Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard "Doc" Ayers

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The result was keep. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:03, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Howard "Doc" Ayers[edit]

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I do not see how this meets the NSPORTS standard for coaches. DGG ( talk ) 15:05, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, maybe Weak Keep looks like he meets WP:NHSPHSATH. See [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]--Jahaza (talk) 21:52, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak, weak, weak keep. He gets some text in several books, plus he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Unnotable as an athlete, though, so NHSPHSATH doesn't apply. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:36, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:35, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article is a bit of a mess, but that's not a reason for deleting. Ayers was a high school football coach for 34 years, but high school football coaches rarely satisfy notability standards. Ayers was also an assistant coach (freshman coach and then administrative assistant to the head coach) for the Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1964 to 1981. (In an embarrassing chapter, he was arrested for scalping tickets several months after retiring. See here.) Assistant coaches do not get a pass under WP:NCOLLATH and are judged under the standards of WP:GNG. Here, there has been some significant coverage of Ayers in independent, reliable sources, e.g., (1) here, and (2) here; (3) here; and (4) here; (5) here; (6) here; and (7) here. See also (8) here; (9) here; (10) here; (11) here; and (12) here. Cbl62 (talk) 02:59, 16 April 2017 (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.