Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaff Decker

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The result was merge to San Diego Padres minor league players per agreement from nominator. Rlendog (talk) 15:51, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jaff Decker

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Fails WP:ATHLETE (or at least the common interpretation of it with respect to Minor League baseball players) as low-level Minor League player. Majorclanger (talk) 12:20, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. —Majorclanger (talk) 12:30, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete !vote changed to delete at 13:20, 28 February 2010 (UTC), see below Neutral at this point, leaning toward Keep though. !vote changed again to merge at 06:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC), see below I'm no expert on baseball, but as I understand it, Minor League baseball is professional, and this satisfies WP:ATHLETE, which says an athlete is notable if they "have competed at the fully professional level of a sport." If there's some consensus regarding minor league baseball that I'm unaware of, let me know. -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 12:32, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how much "force" is holds, but Wikipedia:WPBB/N effectively states what seems to be the consensus. Majorclanger (talk) 13:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that seems fair enough. I've found three stories where he recieves significant coverage ([1], [2], [3]), but I don't feel like all of these are reliable, and there doesn't seem to be enough of them to warrant an article. Section 7 of the Wikiproject Baseball notability guidelines you just posted mentions the possibility of adding a small section in an article along the lines of Minnesota Twins minor league players, but I can't seem to find one for the San Diego Padres. With this in mind, I'm going to change my !vote to Delete, although I would prefer a Merge if an appropriate page can be found. -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 13:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try San Diego Padres minor league players. Spanneraol (talk) 04:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:25, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Thanks! In that case, I'll shift my position again. -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 06:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into San Diego Padres minor league players. -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 06:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Even though I'm the nominator, I concur with the merge to San Diego Padres minor league players. Majorclanger (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to San Diego Padres minor league players.Edward321 (talk) 15:14, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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