Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Aponavicius

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The result was keep. While he may fail WP:ATHLETE there is a consensus here that he passes WP:GNG. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:29, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Aponavicius

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Collegiate athlete last played in 2009. No notable national achievements or awards. Drafted but did not play in the CFL Wkharrisjr (talk) 16:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Löschen fails WP:ATHLETE. has not played in the highest professional level. LibStar (talk) 23:57, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Neither has Abraham Lincoln.--Paul McDonald (talk) 04:13, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:01, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:01, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per Libstar --Ashershow1_{talk•contribs} 03:22, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep More than surpasses requirements of WP:GNG based on coverage of college playing career alone. Clicking the "news" link above yields over 600 articles, many which are more than just "routine" coverage such as this one and this one plus a lot of pay-per-view news sites.--Paul McDonald (talk) 04:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep Apanavicius was a major story in college football from 2006 to 2009. His walk-on success story in 2006 was the subject of feature stories in multiple major news outlets, including the New York Daily News, New York Post, and multiple feature stories in the Boston Globe. He became the all-time leading scorer at Boston College (a top division team) in 2009 and received further substantial coverage at that time. See, e.g., this ESPN story: [1]. I have added several of these feature stories to the article. Cbl62 (talk) 04:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Article appears to satisfy WP:V and WP:BLP. Additionally, the linked sources satisfy the "non-trivial media coverage" requirement for college athletes under WP:ATHLETE. --Goobergunch|? 23:04, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Regardless of how his sporting career measures against WP:ATHLETE, the articles linked by cbl62 above qualify him under generic WP:BIO. gnfnrf (talk) 05:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Although notability may not have been clear at the time the article was nominated, User:Cbl62 has demonstrated that he was the subject of significant coverage from multiple, reliable and verifiable sources, and for an extended period of time. WP:ATHLETE is inapplicable. Good work in adding to the article. Mandsford 20:41, 9 March 2011 (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.