Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parrish Gaines


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The result was delete. Tone 19:23, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Parrish Gaines

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Fails WP:NGRIDIRON. Never played professionally and was not a notable college football player. Only sigcov I can find was this, which is a "local player tries out for local team" human interest article you see whenever a non-drafted local player tries out for their local NFL team. SportingFlyer  T · C  18:39, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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 * Borderline, leaning delete. Gaines was a four-year starter at defensive back for a Division I FBS program (albeit not Power Five), and he did receive some significant coverage. E.g., (1) "Navy never at loss with Parrish Gaines at safety", Capital Gazette, 12/6/14; (2) "Smyrna's Gaines trying to make Titans roster", The Daily News Journal, 5/17/15; (3) "Navy Co-Captain Parrish Gaines: 'We'll Prove Ourselves This Year'", Pressbox, September 15, 2014 (not sure if Pressbox is a reliable source); and (4) "Parrish Gaines: Always Striving To Be The Best", Navysports.com, 11/9/14 (probably not regarded as independent). Because the last two sources are questionable in terms of a GNG analysis, we are left with the first two, and both of those are from mid- to smaller-market publications. Also, not finding any significant coverage of him in major metropolitan dailies (e.g., The Baltimore Sun) or regional/national outlets (e.g., ESPN.com).  If other/better examples of significant coverage in reliable, independent sources are found, I could be persuaded to switch to a 'keep' vote. Cbl62 (talk) 21:17, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete - can't find enough to show they pass WP:GNG, and doesn't pass WP:NCOLLATH. Onel 5969  TT me 03:59, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete I see nothing that meets WP:NCOLLATH or WP:NGRIDIRON. I also don't think the coverage meets WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 04:44, 24 December 2019 (UTC)


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