Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Branden Smith

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:11, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Branden Smith

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No indication that this individual meets WP:NGRIDIRON. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 23:43, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:35, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:36, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:36, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete I'm not so sure here. Smith was one of the top prospects in the 2008 recruiting class, a five star recruit by Rivals and ESPN, and the top prospect overall in Georgia. His career was like Ryan Leafish however, a massive disappointment littered with injuries, academic and legal issues and poor play in general that he hardly saw any major action at all. He meets GNG easily, but for all the wrong reasons thus it can be considered as a BLP1E scenario here as he unlikely will play in the NFL and clearly wasn't known for his college achievements. Secret ^account 03:11, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per meeting GNG as noted above. 1E does not apply as he has a well established career and has been covered for various aspects of it. Candleabracadabra (talk) 03:22, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:BLP1E does not apply because there of the multitude of events that make up a college football season. Subject appears to have plento of coverage to pass WP:GNG. It does not matter if this coverage is because he played very well or very poorly or anything else--the coverage is there, thus showing a demand for the information.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:10, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clearly fails both WP:NGRIDIRON and WP:NCOLLATH. If he's not notable as a football player, I don't see him notable for anything else.204.126.132.231 (talk) 19:57, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, postdlf (talk) 20:22, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Smith was released before he had a chance to appear in an NFL game, and I fail to find enough evidence that his college career makes him notable. --It's Atreem (From the planet Venus) 21:28, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - whether his career was notable or not is initially irrelevant when the potential of GNG being satisfied is raised. He does appear to satisfy GNG; but for a single event. As a result, he falls under the BLP1E category, and then we can fall back on the particular notability guidelines, which he also fails to satisfy. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 21:43, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Question what is the "single event" ??--Paul McDonald (talk) 11:06, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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