Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Zito
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- 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 keep. MBisanz talk 06:51, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Non-notable individual. JaGatalk 02:34, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: Doesn't pass WP:BIO. Vectorville (talk) 02:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep A Google search finds a lot of press coverage to support notability: [1]. Pastor Theo (talk) 03:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. (edit conflict) Meets WP:ATHLETE—played two seasons of professional hockey in Finland.[2], [3], [4](primary source) Additionally, there are hundreds of articles with (trivial) mentions of him as a player agent. A few of these are slightly more then trivial mentions as well. [5], [6], [7], [8], [9] LinguistAtLarge • Msg 03:34, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep I think this meets WP:ATHLETE does it not? JBsupreme (talk) 07:25, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep: Passes WP:ATHLETE. Schuym1 (talk) 22:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Contrary to above, does not pass WP:ATHLETE, which requires a player to play in a fully professional league. Per hockeydb.com, Zito never played in SM-liiga, which would be the highest level of pro hockey in Finland. --Smashvilletalk 05:52, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Question - WP:ATHLETE only requires the athlete to have competed in a "fully professional league", that league does not have to the be the "highest level of pro hockey in Finland". Only amateurs have to have competed at the "highest level" for their sport. So the question remains—what league did Zito play in, and was/is it a "fully professional league". LinguistAtLarge • Msg 06:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- According to hockeydb (which is pretty reliable), he didn't play in Finland. I haven't been able to find a source to show that he played pro hockey at all. The above "source" is a mirror. It is asserted in the article, but there is no proof to back it up. --Smashvilletalk 06:38, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Question - WP:ATHLETE only requires the athlete to have competed in a "fully professional league", that league does not have to the be the "highest level of pro hockey in Finland". Only amateurs have to have competed at the "highest level" for their sport. So the question remains—what league did Zito play in, and was/is it a "fully professional league". LinguistAtLarge • Msg 06:32, 31 January 2009 (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.