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The result was Speedy Keep – Withdrawn by nominator. DiscantX 10:36, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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Not notable. High school teacher with some mention from local papers, but no indication of widespread signifcance. Most sources only have passing mention of him. DiscantX 13:03, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Withdrawn by nominator
- Speedy keep - I don't know what was intended to be AfD'd but this page is about a Gaelic football manager, not a high school teacher. The actual subject is clearly notable. --ThaddeusB (talk) 17:00, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
- I see now there was some old vandalism that changed his occupation to "P.E. teacher" in the infobox, so that is probably the source of the confusion. Anyway, he isn't a teacher and there are several in depth sources in the article already. --ThaddeusB (talk) 17:14, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
- ThaddeusB, I see my mistake in thinking he was a high school teacher. It was probably partially a result of regional dialect differences (P.E. teacher is usually meant to mean high school physical education teacher in my parts). That said, I'm still not convinced that most of the sources serve more than passing mentions of him, and the ones that do are mostly from a local newspaper from the town he is from. Small town newspapers, though often reliable, tend to report on subjects that are only notable within their tiny domain. That said, I'm no expert on college sports so if this is the kind of material that is commonly used for reference on Wikipedia on the subject, I'm open to argument. DiscantX 10:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
- As well, not so sure "PE Teacher" was strictly vandalism, as one source names him specifically as that. DiscantX 11:03, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
- You still miss the point. Working at the school (a HS in American terms, but a college in British terms) is incidental to his claim of notability - coaching Glenswilly GAA, a top-level sports club (to two championships even). --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:19, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
- Okay. I see your point. I'm going to withdraw my nomination then. DiscantX 10:36, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- You still miss the point. Working at the school (a HS in American terms, but a college in British terms) is incidental to his claim of notability - coaching Glenswilly GAA, a top-level sports club (to two championships even). --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:19, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
- As well, not so sure "PE Teacher" was strictly vandalism, as one source names him specifically as that. DiscantX 11:03, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
- ThaddeusB, I see my mistake in thinking he was a high school teacher. It was probably partially a result of regional dialect differences (P.E. teacher is usually meant to mean high school physical education teacher in my parts). That said, I'm still not convinced that most of the sources serve more than passing mentions of him, and the ones that do are mostly from a local newspaper from the town he is from. Small town newspapers, though often reliable, tend to report on subjects that are only notable within their tiny domain. That said, I'm no expert on college sports so if this is the kind of material that is commonly used for reference on Wikipedia on the subject, I'm open to argument. DiscantX 10:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
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