Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Kleine


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. NW ( Talk ) 00:14, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Matt Kleine

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Nothing particularly noteworthy about this baseball player. Being all-conference doesn't entail encyclopedic notability, and all of the sources are DePauw athletics website/media guides (or his Facebook profile..give me a break). I suspect the creator was Matt Kleine himself. Jrcla2 (talk) 16:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  -- Acather96 (talk) 17:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Nothing notable about this person. Spanneraol (talk) 18:42, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:43, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as this individual fails notability by a mile. --Muboshgu (talk) 16:50, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Major League scouts are notable. Kinston eagle (talk) 17:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Kinston eagle. Delete Per Spanneraol and Giants2008. Alex (talk) 00:46, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Teams employ tons of scouts... we've never considered scouts by themselves to be notable before... also his status as a "scout" is not confirmed by any sources and he is also listed as an "intern" with the Astros... how on earth can we consider this guy to be notable? Spanneraol (talk) 00:08, 13 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete – Checked WP:NSPORTS before coming here, and it has no guidance on whether scouts for MLB teams are notable. Without a clear statement there that scouts are notable, I don't feel comfortable making that assumption. The sourcing in the article isn't strong enough; of the nine references, eight are to primary sources, and the ninth, which cites that he is a scout, is to Facebook. A Google News search turned up one story in the Indianapolis Star that looked useful, but I don't think that's enough.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 16:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - I also agree that Major League Scouts should be considered notable, and the references in the article appear to demonstrate that he passes WP:GNG. Kugao (talk) 19:54, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The only source that he is an "associate scout" is a facebook page, the team website doesn't mention him so his status as a scout is highly questionable. And all the other sources are from his college website. Spanneraol (talk) 15:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
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