Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry C. Brewer

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The result was delete. Tone 20:51, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Larry C. Brewer

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NGRIDIRON. Never played beyond training camp, sourcing is a bunch of yearbooks, obits that aren't even his, and unlinked local newspaper articles. GPL93 (talk) 14:41, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment going to take some time to leaf through the potential online and offline sources for this one--hard to imagine that a primary target for Terry Bradshaw in college didn't generate enough press to pass WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:32, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I did do a search but couldn't really find much. The author of this article, the User:Billy Hathorn, was known for inflating notability of his article subjects and then used literally whatever sources he could find, mostly obituaries, primary sources like government records, or original research back up his claim of notability. While Brewer was a target of Bradshaw's, he was what about the equivalent of about an All-Sunbelt tight end who was on a training camp roster. Best, GPL93 (talk) 20:36, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confident you've made a good-faith nomination. Based on the article itself, it doesn't look good.--Paul McDonald (talk) 00:58, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Here is at least one instance of significant coverage. Rlendog (talk) 18:29, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete simply doesn't clear the WP:NGRIDIRON hurdle. Worth noting as well is that the article lacks sources. It has a yearbook, a newspaper article, and two more links. I have no opposition if this is kept but he doesn't feel notable enough to have his own article. James-the-Charizard (talk) 01:39, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Does not have substantive sources to pass GNG or SNG. Reywas92^Talk 06:02, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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