Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyler Burke


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The result was   redirect to Chicago Cubs minor league players. v/r - TP 03:25, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Kyler Burke

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Minor league baseball free agent.. no claim to notability.. nothing special here. Spanneraol (talk) 01:33, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete I see some sources but nothing that makes him notable.--Yankees10 02:24, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Chicago Cubs minor league players, as the article itself doesn't meet WP:WPBB/N as: "Minor league players, managers, coaches, executives, and umpires are not assumed to be inherently notable", but if we already have a list about these players, the article could stay as a redirect.  Alex discussion ★ 16:19, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * He's currently a minor league free agent so redirecting to the Cubs page is improper. And, frankly, I feel those minor league player pages should be primarily for top prospects and guys on or close to being on the 40 man roster, not run of the mill minor league lifers. Spanneraol (talk) 16:26, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep I think a better time to do the 'purge' of minor league player Wikipedia articles would be mid-regular season or right before the start of the season, not right after the start of free agency declarations. It doesn't give players an adequate amount of time to sign with new teams and, therefore, it doesn't give us enough time to gauge whether the player articles should be redirected to team minor league pages or kept. Kyler Burke, a former first round draft pick who has become a successful pitcher at the minor league level, maintains a strong chance of being signed by a major league team before the start of the 2014 campaign.


 * In regards to the suggestion that team minor league pages should exist only for top prospects, I highly disagree, for multiple reasons. The name of the articles is "[Team]'s minor league players," not "[Team]'s top prospects." The titles are all-inclusive, therefore the pages should be all-inclusive. In addition, the definition of "top prospect" and "near major leaguer" is very fluid and differs from person to person. Lastly, many - if not most - major league players were never top prospects and often weren't considered 40-man possibilities until they were actually promoted. Not allowing non-top prospect players to be included will inevitably lead to many future major leaguers' articles being deleted prematurely. Alex (talk) 13:52, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You cant include every player in the entire system.. you need to have a cut off somewhere. Spanneraol (talk) 14:54, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That "cut-off" is too arbitrary. I don't suggest a profile be written for every player in every minor league system, but every minor leaguer - that is in a major league organization, of course - with an article should be merge-able with the team's minor league players page, if his article is not strong enough to exist on its own. Alex (talk) 15:20, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete, no claim to notability and fails GNG. Wizardman  16:32, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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