Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jake Blalock


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The result was   keep. Nothing says we have to use sources that are freely available online. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:29, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Jake Blalock

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Career minor-leaguer who is currently playing in Italy. He hasn't played on any major teams, and it's doubtful he ever will. Being the brother of a notable major leaguer is definitely not enough. Muboshgu (talk) 17:04, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  —Muboshgu (talk) 17:06, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  —Muboshgu (talk) 17:08, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence of this guy passing WP:ATHLETE or any other notability standard. Nyttend (talk) 12:01, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:GNG. Full profiles in The San Diego Tribune and various Baseball America annual prospect guides (the 2005 one is available online here), for example. Failing that, should probably be merged to his brother's article to provide additional context there. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:31, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Baseball America is subscription only, which I believe makes it useless in this context. I don't believe that simply having a profile done on anybody, much less a high school baseball player, is enough to merit notability. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:24, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It's subscription-only because it's reprinted from a for-profit book they publish annually. I provided the link as a convenience, in case any subscribers reading the AFD wanted to verify it. Since you evidently don't subscribe, you should probably go and look for a paper copy of the book so that you can do so, before you start making blanket statements about its value. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 00:56, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. Chrisbrl88 (talk) 12:10, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Plays top level baseball in Italy. Spanneraol (talk) 15:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: appears to play fully professional baseball in Italy, so notable under wp:ATHLETE. Buddy431 (talk) 03:40, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Though he has played in Italy's fully professional league, minor league baseball is still fully professional. He meets WP:ATH, WP:WPBB/N, and WP:GNG. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 05:12, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep He plays in a professional baseball league. He meets the criteria of WP:ATH.  BWH76 (talk) 20:59, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
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