Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Williams (basketball player)

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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 Keep, since delete arguments focussed on the Premier Basketball League but the time and awards in the British Basketball League do qualify. Tikiwont (talk) 10:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jerry Williams (basketball player)

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No references to establish notability. Fails WP:N and WP:BIO. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 02:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep Appears to play for a professional basketball team. Catchpole (talk) 10:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, whilst I don't pretend to know anything about basketball the Premier Basketball League in which he plays seems to be an alternative top level league and hence he has notability. Though I will of course defer to a more knowledgeable authority in this matter! - Dumelow (talk) 13:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, thanks for DarkAudit for informing me on the nature of the league in question. Change to delete as the league is too minor to transfer notability to players, cheers - Dumelow (talk) 18:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete The Premier Basketball League is not even close to being a top level league. professional, yes. But in the same sense that minor league baseball players are professional. Even the info box describes the league as a "developmental". Players in minor leagues are not notable. DarkAudit (talk) 14:07, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete If it's not top level then NN as there is no other claim to notability. --Nate1481( t/c) 16:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep According to this, he once played in the BBL, which is the top-level basketball league in the UK. He was even the player of the year in 2004 [1]. There's an article about him here. Now, England is not known as a basketball country, but this guy does have at least a minor claim to notability. Zagalejo^^^ 20:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. But his British career, so to speak, should be mentioned in the article. Rsazevedo msg 23:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - If the above information provided by User:Zagalejo is added to the article, as well as the sources, it'll be a valid stub as far as I can see. I've added the first ref myself, and the second is too trivial. I'd withdraw if not for the delete !votes above. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 01:00, 30 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.