Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. J. Bryant

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

D. J. Bryant[edit]

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Non-notable athlete. Does not appear to have played in this team and the only reference doesn't actually contain any information about him. Lots of stats sites seem to have his passport-style photo but no in-depth coverage. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:16, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Utterly fails WP:ATHLETE. Also, the article's sole advocate did a beautiful job half an hour ago of vandalizing the AfD tag. Sheesh. Qworty (talk) 23:05, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 15:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 15:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I'm unable to find any third party articles on the subject that would make him clear the notability threshhold through WP:GNG or any other measure. If it were to surface or be presented, I'd change my position.--Paul McDonald (talk) 22:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unable to find evidence that the subject meets WP:GNG or WP:NGRIDIRON at this time. Gongshow ^Talk 20:30, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Subject is a former college athlete who is not entitled to a presumption of notability under WP:NCOLLATH, having never received a major national college football award, nor under WP:NGRIDIRON, having never played a down in a regular season professional football game. Subject's notability, therefore, must be determined under the general notability guidelines of WP:GNG, for which there is nothing approaching the level of substantial coverage required in independent, reliable sources. Heck, the subject is not even a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad anymore, and the one linked source in the article now a dead link. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:40, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete I found this and this, but to me neither of these are enough to qualify under WP:GNG. There's a chance that he'll play in an NFL game someday which would immediately deem him notable per WP:NGRIDIRON, but for now I vote delete. Go Phightins! 01:33, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Phightins, neither of those linked sources is valid for establishing notability. The first is a fan blog by someone other than a professional journalist, the second is the very definition of routine "transactional" coverage. Feel free to upgrade your delete vote. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:55, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So I should feel that freedom? :) I find practice squad players to be a gray area that I constantly struggle with. Here is another article I found. Again, I feel there's a notability issue, but when we set the threshold so low, and the guy still can't meet it, he just can't pass it for me. Nevertheless, due to that article and the fact that he is on the Colts' practice squad according to this page. I agree that per the letter of the law, he shouldn't be included. I tend to use "strong", "weak", etc. to convey my thoughts while making my vote. I'll consider upgrading to a normal delete, but as for now I'm going to hold with a weak prefix. Go Phightins! 02:04, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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