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Mark Titus

Per WP:BIO#Athletes, an athlete is notable if they have competed professionally or participated in something like the Olympics or World Championships. Titus has not done either, and none of the sources establish notability from a reliable, third-party source. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 01:02, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Mark Titus is noteworthy for much more than his (minimal) athletic accomplishes. The reason he is famous is his blog, which has been featured on yahoo and ESPN. Club Trillion (his blog) has become a must-read for fan's of the Big Ten and has made him a celebrity in the mid-west. He deserves to have a Wikipedia page, so please consider his overall contributions to society. Thanks! --Jhigh 43 (talk) 01:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - At the moment, the references do not reflect notability per WP:NOTE. It would be a good start to actually have links from reliable sources covering his blog, like an ESPN story. As the article stands, however, I find no evidence of these, only self-published sources. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 01:19, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just added information regarding an interview between him and ESPN's Bill Simmons. (an ESPN story)--Jhigh 43 (talk) 01:26, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of notability; neither a professional or top-level amateur. Bigdaddy1981 (talk) 03:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Again, he is not on Wikipedia as a result of his athleticism. He should be on here because of the impact his blog has had on the college basketball scene, in particular the Big 10. An article about him has been on Yahoo!'s home page, and he was interviewed by a top-level journalist/talk-show host at ESPN. In all honesty, he's relatively horrible at basketball, but he keep's making news as a blogger and his name has become household among fans of the Big 10. --Jhigh 43 (talk) 03:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The incident of his applying to the draft certainly received some semblance of coverage from reliable sources (Google News of the past month) including the New York Times (brief mention), Wall Street Journal (short paragraph) and CBS Sports (longer article). Previous to the incident there does appear to have been some coverage for example this short paragraph on ESPN and this from Yahoo. Whether the recent coverage counts as anything more that just a typical news story, I'm not sure. Guest9999 (talk) 17:53, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - His notability isn't just because he was told he had to take his name out of the draft. His blog has received over 1.3 million hits in a little over 6 months, which is remarkable considering he is the only one who writes on it and he only posts new material once a week. This article should not be reviewed based on Mark Titus the athlete but instead Mark Titus the internet figure. Clearly, he has a worldwide following and is therefore notable. The article needs many revisions, but Mark Titus is definitely notable and should have an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GarthFan1962 (talk • contribs) 23:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Note. This user has made few or no other edits outside this topic.-- Cheers! Scapler (talk) 01:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Mark Titus has become somewhat of a cult phenomenon within the Big 10 as well as for any avid follower of ESPN's Bill Simmons. He has appeared on Simmons' pod-cast The BS Report at least twice and as you can see via Google trends interest in Mark (http://www.google.com/trends?q=mark+titus) as well as Club Trillion (http://www.google.com/trends?q=club+trillion&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0) have spiked in 2009. You can also see that he is actually more popular than the Buckeyes best player Evan Turner (http://www.google.com/trends?q=club+trillion,+mark+titus,+evan+turner&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0)

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 Again, he is not on Wikipedia as a result of his athleticism. He should be on here because of the impact his blog has had on the college basketball scene, in  particular the Big 10. An article about him has been on Yahoo!'s home page, and he was interviewed by a top-level journalist/talk-show host at ESPN. In all honesty, he's relatively horrible at basketball, but he keep's making news as a blogger and his name has become household among fans of the Big 10. --[[User:Jhigh 43|Jhigh 43]] ([[User talk:Jhigh 43|talk]]) 03:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 *The incident of his applying to the draft certainly received some semblance of coverage from [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] ([http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ned=uk&um=1&q=mark-titus&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=m&as_mind=17&as_minm=4&as_maxd=17&as_maxm=5 Google News of the past month]) including the [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/sports/02leading.html New York Times] (brief mention), [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124149020393786249.html Wall Street Journal] (short paragraph) and [http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11708061 CBS Sports] (longer article). Previous to the incident there does appear to have been some coverage for example [http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3915875 this short paragraph] on ESPN and [http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-titus121908&prov=yhoo&type=lgns this from Yahoo]. Whether the recent coverage counts as anything more that just a typical [[WP:NOT#NEWS|news story]], I'm not sure. [[User:Guest9999|Guest9999]] ([[User talk:Guest9999|talk]]) 17:53, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
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 **<small>'''Note'''. This user has made [[Wikipedia:Single purpose account|few or no other edits]] outside this topic.-- Cheers! [[User:Scapler|Scapler]] ([[User talk:Scapler#top|talk]]) 01:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)</small>
+'''Keep''' - Mark Titus has become somewhat of a cult phenomenon within the Big 10 as well as for any avid follower of ESPN's Bill Simmons.  He has appeared on Simmons' pod-cast The BS Report at least twice and as you can see via Google trends interest in Mark (http://www.google.com/trends?q=mark+titus) as well as Club Trillion (http://www.google.com/trends?q=club+trillion&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0) have spiked in 2009.  You can also see that he is actually more popular than the Buckeyes best player Evan Turner (http://www.google.com/trends?q=club+trillion,+mark+titus,+evan+turner&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0)