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The result was keep. Consensus seems to be that WP:ATHLETE is not binding, and that there are other indicators of notability. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Selvish Capers[edit]

Selvish Capers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Delete hasn't played professionally, fails WP:ATHLETE. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 01:36, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep one of the best players on college football with a future potencial career at the NFL--Zta ♠talk♠ July 21 2009 ♠Nastia '♠

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 11:21, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete fails WP:ATHLETE--Yankees10 01:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep WP:ATHLETE is a guideline and not policy, and it is inclusionary, not exclusionary. Google News shows 100+ news articles about the subject, so I see no reason to delete. Quite easily meets WP:GNG and WP:BIO.--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:46, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - WP:ATHLETE is used as an automatic measure of notability, but a player who has achieved notability in college football may still be notable -- even without ever playing a game in the NFL/CFL. Capers meets general notability standards based on extensive non-trivial coverage in the media. Over 100 articles found in NewsBank search. Examples of articles focusing specifically on Capers include: (1) Capers Feasting on Defensive Linemen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 24, 2007, (2) Capers has come a long way, McClatchy-Tribune Regional News, July 10, 2009, (3) Capers' transition complete, Charleston Gazette (WV), October 23, 2007, (4) Capers picks West Virginia, Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), December 15, 2004, (5) Capers' career not over yet: Right tackle has one more year, McClatchy-Tribune Regional News, December 18, 2008, and (6) Mountaineers get promising tight end, Charleston Daily Mail, December 15, 2004. Cbl62 (talk) 06:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Cbl62, meets WP:GNG. Strikehold (talk) 12:16, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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