Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jordan Samuels-Thomas (3rd nomination)

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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:55, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan Samuels-Thomas[edit]

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NN hockey player with an undistinguished career in the minor leagues. An actual examination of the sources thrown up in the first AfD (rather than an uncritical "ooo, sources!", something echoed in the second AfD, where the keep votes consisted of citing the result of the first AfD) reveal blog posts and routine sports coverage explicitly debarred from supporting notability, and therefore fails the GNG. Ravenswing 12:32, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Passes WP:NHOCKEY criteria #2 by playing at least 200 (exactly 200, in fact) games in the AHL including playoffs. Although the criterion doesn't explicitly say postseason games are included, it seems logical that they would be. Smartyllama (talk) 12:45, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 13:59, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 13:59, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Passing WP:NHOCKEY is a good starting point. Since this player is active, I think its fair that we need to go beyond the SNG, especially since subject meets it on the button (although is playing in AHL this year). On their own, the content from Buffalo Hockey Beat (i.e., the Olean Times Herald) and Connecticut Post are enough for me on their face. Did a search and came across these: [1] and [2]. To me, the stuff in there and what I found go beyond routine - they are feature articles focusing on the subject. In view of what has been found and the SNG being met, I say keep. RonSigPi (talk) 20:04, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the two sources that RonSigPi links are sufficient for WP:GNG. Passes WP:NHOCKEY. Why is this person AfDd every year? gidonb (talk) 06:14, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per my comments in the 1st AfD, he has full blown articles about him - thus not routine coverage - in several newspapers which are not blogs. Therefore he passes GNG. Rlendog (talk) 14:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep seems to have sufficient coverage for GNG even if they are somewhat localized. Will also likely (a bit CRYSTAL) hit 200 regular season AHL by the end January 2018, with postseason he is above 200 already. Yosemiter (talk) 02:48, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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