Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Phil Esposito

Phil Esposito
A famous person (Hall of Fame hockey player) with a single unsourced quote. — FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 20:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 21:00, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete A famous person but the only quote on the entry is unsourced and I can not find any reference to it on line. I also looked for other remarkable quotes and did not see anything that meets my standards for being notable. The only quotes I found were the usual type of comments that athletes make after games. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 20:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep now that sourced quotes are added. In its present form, I would not have nominated it for deletion. I still do not see this as an entry will pithy or remarkable quotes. But Esposito is a Hall of Fame player, so I'm giving weight to the fact that a significant number of people will be interested in hearing his comments about his career. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 12:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom and above. ~ UDScott 20:19, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. - InvisibleSun 22:27, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep because of work done on page. - InvisibleSun 19:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Not particularly insightful or remarkable. ~ Ningauble 13:49, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote withdrawn since we now have sourced quotes. On the question of including articulate but unremarkable expressions of prominent sportsmen's sentiments, I abstain. ~ Ningauble 18:52, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I found a passage containing the actual quote on Lexis:
 * I never shot a deer. I've never shot anything in my life. I never hunted. I'm just not that type of guy. But there's no doubt in my mind that I would have killed to win. That really scares me sometimes. Right now I think about it, and I get little goose bumps. I would have done anything - absolutely anything - to win. In a war, maybe that's what happens. It was our society against their society.
 * Reported in Neil Milbert, "Classic Soviet series: When Canada's stars shone brightest", The Chicago Tribune (January 18, 1991), p. C-15.
 * No vote on whether this suffices to sustain an entry. Cheers! BD2412 T 22:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for locating it, BD2412. I think the full quote is better than the shorter version. I'm going to add it. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 13:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep (and ) Also, it would have been real nice to drop my a line at my talkpage when attempting to delete an article I have created. Maxim (talk)  23:27, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Maxim, sorry about upsetting you. :-( My goal is to not delete entries that can be fixed with research, so a big thanks for finding the sourced quotes. The problem is that we have a large number of entries without any sourced quotes. So far, the deletion discussions have resulted in article improvement for some articles and I see that as a Good Thing. I'll think about your suggestion about notifying users that create the entry. There is benefit to doing it in some instances, for sure.  FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 13:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)