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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:52, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Christian Boucher[edit]

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Non-notable hockey player, fails WP:NHOCKEY, no evidence he passes the GNG. One of a long string of NN stubs thrown up by article creator, without apparent attempt to provide sources which do not fail WP:ROUTINE, WP:GEOSCOPE or WP:IRS attesting to notability, as BLP articles require. Ravenswing 10:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Can find no evidence of sources to meet GNG and fails NHOCKEY. -DJSasso (talk) 14:36, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. nn player. Reso lute 01:23, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A simple Google search turns up that Boucher played for the Nijmegen Devils in the 2009-2010 season when they became league champions. Aside from specialist [1] and local [2] sources, Boucher has been covered by BBC as well [3]. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:40, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The BBC ref is less than a hundred words and certainly falls within the routine sports coverage explicitly debarred by WP:ROUTINE (as do the other two references you proffered), even if it discussed the subject in the "significant detail" the GNG requires, which it does not. As far as playing for the Nijmegen Devils go, the Eredivisie is ranked in the third tier of professional leagues, and players must satisfy Criterion #4 of NHOCKEY, which is to win "preeminent honors" -- specifically, being in the top ten all-time leading scorers or winning First Team All-Star accolades. Boucher did neither. Ravenswing 15:05, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC have longer articles on Boucher, profiling Boucher, as well [4] (which is about hockey, despite it being in the rugby section for some reason). Articles that profile a player go beyond what can be described as routine. Sjakkalle (Check!) 10:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That one? Really can't. The section of that match report referring to the subject? "The Canadian was named man of the match as he registered 33 saves during his first shut-out of the season in Saturday's 3-0 win over Edinburgh. Cloutier told BBC Radio Humberside: "He's been one of our best players this season if not the best. "If you put him in a Sheffield side or a Belfast team with the depth they have who knows how good he would be." Cloutier added: "He's held us in so many games and if you look at the stats then we've lost by one goal in 11 out of 19 losses and if it wasn't for Boucher it could have been worse." The 28-year-old's man-of-the-match performance helped his side end a four-game losing streak." That's just a bit over a hundred words, and that's not enough to hit the GNG's notion of "significant detail" even without the roadblocks of WP:ROUTINE and WP:GEOSCOPE. Ravenswing 14:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Doesn't meet WP:NHOCKEY or WP:GNG. 204.126.132.231 (talk) 20:10, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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