Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Aldridge

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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. -- Cirt (talk) 00:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Aldridge[edit]

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Subject is the host of a local TV show, and has had bit parts as an actor; also had a totally non-notable career as a journeyman minor-league baseball player--eight teams in five years, including two teams for whom he never actually played. Does not meet any of the guidelines for inclusion--WP:GNG, WP:ENTERTAINER, or WP:ATHLETE. Horologium (talk) 12:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are a total of five sources used in this article, used as twelve citations. Five of them are from the subject's own blog, and three more are from another blog. The citations from Aldridge's blog don't work because they fail Wikipedia's policy on self-published and questionable sources as sources on themselves. The other blog fails Wikipedia's policy on using third-party blogs as sources: Self-published sources should never be used as third-party sources about living persons, even if the author is a well-known professional researcher or writer. Of the remaining three, one simply establishes that he graduated from a university (as have tens of millions of non-notable people); one is a link to a show that he hosts on a local cable network (arguably not an independent source), and the only one which actually is fully independent is a "postcard" from Major League Baseball which states that Aldridge was a security guard who did modeling work and played for a single minor-league team. The external links to baseball cube and baseball-reference list all of the teams for which he was on the roster, but do not establish notability by themselves (as per Wikipedia's notability guidelines for baseball players). Horologium (talk) 12:53, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Do Not Delete. There are various independent sources cited in this article. Many articles have been written about the subject in various national publications including local and national newspapers and magazines. Subject is established as extremely notable. — 97.102.159.41 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 23:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC) (UTC).[reply]
KEEP THE ARTICLE. This article provides reliable sources for the subject and meets all criteria. — 97.102.159.41 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 16:03, October 2, 2010 (UTC).
  • Comment I have indented and debolded the two previous !votes. They are from the same single-purpose account who has already argued against deletion. The closing admin should note this when closing the discussion. Horologium (talk) 19:52, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Not notable. --Muboshgu (talk) 14:20, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Article Subject is notable. This article appears at least to have the minimum number of sources and the subject seems as notable as many other subjects that are currently on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.252.148 (talk) 15:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC) Note: This is the only edit from this IP address. Horologium (talk) 17:55, 4 October 2010 (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.
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