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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 19:26, 13 August 2017 (UTC) reply

Will Monday

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I previously nominated this page but withdrew it because he was on a team, now he has been released so I will nominate again. Fails WP:GNG as no sources are available outside of college stat pages and articles that merely mention his name as part of a transaction, also fails WP:NGRIDIRON as he was not drafted and has yet to appear in a regular season game. Fails WP:NCOLLATH as he has not gained national media attention, he's not in any Hall of Fame, and did not win a national award. Definitely a case of Wikipedia:Too soon. Rockchalk 7 17 21:05, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 21:08, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 21:08, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 21:08, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 21:08, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply

• I'm confused -- I'd lean toward delete as well based on a cursory review of the data, but I'm also stuck with "notability is not temporary" so of the nominator once believed the subject was notable and now is not, I'd like to get some more details behind that reasoning if possible.-- Paul McDonald ( talk) 22:06, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• Comment. No opinion yet on notability, but he was an All-ACC player, and here are a some examples of coverage from: (1) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, (2) The Charlotte Observer, (3) The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and (4) The News & Observer. Cbl62 ( talk) 22:22, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep Passes GNG [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. WikiOriginal-9 ( talk) 23:17, 6 August 2017 (UTC) reply

See that brings up an issue I have with notability guidelines on here. I will say I must have missed those articles otherwise I wouldn't have nominated again. But it confuses me as to the purpose of subject specfic notability guidelines because it's impossible to meet those and fail GNG.--Rockchalk 7 17 03:29, 8 August 2017 (UTC) reply

In your defense (and mine) "Will Monday" isn't exactly a great search term. "Will Monday" and "Football" isn't any better...-- Paul McDonald ( talk) 11:24, 8 August 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep Passes WP:GNG per above. He is required to pass either the subject area notability guidelines or the general notability guideline, and he does the latter. Smartyllama ( talk) 16:35, 8 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep. Appears to meet WP:GNG and WP:BASIC, per WikiOriginal-9's sources. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 21:57, 8 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep passes GNG per above. Lepricavark ( talk) 23:36, 8 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep - Passes GNG per the set of links by WikiOriginal. Carrite ( talk) 14:26, 12 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep passes WP:GNG per above. Quinton Feldberg ( talk) 00:24, 13 August 2017 (UTC) reply

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