Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kirk Broussard


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The result was delete. Sam Walton (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Kirk Broussard

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Non-notable junior college football player and NFL "intern". Subject does not satisfy the specific notability guideline for college athletes per WP:NCOLLATH or pro football players per WP:NGRIDIRON, and there is no evidence to suggest subject has sufficient significant coverage in multiple independent, reliable, secondary sources to satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:40, 16 January 2016 (UTC)


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 * Delete Interns are not inherently notable and I see no reason to make an exception here.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:46, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

73.157.188.195 (talk) 19:49, 19 January 2016 (UTC)Subject in fact has held numerous positions beyond the Intern level in Pro Football. Subject has held the General Manager position as well as Offensive Coordinator of a Minor league Pro sports franchise in several Arena leagues. In addition the intern positions held in the NFL were the position subject entered into later progressing to position coaching jobs. This history has been cited and updated on the article. Subject is in-fact a reputable sports figure with many news articles in his history as well as a massive social media following. This article should be retained on wikipedia as there are many sports figures on the same level who have standing articles at this time. 73.157.188.195 (talk) 03:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)Here are Two of many examples of assistant coaches articles on wikipedia Example: Example: Even article on Minor league Indoor/Arena Players Example: A general Search for subject by name or by name plus football yields three to four pages per google. Published articles from Major Outlets such as WEAR 3 news, Daily Journal of NE Mississippi with over 400,000 Subscribers and readers Example: Midland Reporter- Telegram Example: Major news outlets Subject is the focal Topic. Example: Example: (Not Focal point) Example: 97.5 The Game Bay Area Radio http://www.957thegame.com/ Example: WNSR Nashville Radio http://www.wnsr.com/ Thank You Sir I hope this helps.73.157.188.195 (talk) 03:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment generally, assistant coaches are not inherently notable either per reasons outlined at WP:CFBASST essay. The few news sources provided only have passing mention of the subject or are transactional reviews.  I do have to question them as a legitimate news source as the Google News Search only turns up one article (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) on the subject.  Is there an explanation why the others should be considered as legitimate third party news sources and is the coverage enough to be considered notable?  I don't doubt the subject is a reputable sports figure.  I don't think Wikipedia cares if the subject has a "massive social media following" because that's subjective and irrelevant.  However, I am curious about the alleged "many news articles in his history" because THAT is what can point to notability.  Where are these "many news articles" for us to review?--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:50, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
 * That's some good research. However, just because other stuff exists it does not mean that this article should.  I can see strong arguments for deletion of the articles that you presented as examples.  I'm not going to nominate them myself because I don't have time at the moment, but I would not be surprised if they do get nominated.  I think we might be looking at the possibility of trying another wiki.  I respect the efforts you're putting forward here, and another person may come along to see it another way.  For example, the djournal.com article is simply a passing mention article much like a transaction--useful, but not what would pass for a notability gauge in today's landscape.  Were this 1910, when print costs were more expensive that might mean more--but today, it's really reinforcing that the individual is an "intern" which in my view doesn't pass muster.  The oursportscentral.com article also shows that he's not in a significant position at a not-very-significant minor league indoor football league.  If anything, the two articles seem to confirm the lack of notability rather than provide it.  I'd love to one day meet this coach as it seems he does good work with players, I'm just not seeing the level of notability required for inclusion in this particular encyclopedia.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Further comment if we do not get a few others to participate in this discussion in time to close, I suggest it be relisted for getting further comments. There are others better at research than I am and I hope they can jump in to provide insight I may be missing.  There's no harm in this case to extend the discussion time and make sure we arrive at the decision that is best for Wikipedia.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:42, 20 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - Not enough in-depth coverage from reliable, independent sources to show he passes notability criteria.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:17, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lacks substantial coverage from independent, reliable sources. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 13:52, 23 January 2016 (UTC)


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