Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kai Gronauer


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The result was   Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 07:33, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Kai Gronauer

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Non notable minor league baseball player. He has played on the German National team, but not in any major international competitions. The qualifiers for the WBC are not part of the actual tournament and I dont feel that the players in the qualifying rounds should get automatic notability. Regardless, not enough coverage in independent sources to qualify for GNG. Spanneraol (talk) 18:07, 8 November 2014 (UTC) I'll withdraw this nomination based on his appearing in the World Cup, which I wasn't aware of since it wasnt in the article... Spanneraol (talk) 16:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep He's played in a LOT of international tournaments: The 2005 European Championship, the 2007 European Cup, the 2007 European Championship, the 2007 Baseball World Cup. I consider the European tournaments notable enough to merit an article, but his World Cup participation definitely puts him over the top. Since he's a German ballplayer (a rarity), he's probably been the subject of a bunch of articles that would help him pass GNG. I'll see what I can find. EDIT: Yeah, there's a bunch of stuff, especially German-language links. Alex (talk) 21:16, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The European championships are not major international events considering that baseball doesnt receive much attention in that part of the world and the players/teams there are not at the level of the other international competitions, we shouldnt be giving a pass to everyone who competes there. Spanneraol (talk) 05:45, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
 * "Major" is subjective in that case. I find them to be of note, you don't. It's cool. Alex (talk) 22:12, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Also found these:, . He was also interviewed for the book The Bus Leagues Experience, though I don't know how much of the book is focused on him as I only have access to an abstract and not the whole thing. Alex (talk) 05:15, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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