Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zach Tuiasosopo


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The result was   Delete per nomination and consensus --Anthony.bradbury"talk"  20:31, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Zach Tuiasosopo
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PROD contested (does that thing ever work?). This man has never played a regular or post season NFL game. He has a notable father and two notable brothers, but notability is not inherited. He fails perhaps the easiest notability guideline to satisfy that there is. This, and other articles on other subjects of similar "notability" have me worried about the advance of the internet in relation to the GNG; used to be newspapers had to pick and choose what they'd publish. Now with physical newspapers fast becoming a thing of the past, pretty much anyone, who would have unequivocally failed the GNG when Wikipedia was first born, can be seen by some as satisfying it. But enough rambling. Delete this article. Alex finds herself awake at night ( Talk ·  What keeps her up ) 23:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep : unless it's me not understanding football, apparently, he played in several professional teams. Therefore the nom rationale (subject does not pass WP:ATHLETE) seems unclear -- Cycl o pia -  talk  23:32, 4 October 2009 (UTC) Delete per nom - see clarification below. -- Cycl o pia  -  talk  23:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * ''As player:

* Pittsburgh Steelers (2005) * * Oakland Raiders (2005-2006) * * Philadelphia Eagles (2006-2007) * * Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007-2007) *

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only ''

Never played in an actual game. Non-notable. Thousands of people have been practice squad members of NFL teams, and since they don't have a familiar last name like Tuiasosopo, they rightfully never had articles created for them. Some are even close to notable in other fields, such as Jason Scukanec (a Portland, Oregon radio host). As Zach T never played in an actual NFL game and is currently a coordinator at a high school, it is overwhelmingly unlikely that he will ever be notable. Delete. Alex finds herself awake at night ( Talk ·  What keeps her up ) 23:42, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Uh, ok. I understand now. -- Cycl o pia -  talk  23:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. A member of a practice squad and getting in a few pre-season games is not notable.  If not for his family would not even be debatable.  J04n(talk page) 23:51, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 'Merge into one of the other Tuiasosopo's articles.. RF23 (talk) 02:20, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete While I believe it is possible for a player to be notable for their college football career, and perhaps even this player is, the article does not mention it very much at all. It could probably be saved and sources found on a significant scale to satisfy even the fiercest pundits of notablity standards.  Maybe.  Perhaps.  But until that is confirmed and done, then I go with delete it.--Paul McDonald (talk) 04:07, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
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