Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warren Benjamin
no he doesn't need to play before he's notable.  He needs to satisfy the Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Basic_criteria|Basic notability criteria (''A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject'') and that trumps WP:Athlete.  This is one of a combined effort by a couple of editors to delete all articles created on players just 2008 AFL Draft|drafted into the AFL, with no attempt to allow references to be found. I barely have time to vote on these mass nominations, let alone improve/reference the articles from the many articles published in s over the previous few weeks/months previewing, analysing or profiling the drafted players
— User:The, 12:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)