Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Williams (Grambling State basketball)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ~ Amkgp 💬 20:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Williams (Grambling State basketball)

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Simply does not meet either WP:GNG or WP:NCOLLATH. Was deprodded due to his winning his league's player of the year award, but that's not one of the qualifications of NCOLLATH. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:11, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:11, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:20, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - sure he meets WP:NCOLLATH. Number 1: “ Have won a national award (such as those listed in Template:College Football Awards or the equivalent in another sport), or established a major NCAA Division I record.” The equivalent of the College FB award template is Template:Men's college basketball award navbox. Both templates show conference POY awards. Rikster2 (talk) 23:04, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I can't find more significant coverage online and worry this might never be more than a stub per guideline WP:WHYN. However, an WP:IAR argument could be made to complete this otherwise ~99% completed list of Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year winners and allow the article to exist.—Bagumba (talk) 08:57, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Did you look at contemporary articles on Newspapers.com? I’d do it but my subscription lapsed a couple weeks ago and I am awaiting renewal. Rikster2 (talk) 13:08, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - I did. Nothing significant, though sometimes you need to be creative to get stuff out of their search engine. I did a semi-quick pass.—Bagumba (talk) 14:49, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Conference POYs are generally presumed to be notable, so the only reason to delete would be if there was like no coverage. I saw a decent amount on Newspapers.com, although granted it isn't especially substantial. Still, this could be a solid stub, so I don't see a reason to delete. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 15:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per NCOLLATH. Also per IAR that Bagumba mentioned, specifically because Williams would be the only player without a page on the SWAC POY list-article. That said, I'll continue to look into newspapers.com to help beef up refs if possible. I'm also going to see if I can track a DOB (maybe DOD), which would help in the refs search. SportsGuy789 (talk) 16:37, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. For college basketball, winning a conference player of the year award is usually considered enough to meet WP:NCOLLATH #1. Ejgreen77 (talk) 10:43, 26 October 2020 (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.