Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Dickerson


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The result was   redirect to Kansas City Royals minor league players.  MBisanz  talk 04:46, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Joe Dickerson

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Non-notable minor leaguer hasn't played past Class-A, clearly doesn't pass WP:ATHLETE. Giants27 T/  C  00:15, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of coverage that would make him notable under the general guidelines. Nyttend (talk) 00:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect per JJL's point: nothing wrong with mentioning him and having a redirect. Nyttend (talk) 00:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  — Giants27  T/  C  00:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  -- Giants27  T/  C  00:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete non notable player--Yankees10 00:35, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Northwest Arkansas Naturals; fails WP:ATHLETE but mentioned there and rds are cheap. JJL (talk) 00:47, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep ....here is WP Athlete reprinted in its entirety, Dickerson has competed at the fully professional level of the sport of baseball: --Mr Accountable (talk) 04:26, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis.
 * 2 People who have competed at the highest amateur level of a sport, usually considered to mean the Olympic Games or World Championships.


 * Delete Class A is not a fully professional level, in the sense that one can make a living at it. Although judging from the article, he's now with a class AA team, he has not yet played a game at that level. We are debating whether or not to accept AA, and not everyone is convinced of AAA, but A is below any reasonable bar. And at any level, the player has to actually appear in a regular season game  DGG (talk) 05:58, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Just a comment on the AA team -- their season doesn't start until tonight, so he hasn't had a chance to play at that level yet. (I know, could fall under a bus, etc.) I just don't want anyone to think that as of right now he's being purposely kept from playing by the team.-- Fabrictramp |  talk to me  15:51, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete or redirect. I've added a link to the OC Register article about him. I don't think that's enough by itself, but if anyone finds more I'll happily reconsider my !vote.-- Fabrictramp |  talk to me  15:52, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn baseball player. Disagree with a redirect. Wizardman  19:00, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree with DGG - A ball is not fully professional. I would say anyone (other than first round and/or notable prospects) below AA should not be considered for Wiki pages unless they have done something extraordinary. Mandermagic (talk) 02:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 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) 00:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Kansas City Royals minor league players. Spanneraol (talk) 15:35, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.