Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gunner Glad

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. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:26, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gunner Glad[edit]

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Completely unsourced, non-notable baseball player. Minor leaguers, with rare exception, aren't notable enough to have articles. There is no indication that this player is at all notable. — Timneu22 · talk 16:12, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:BASEBALL/N, espicially the sixth bulletin. Battleaxe9872 ^Talk 17:21, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Minnesota Twins minor league players per WP:BASEBALL/N. I have trouble with the nominator's assertion when they state that there are "rare exception" to minor leaguers having their own article. There is a category full of career minor leaguers. Thats more than "rare". Sourcing is possible. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 19:39, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~Minnesota Twins minor league players are only for current minor-league players.~~Battleaxe9872 ^Talk 19:49, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm aware of that. He is "current". Is he not? --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 20:38, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - My apologies. Battleaxe9872 ^Talk 20:55, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - No problem. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 22:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I take great exception to your taking exception. Do you have any idea how many minor league players there are? And then how many have articles? It's extremely rare that players are notable as minor leaguers to have an article. — Timneu22 · talk 20:56, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I don't consider it "rare". Sure there are a lot of minor leaguers and sure most don't meet the general notability guidelines. But rare is a far stretch in my opinion. Nearly every Triple-A player has an article. That, to me, doesn't make it rare. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 22:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's also a WP:WAX argument to say because it is rare, we should delete the article. We should be following WP:GNG. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 23:04, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Rarity wasn't my argument in the first place. My argument was that this guy isn't notable. So the point is moot. — Timneu22 · talk 00:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- As far as Category:Minor league baseball players is concerned, many of those articles are miscategorized. The category is in place for many pages where the individual made the majors, though the category clearly states it should only stay for MLB players if they did something that would establish minor league notability on top of major league. Sometimes minor leaguers get promoted and the category doesn't get removed. When I have more time, I'll keep scouring them to remove the category. --Muboshgu (talk) 02:33, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I was going to say merge, but I think there should be some sort of prospect status to these players, lest we have a paragraph about every single player in the minors, from AAA down to the DSL's. --Muboshgu (talk) 02:33, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Minnesota Twins minor league players. Remove him if he retires and doesn't make the big leagues.Alex (talk) 00:49, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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