Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Samonov

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:59, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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fails WP:NHOCKEY Joeykai (talk) 08:38, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Another of the hundreds of NN hockey bio articles thrown up by Dolovis in defiance of the NHOCKEY criteria, all in search of some mythical article creation Game High Score. This one is a perfect example of Dolovis' serial bad faith. While no sources are presented discussing the subject at all, at any length, someone who superficially glanced at the article might say "Oh! He played in the KHL, so that's a prima facie pass on NHOCKEY as having played in a top-level league!" Look at the one source presented, though (a team stats list from the season in question), and it shows that while the subject may have been on the roster -- and only this one source claims as much -- he didn't see any match action.

  It's long been the standard at NSPORTS (and something of which a sports article creator of Dolovis' longevity and edit count is well aware) that simply being on a roster confers no notability; one must play in a regular season or playoff match in order to get that. A casual glance -- as well as checking against the EuroHockey and hockeydb.com sites -- verifies that the subject never has played top-flight hockey. Unfortunately, this is a common stunt of the creator's of the "I'm betting no one checks the source" variety, which is why he's under a community ban from article creation. Ravenswing 18:04, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete He has not yet played at a high enough level for an article to exist about him. A search on him reveals nothing that would give a WP:GNG pass. Deadman137 (talk) 18:42, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as questionable for his own independently notable article. SwisterTwister talk 05:00, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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