Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yancy Gates

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:04, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yancy Gates[edit]

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Looks like an "ordinary" NCAA college basketball player. He is a starter in his junior year for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Only college accolades are 2010-2011 pre-season honorable mention and 2008-2009 all-rookie Big East Conference teams. In high school as a senior, he earned first-team all-Ohio and fourth-team Parade Magazine All-America. Bgwhite (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. —Bgwhite (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. —Bgwhite (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – There is some coverage of Gates on Google News, I saw a 2007 Cincinnati Enquirer article (behind a paywall) and coverage of a suspension from play a couple weeks ago.[1] However, this is all local coverage from what I can see (also, the suspension has undue weight potential, especially in a BLP), and I found nothing significant from any national sources. I wouldn't be shocked if something was found via deep digging, but until that happens I'm on the delete side. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 00:26, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not notable as a basketball player as is. Maybe if he becomes a consensus All-American or major award winner next year, the article can be re-created. For the time being he is not notable. Jrcla2 (talk) 19:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.