Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TJ Corbs

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Even after discounting SPAs, the consensus is clear on this one. Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TJ Corbs

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All but one of the references is to things article subject wrote, the other mentions him only in passing. Google News search produces nothing, and other searches produce only things written by Corbs himself. Nothing to indicate this person notability requirements as described in WP:BIO Qwyrxian (talk) 12:43, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TJ Corbs is the hardest hitting sports journalist in the northeast corridor. He is newsworthy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.215.83 (talk) 18:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

T J Corbs is an alias of a poster on sports boards and a writer on Bleacher report who has a long history of using whatever format he can to belittle as many college sports programs he can. His style is to confront and outrage and make no other contribution. I hope you remove him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.203.154 (talk) 13:57, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Question: Is this a documented alias of another notable person? In that case, we should simply include information about this persona on the person's main page (again, assuming we can document the connection). Qwyrxian (talk) 14:12, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Answer : No, it is not a documented alias or a pen name. The fact that this entry exists is a detriment to Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.84.48.251 (talk) 13:40, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The user Halldan1 that appears to maintain this page has the same name as a well-known sockpuppet of TJ Corbs, which he uses to bump up his comment count on his "articles" on his blog. This page is nothing but self-promotion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.188.74.18 (talk) 14:20, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Halldan1 is another one of T J Corbs aliases. He literally has dozens and more likely hundereds of aliases. His main alias is NCAABall. Halldan1 is actually a very respected alumnus of Seton Hall and a frequent contributor on the rivals sports boards relating to Seton Hall University. The legitimate Halldan1 has been a member of that sports board for over 10 years and would >>>NEVER ever be involved with this T J Corbs. Again T J Corbs only purpose is to belittle and antagonize. T J in the name "T J. Corbs" stands for troll journalist. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.203.154 (talk) 14:36, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The entire page is maintained by Halldan1, most likely an alias of Corbs himself. Corbs repeated describes himself as a "hard hitting" journalist while engaging in selfpromotion on various sports messageboards, a phrase which appeared twice in the wiki entry. Corbs is not a major writer, with no significant articles outside of bleacherreport.com (alexa 1,087). All citations were to his own articles, with no significant outside mention apart from a single ESPN writer, who stated only that "Corbs may have a point". He also may not. Does not remotely sastify notabiliy guidelines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.173.225.33 (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am unable to find any trustable sources documenting even the existence of this person. There are simply no sources at all from which a biography can be written on this subject. Notability doesn't even enter into it. This subject is unverifiable. Delete. Uncle G (talk) 16:59, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:58, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
TJ Corbs is journalism; journalism is TJ Corbs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.133.168.20 (talk • contribs)
Comment: Other editors here should focus on whether or not the article is deletable per policy, not on the editor. In fact, some of your comments are bordering on outing. If you have evidence that the primary editor is a sockpuppet or sockpuppeteer, please take it up at WP:SPI. Qwyrxian (talk) 21:59, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A blogger at an open-access website with no indicia of notability.--Arxiloxos (talk) 23:40, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- Fails to meet the General Notability Guidelines. -- Scjessey (talk) 02:19, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This guys is a hack and not a real person or journalist...please remove —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.39.230.214 (talk) 01:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Whether TJ Corbs is the person's real name or not should not be the issue. Rather, the issue should be whether he is a notable sports blogger. This article gives no indication that he has become a significant figure in the sports media. Most of the article is sourced only to his own columns. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How long could it possibly take for Wiki to decide this piece of garbage needs to be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.247.158.66 (talk) 16:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: TJ Corbs Corbs has had two different articles referenced on two of the largest sports sites: espn.com and cbssports.com. If the question is whether TJ Corbs Corbs is a legitimate journalist, clearly he must be to show up on both of those sites within a week's time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.38.154.10 (talk) 17:39, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Where is the CBSsports.com reference? It's not mentioned or linked in the TJ Corbs article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:28, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: One of the article's defenders on the talk page posted a link to Corby's main page at Bleacher Report: [1]. First, note the self-made description: "Been watching sports in the Norheast Corridor and reading interweb newsgroups for many years. I just want to present my opinion without clogging up any newsgroups." This is the description of a blogger, not a journalist. Second, the editor pointed to the awards; note that the "best" award is that one of Corby's articles got over 10,000 views--this clearly does not rise to the level of notability needed for a Wikipedia article. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:54, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.