Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Diamond

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The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:57, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scott Diamond

Non-notable college baseball player. Zoe 00:01, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, "he received the coveted 'rookie of the year' award for the entire American East conference" Kappa 00:06, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Woo-freakin'-hoo. How is that even remotely notable? When he joins the major leagues, then he would rate an article. Or even if he made the Canadian national Olympic team. Zoe 00:41, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
    • So how do you propose to identify notable college baseball players? Kappa 00:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
      • I don't. College baseball players are no more notable than college athletes in any sport. Only exceptions are for major, national awards. His award was not even for best player in his conference, only best "rookie". If he won the college baseball MVP award, then he would be notable. Zoe 01:02, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Clearly "notable" in his sphere.Grace Note 00:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete He's a big talent. Cool. Now if he becomes a big player he can have his encyclopedia entry. What's next, voting to keep entries for every highschool's "most likely to succeed"s? --Lomedae 01:00, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Should Canada Games gold medalists deserve an article? -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:58, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
  • My sense is no. The event recieves sparse enough media coverage in Canada, and the only place most Canadians would ever hear about a particular athlete, even a champion, would be in a university or neighborhood newspaper talking about a native son/daughter. -The Tom 14:53, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. There is virtually no way to determine the quality of any school league from year to year. It is possible for some lower quality player to win one year while hundreds of better players in other leagues don't have a chance since their league has too many excellent players. Vegaswikian 05:52, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The America East Conference is a low Division I league, and being as far north as it is, its baseball lags further behind the "major conferences" than many other sports. I wouldn't probably consider the Big XII Conference's Rookie of the Year to be notable, but this guy is an easy call. ESkog 07:19, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

1. • Comment - it also bears mentioning that most of the best pro baseball players in the USA/Canada do not usually attend college but are drafted straight from high school (with a few notable exceptions). College baseball players are typically less well-respected as a result than their peers in football or basketball, where most pro players at least put in a couple of years at college. Because of this, a college baseball player is going to have a mighty notability hill to climb until he makes a major-league roster somewhere. ESkog 07:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, he's just a nn student. Radiant_>|< 13:57, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete--college baseball players have a much higher bar for notability than, say, college football players, as per ESkog. Not many are notable--this one doesn't cut it. If and when he joins the major leagues, or gets some significant awards in the minor leagues, he can get an article. Meelar (talk) 14:05, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn vanity.--Scimitar ^parley 14:31, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -The Tom 14:53, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, I've heard of this player. He is the top Canadian baseball prospect for the Major League when he graduates from Binghamton.
• Delete. Revisit if/when he makes it to the majors. -R. fiend 16:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, looks verifiable information. Trollderella 01:45, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, article can be recreated when he hits the big time. Alex.tan 03:13, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

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