Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Hill (Australian footballer)
I acknowledge the existence of current news articles on the subject.  But there's hints for me of #NEWS.  Footy-mad papers like the Herald-Sun go into a blather at this time of the year, because the draft gives a bit of footy news at a slow-footy time of year.  And that leads to the trumpeting of a batch of new potential stars.  Some, like Jack Watts (footballer) have attracted a deal of publicity, and he would be one where you would argue that if he didn't go on to become a big star it might actually be noteworthy.  But I still think there's a reasonable yardstick provided by the wholesale absence of the heralded draft picks of years gone by who have gone on to make no AFL appearances.  On that basis, why should this year's crop be hoisted above their claims?  Or do you think devoted footy wikipedians will actually go through the backlog, pointing to the news articles at the time and resurrect their notability?  I don't know whether the subject of this article will go on to be a notable AFL player, and neither do you.  And when he does, I'll have no problems with his notability.  But until then, I think it would be crystal balling to presume otherwise
— User:Murtoa, 05:08, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
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