Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominic Raiola

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Splash 18:43, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dominic Raiola

Undistinguished professional athletes are not sufficiently famous to warrant articles. LisaCarrol 05:58, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. There is nothing on the page to indicate why he is notable, aside from being a professional athlete i.e., an adult paid to play children's games. I feel that many if not most pro athletes would not warrant an encyclopedia article. However, if someone wishes to expand this into a proper article there is information on him on Detroit Lions Site: Dominic Raiola and NFL.com - Dominic Raiola, and I would be willing to reconsider my vote. LisaCarrol 05:58, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. No offense Lisa, but your obvious strong personal distate for sports may be getting in the way of your logic here. Fernando Rizo T/C 09:45, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
    • I would certainly agree that many athletes deserve articles, such as Joe Namath, Brett Favre, O.J. Simpson, Dan Warner, Larry "Bird" Johnson, Joe DiMaggio, Sidd Finch, etc. I just don't agree that every pro player in history from every major sport belongs in the encyclopedia -- that will inevitably result in thousands and thousands of articles on people almost no one has ever heard of. But I appreciate the way the article has been expanded, and acknowledge that the consensus is to keep. LisaCarrol 09:57, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Professional NFL player. Capitalistroadster 06:09, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep and expand. The man has been the starting center for the Detroit Lions for three years and was a four-year starter at Nebraska. I think all major-league professional athletes are worthy of inclusion, as well as all major-college football and basketball players. Mwalcoff 06:20, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy keep >> notable athlete --[[User:Merovingian|Template:Sig]] (t) (c) 08:57, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. I have added the article significantly outlining his career. Capitalistroadster 10:22, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Nice work expanding the article! Kudos to Capitalistroadster. Hamster Sandwich 20:17, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Well written, and certainly a notable player. By the way, Larry "Bird" Johnson is not a person. Larry Bird was a person, as was Magic Johnson. But I think you're confused.

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