Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garrett Ford, Jr.

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 no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 03:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Garrett Ford, Jr.[edit]

This article's creator has a habit of creating articles for borderline-notable or non-notable subjects. This article in question is about a West Virginia football player; I cannot find anything notable about this person with google or other web searches. There is no notability. Timneu22 (talk) 02:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per A7, makes no claim of notability or significance, appears to be nothing more then just another college athlete. --Pstanton 09:36, 14 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pstanton (talk • contribs)

Keep - the starting tailback for a major powerhouse is notable. --B (talk) 14:12, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - there is no notablity on relevant web searches; there have been no books written about this guy. Without something like this, notability is hard to prove. Timneu22 (talk) 14:23, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Of course there are no books about him - if Wikipedia restricted articles to subjects there have been books about, it would be a much smaller encyclopedia. I think there's enough news for an article, though. --B (talk) 14:44, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The editor in question, and several like him, should really consider a Wikia site to add all this information. WVU Athletes? This would be a fine Wikia site where the editors could do as they please. Timneu22 (talk) 17:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep - My only argument for this article is that he was a starter. However, this article was created a while back before I was aware of notability rules. Do as you wish. John (talk) 22:43, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - this "weak keep" is from the article's creator! If the creator of an article doesn't agree with the notability, then it's time to remove it. Timneu22 (talk) 12:27, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe everyone understands this. Ha! John (talk) 04:14, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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