The result was keep. MBisanz talk 07:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC) reply
Unbundling from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jose Diaz (baseball player). Good faith gnews/gsearch not turning up more than blogs, stat pages, and passing mentions. That leaves WP:ATHLETE. Does several seasons at single-A and 20 games at AA mean he's competed at a "fully professional level"? (The proposed Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Notability guidelines says no, but while this did have much consensus, it is just a draft.) Fabrictramp | talk to me 16:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC) reply
Minor League baseball players are under contract with a 'Professional' team, having to be stored in lower class teams, but still 'professional' players with stats. These type of minor league stub can further knowledge of the player by fans in the seats (with Blackberries etc, thus more webhits) or team scouts. WP:ATHLETE and 'people of notability' doesn't take into account that a 'player' and a 'person' of notability are two different things. A 'person' is vague to define. A 'player' of notability, say a minor league baseball player, does have stats and awards to his name sometimes, and these stubs can add perfectly to what Wikipedia was meant to be in the first place! I have reliable references and always note the stubs accordingly. Gjr rodriguez ( talk) 21:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Not only are some statistic sites just stats on a webpage, they also carry 'history', 'contact information','stadium information', what can be considered "signifigant coverage" with more research available on player beyond just the stats. The websites I reference are more than just a stat site. The stat sites are referenced for the stat tables, the bio info is from different sources melded and noted accordingly Gjr rodriguez ( talk) 21:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC) reply
The result was keep. MBisanz talk 07:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC) reply
Unbundling from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jose Diaz (baseball player). Good faith gnews/gsearch not turning up more than blogs, stat pages, and passing mentions. That leaves WP:ATHLETE. Does several seasons at single-A and 20 games at AA mean he's competed at a "fully professional level"? (The proposed Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Notability guidelines says no, but while this did have much consensus, it is just a draft.) Fabrictramp | talk to me 16:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC) reply
Minor League baseball players are under contract with a 'Professional' team, having to be stored in lower class teams, but still 'professional' players with stats. These type of minor league stub can further knowledge of the player by fans in the seats (with Blackberries etc, thus more webhits) or team scouts. WP:ATHLETE and 'people of notability' doesn't take into account that a 'player' and a 'person' of notability are two different things. A 'person' is vague to define. A 'player' of notability, say a minor league baseball player, does have stats and awards to his name sometimes, and these stubs can add perfectly to what Wikipedia was meant to be in the first place! I have reliable references and always note the stubs accordingly. Gjr rodriguez ( talk) 21:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Not only are some statistic sites just stats on a webpage, they also carry 'history', 'contact information','stadium information', what can be considered "signifigant coverage" with more research available on player beyond just the stats. The websites I reference are more than just a stat site. The stat sites are referenced for the stat tables, the bio info is from different sources melded and noted accordingly Gjr rodriguez ( talk) 21:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC) reply