Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morgan white

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. --MCB (talk) 07:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Morgan white

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Contested prod about a 5 year old tennis player who is claimed to be "considered by many to be a top junior prospect". No evidence provided that this subject has yet achieved any events of encyclopedic note or generated enough press to allow for a neutral verifiable article. --Allen3 ^talk 12:20, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. I wish her all the luck but her news coverage seems to amount to a couple "community focus" news stories which don't satisfy the criteria in WP:BIO for athletes, which is the claim to notability. Redfarmer (talk) 12:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Like Red, I wish good luck for this talented child, and I hope that she can have both success and a happy childhood. Maybe, like Andre Agassi, she'll go from talented kid to championship adult. Until such time, however, all we know is that she has recognized potential. If she gets magazine articles about her, bring the article back. Mandsford (talk) 13:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, borderline speedy delete. Firstly, the general precedent for athletes is to keep only those who have competed at a fully professional level. Secondly, while the article itself is pretty nebulous about what exactly makes her so special, this edit summary reveals that "She was tested repeated at all levels and was said to have had the mechanics and timing of the average 10 year old junior player at the age of 5". Now, I'm not saying that isn't an accomplishment, but to expect an encyclopedia article for it is pretty ludicrous. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete due to G3- pure vandalism and somewhat G11- blatant advertising. No notability whatsoever, just an obnoxiously large picture of a little girl and mention of the fact that she is pretty good at tennis.Gwynand (talk) 16:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not convinced this was vandalism but rather a good faith attempt by someone not familiar with our notability requirements to introduce a biography on the girl. Now, judging by the comments I got on my talk page, this may or may not be WP:COI. Redfarmer (talk) 18:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - Alright I'll strike that through, change from Speedy delete to delete as it doesn't obviously fit the csd criteria.Gwynand (talk) 18:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete It's obvious from what has already been mentioned before that this article has serious COI issues, along with a serious lack of notability. DarkAudit (talk) 01:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

  LOL! Gwynand is right about the over-the-top display of this young lady's photograph. Please note, friends of Morgan, that obnoxiously large refers to putting a poster-sized snapshot in an article. Nobody has anything mean to say about this little girl; she's just not ready yet to have her biography on Wikipedia. Mandsford (talk) 22:33, 23 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.