Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Hicks

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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was No consensus, keep. Rx StrangeLove 02:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Hicks

nn bio. vanity. 202.156.6.60 16:10, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

• Weak Keep. He appears to be an NCAA basketball player, that seems like borderline notoriety. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 16:13, 30 September 2005 (UTC) Now Delete per Barno, good points, I change my mind. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 03:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep unless there is a precedent for deleting articles about NCAA players. Hall Monitor 18:22, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, no indication of encyclopedic importance. At WP:BIO, the guideline for inclusion of athletes requires something like being outstanding, not just participating. There's no consensus about whether a routine professional player (as compared to an All-Star, All-Pro, league Most Valuable Player, etc.) should be kept. In general, one of the thousands of college basketball players is not notable, unless thousands of non-basketball-fans have heard of him. Article doesn't suggest anything close to meeting WP:Importance. Barno 20:39, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

• I would note that WP:Importance doesn't require that non-fans have heard of him, only that "it is at least well-known in a community." While this individual may not be well-known on his own merits, I think that keeping his article because of his relationship with the University of Cincinnati is akin to keeping the article for a single episode or season of a television show because of their relationships with the overall program. ESkog 21:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

• An interesting test of consensus. I would also go keep for members of major NCAA Division I sports teams. The University of Cincinnati is in the Big East conference and receives perennial national attention - this is a topic that many may look up, and it's verifiable. We don't require that thousands of non-Pokemon fans have heard of Snorloridiculomagon III or whoever. ESkog 21:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, professional athlete. Kappa 23:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Kappa, did you read the article? He's not a professional. He plays for a U.S. college team. NCAA athletes are prohibited from being paid. Quale 01:34, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Oh ok. Kappa 03:26, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
      • I change my mind back to keep since NCAA athletes seem to get a lot of media attention. Kappa 08:29, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per Barno, he's not even in the NBA. He can be added later when he at least turns pro. -- Kjkolb 02:38, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Agree with above. as per Barno. Not even a professional. Also, not a super-star collegiate. Wait until he has a few more medals and badges, then get him an article (10 yrs down the road or so...)--Daniel Lotspeich 08:20, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
• keep please this is not vanity and kappa is right people might want to find this information on wikipedia and disk space is cheap so why erase it Yuckfoo 15:50, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.