Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lance Nimmo


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The result was no consensus. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  19:03, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Lance Nimmo

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Fails WP:NGRIDIRON, having never played professionally only played professionally in minor league NFL Europe. Was an NFL draft pick, but did not appear in a regular season or postseason game. Fails WP:GNG, only coverage found is transactional in nature or a daily diary he wrote for New Castle News, his hometown newspaper.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  16:03, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Undecided for now. Offensive linemen rarely receive significant coverage. Here, Nimmo was a first-team all-conference player, was taken in 4th round of NFL Draft, and made an NFL roster.  I have found significant coverage in the New Castle News, including (1) "Nimmo's road to Jacksonville a winding one", New Castle News, 2/5/05 (913 words, available via NewsLibrary.com); (2) "Finding Nimmo", New Castle News, 9/17/04 (1,216 words, available via NewsLibrary.com); and (3) "Nimmo a 'mountain man' for Mountaineers", New Castle News, 11/25/00 (825 words, available via NewsLibrary.com). Under WP:GNG, significant coverage is expected in multile reliable sources. Not sure if the following are enough to push him over the bar: here, this, this, this, this, this. If someone finds significant coverage in a source other than the New Castle News, I'd probably tip to "keep". Cbl62 (talk) 16:44, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * FWIW, Nimmo spent time with four NFL teams (Bucs, Browns, Jets, Patriots and won a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Patriots' 2004 practice squad. See here. Cbl62 (talk) 17:21, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete Not notable based on information on the page. PenulisHantu (talk) 06:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets GNG with sources Cbl62 provided plus     ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 02:50, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Second source is a school board meeting minutes from the same local newspaper he wrote his daily diary in. I don't know how reliable "Farm and Daily" (source 3) is in demonstrating notability for a football player, and he's briefly mentioned in the story anyway. Source 4 is a blog post from a source that is not really reliable anymore at the time of its posting. Source 5 is a collection of random tidbits that occurred during one Buccaneers training camp practice.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  03:09, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The second source that Cbl62 provided is not the school board meeting minutes. It's a news article.  Published by the New Castle News, considered a reliable source. , what were you referring to?--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:32, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I am referring to the sources Editorofthewiki provided directly above my comment.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  01:51, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, source #2 directly above your comment is not a copy of the school board meeting minutes.--Paul McDonald (talk) 17:35, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Nimmo's part in the article is literally his quotes during a school board meeting about abstaining from voting for a school district superintendent's re-election. Since the article doesn't mention he is a former football player, we don't even know if that refers to the same Lance Nimmo.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  18:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Then that should be your argument, not something that is blatantly untrue.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:20, 21 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per and . — Hunter Kahn 02:59, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete the sourcing presented is passing mentions or blogs, not the stuff passing GNG is made of.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:10, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep clearly enough sources and broad coverage provided to pass WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:41, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Meets WP:GNG and WP:BASIC, per the sources provided by Cbl62 and Editorofthewiki. Ejgreen77 (talk) 07:11, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Plenty of sources to pass WP:GNG. Smartyllama (talk) 19:43, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete the only notability I see is that he has a Superbowl ring and did not earn it on the field playing for the team in actual games. FYI: The athletic trainer and front office also have Superbowl rings. He has some borderline notability just based on his routine coverage of being kicked around from one practice squad to another. But we have a higher bar for WP:NGRIDIRON - this is an encyclopedia and it is WP:NOT everything. Wm335td (talk) 21:42, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. The given references are either blogs, off point, or very local news minor-mentions and most certainly do not pass wp:GNG (re:significant coverage);  Also per  above.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 17:35, 25 January 2020 (UTC)


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