Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terrance Stringer

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The result was delete. Brandon (talk) 08:02, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Terrance Stringer[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:ATH as he's never played professionally. Giants 27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 20:01, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment While I don't understand American Football, which appears to me to be more about statistics than playing a game, I can understand that the subject of this article does not seem to have made it into the world of professional play. As I understand the rules of notability here, this would seem to preclude him being suitable for having an article. Just out of curiosity, how do they know he made a 121 yard whatever it was? In the javelin and discus, they have people with tape measures. Surely not on a football field... Peridon (talk) 20:48, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It's common for people to record over a 100 yards so it obviously doesn't make you notable, but to answer you're question the field has yard lines which allows the person who compiles the stats to determine the yardage.--Giants 27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 20:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ta. Peridon (talk) 21:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:ATH and is not notable. Eagles 24/7 (C) 21:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as failing WP:ATHLETE. Article explicitly states he was an offseason/practice squad member only during the only season he was on an NFL team roster. Official NFL player directory indicates that he exists ([1]), but has no statistics. KuyaBriBri^Talk 22:44, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete since he didn't actually play, although this guy was very similar and his article was kept after the deletion discussion because there were some articles in the local newspaper about him. I'm sure similar articles about Terrance Stringer could be found, but I still say it wouldn't pass notability. Narthring (talk • contribs) 03:40, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. —Giants 27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 19:48, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. —Giants 27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 19:48, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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