Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Tereshinski III

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.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  19:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Tereshinski III

This is not a notable figure. He has zero noteworthy accomplishments of any kind. Wikipedia does not need an article for every back-up college quarterback or similarly insignificant athletes. -- TexasDawg 12:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Tereshinski is a notable figure. He is currently the starting QB and will most likely see significant playing time early in the season. --Hotlanta 14:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. For it is written: Sportspeople/athletes who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, or at the highest level in mainly amateur sports, including college sports in the United States. Articles about first team squad members who have not made a first team appearance may also be appropriate, but only if the individual is at a club of sufficient stature that most members of its squad are worthy of articles. Assuming that the University of Georgia's football ranks, he seems to make the cut. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Most members of the University of Georgia football squad are not worthy of articles. Tereshinski certainly isn't. Every Division I college football team (of which there are over 100) has 85 scholarship players and dozens of others... do the math.Hadnot 15:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, starting QB of a college team does not make the cut. Wait till he wins the Heisman or gets drafted into the NFL. User:Zoe|(talk) 17:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Don't forget: collegiate football is a big deal in the USA. Even semi-important players for major programs are arguably as notable as many NFL players (and often more well-known than some NBA and NHL players). Zagalejo 22:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• So we should have an article on every player for every team? User:Zoe|(talk) 22:43, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• No, but , IMHO, reasonably well-known players on major programs (Georgia has the fifth largest on-campus football stadium in the United States) probably deserve articles. The notablilty criteria for college athletes are pretty vague at the moment, however, so I don't know where I would draw the line between major programs and non-major programs. Zagalejo 22:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep 10,400 Google hits for "Joe Tereshinski III." Seems to have attracted his fair share of media attention. Zagalejo 22:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • All major college QBs get media attention. That doesn't mean they meet WP:BIO. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:41, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - From WP:BIO - "Sportspeople/athletes who have played in a fully professional league ... including college sports in the United States. Articles about first team squad members who have not made a first team appearance may also be appropriate, but only if the individual is at a club of sufficient stature that most members of its squad are worthy of articles." In addition, Joe T. has started at QB for only a few less games than D.J. Shockley had started when his wikipedia entry was created (14:57, 27 September 2005). --Roswell native 02:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Ros -M^ask 00:37, 10 August 2006 (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.