Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Olmsted (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Deleting, despite efforts, it appears the subject fails WP:BASE. Thanks everyone for participating and assuming good faith! Missvain (talk) 19:12, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Michael Olmsted
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Kept at the previous AfD in part on the assumption he passed WP:NBASE for playing for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Olmstead is not listed as having appeared for the team in either 2009, 2010 or 2011 (or at all, but these are the relevant years). Briefly topped out at the AAA level, tagged as potentially not notable since 2018, and the only significant coverage is a local, routine story from a town he played minor league ball in. Already fails the WP:10YT without even needing to wait a decade - not a notable baseball prospect. SportingFlyer  T · C  07:35, 23 January 2020 (UTC) --Adamant1 (talk) 09:47, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Some places that mention his time with the Softbank Hawks:
 * http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2010/stats/idb2_h.html
 * http://yakyubaka.com/tag/michael-olmsted/
 * http://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/news/detail/6392.html
 * https://www.brewcrewball.com/2013/2/21/4012824/bcb-tryouts-how-did-the-brewers-snare-michael-olmsted - Mentions why he left the team.
 * https://www.roanoke.com/archive/salem-red-sox-reliever-is-making-it-good-again/article_586c1005-d3c6-51f1-aad7-83c5fcb39d19.html
 * http://www.japanesebaseball.com/writers/display.gsp?id=31652
 * None of those sources demonstrate any level of notability and simply demonstrate he played minor league ball in Japan. This shows he played three games in the Western League, which is effectively the Triple-A for the Japanese league. Everything else is transactional or routine. SportingFlyer  T · C  09:58, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete a non-notable minor league player.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:58, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG and also WP:NBASE as he only played in the Japanese minor leagues and not NPB. Best, GPL93 (talk) 13:06, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


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