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Speedy deletion nomination of John Gallagher (basketball coach)

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A tag has been placed on John Gallagher (basketball coach) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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• As I just said in the section beneath this, I don't really understand what is at issue here. The John Gallagher (basketball coach) article provides references that show Gallagher to be a head men's basketball coach in the America East Conference. There are articles for each of the other eight coaches in the league, so Coach Gallagher would appear to qualify as a notable person by Wikipedia's standards. This is the first article I have posted, so I may be missing something that would help prove his "noteworthiness," but I feel like I provided the necessary references. Considering the existence of the other eight coaches' pages, I see no reason to delete this one. If there is anything I need to add, please let me know specifically so I can work on that. Thanks very much! Hartfordathletics (talk) 17:41, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

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• I don't really understand what is at issue here. The John Gallagher (basketball coach) article provides references that show Gallagher to be a head men's basketball coach in the America East Conference. There are articles for each of the other eight coaches in the league, so Coach Gallagher would appear to qualify as a notable person by Wikipedia's standards. This is the first article I have posted, and I took pains to be as straightforward and factual as possible. If there are biased or incorrect statements in the article, I would ask for some advice rather than a tag requesting "speedy deletion" or a complaint about my user name, since the subject of the article would appear to meet the standards for a Wikipedia page and the content, at least as far as I can tell, is acceptable. Thanks very much! Hartfordathletics (talk) 17:37, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

No problem. You have contested the deletion notification, and the article will be further evaluated for inclusion based on Wikipedia criteria. I suggest that you use the article talk page to present your case for inclusion. Figureofnine (talk) 17:50, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Got it, thank you! Hartfordathletics (talk) 17:52, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Great. Remember that one needs verifiable sources not related to the subject matter. Good luck with it. Figureofnine (talk) 20:32, 6 April 2011 (UTC)