Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Gerhardt

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 delete. Notability, in particular, three editors felt the article met the criteria for A7, a somewhat lower bar than GNG. j⚛e decker ^talk 19:03, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Gerhardt

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Fails WP:SPEEDY, reason A7. Asserts notability as a Magic: the Gathering player, but his resume includes only a single Grand Prix top 8 as a notable finish. There have been significantly more than 100 Grand Prix and will be an additional 40+ in 2013, each with (obviously) eight Top 8 competitors.

Article also lists Scott Gerhardt as founder of Shuffle and Cut Games. By comparison, neither the world's largest Magic: The Gathering retailer, Star City Games, nor its founder, Pete Hoefling, are mentioned on Wikipedia.

Furthermore, Scott Gerhardt is self-created. This isn't WP:OUTING because as one can clearly see in the article's history, it was created by GerrardCap who first listed his name as "Scott Gerhardt" in his user page and then blanked it, and has made no other edits to Wikipedia other than to Scott Gerhardt and inserting a link to it from a page listing Magic Grand Prix high finishers. Damon Killian (talk) 20:40, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 21:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 21:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Why on earth should any MTG player be notable? --Phazakerley (talk) 08:57, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete - no assertion of notability. Bearian (talk) 23:34, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 05:43, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete. No independent sources support notability. 1292simon (talk) 12:27, 18 December 2012 (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.