Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leroy Richardson

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The result was delete. Copyvio. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:26, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Leroy Richardson[edit]

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Was de-prodded without rationale. Basketball referees need to pass WP:GNG, and this person simply doesn't. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:54, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of additional sources: Suffolk News-Herald [1], The Virginian-Pilot [2]. --Arxiloxos (talk) 03:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He has officiated over a thousand NBA games. For perspective, players are deemed notable if they only play one game in the NBA. AIRcorn (talk) 03:51, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- There's no mention at WP:NHOOPS that 1,000 games of refereeing is sufficient to presume that sufficient coverage exists to meet WP:GNG.—Bagumba (talk) 07:18, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:38, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:38, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:10, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:34, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Lack of significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources to meet WP:GNG. The source from National Basketball Referee Association is not independent of the subject. I could not find more significant coverage like the ones that Arxiloxos found (above); however, it's likely those do not exist anywhere but hometown newspapers.—Bagumba (talk) 07:18, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The body of the article is copied from here, so the whole thing is a WP:COPYVIO. The second and third references don't even support their adjacent claims; they're just kind of thrown in there. (All of that material actually comes from the NBRA link.) From a notability perspective, I actually think Richardson is notable enough. Besides the sources mentioned by Arxiloxos, I found a profile of Richardson in this, from the magazine Referee. But the whole article will need to be rewritten. (User: Zagalejo, logged out) 15:08, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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