Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Smith (football)

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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. east.718 at 08:48, February 1, 2008

[edit] Fred Smith (football)

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Non-notable high school football player. Every Division I-bound player attends camps, gets offers from schools, etc. There's nothing special here. Plenty of players that were the best thing since sliced bread in high school wind up doing nothing in college and nobody ever hears from them again - we normally don't create these articles until the person is in some way notable (NFL-bound, all-something in college, earns a major award, etc) B (talk) 03:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete. It's well referenced (almost like a class project), but not nearly notable enough yet. Snowfire51 (talk) 04:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete High school athletes are inherently non-notable. All references here are local. For inclusion in Wikipedia, national coverage is preferred. Even then, only the most exceptional and national award-winning high school athletes make it. There is no evidence that he meets this criteria. DarkAudit (talk) 04:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 13:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Maxamegalon2000 14:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete high ranking high school prospects tend to flop in college, recreate when he wins a major award, or if there is a good chance of being drafted in the NFL. Secret account 23:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
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