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Does not appear to meet the notability criteria described in WP:NCOLLATH I'm bringing this here because I'm no expert on American football and it's possible I'm mistaken.
Deb (
talk) 08:43, 23 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. Parsons is the No. 7 overall prospect in the Class of 2018 according to ESPN.com and has committed to Penn State with plans to enroll early in January. He is the rare high school athlete who can satisfy
WP:NHSPHSATH. The recruitment has been extensive and plagued by controversy and satisfies NHSPHSATH's requirement of "substantial and prolonged coverage" that "clearly" goes beyond WP:ROUTINE. Coverage at ESPN.com (the gold standard for significant national sports coverage) includes
this,
this, and
this. Also
this from Sports Illustrated,
[1] from ABC News, and
this from CBS Sports.
Cbl62 (
talk) 14:16, 23 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Okay, thanks, that's useful. I'm sure the article can be improved with addition of appropriate references.
Deb (
talk) 10:40, 24 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep Paron's is heading to one of the largest football programs in Penn State. As others have talked about, Parsons recruitment was very extensive and received significant coverage. Next year he should start and will definitely receive playing time with Penn State.
Pennsylvania2 (
talk) (UTC)
Keep typically we do not keep articles about high school athletes... unless the generate so much freaking press that they slaughter
WP:GNG, which this one does. Special case.--
Paul McDonald (
talk) 02:49, 25 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Strong delete He does not meet the notability guidelines either for college athletes or for gridiron football players. The sports news tends to latch onto crystal ball predictions, but we do not do such in Wikipedia, we follow our guidelines, and Parsons does not currently meet such.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 05:53, 28 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per GNG and this can probably be SNOW closed.
Lepricavark (
talk) 16:40, 28 December 2017 (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
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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.
Does not appear to meet the notability criteria described in WP:NCOLLATH I'm bringing this here because I'm no expert on American football and it's possible I'm mistaken.
Deb (
talk) 08:43, 23 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. Parsons is the No. 7 overall prospect in the Class of 2018 according to ESPN.com and has committed to Penn State with plans to enroll early in January. He is the rare high school athlete who can satisfy
WP:NHSPHSATH. The recruitment has been extensive and plagued by controversy and satisfies NHSPHSATH's requirement of "substantial and prolonged coverage" that "clearly" goes beyond WP:ROUTINE. Coverage at ESPN.com (the gold standard for significant national sports coverage) includes
this,
this, and
this. Also
this from Sports Illustrated,
[1] from ABC News, and
this from CBS Sports.
Cbl62 (
talk) 14:16, 23 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Okay, thanks, that's useful. I'm sure the article can be improved with addition of appropriate references.
Deb (
talk) 10:40, 24 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep Paron's is heading to one of the largest football programs in Penn State. As others have talked about, Parsons recruitment was very extensive and received significant coverage. Next year he should start and will definitely receive playing time with Penn State.
Pennsylvania2 (
talk) (UTC)
Keep typically we do not keep articles about high school athletes... unless the generate so much freaking press that they slaughter
WP:GNG, which this one does. Special case.--
Paul McDonald (
talk) 02:49, 25 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Strong delete He does not meet the notability guidelines either for college athletes or for gridiron football players. The sports news tends to latch onto crystal ball predictions, but we do not do such in Wikipedia, we follow our guidelines, and Parsons does not currently meet such.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 05:53, 28 December 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per GNG and this can probably be SNOW closed.
Lepricavark (
talk) 16:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)reply
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