Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Grier


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The result was   delete. Mr.Z-man 23:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Tony Grier

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Claims in article of meeting WP:Notability are weak. nba.com doesn't show him having played a professional game; gnews search comes up with few hits about this Tony Grier (many more about a lung transplant patient). Source in article is a wiki; claims of notability there are better, but unsourced. Contested prod. Fabrictramp |  talk to me  16:36, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  16:37, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete for unverifiability--strange: if this had been written and researched a bit better it would never come up for deletion, given that subject is a published author. (Article on Hoopedia is just as poorly written.) Drmies (talk) 17:56, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Someone named Tony Grier was selected by the Spurs in the 1982 NBA Draft, but he wasn't their first draft pick by any definition. (The Spurs drafted two players ahead of him in that year's draft, and had been participating in the NBA Draft since 1977.) Zagalejo^^^ 18:41, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can't verify what's on our stub here, let alone the hoopedia article. He was drafted in the fourth round, never played a game. Only thing he "might" be notable for is the book, but if that is the case the book should have the article, not him. Wizardman  20:48, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


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