Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chad Patton

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. Cbrown1023 talk 19:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chad Patton

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Contested prod. Completely non-notable wrestling referee. Fails WP:BIO and WP:A ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 17:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom, and since when did any referees deserve to be included? Hornandsoccer^Talk 04:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd say only if they'd done other notable things (e.g. Bill Alfonso's managerial career, Earl Hebner's part in the Montreal Screwjob) or simply had achieved fame over a long, storied career. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 04:15, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete although I would disagree on your statement "non-notable wrestling referee." I would say he is noticeable to anyone that has watched wwe for a long time. But I totally agree that he doesn't need an article on wikipedia, simply because there isn't enough about him. Govvy 11:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep He's been in a match and storyline related to it. Deleting him would be like deleting Jack Doan. Ken S. 14:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No evidence of multiple non-trivial independent sources, fails WP:BIO. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 18:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I have added multiple non-trivial sources. TJ Spyke 20:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Bmg916^Speak_Sign 19:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep It's a stub (which is not a reason to delete), and can be expanded. I just added several references, so it no longer fails WP:A. He is also well known to wrestling fans as one of the more prolific referees currently in WWE, so he may pass WP:BIO as well. TJ Spyke 20:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Struck out "fails WP:A" as what info there is has been sourced. I would still stand by the subject failing the General and Entertainers criteria of WP:BIO. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 20:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. It's cruft that can't be expanded much. While he is notable in the sense he is a referee for WWE: that shouldn't make him an automatic inclusion for the site. Put it on a wrestling wiki, where the majority will actually care about the article. A lot of the wrestling referees articles need to go (and a list page in their place), in my opinion. RobJ1981 20:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Would it be worth merging this information into an article encompassing referees? On second thoughts no. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 21:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete hasn't really done much of note to warrant his own page yet, very few referees have MPJ-DK 20:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
• delete. . Mukadderat 17:46, 13 April 2007 (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.