Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Williams (baseball)


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The result was delete. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 19:14, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Dan Williams (baseball)

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This is actually the second nomination. The first was Articles for deletion/Dan Williams in 2007, when the article was kept for what I believe was a flimsy rationale.

The subject does not meet WP:BASE/N or WP:GNG, as the subject has never played in the Major Leagues or any major professional league outside North America, and his role with the Indians was as a bullpen catcher, not an official coach.

It's telling that of the two sources that are meant to establish his notability, this one about the firing of the coaching staff doesn't even mention Williams, and the article suffers from neglect. Ytoyoda (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 17:14, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 17:14, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Our consensus about bullpen catchers has changed in the last 10 years. They are not considered coaches according to the rules MLB uses that dictate how many in uniform coaches a team can have. They are not included in the BASE/N presumption of notability granted to coaches, because most of them don't have sources to establish GNG. This individual is no different in that way. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:47, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:12, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete does not meet notability guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:05, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't meet notability guidelines, at least from what's seen here. If there's something else about him that can be dredged up, I'm fine with re-creating the article. I just have a hunch there's probably something out there, but I couldn't find anything. South Nashua (talk) 21:13, 4 December 2017 (UTC)


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