Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Taylor (Umpire)

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The result was Delete. Stifle (talk) 09:30, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Taylor (Umpire)[edit]

After attempting to filter out for false positives (Some still remain), I find no evidence this umpire is notable. I don't think simply holding that position established notability and the only RS mentions I can find are ones mentioning a call in a game. Not a particularly disputed or famous call either. Creator appears to have written a number of umpire articles, most of which have been deleted. One more is included below, the other two have claims to notability.

For the same reason, including:

Craig Gribble

TravellingCari 20:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom: lack of reliable sources points to non-notability. Cliff smith ^talk 20:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Wait. He's a New Zealand field hockey umpire who also officiates NHL games? Something is wrong with that. Corvus cornix_talk 21:46, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Unsure the four I found were somewhat garbled. Another was an umpire in Beijing, of what I'm not sure. Does umping an NHL game establish notability? I have no idea. I'm not a hockey fan. TravellingCari 21:51, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's highly unlikely that a New Zealand field hockey umpire would also be officiating North American ice hockey games. Corvus cornix_talk 22:10, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's my thought as well. This Google didn't show anything promising -- two people with the same name? I'm pretty sure in the NHL they're called referees, not umps, but not positive on that either. TravellingCari 23:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yeah, they're refs, not umps. Or, as we like to call them in Canada, "fking blind morons". :-) — Coren ^(talk) 03:58, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; it appears this is a mishmash of a few different persons at best. — Coren ^(talk) 03:58, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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