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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) TheSandDoctor ( talk) 16:56, 16 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Billy Jack Haskins

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This is merely a college player that never became a professional player. He does not appear to meet the notability guidelines. Firstclass306 ( talk) 14:57, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 15:50, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 15:50, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 15:52, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep Passes GNG with many articles of significant coverage found at nl.newsbank.com. WikiOriginal-9 ( talk) 18:57, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep. Haskins was a starting quarterback for two years (1995 and 1996) for a Power 5/ SEC (i.e., top tier) team. He received abundant and significant coverage so as to satisfy WP:GNG. See, e.g., this, this, this, this, and this. Cbl62 ( talk) 19:22, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• keep looks like he passes WP:GNG to me.-- Paul McDonald ( talk) 20:00, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep per Cbl62. Even just a quick Google search reveals that he meets WP:GNG and WP:BASIC by virtue of his time as a starting quarterback at both Kentucky and Rhode Island. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 18:28, 4 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete college football player with no more than routine coverage. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 02:02, 5 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• The article states, "at graduation [he] had passed for more yardage than any player in Kentucky high school history."  Further, WP:GNG doesn't have a concept of "routine" being a restriction, nor should it, so routine coverage is evidence of notability.  Unscintillating ( talk) 20:58, 10 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• Comment Feature articles like those shown are WP:NOTROUTINE and are far beyond the scope of box scores.-- Paul McDonald ( talk) 00:44, 10 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep subject has received sufficient coverage to pass GNG. Lepricavark ( talk) 20:54, 10 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep  Notable as a high school athlete, and notable as a college athlete, too.  Unscintillating ( talk) 21:01, 10 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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