Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Perry (baseball)


 * 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. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 16:07, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Robert Perry (baseball)

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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 around Robert Perry, 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) 18:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable minor leaguer.-- Giants27 T/  C  18:19, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WikiProject Baseball/Notability guidelines with no prejudice to recreation if he reaches MLB.  young  american  (wtf?) 18:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:ATHLETE. I42 (talk) 19:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and merge: It's the same story as it was with Michael McKenry's AfD: "There are no references for verifiability, and the subject is not notable. Per tedder's comments above, the contents could and should be merged with the Colorado Rockies." That was me at 19:46 UTC today. The only difference is that this article has external links (that don't make the slightest difference, unfortunately) and Robert Perry is with the San Diego Padres. The Earwig (User 19:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and WP:ATHLETE.  black ngold29  20:48, 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. Specifically, see this interview and this CSTV article. Cunard (talk) 00:24, 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) 04:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * comment player does not pass Notability (sports) which is a more lax guideline than the proposed notability guideline either.--kelapstick (talk) 15:46, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect somewhere. I can't even find evidence this player has played at the AA level (the article had an incorrect current team). I've added some refs and a link to a scout.com interview, but I'm not seeing enough that's more than just a passing mention to meet notability.-- Fabrictramp |  talk to me  16:13, 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) 04:40, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete minor leaguer who does not meet requirements according to WP:ATHLETE. Mandermagic (talk) 01:20, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.