Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Curt Porter

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Mediran (t • c) 10:48, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Curt Porter

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Fails WP:NGRIDIRON. Never played a professional game. ...William 19:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:31, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Of course, there are plenty of notable college-only football players, but Porter is not one of them. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 00:34, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As AS said. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:36, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep he was named first team all-American FCS division by the Associated Press. I'm finding a good deal of coverage for this one on his college career alone. For an offensive lineman, that means something.--Paul McDonald (talk) 12:30, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Paul's comment immediately above. Few FCS players will satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG; the subject appears to be an exception as an FCS first-team All-American. Here's an example of in-depth coverage of the subject in a reliable, independent source: Tuscaloosa News. Please note that I am not advocating a presumption of notability for all FCS All-Americans (not a major national award like Division I FBS consensus All-American recognition), but simply recognizing the subject's GNG notability. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:06, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I agree with Dirtlawyer that it is a very rare FCS player who can satisfy WP:GNG. Porter does appear to be an exception. Despite being an offensive lineman (a position at which players rarely receive extensive coverage), there are a number of news stories from mainstream media sources in which Porter was the principal subject. See, e.g., [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. Cbl62 (talk) 19:59, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Passes WP:BASIC per the source examples provided above by User:Cbl62. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:04, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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