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Power~enwiki: judging from the text, with its references to linebackers and running backs, this guy is involved with the sport of
American football, whereas the notability guideline you cite above is for the sport of
association football (known in the US as soccer). You may wish to pick a more appropriate guideline to cite..... --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
07:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete. Currently it's an unsourced BLP, which is a serious (but seemingly resolvable) issue. Absent that difficulty, this is an article about an assistant coach who has worked under a notable figure - Gruden - and played for another comparatively notable one in the college ranks. I don't see anything establishing his notability per
WP:NGRIDIRON, though.
BigHaz -
Schreit mich an07:32, 14 September 2017 (UTC)reply
I doubt he would do so if referenced, no. The references you've provided above are more of the "local boy makes good" variety, which I don't take as a GNG pass. Considering the lack of big-time media coverage for anything below the NFL and top-flight NCAA programs, I'm leaning in that direction. Happy to be proven wrong, of course, but that's where I'm leaning pending more developments.
BigHaz -
Schreit mich an05:09, 15 September 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete: Regardless of the poor state of the article and any COI issues (as well as the wrong NSPORT listed in the nomination), this guy only has some local
routine and
run-of-the-mill sports coverage (as in he did not
receive significant independent coverage from multiple sources). As to his level of involvement in American football, his highest position was an assistant for the Arena Football League, arguably the third most covered pro league in North America after the NFL and CFL (also below NCAA Div. I). Assistants are specifically mentioned in
WP:NGRIDIRON as to not be high enough to presume notablity. His highest head coaching position was in a very low professional league (with some teams more on the semi-pro side of the line).
Yosemiter (
talk)
13:30, 15 September 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.
Comment@
Power~enwiki: judging from the text, with its references to linebackers and running backs, this guy is involved with the sport of
American football, whereas the notability guideline you cite above is for the sport of
association football (known in the US as soccer). You may wish to pick a more appropriate guideline to cite..... --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
07:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete. Currently it's an unsourced BLP, which is a serious (but seemingly resolvable) issue. Absent that difficulty, this is an article about an assistant coach who has worked under a notable figure - Gruden - and played for another comparatively notable one in the college ranks. I don't see anything establishing his notability per
WP:NGRIDIRON, though.
BigHaz -
Schreit mich an07:32, 14 September 2017 (UTC)reply
I doubt he would do so if referenced, no. The references you've provided above are more of the "local boy makes good" variety, which I don't take as a GNG pass. Considering the lack of big-time media coverage for anything below the NFL and top-flight NCAA programs, I'm leaning in that direction. Happy to be proven wrong, of course, but that's where I'm leaning pending more developments.
BigHaz -
Schreit mich an05:09, 15 September 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete: Regardless of the poor state of the article and any COI issues (as well as the wrong NSPORT listed in the nomination), this guy only has some local
routine and
run-of-the-mill sports coverage (as in he did not
receive significant independent coverage from multiple sources). As to his level of involvement in American football, his highest position was an assistant for the Arena Football League, arguably the third most covered pro league in North America after the NFL and CFL (also below NCAA Div. I). Assistants are specifically mentioned in
WP:NGRIDIRON as to not be high enough to presume notablity. His highest head coaching position was in a very low professional league (with some teams more on the semi-pro side of the line).
Yosemiter (
talk)
13:30, 15 September 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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