Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William D. McHenry


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The result was keep. Randykitty (talk) 15:13, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

William D. McHenry

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Non-notable football player and coach. No NFL experience or Division I coaching experience. Fbdave (talk) 02:08, 11 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Lots of sources on subject at Newspapers.com.  Subject is notable. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:49, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:32, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep per above. Two newspaper articles over a number of years covering as a coach just about satisfies WP:GNG. FOARP (talk) 13:49, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep looks like ample coverage to pass WP:GNG, which is what we typically find with a head coach at the college level.--Paul McDonald (talk) 12:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. This (From my studying of the guideline and looking into the page's links) clears WP:GNG, so there isn't a big reason to delete the article in my opinion. Charizard200 (talk) 16:30, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment from nominator: WP:NCOLLATH states that "College athletes and coaches are notable if they have been the subject of non-trivial media coverage beyond merely a repeating of their statistics, mentions in game summaries, or other WP:ROUTINE coverage." Are the two newspaper articles when he was hired as a head coach more than routine coverage?
 * If you search Newspapers.com, you'll find extensive coverage of McHenry. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:40, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Appears to meet WP:GNG, per the coverage in the article and online. Ejgreen77 (talk) 06:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Conditional Delete I can't find any sources which actually cover him significantly. The articles in the article are transactional blurbs you'd see for any small-town athletic director or football coach. A Newspapers.com before search brought up hyper-local articles about his speech to a Lebanon rotary club, a mention in someone else's obituary, a car accident in eastern Ohio which might not be the same Bill McHenry, a mention of his attendance at a banquet for little leaguers in Lebanon, a couple mentions in a game recap about lacrosse, three brief mentions in an article about the upcoming football season, et cetera, and a number of false positives. If someone posts sources which actually cover him significantly I'm happy to take another look, but the sourcing in the article and that I've been able to find is routine, doesn't cover him significantly, and therefore doesn't meet WP:GNG. SportingFlyer  talk  19:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


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