Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barnes Boffey

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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 Delete -- zzuuzz (talk) 21:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnes Boffey

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Contested prod; removed by anon IP without explanation. Doesn't meet notability guidelines for athletes -- never played professionally. No verifiable sources listed. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 22:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete. I contributed the PROD tag which was removed, no problem with that, and I don't personally regard "tallest person ever to try out for an NFL team" evidence of any notability whatever -- even if it had reliable sources, which it does not. Had it not had that assertion, I would have speedy-deleted it. This individual's other professional activities do not seem to lend any notability either. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. The man never played in a regular-season game. --Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 22:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - as an athlete, he does not meet WP:BIO, as he did not play in the NFL, and all I could find was this one possible mention which might not even be him. [1]. As a counselor, a Google news search shows he's been used as a source of quotes, but does not appear to have been the subject of the coverage. There does appear to be an article about him in Camp magazine, but it's not clear if that can be considered a reliable source, and the article is behind a pay wall. -- Whpq (talk) 18:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Does not, at the moment, appear to be notable. Pastordavid (talk) 20:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete fails WP:BIO. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:03, 25 January 2008 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.