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The result was keep. Consensus was that Sean McCaffrey fails WP:NFOOTBALL and passes the WP:GNG. (non-admin closure) gidonb ( talk) 06:05, 24 October 2018 (UTC) reply

Sean McCaffrey

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Football manager who fails WP:NFOOTY (never managed in a fully-pro league or a senior national side), also fails GNG, as external links are purely routine. BlameRuiner ( talk) 08:15, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply

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• Keep a WP:BEFORE search seems to pass WP:GNG: [1] [2] (six months later) or this long tribute: [3] There's also some smaller stuff from his managerial days, but it's clear he was influential in Irish football from the sources provided. SportingFlyer talk 11:54, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep per SportingFlyer. While NFOOTY may be questionable, GNG/SIGCOV is not. Ideally the nominator would complete the activities expected in WP:BEFORE in advance of nominating on "not fully pro league" or "links in article aren't great" grounds. (Notability is not assessed purely on the basis of the links/refs in the article). Guliolopez ( talk) 12:13, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep per the above sources. A BEFORE search should always be done before a deletion nom. ~ EDDY ^{( talk/ contribs)}~ 15:03, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep - per the users above, appears to meet WP:GNG even if he doesn't meet WP:NFOOTY. 21.colinthompson ( talk) 17:47, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep Fails WP:NFOOTY but passes WP:GNG. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 00:14, 20 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep Doesn't meet any football notability standards, but does seem to pass the GNG. Sandals1 ( talk) 16:19, 22 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep as above, meets GNG. Giant Snowman 16:28, 23 October 2018 (UTC) reply

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