Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Micah Parsons


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  >SerialNumber  54129 ...speculates 08:46, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Micah Parsons

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Does not appear to meet the notability criteria described in WP:NCOLLATH I'm bringing this here because I'm no expert on American football and it's possible I'm mistaken. Deb (talk) 08:43, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Parsons is the No. 7 overall prospect in the Class of 2018 according to ESPN.com and has committed to Penn State with plans to enroll early in January. He is the rare high school athlete who can satisfy WP:NHSPHSATH. The recruitment has been extensive and plagued by controversy and satisfies NHSPHSATH's requirement of "substantial and prolonged coverage" that "clearly" goes beyond WP:ROUTINE. Coverage at ESPN.com (the gold standard for significant national sports coverage) includes this, this, and this. Also this from Sports Illustrated, from ABC News, and this from CBS Sports. Cbl62 (talk) 14:16, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks, that's useful. I'm sure the article can be improved with addition of appropriate references. Deb (talk) 10:40, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep per Cbl62. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 21:34, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Paron's is heading to one of the largest football programs in Penn State. As others have talked about, Parsons recruitment was very extensive and received significant coverage. Next year he should start and will definitely receive playing time with Penn State. Pennsylvania2 (talk) (UTC)
 * Keep typically we do not keep articles about high school athletes... unless the generate so much freaking press that they slaughter WP:GNG, which this one does. Special case.--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:49, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cbl62's sources. Meets WP:GNG. Ejgreen77 (talk) 16:22, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong delete He does not meet the notability guidelines either for college athletes or for gridiron football players. The sports news tends to latch onto crystal ball predictions, but we do not do such in Wikipedia, we follow our guidelines, and Parsons does not currently meet such.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:53, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per GNG and this can probably be SNOW closed. Lepricavark (talk) 16:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
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