Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damon Whitten

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The result was no consensus. (WP:NPASR). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:19, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Damon Whitten

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Whitten doesn't seem to meet any of the criteria set forth at WP:NHOCKEY. As far as the WP:GNG goes, I'm not seeing much coverage aside from WP:ROUTINE announcements when he got the job. -- Tavix ^(talk) 02:35, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. -- Tavix ^(talk) 02:36, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:19, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:19, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:19, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep His playing career clearly fails WP:NHOCKEY. However, I think his stronger case is WP:NCOLLATH where I would say he meets the requirement "College...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. Examples would include head coaches...Gained national media attention as an individual, not just as a player for a notable team." In the U.S. college sports are heavily followed. While American football and basketball are clearly the two dominant sports, college hockey has a strong following and in turn a strong media presence. Further, he is head coach for a former national champion that plays in a major conference. All other head coaches in that conference have articles. In addition to the SNG, here are a few examples of where I think he meets WP:GNG - [1], [2], [3], and [4]. I think this is a pretty clear strong keep not for his playing, but for his coaching. RonSigPi (talk) 05:29, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 14:03, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.