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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddy Farnham

: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 keep. — Cirt (talk) 17:35, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

=[[Buddy Farnham]]=

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Fails WP:ATH#American_football.2FCanadian_football. Has not appeared in an NFL game yet. Vanadus (talk | contribs) 02:39, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 02:53, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 02:53, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

  • Keep Seems to be some [http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1TSND_enUS409US409&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=buddy+farnham#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1TSND_enUS409US409&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=buddy+farnham&pbx=1&oq=buddy+farnham&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=62769l64809l4l64999l15l10l1l5l5l0l296l1207l0.4.3l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=63f28b91c5265e0c&biw=1366&bih=667 non-trivial] coverage on him. He fails WP:ATH, yes, but from a quick look it appears as though he passes WP:GNG.--Giants27(T|C) 18:41, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

*Delete I find the coverage to be WP:ROUTINE from game recaps and a few sentences of his prospects in pro training camps. He is a WP:Run-of-the-mill player not deserving of a standalone article. WP:CRYSTAL would suggest not to speculate on future notability based on whether the undrafted player ever plays in the NFL. —Bagumba (talk) 08:25, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

  • keep coverage looks like there is a notable college career. It needs to be added to the article.--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:39, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
  • keep Played in NFL pre-season game and has had an outstanding ivy-league college career (which should indeed be added to the wiki page)24.218.52.66 (talk) 02:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

:*Playing in a preseason game does not help him pass WP:ATH and neither does having "an outstanding ivy-league college career." Eagles 24/7 (C) 04:38, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:52, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

  • Comment - without digging deep enough to verify for sure, it looks like he was a two-time FCS First Team All-American and the 2009 Ivy League Player of the Year. If those are actually the case, there should easily be enough coverage of his college career to satisfy the GNG, regardless of his NFL career (or possible lack thereof). cmadler (talk) 20:32, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep. He appears to satisfy WP:GNG. Has been the subject of significant non-trivial coverage in the mainstream media. Not just passing references in game coverage. See, e.g., [http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2010/06/buddy_farnham_h.html], [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12FCA3A8E37E22C8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM], [http://www.projo.com/patriots/content/Patriots_Journal_Farnham_Brady_M_08-05-10_JBJ_v2.1ae8703.html], [http://www.projo.com/brown/content/sp_fbc_brown_19_10-19-08_G5BVRC4_v9.3901a8f.html], [http://www.projo.com/brown/content/sp_fbc_brown_beats_princton18_10-18-09_2SG4JT_v1.30151ec.html], [http://www.wabi.tv/news/21401/patriots-receiver-buddy-farnham-proud-to-give-back], [http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/membership/join.jsp?fw=http://www.projo.com/brown/content/projo-20091004-buddy-farnham.1e0193c70.html], [http://www.projo.com/patriots/content/Patriots_Belichick_captain_NFL_B_12-30-10_QLL_v2.5088804.html], [http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/football/view/2008_09_25_Buddy_Farnham__Bruce_Rich_earn_grid_honors/srvc=collegesports&position=2], [http://www.projo.com/sports/mikeszostak/sp_fbc_brown18_10-18-07_5C7H8UV.2b9038c.html], [http://www.projo.com/brown/content/college_football_previews_11-13-09_BAGEFHI_v2.345e340.html]. Cbl62 (talk) 20:52, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep I missed in my previous !vote that he was conference player of the year. Despite being in Division I-AA, this is a rare and notable achievement. It also passes the spirit of WP:NSPORTS#College_athletes.—Bagumba (talk) 16:23, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

: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.