Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tommy Baumgardner

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. While the article was verifiable, the consensus within the debate below was that the coverage found was not enough to justify an article in Wikipedia. Should further coverage be found, there would be no prejudice against a recreated article utilising new sourcing. Hiding T 11:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy Baumgardner

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) Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Notability guidelines. There is debate within WP:Baseball about minor league players qualifying as "fully professional"

Good faith search 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) 17:53, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Non-notable minor leaguer.--Giants27 ^T/C 18:18, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ATHLETE. I42 (talk) 19:15, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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) 00:20, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake, the references need to be checked to make sure they are substantial coverage, not just a passing mention.--kelapstick (talk) 04:41, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per the above comments, player does not meet requirements according to WP:ATHLETE. Mandermagic (talk) 07:48, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
comment player does not pass Wikipedia:Notability (sports)#Baseball which is a more lax guideline than the proposed notability guideline either.--kelapstick (talk) 15:45, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. While there are a ton of passing mentions in a gnews search, I couldn't find anything more than that in the first half dozen pages of hits. I did add a link to scout.com ranking him among the top 50 prospects for the Rockies, but I'd really like to see something more substantial than just that.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 14:48, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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) 04:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.