Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kelly Jack Swift

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 00:12, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kelly Jack Swift

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This is a biography of a minor league baseball player who falls well short of the notability criteria whether for a baseball player, sportsperson or any other person. The lone news coverage referenced in this article (which is not cited inline) is a Sports Illustrated article about a metal detectorist finding a minor league championship ring of his. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 00:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Baseball and North Carolina. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 00:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Holy cow. That was 14 years ago, and I expect I wrote it on the strength of the S.I. article about him. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:27, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:37, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Besides the strong SI piece, there's plenty through Newspapers.com: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 12:43, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. He absolutely fails the now-obsolete athlete and baseball criteria, but he also absolutely passes the GNG criteria with the sources noted. Wizardman 15:16, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - easily passes GNG. Rlendog (talk) 14:22, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - clear pass of GNG which supersedes any perceived failure of an SNG. Frank Anchor 12:30, 16 July 2025 (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.