Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troy Abbs


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The result was delete. Despite the new sources, participants remained unconvinced of assertion that Abbs' is a notable subject. ✗ plicit  13:28, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Troy Abbs

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No significant coverage per WP:NSPORT. SL93 (talk) 00:54, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. SL93 (talk) 00:58, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. SL93 (talk) 00:59, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:16, 21 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment. Prong 5 of WP:NCOLLATH is limited to Division I head coaches, and Trine is a Division III program. Accordingly, this discussion should rise or fall on WP:GNG. I searched Newspapers.com and found only passing mentions. A Google search turned up some non-independent coverage from Trine (e.g., this and this), but such coverage doesn't count toward GNG. The best I found in terms of independent coverage was a local TV piece about Abbs working from home during COVID (here) and this piece from the KPC Media Group in Kendallville, Indiana. Also this from Ink Free News but I'm not sure it's a reliable source. Particularly for a current coach in the age of the Internet, I would expect to see more to persuade me of a GNG pass. Leaning "delete" but holding final judgment til I see what others might come up with. Cbl62 (talk) 15:09, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. I went looking for sources last November and came to the same conclusion as Cbl62: Talk:Troy Abbs. I suspect that would be true for most current MIAA coaches. Mackensen (talk) 17:03, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  keep reasonable discussions above, but for some reason I've been able to turn some online articles where others have not. I think there's been some recent activity with their conference starting up a spring football season (see:  covid), but I also turned a number of newsworthy articles with some details around his Division III Region 4 Coach of the Year from the American Football Coaches Association.  Take another gander please, I think you'll find this is a pass of WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:39, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a couple of examples of SIGCOV? My searches didn't turn up any, but I'm happy to have another look. Cbl62 (talk) 13:10, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I put some in the article. It's local or quasi-regional, but there's significant content.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:39, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: To eval new sources.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Aseleste  (t, e &#124; c, l) 04:47, 29 March 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - out of all of the sources added to the article, this is the only one I'd consider "significant" and independent coverage of the subject. The rest of the sources are not substantial enough for GNG, and I'm not seeing anything else in my search. Eagles 24/7 (C)  20:13, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 Talk Work 12:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I'm finding a lot of minor mentions in a cursory news search, but nothing that definitely hits significant coverage for me. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 18:59, 19 April 2021 (UTC)


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