Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Farrior

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The result was delete. joe decker ^{talk to me} 16:38, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Farrior[edit]

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Article subject fails to satisfy either the general notability guidelines or those for an athlete. Subject was not an exceptional college athlete, did not receive college All-American or all-conference honors or any major award, and never played a down in an NFL game. Please delete. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:43, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The coverage I can find does not rise to the level of significant non-trivial coverage in the mainstream media IMO. What I've found mostly relates to his being cut by an NFL team or to his being the kid brother of All-Pro James Farrior (e.g., here and here). If other can demonstrate that he has received more significant coverage, I'd reconsider. Cbl62 (talk) 02:26, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with James Farrior any information not already there. Farrior never played in an NFL game and does not seem to have otherwise notable sources. —Bagumba (talk) 02:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Question the article claims he was with the Super Bowl XL champions... here people are saying he did not play--which is it? The records online do not show any statistics, but that doesn't necessarily mean he didn't play... This is an issue that should be cleared up before the AfD is closed.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He never played in a game, see [1]. It appears that Farrior was on the active roster at one point during the 2005 season, but was mainly a practice squad player for the Steelers in 2005 and 2006. Eagles 24/7 (C) 03:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Q Help me out, is that the columns "G" or "GS" in the table? for "Games Played" ? In other words, it's possible to play in a game but not do anything to record statistics--is that possibly the case here, or is it verified that he didn't play?--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:43, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"G" stands for "Games played" and "GS" stands for "Games started" on NFL.com, and had he played in a game for the Steelers there would not be a zero in that column. It is verified that he did not play. Eagles 24/7 (C) 03:49, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I would have considered keeping with a major re-write, but mixed with the issues above of not playing, it looks a little too much like self-promotion or advertising to me.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:10, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete He never played a game in an NFL game and all the coverage of his college playing days^[2] seems to be incidental mentions in coverage about specific games or in the context of being James Farrior's brother. OCNative (talk) 10:54, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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