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Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Is this article really necessary or is someone trying to run up their edit/authoring total? This article is nothing but trivial fluff. This Tom person is not worthy of an encyclopedia article unless we've reduced the level of criteria on Wikipedia. Basically anyone can write an article about anyone or anything regardless of whether there is any real significance or not. This is clearly an example of someone fishing for a subject just for the sake of writing an article. This guy played college football. Big deal. Thousands of young men play college football each year and this guy was not extraordinary in any way. Note that neither his predecessor nor successor (listed at the bottom of the article) have a Wikipedia article. This is just some random guy who happened to be drafted 174th in the NFL draft. The importance of his so-called college career is subjective and he's never played a minute in the NFL let alone succeeded at it. The possibility that he will ride the bench as the third string quarterback for an NFL team next year does not increase his stock. Until he does something notable in his career, this article is really jumping the gun. If not, how about an article about the bagger at your local grocery store or your local UPS delivery driver? Is that where we are headed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.46.136 (talk • contribs)
I disagree. Brandstater is now the St. Louis Rams starting Quarterback. The most accessible and detailed biographies are on Wikipedia. This is the first Google link I clicked to find more information on this player. Other sports sites generally give a table of pro statistics, and nothing else. Wikipedia, which by nature, will have input from family and friends, which lends for a more intimate view of the player. All professional athletes are worthy of a Wikipedia page. Even if they only played in one game. Also, I'm curious why someone would type in Brandstater's name, and then be dismayed that he has a Wikipedia page. eelb53`Eelb53 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC).Reply
