Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryan Pata

Bryan Pata

Speedied as A7, but probably isn't. Howls of protest on DRV, so sending here.--Doc^g 00:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, non-notable dead-guy. --Doc^g 00:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per above. - Tutmosis 00:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- After reviewing below comments, I'm still leaning on delete based on WP:BIO. My first impression was that he was just some university student, didn't see much notability there but the comment about the news did give the article a tiny bit of merit. Still countless deaths happen all the time which get all over local news and per aeropagitica "Wikipedia is not a memorial to the dead". - Tutmosis 03:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki to Wikinews. Over 1000 results on Google News [1]. --- RockMFR 00:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Can't be done. Wikinews uses a less restrictive license than the GFDL, and so cannot accept our material. —Cryptic 03:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Changing to keep. He was a notable collegiate athlete. --- RockMFR 06:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per WP:BIO which notes that college athletes can be notable under the guidelines. There are over 1000 media reports on him so we have plenty of sources. Further, it is an encyclopedia article not a news report. It worries that people thought this is a speedy candidate. Capitalistroadster 00:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as Wikipedia is not a memorial to the dead. A non-notable biography, WP:BIO refers. I don't see why it can't be speedied. (aeropagitica) 01:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep played for notable college, possessed notable statistics and highly heralded as a potential NFL talent. Had he lived and been drafted he would stay in wiki, but upon death he is requested for deletion.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rx787 (talk • contribs) (sole edit)
Strong Keep per Capitalistroadsterm there are other college football players with articles, should Colt McCoy be deleted too?-- 70.134.136.85 05:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete anbd re-salt the earth, as I had already done before Doc glasgow undeleted it inappropriately. This is not a memorial site, there would be no article if the guy hadn't been murdered. He was not notable when he was alive, he is not notable just because he is dead. User:Zoe|(talk) 05:41, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Doc's decision to undelete and to open this discussion as a speedy-deletion which was contested in good faith was procedurally correct. Now that we're all here to discuss it though, I see no evidence that this person meets our generally accepted criteria for inclusion of biographies. His death, while tragic, does not make him automatically notable. Rossami (talk) 06:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Would those who say he was notable please explain where in the article it says that he is notable? User:Zoe|(talk) 06:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He was a college football player just like, he passed WP:BIO as an athlete, he would have entered the NFL Draft. There are players on his team who have an article, being a college football player makes him notable.--Coasttocoast 06:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]