Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Shows


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) buffbills7701 π!  00:00, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Don Shows

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does not meet any of the notability requirements for coaches. Being in a state sports hall of fame does not indicate notability. John from Idegon (talk) 23:10, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep; he was a football coach at two universities too. So he qualifies for Wikipedia. Billy Hathorn (talk) 00:18, 6 March 2014 (UTC) (part author of the article)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment Only college head coaches are deemed notable. Also, the tone and tense of this article is entirely inappropriate.  We do not write about current events generally WP:NOTNEWS, and we certainly do not list the scheduled date of someone's funeral in the near future WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Other than clips pertaining to a local high school coach which you would expect to find on nearly any high school coach, and info on his high school career (neither of which would make him notable), there is not much to see on this guy.  Being important locally, or even regionally, is not what makes notability. John from Idegon (talk) 19:50, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete dang it. Seems like a super guy and had a huge impact in his area.  But that does not qualify for inclusion in this encyclopedia.  I cannot find a measure of notability that will pass for this individual for inclusion here.  Try another wiki.--Paul McDonald (talk) 21:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Changed to Keep you know what? I'm ready to flip on this one.  After reviewing my searches more, I am seeing a tremendous amount of coverage in sports-related websites on the subject--radio, TV, newspapers, and bloggers.  While it seems that the bulk of that coverage is local or perhaps even "regional" (depending on your definition of "regional"), there is just so much of it that I think we are looking at a case of passing the general notability guideline.  And that's enough.--Paul McDonald (talk) 17:58, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep The article seems to be qualified for the Wikipedia. Per Billy Hawthorn. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 07:02, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: More material has been added to the article, which has newspaper sources all over the state. Mr. Shows won two national championships in 1998 and 2008. Even if he wasn't a head coach at the two universities where he coached, he was successful there too. It would seem this article is the exception to the rule that high school coaches are not allowed on Wikipedia and only head college coaches are permitted. The memorial service info could not be added until March 8. Billy Hathorn (talk) 15:15, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment National championships in high school sports are mythical. I don't think it's enough to show notability, but I don't have strong feelings about it.  Otherwise, there's nothing to show this is anything but a case of WP:NOTMEMORIAL.204.126.132.231 (talk) 16:27, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Even the college teams are not particularly important.  DGG ( talk ) 03:23, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Paulmcdonald. WP:GNG trumps all other WikiProject-specific notability guidelines. Ejgreen77 (talk) 05:06, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
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