Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Perry Jones
Per  ... the |general notability guideline would, in the United States, make (roughly) the top 100 top high school athletes in football and basketball (in each state) worthy of articles, not to mention a few other top athletes in badminton, cross country, bowling, etc, which is clearly not the intention of the policy, not to mention the winners of Teen Jeopardy, state spelling bees, people who raise the prize heifer at the state fair, local junior miss beauty pageants, etc, etc.  Also  needs to be avoided in defending articles.  The article needs to stands on its own merits.  It is important to remember that notability is forever, so if the article stands, and this kid gets hurt next month and never plays again, we have an article about a kid who did nothing more than have a pretty good high school career.  I cannot believe that  ever was meant for that ... part of the reason we have  and 
— User:LonelyBeacon, 05:59, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:ATHLETE||WP:N||WP:OTHERSTUFF||WP:N||WP:BIO||WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)