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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 07:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unbundling from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jose Diaz (baseball player). Good faith gnews/google search isn't turning up WP:RS that show notability. So it comes down to this; is his A / AA experience enough to meet WP:ATHLETE? I'm not convinced that the low salaries of AA make it a "fully professional level". Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Trusting nominators good faith search. There is broad interpretation among Wikipedia editors of what constitutes "fully professional" for baseball players, I interpret as having played in one of the major leagues outlined in the proposed (but not fully adopted) baseball notability guidelines, and that minor league players are not notable unless there has been significant coverage of them in reliable, independent sources (not just statistic pages), in which case they would pass the general notability guidelines and would not have to pass WP:ATHLETE.--kelapstick (talk) 16:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom and reasoning of Kalepstick. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 16:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Minor League baseball players are under contract with a 'Professional' team, having to be stored in lower class teams, but still 'professional' players with stats. These type of minor league stub can further knowledge of the player by fans in the seats (with Blackberries etc, thus more webhits) or team scouts. WP:ATHLETE and 'people of notability' doesn't take into account that a 'player' and a 'person' of notability are two different things. A 'person' is vague to define. A 'player' of notability, say a minor league baseball player, does have stats and awards to his name sometimes, and these stubs can add perfectly to what Wikipedia was meant to be in the first place! I have reliable references and always note the stubs accordingly.Gjr rodriguez (talk) 21:29, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Not only are some statistic sites just stats on a webpage, they also carry 'history', 'contact information','stadium information', what can be considered "signifigant coverage" with more research available on player beyond just the stats. The websites I reference are more than just a stat site. The stat sites are referenced for the stat tables, the bio info is from different sources melded and noted accordinglyGjr rodriguez (talk) 21:29, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Statistics or brief mentions in articles about minor league teams do not constitute "significant coverage in reliable sources," as required by WP:N. BRMo (talk) 04:05, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Passes WP:ATHLETE's requirement of playing in a fully professional league. Borgarde (talk) 04:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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