Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Holt (baseball)

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The result was delete. SarahStierch (talk) 18:33, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Holt (baseball)

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Fails WP:BASEBALL/N. Former minor league baseball player and manager. Penale52 (talk) 18:01, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:20, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:20, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No, the subject is not entitled to a presumption of notability per WP:BASEBALL/N, but SNGs are not the final word on notability. The general notability guidelines of WP:GNG are the final word on notability, but I cannot find any substantial, non-trivial, non-routine coverage of the subject in independent, reliable sources that would satisfy WP:GNG. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:36, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Try a google search (like this) and you'll find no evidence of notability. AutomaticStrikeout 23:07, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject of this article has over 300 hits at the U.S. Google News Archive. A normal Google search is not as helpful because his baseball career was in the pre-Google era. // 91.105.232.27 (talk) 06:20, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- See WP:GHITS – Muboshgu (talk) 21:50, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable – Muboshgu (talk) 21:50, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable sports player, fails to meet GNG.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:13, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Clearly does not meet baseball-specific notability guidelines, but these just establish the presumption of notability. It seems like there's a chance he meets WP:GNG on the sources here, which so what seems to be a significant amount of coverage in major newspapers. Arguably, though, this stuff is routine and mostly deals with hirings, firings, etc. I'm not sure where I stand on this, but would suggest it's not entirely clear-cut. --Batard0 (talk) 16:19, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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