Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Yoast

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 00:55, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Bill Yoast

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Are high school coaches notable? There is only one source which isn't even really a source, so I am really questioning the notability of this man for inclusion in Wikipedia. Andise1 (talk) 02:10, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

• Keep - Well, he does seem to have an entire non-vanity-press book written about him. That would be sufficient notability for me. Fieari (talk) 03:20, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 14:40, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

• Delete as the book source is still thin and there's basically nothing else from there, I am finding several mentions for him but it's all still questionable thus deleting is best for now. SwisterTwister talk 06:55, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ansh666 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:07, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

• Delete - The book is essentially an autobiography – the full title is "Remember This Titan: The Bill Yoast Story: Lessons Learned from a Celebrated Coach's Journey As Told to Steve Sullivan" – thus disqualifying it as a reliable source. This leaves no other sources to be cited in the article. One must also look at WP:BIO1E, where we have to examine the role of the subject in the greater scheme of things. While Yoast was the head coach of the 1971 T. C. Williams High School football team, which itself was the subject of the movie Remember the Titans, a number of other schools had racial tensions after merging/integrating and also had successful seasons in (insert name of sport here). If that particular season is not notable enough for its own article, there is no way that the Yoast could meet BIO1E based on that season. — Jkudlick • t • c • s 04:18, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

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