Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Norwood


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 00:14, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Brian Norwood

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Article deleted by WP:PROD and restored via WP:REFUND, but given that there isn't even any assertion of significance, it would probably qualify for speedy deletion per WP:CSD. This article is about an assistant coach who happens to have a couple of notable sons, although notability is not inherited. ~Amatulić (talk) 04:10, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep. College assistant coaches aren't presumed to be notable, but may warrant articles if they pass WP:GNG.  Here, Norwood has been an assistant coach at major Division I FBS programs (including Navy, Penn State under Paterno, and assistant head coach at Baylor) for more than 20 years. He has sons who have become notable players, but he passes GNG in his own right as he has received significant coverage in multiple, reliable sources including national media outlets like (1) this from Sports Illustrated, and (2) this from ESPN.com. See also (3) this from Tulsa World, (4) this from Capital Gazette, (5) this from The Dallas Morning News, (6) this from Waco Tribune-Herald, and (7) this from The Patriot-News.  Cbl62 (talk) 12:03, 30 December 2015 (UTC)  Foregoing signature and time stamp were added manually.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:21, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - Thanks to Cbl62 for doing the legwork in searching for significant coverage of the subject in independent, reliable sources as required by the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. While I think the linked coverage of Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com and The Dallas Morning News are closer to routine transactional coverage, I think the linked articles in The Tulsa World, Capital Gazette and Waco Tribune-Herald represent more in-depth coverage.  Collectively, these sources are sufficient to support the subject's notability.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:39, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as a WP:GNG pass, per Cbl62's sources. I also note that the infobox on the pages states under "Playing career" that Norwood played in the CFL for the Calgary Stampeders in 1989. If that is true, and he actually appeared in games for the Stamps, then he would automatically pass WP:NGRIDIRON, anyways. Bottom line: either way, he's notable. Ejgreen77 (talk) 14:35, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as argued above. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:32, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


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