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The result was Speedy delete Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 15:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Joey Zellmer

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This does contain some assertion of notability, so I was on the fence about speedying it. But is playing a trading card game notable? I stand corrected if it is. SS✞^(Kay) 05:52, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete: Looks like a clear CSD A7 to me, and it looks like someone else tagged it as exactly that at the same time as the AfD tag -- Boing! said Zebedee 06:16, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete Apparently he declares himself "The Brett Favre of WoW", but he's hardly a reliable source. And I would assume the Brett Favre of WoW would earn more than 18(!) total G-hits. I get more G-hits than him from my various online ventures so that should tell you that he's non-notable. Nate • (chatter) 06:18, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Playing a collectible card game CAN be notable (see Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)), and I'm prepared to accept for the sake of argument that Zellmer is at the top of the WoW TCG game, but the WoW circuit is nowhere near as big (or lucrative) as the MTG circuit and thus it doesn't surprise me that Googling "Zellmer Warcraft TCG", "Joey Zellmer" and "Zellmer Warcraft" don't produce any significant coverage in reliable independent sources. Thus he fails WP:N. - DustFormsWords (talk) 06:25, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update - Sorry, WoW TCG players clearly can be notable - see Guillaume Matignon and Jim Fleckenstein. Zellmer's just not at that level, is all. - DustFormsWords (talk) 06:27, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've learnt something today then. SS✞^(Kay) 07:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete, ((db-bio)). Anna Lincoln 08:44, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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