Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blair Erickson

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. The subject does not meet the inclusion guidelines for an article in the encyclopedia. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 05:02, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blair Erickson

Low level minor leaguer, non notable. Giants27 (t|c|r|s) 18:03, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Minnesota Twins minor league players per standard procedure. Spanneraol (talk) 23:30, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Previous AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fort Myers Miracles players. DRV restored as "no consensus".--Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:52, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE. Contrary to what was said in the other AfD, the Miracle is not a professional team . They are a minor league team. Minor league players don't qualify. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:39, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The opinions of people who say "The Miracle is not a professional team" should not count. He clearly doesn't know what he is talking about.--Johnny Spasm (talk) 11:08, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion counts as much as yours, whether you like it or not. They're not professional in the sense of WP:ATHLETE as I see it. It states "People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport". Class A baseball isn't even the top level of minor league baseball, let alone professional baseball. Now you can dispute if they are "professional" or not. Yes, they get paid, so technically they are professional. But many of the players have outside jobs because they don't get paid very much, so I'd dispute the claim of being "fully professional" I happen to like the Miracle and attend several games a year, but I don't believe that a player that has not played in the major league passes WP:ATHLETE. I'd also ask that you be more civil and discuss the issue and not your opinion of my intelligence. Niteshift36 (talk) 12:33, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While there certainly is debate about the notability of low-level minor league players, the Miracle most certainly are professional. All of Minor League Baseball is. Reso lute 04:04, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:31, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I've understood "fully-professional", in the context of WP:ATHLETE, to refer to major league. Whether that be NBA, NFL, NHL, MBL, whatever. Perhaps there needs to be some clarification added to the guideline. Regardless, from the article with it's current sourcing, I don't believe sufficient notability has been established. لenna vecia 16:18, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Although minor leagues are fully professional, the baseball guidelines have generally required minor leaguers to have played a full season of AAA or a minor league all star appearance or award. Although those guidelines may have evolved some, they always made sense to me. Rlendog (talk) 20:45, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Lacks significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. BRMo (talk) 21:08, 19 June 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.