Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Romar Morris

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The result was delete.  Sandstein  17:35, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Romar Morris

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This article was PRODded but sources have been added since. Subject is an American football player who has been signed to the Jets practice squad this year and hasn't played any NFL games -- therefore not meeting the requirements of

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:05, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:05, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:05, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete has not played in any professional games, does not meet the notability requirements for football player.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:15, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep while I agree that the subject does not meet
  WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:13, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Looking at a Google News search, I see that most of these hits are routine game coverage and passing mentions. Reliable source hits need to provide significant coverage to satisfy GNG. • Gene93k (talk) 02:30, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Look deeper. Google News is populated with a lot of that transaction stuff now because it's current. Chicago Tribune, Syracuse Post-Standard, ESPN, Deseret News, New York Times, and USA Today all have articles about his college career or his legal issues. He should be considered notable from collegiate play and coverage.--Paul McDonald (talk) 11:23, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Just for the record, he's not on the practice squad. That's only during the regular season. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 19:03, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Doesn't pass
  WP:GNG. Passing GNG as an athlete requires coverage that exceeds routine sports coverage (which is more indicative of the notability of the team). Transaction pieces don't clear that bar, even in major papers. The closest thing I found to substantial coverage in a reliable source that focused on the athlete himself was here, but that's just a bio piece from his hometown paper. I don't see evidence of Morris being notable independent of the teams he's briefly been a part of. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 05:18, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Reply @Paulmcdonald: Aside from the two articles concerning the DWI, the links you give are routine coverage and passing mentions. The DWI article don't go deep either. Not enough to pass GNG. • Gene93k (talk) 11:08, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disagree I do not believe that is a correct assessment. The information in the article is far more than basic score or box scores as declared by the
    WP:NOTROUTINE.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:26, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • Comment please don't take the "bold" to be anger or anything offensive. Just following the style. My reply is not meant to be harsh but it might be taken that way without clarification. --Paul McDonald (talk) 18:28, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Romar's college stats are a bit underwhelming (his best season was 386 rushing yards as a freshman, dropping off to 64 yards as a senior), but this article and this one (both from Romar's hometown newspaper) look like significant coverage. This from the
  WP:GNG. Also, I am a bit reluctant to rely on press reports of an athlete's DWI arrest as a principal basis for establishing notability. Cbl62 (talk) 00:14, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Delete as it's clear he's not applicable for the football notability hence there's essentially nothing actually convincing from there. SwisterTwister talk 04:51, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]