Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Morrisey

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. MBisanz ^talk 19:53, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Morrisey

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This wrestler unfortunately does not appear to meet the general notability guideline. Googling on Books, News, and News archives for "Colin Cassidy" wrestler turns up nothing but false positives (note that Morrisey is known best by this name). "Bill Morrisey" wrestler doesn't return anything worth mentioning, either. The article was initially unsourced and I BLPPROD-ed it. The creator responded with two sources, this and this, saying it was all they could find. They don't look like reliable sources to me, but I figured it best if others could scrutinize them as well. CtP (t • c)

Delete Non notable wrestler who has only fought in minor competition, not enough independant coverage either Seasider91 (talk) 23:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I realize now that I mis-spelled Morrisey's ring name when doing my first set of searches. It's Cassady, not Cassidy. Doing the same Google searches with the term "Colin Cassady" wrestler turns up nothing but this, a brief mention without any significant coverage. My argument for deletion still stands. CtP (t • c) 22:08, 5 December 2012 (UTC) 19:46, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CtP please do search the reliable sources list for professional wrestling, because if you did, you would see that... Starship.paint (talk) 01:35, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Multiple independent reliable sources for Colin Cassady are present. Cassady has appeared on FCW's television show. PWInsider, F4WOnline, Wrestleview. Propose move to Colin Cassady Starship.paint (talk) 01:35, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you that if the page is kept, then it should be moved to Colin Cassady. Admittedly, I am unfamiliar with the notability standards of professional wrestling, so I'm going by the GNG. The sources added are essentially match recaps, some more brief than others, so whether or not Cassady meets the GNG because of them is subjective. On one hand, the sources do directly deal with Cassady, and he "need not be the main topic of the source material". On the other hand, the purpose of the significant coverage clause is so no origninal research is needed, and, sticking to reliable sources, it appears some would still be needed to write an article on Cassady. I feel it could go either way. CtP (t • c) 18:25, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, it's not going to be easy to find an article on Cassady itself... due to the nature of the professional wrestling reliable sources. Out of all the secondary sources (which means not counting the primary sources of the wrestling promotions' websites such as WWE.com, the primary source for Cassady is http://www.fcwwrestling.info/Roster/Collin-Cassady.html), to my knowledge only one of them, slam.canoe.ca offers articles on individual wrestlers. The rest such as pwtorch.com are news sites which mainly offers recaps on the weekly television shows that Cassady has participated in. You just can't find articles directly on Cassady on those sites. Starship.paint (talk) 08:16, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley 01:11, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Doesn't pass notability in my opinion. 1292simon (talk) 02:53, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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