Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dowayne Davis


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The result was   no consensus. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  05:11, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Dowayne Davis

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No evidence of meeting WP:ATHLETE, couldn't find much sources other than routine game coverage, interviews about other players, and a couple of articles in the University newspaper, that covers Davis Delete Secret account 00:38, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 13:51, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 13:51, 4 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete not seeing a noteworthy college career and appears to not be playing professionally. Will change my position if additional information is introduced.--Paul McDonald (talk) 23:16, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep I stand corrected (as is usual)--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:42, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've added a number of sources to the article.  College football players qualify under WP:GNG if they have had non-trivial coverage (i.e., not just stat lines or passing references in game coverage) in mainstream media outlets.  In this case, Davis has received such coverage not only in the university newspaper (Daily Orange), but has also been the subject of extensive press coverage in major metropolitan daily newspapers such as The Post-Standard (94th largest circulation paper in the US) and Newsday (16th largest circulation paper in the US).  He was also honored in 2008 by the Central New York Chapter of the National Football Foundation as the Scholar Athlete of the Year. Looks sufficient to pass the GNG bar in my opinion. Cbl62 (talk) 06:57, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I still don't see any claim of notability other than him playing football, nor any sources that aren't the local sources that almost every Division I starter gets from their local newspaper. Secret account 16:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * His notability is as a football player, so there shouldn't be a need to show notability for other things. As for the level of coverage, non-trivial coverage in reliable sources is what is required by WP:GNG.  While I might agree that coverage limited to a small hometown newspaper needs to be assessed more carefully, we're dealing here with in-depth coverage in major metropolitan newspapers.  As for the suggestion that almost every Division I starter gets this level of coverage, not so.  I regularly monitor college football AfDs, and most players (even starters) do not get this type of coverage.  Starting QBs typically do, but it's rarer for defensive players to get this type of coverage.  IMO there's enough here to pass the test. Cbl62 (talk) 19:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - coverage of the games he played in is probably sufficient for most information about an athlete. Bearian (talk) 19:40, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm pretty sure the general standard is, if they haven't played at the professional level, they're not 'automatically' notable - and, aside from being from Jamaica, I don't really see much of anything indicating he's more notable than many other Division I (or whatever they're calling it now) atheletes. - The Bushranger One ping only 00:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
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