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The result was keep. ✗plicit 03:18, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney Coates (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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American football player that does not meet WP:GNG. He is undrafted and though he's been signed by the Seahawks, he has yet to play a single NFL game. The coverage that exists is routine (e.g. game reports from his time at West Florida) and not sustained, in-depth coverage of Coates. Pichpich (talk) 01:51, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Pichpich (talk) 01:51, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Keep - Doesn't meet WP:GNG Couldn't find any sources either, and the source used is also a trivial mention that dissatisfies WP:SPORTCRIT Keep per the sources belowVTVL (talk) 04:18, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Alabama. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:40, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I found several sources that discuss him in detail dating back to 2017 [1][2][3][4] Alvaldi (talk) 10:28, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Meets GNG per Alvaldi. BeanieFan11 (talk) 12:30, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Meets GNG, article has been improved significantly with more sources. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:26, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - meets GNG. Rlendog (talk) 12:12, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Meets WP:GNG and WP:BASIC, per Alvaldi's sources. Ejgreen77 (talk) 06:07, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep coverage provided in article surpassess WP:GNG and is far more than so-called "routine coverage" with several feature articles covering hte subject.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:19, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep passes GNG. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 01:54, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Meets GNG Lightburst (talk) 00:38, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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