Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stewart Davies

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:33, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stewart Davies

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Former chairman of Darlington FC, although I am unaware of any guideline that says chairpersons and directors of professional sports clubs are inherently notable. Lack of significant coverage in reliable sources (news articles generally contain only passing mentions) means that this person fails the general notability guideline. -- Big Dom 19:15, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ - per nom. Like Dom, I'm unaware of any guideline for chairpersons, but Mr. Davies clearly fails the WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:46, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:12, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I've added enough sources to pass WP:BIO,in my opinion anyway :-) Davies' personal notability comes from his chairing Darlington, which has at least the usual amount of media coverage for a "small" club's chairman because of the club's crises of ownership; this is a decent-length interview from The Northern Echo, a major regional newspaper, and there's plenty more. But what strengthens it, is the amount of national coverage of the activities of the Sterling Consortium, which mention Davies equally with the other two members; this from The Independent is a particularly in-depth investigative piece. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 13:55, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Struway2 (talk) 13:55, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - significant sourcing. But you're right in that we ought perhaps look at a general guideline for chairmen. matt91486 (talk) 02:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 03:34, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep sourcing is good and he is the chair of a notable club. --Volbeatfan (talk) 03:54, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - In light of the sources provided by Struway, I'm inclined to change my mind and say that he does pass WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:13, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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