Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Downing


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The result was   keep. Nominator has rescinded the claim of non-notability. BigDom  talk  17:04, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Paul Downing

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Notability issues and inability to find sufficient sourcing to expand the article Canyouhearmenow 14:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Might be better to merge him into the article of Oregon State University where he can be mentioned for history of the school verses trying to formulate a complete article about him. --Canyouhearmenow 15:17, 24 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep head football coaches at the college level are normally considered notable. Needs some refs, but I'll work on that.--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:05, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The reference given in the article claims a one season leadership and it pretty much ends there. There is no other verifiable information that leads to notability to this subject. Therefore, I have to maintain my opinion that this article should be merged into the article for Oregon State University or it needs to be deleted for lacking WP:Notability--Canyouhearmenow 04:47, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * That's "references"--plural. Please review essay at WP:CFBCOACH, there's been a tremendous amount of discussion and precedents set on this specific issue.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:24, 25 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Aside from coaching Oregon State's football team in 1895, this appears to be the same Paul Downing who was the star of Stanford's first football teams (1892-1894), a classmate and teammate of Herbert Hoover, one of the country's leading hydroelectric engineers, and a senior executive of PG&E.  See, e.g.,, , ,  and . Cbl62 (talk) 20:19, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok after doing some investigative work I too confirm that this is the same Paul Downing and agree that the article should be kept. This article should be expanded though and not remain as a stub. I appreciate everyone coming together to comment on this subject! Canyouhearmenow 21:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Emphatic keep. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:05, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
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