Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phillip Supernaw

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was incubate. Being listed in a template isn't a valid argument for keeping an article, and the subject doesn't seem to pass our notability guidelines. I found the arguments to userfy persuasive, but I am choosing to incubate rather than userfy as there is no guarantee that the original author will become active again or that they will wish to work on the article. The article can now be found at Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Phillip Supernaw. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 11:13, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Phillip Supernaw

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Was a BLPPROD, sources added, notability looks flimsy since he appears to have never played in the NFL but I am not an expert on American Rugby :) Black Kite (talk) 06:10, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - See Template:Houston Texans roster navbox reserve team. No worse than some others, but notable enough to be offically listed. The article does need some work. Jrcrin001 (talk) 07:03, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Players on the practice squad of a team are not notable enough to be listed. Partially explains why other players on the practice squad do not have their own wikipedia pages. The only other two players on the Texans practice squad with pages are notable for their accomplishments in college. Case Keenum was a record setting quarterback at Houston and Jeff Maehl was an integral part of the '10 Oregon Ducks who played in the BCS national championship. Notability is not proven through the links given. In fact, all four links discuss in depth Case Keenum and include Supernaw in a laundry list of players. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.216.77.155 (talk) 03:56, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC) Userfy is fine by me![reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete few mentions in Google News. Does not appear to have met WP:GNG through his collegiate career.--Paul McDonald (talk) 13:22, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is the usual story for a relatively unremarkable free agent NFL signee. Received no major college awards and is not entitled to a presumption of notability per WP:NCOLLATH; has not played in an NFL regular season game and therefore is not entitled to a presumption of notability per WP:NGRIDIRON. College career did not generate enough in-depth coverage in independent, reliable sources to satisfy general notability standards per WP:GNG. Delete for now, but with the caveat that the article creator should either save the code, or closing admin should grant "userfy" request, for quick recreation of article if and when subject satisfies WP:NGRIDIRON. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:52, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Userfy is a good option by me.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:14, 13 September 2012 (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.