Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Baril

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Draftify‎. The argument revolving the nominator's rationale was based on a lack of significant coverage needed to meet WP:GNG. However, it was open to considering any alternative deletion outcomes. Although one user still supports deletion for the same reason, the community consensus clearly favors draftification to allow for improvements. (non-admin closure) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 09:20, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

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After extensive searching for WP:SIGCOV in multiple newspaper archives, I believe the subject lacks the coverage needed to meet the WP:GNG. This obit [[1]] is rather short and doesn't make mention of his NFL career. Besides the obit, there are some passing/routine mentions like [[2]], [[3]], [[4]] and [[5]] but from what I see it is all trivial. While the subject played 16 NFL games, they took place in the early years of the league when the popularity of the league was nowhere near what it is today. I don't see a clear WP:ATD here but am open to the possibility. Let'srun (talk) 00:08, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, American football, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Let'srun (talk) 00:08, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The early years of NFL were so different from NFL in the 1960s–on as to be totally different enterprises. It's not surprising that no SIGCOV exists and that his participation wasn't even noteworthy enough to include in his obit. JoelleJay (talk) 00:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't have the time currently took look for sources for this (plus the Newspapers.com outage). Could we draftify this like we did for Ainer Cleve? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Draftify: Given Beanie's history of being able to improve and rescue what must be hundreds of articles at this point, I'd support giving them a chance to improve and rescue the article at their own pace. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:09, 2 August 2024 (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.