Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trevor Knight

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 04:32, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trevor Knight

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Article does not meet guidelines for notability of college athletes NCOLLATH Name242669 (talk) 01:04, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:36, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:36, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:36, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. WP:NCOLLATH is an inclusive guideline, not an exclusive one. College athletes may also qualify under WP:GNG, and Knight does so. He was (and may again be in 2015) Oklahoma's starting QB. He led the Sooners to an upset victory over undefeated Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl and broke the Sugar Bowl passing record. He has been the subject of extensive and significant coverage in the mainstream media. Some examples are cited in the article, and see also The Times-Picayune, ncaa.com-Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, USA Today piece, CBS Sports, Orlando Sentinel, LA Times, The Advocate, etc. Cbl62 (talk) 16:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Starting quarterbacks in the Big 12 conference normally generate more than enough press to pass WP:GNG, and this one is no exception. WP:ABELINCOLN comes to mind.--Paul McDonald (talk) 16:32, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note. Something odd about this nomination. The nominator's first and only edits concern this AfD. Does anyone else find it strange that someone's first and only edits are to create an AfD? Just doesn't seem like a natural first edit. Cbl62 (talk) 16:50, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cbl62: Clearly, it's an odd first edit to nominate an article for AfD, but the mystery does not need to be solved. The subject is clearly notable, and there may be a WP:SNOW closing before we're done here. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good eyes. And good reasoning--possible WP:SOCK, but we're close to WP:SNOW as it is.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:58, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Notable college football player with sufficient significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources to satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. The ESPN and The Oklahoman articles, in combination with those linked by Cbl62 above, are more than enough to satisfy GNG. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:08, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per nomination. Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 00:16, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and close this discussion per WP:SNOW. A college athlete can pass WP:GNG with sufficient coverage in WP:RS per WP:NCOLLATH. This subject clearly does. --Jersey92 (talk) 14:10, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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