Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kent Simpson

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 was no consensus. WjBscribe 00:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kent Simpson

Cites no references and does not have enough notability -- Mentality 01:46, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - does not pass WP:BIO as having competed at the highest levels of amateur sports. Otto4711 03:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Whether the Albert Cup program qualifies as playing at the highest amateur level may be subjective, but their website says players are chosen from among 1,000 and then qualify for one of 8 teams which he did. Assuming that is correct the article must be properly sourced. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JodyB (talk • contribs) 11:18, 4 May 2007 (UTC). arrrrgh... beat by the bot! JodyB_talk 11:52, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It does need a bit of cleanup, and possibly referencing, but Simpson is playing at the highest level of amateur sports. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 11:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Since tagging for speedy deletion (as was first done) and tagging for AfD, the article has improved somewhat, to a stub level (although needs cleaning up). I've informed the author about WP:MoS and hopefully that'll be rectified. I still question how a person who is in 22nd place on a junior ice hockey league qualifies as "highest level of amateur sports", but as JodyB said that's subjective. Thus, I guess the article should be kept. Whoo! Mentality 12:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, he is not noteworthy, yet. He is only starting out in the WHL now. He still has to prove his talent. Clerks. 17:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep It looks like it has potential but the subject is not all that notable... Booksworm Talk to me! 17:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, a quick search for independent sources on Google returned 2 articles in The Herald (Everett) (independent source #1), a minor mention in list of player transactions in a The News Tribune article, a lot of message-board discussion and some articles on WHL sites. That's not enough to meet notability standards yet. Also, he hasn't actually played a game for, or been included in the regular roster of the team, as he's only just been drafted. ColtsScore 22:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Added note The WHL does churn out great goalies though, so there is promise for the future : ) Congrats to Kent! ColtsScore 22:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The referencing is weak, but salvageable enough that this warrants improvement over deletion. Burntsauce 23:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - If the AfD results in a keep, or no concensus, which results in keeping the article, I will personally try to reference and cleanup the article. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 22:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as initial concerns by the nominator appear to have been addressed, it looks like this article is headed in the right direction now. RFerreira 05:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - has not played at the highest level in his sport. Hockey is not primarily an amateur sport.

Primarily. But the league that Simpson plays in is, in fact, the highest level in the amateur part of the sport. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 23:45, 7 May 2007 (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.