Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Kniginyzky


 * 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. Fritzpoll (talk) 08:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Matt Kniginyzky

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Minor League Baseball player who has not played in any league higher than an AA (this year) and does not pass the drafted (with much consensus) WikiProject Baseball/Notability guidelines. There is debate within WP:Baseball about minor league players qualifying as "fully professional"

Good faith search (add quotes, keeping them messes up code in external link) brings up passing mention in articles about the team, no significant coverage of the subject, which means he fails the General notability guidelines. kelapstick (talk) 21:25, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable minor leaguer per WP:ATHLETE.-- Giants27 T/  C  22:43, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: This individual appears to be pass WP:BIO. The above search for sources was only for the past month. This Google News Archive search returns many more results. Cunard (talk) 00:26, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * My mistake, the references need to be checked to make sure they are substantial coverage, not just a passing mention.--kelapstick (talk) 04:45, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * comment player does not pass Notability (sports) (unless MID Mid-season all-star is being selected for an all-star game, which I don't think it is) which is a more lax guideline than the proposed notability guideline either.--kelapstick (talk) 15:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect somewhere. I've added a couple of refs, but I'm not seeing much more than passing mentions in google or google news. The best we have right now for notability is an all-star selection in a single-A league, which doesn't quite do it for me.-- Fabrictramp |  talk to me  16:51, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  16:51, 18 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) 18:08, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete minor leaguer who does not meet requirements according to WP:ATHLETE. Mandermagic (talk) 01:13, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


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