Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James McKinley (football coach)


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The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

James McKinley (football coach)

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Does not appear to meet WP:BIO, WP:ATHLETE or WP:NOTABILITY and article lacks non-trivial coverage in reliable, independent sources. See also a similar AFD recently in progress at Articles for deletion/Walter J. West. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  18:33, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep exceeds WP:BIO, WP:ATHLETE and WP:NOTABILITY. Stub article, yes.  Head coach for at least two colleges in college football.  Historical figure.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:BIO and WP:NOTE in that article lacks non-trivial coverage in reliable sources. -Djsasso (talk) 21:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Prairie View is now a fairly important university--not sure about the status of the team in 1982. However, there are likely to be print sources, and the article should not be abandoned until someone does a proper search. DGG (talk) 23:10, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I don't know a lot about this topic, but if this guy has been the head coach for two college teams, then there is probably reliable third-party coverage out there. Keep so that editors can have a chance to find sources. No prejudice against deletion later, if this person is indeed non-notable. Randomran (talk) 19:53, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Request As discussed on the AfD talk page, if this article (or any of the series of articles) is closed as a delete, please kindly first move the article to User:Paulmcdonald/Articlename, where "Articlename" is the name of the article (or articles) being removed. Also, please note the new page location at User:Paulmcdonald/deletedcoach so we can be sure to find the moved page.

Why? There have been, at present count, 58 articles of our project placed on the AfD list and there is just not enough time to adequately and appropriately respond and ultimately improve the articles themselves. This would give the project memebers time to work on improving the articles. This request should in no way imply that I believe that the article (or articles) in quesiton should be deleted at this time. I am making a simple cut-n-paste request due to the sheer volume of AfDs in such a short period of time.--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:01, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per Randomran 09er (talk) 02:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  17:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Update Article has been updated with additional information and sources. He coached at three different colleges for over 100 games.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:50, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, doesn't seem to meet WP:BIO. Stifle (talk) 10:14, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * keep - notable enough. expand the stub, don't delete it.  --Rocksanddirt (talk) 23:55, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Update made revisions, added more sources.--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:00, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Likely plenty more sources available but not archived online. --  Banj e  b oi    07:08, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've added a half-dozen offline sources, rearranged the sections into chronological order, and added information about his position as executive director and creator of the Heritage Bowl. JKBrooks85 (talk) 23:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


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