Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quentin Thomas

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Shanel 02:09, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable university sports palayer, see WP:BIO. BrownHairedGirl 04:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, maybe in two years or so. -- Jjjsixsix ^(t)/_(c) @ 04:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. -- Vary | Talk 04:33, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as non-notable --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 04:44, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as above.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. ¡Dustimagic! ^(T/C) 04:55, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above. --Khoikhoi 05:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep WP:BIO guidelines actually seem to indicate notability. Besides, he's on the damn Tar Heels; clear notability. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 05:22, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I don't know where you draw the line on a college player. This guy's not a starter. In their two games before being eliminated from the NCAA tournament, he played a total of 21 minutes. Is that notable? Fan1967 05:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• The relevant provision of WP:BIO would seem to read, in pertinent part, that notability for "sportspeople [is demonstrated where one has] played...at the highest level in mainly amateur sports, including college sports in the United States. Articles about first team squad members who have not made a first team appearance may also be appropriate, but only if the individual is at a club of sufficient stature that most members of its squad already have articles." I readily concede that the latter phrasing isn't directed at college teams, but I think the principles nevertheless translate; best as I can tell, the only UNC player for whom a bio exists is Tyler Hansbrough, who surely merits an article. Seven other Tar Heels played more minutes per game than Thomas this year [1] and none has an article. Were there another distinguishing characteristic (e.g., likelihood that Thomas will be drafted into the NBA), I would be inclined to vote keep, but of course there is no such characteristic; therefore, delete. Joe 06:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Delete, maybe once he plays more than a quarter hour at high-level, he'll be notable enough. Lankiveil 11:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC).[reply]
• Delete. As per the majority of the above comments. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 12:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I can't see why US College players are notable, I tend to think that they're only notable if they're standouts or when they start playing pro MLA 13:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, nn-bio. --Terence Ong 15:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, being the backup backup, even on an exteremely notable Division I program, does not seem to be in line with the athletes clause of WP:BIO combined with a little common sense. Players like Rudy Gay, J.J. Redick or Gerry McNamara are (per the accolades mentioned in their articles), but not Thomas. --Kinu ^t/_c 19:22, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Ooops! can I (and if so, should I) withdraw a nomination? I'm now unsure if deletion is the right step, because maybe the page should exist as a redirect to Sir Quentin Thomas, an article I created and which prompted me to find this one.
  I'm relatively new to wikipedia, so I'm unsure what to do and am seeking advice. Is the right step to delete this page and lose the history before creating a new redirect page, or should I just go ahead and delete the contents and replace with a redirect?
  Maybe a more experienced wikipedian can advise. --BrownHairedGirl 23:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: If this is closed with a consensus to delete, we won't need the page history of this article anyway, so I'd actually recommend that Sir Quentin Thomas be moved here afterwards to fit naming conventions better (and have that page redirect to here). --Kinu ^t/_c 18:57, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.