key word searches based on "Tony Gonzalez" & "Boston College" in order to distinguish the subject of this AfD from the obviously notable former tight end for the Kansas City Chief and Atlanta Falcons, and played college ball for Cal Berkeley.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:25, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete - This was a close call, and very nearly a "weak keep" !vote. Subject does not satisfy the specific notability guidelines for college athletes per WP:NCOLLATH (no major awards or records), or professional football players per WP:NGRIDIRON (never played in and NFL regular season game).  Must satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG with significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources.  So far, I have found two relatively short feature articles about Gonzalez (MetroWest Daily News, Boston Herald), and a lot two and three-sentence post-game WP:ROUTINE coverage of his college career at Boston College.  The two features are about the subject's high school and post-college coaching career, not his college playing career, which is the primary basis of his claim to notability.  On the other hand, there is plenty of ROUTINE post-game coverage to build out an article about his college career.  I personally prefer more significant coverage about a college athlete's college career to establish a college athlete's notability, but I do note that we have kept other CFB players with shakier claims to significant coverage than this.  If other editors can find additional significant coverage about the subject's college career, I could be prevailed upon to switch my !vote.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:15, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NCOLLATH, WP:NGRIDIRON, and WP:GNG. Coverage is routine sports reporting.204.126.132.231 (talk) 19:47, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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