Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark Kennington

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The result was Delete. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-13 08:24Z

[edit] Clark Kennington

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Apparently, Texas high school football is notable, therefore the Highland Park Scots are notable, therefore Clark Kennington is notable. I don't accept that, but repeatedly speedying this is going to be an exercise in frustration for all, so you decide. Guy (Help!) 12:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Delete - unreferenced, and high-school football isn't inherently notable. Delete, unless evidence of extensive coverage in independent sources can be found (e.g. newspaper reports) to satisfy WP:BIO. Walton monarchist89 12:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete high school football is not notable and neither are the players unless they are clearly on their way to an imminent draft.-Dmz5*Edits**Talk* 14:52, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete when a football player makes it to the big league, then c'mon back now, ya hear. — MrDolomite | Talk 15:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Don't DeleteTexas High School Football and the individual players who help make the mythos ARE notable, whether or not they make it to the big leagues. Again, in addition to the book "1984 Scots: Team with a Heart: Highland Park Football" I, direct you to look at the book/movie "Friday Night Lights", which is an iconic book/movie about Texas High School Football. None of its individual players made it to the big leagues. in fact, the notabilty comes precisely from the fact that these individual players DON'T make it to the big leagues! This is their and their communities' time to shine. Their significance and notability lies in the stories they provide the small communities, the clutch plays, and the clutch players. At least look at the books/movie before weighing in on the lack of notability of Texas High School Football and the players such as Clark Kennington who helped create the mythos. Incidentally, this person was mentioned in feature articles in both the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald, the two major daily papers for Dallas, Texas.User:Clarkenn 10:40 8 February 2007 (CST)

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Comment - User:Clarkenn is the author of this article. SkierRMH 21:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• And the subject, if I'm not much mistaken. Guy (Help!) 11:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• True, but somebody has to advocate the point. I direct you to carefully read the Wikipedia entry "Friday Night Lights", before rushing to judgment. The point I'm making is the notability comes in the obscurity associated with the mythos. No-names rise above themselves and provide moments of meaning for their communities through remarkable plays in important games. Finally, as an aside the person did receive numerous accolades in high school, was heavily recruited by major colleges, and did receive a college football scholarship to play at Duke University, playing one season before quiting, but this is not the point of the notability.([User:Clarkenn]) 9:21, 9 February 2007 (CST)
  • Clark is right that there is a lot of mythos surrounding high school football in Texas. Unfortunately, he is not allowed to place himself in the Pantheon without third party sources.-Dmz5*Edits**Talk* 16:25, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• But the book "1984 Scots: Team with a Heart: Highland Park Football" IS a third party source. ([User: Clarkenn]) 10:59, 9 February 2007 (CST)

• Delete, high school football player who did not go on to play in college or the pros (at least as far as this article tells us). NawlinWiki 18:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Don't DeleteTexas football obviously is notable as there has been a book, movie and a TV show called "Friday Night Lights" written about. Plus there's been a book written about Clark Kennington's specific team. User:BCampbell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.15.26.194 (talk • contribs)

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• Delete per Dmz5. There's also obvious COI (author is User:Clarkenn). JuJube 01:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, no notability. —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 16:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Don't Delete Texas high school football has been covered daily by the Dallas Morning News since 1981 and they dedicated two pages of the Sports section to it during the season. Websites like Rivals.com and Scout.com are dedicated to following high school football recruits. For those not in Texas, Florida or California, you might not recognize the signifigance. Clark in particular epitomized the high school football star as a definitive playmaker for the 1984 Scots. He is noted signifigantly in the book and is a certainly a local legend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.226.246.130 (talk • contribs)

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• Speedy Delete high school football is not a reason for notability Alex Bakharev 23:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Sorry, Clark, but you don't have any references/sources to support your claim to notability. Oh, and the article is "conflict of interest", which is disparaged. And, finally, anyone who repeatedly abuses the word "mythos" ( the word is correctly used only when one wishes to imply a "scholarly" view of the subject, which is self-evidently not the case here ) should be encouraged to take language lessons from Prof. Cthulhu. WMMartin 21:13, 10 February 2007 (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.