Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerhard de Beer
notability is a strange mistress.  First, the article doesn't violate any policy that I can see/  And no, the notability is not achieved through being an active NFL player because he hasn't done that yet.  Normally, notability is not achieved by being on the practice squad.  Most college football players are not notable either.  What makes this player notable?  A clear pass of  does it for me.  For some reason--for whatever reason or reasons--there is significant coverage of the individual in reliable third party news sources.  Is it because his last name is "de Beer" and that makes people joke about "de Brewski" ?? Doesn't matter... what matters is the ''coverage'' is there.  We as editors do not set out to "choose" what is notable or "use our vast wisdom" to deem something notable or "get to decide" because that's personal preference (see ).  Wikipedia:Notability is not a matter of opinion
— User:Paulmcdonald, 14:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Notability)