Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Edwin Klein Jr.

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The result of the debate was No Consensus default to Keep. Essjay · Talk 13:50, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Edwin Klein Jr.

Page was listed as speedy for no claim of notability. Being drafted by a major league baseball team is a claim to notability. I'm not voting at this time. Pburka 17:52, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, drafted by a major league baseball team. Kappa 19:14, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. How many of the 1200-plus players drafted ahead of him have entries? Can I list my grandfather? He patented something, and that's US government-certified notability. Monicasdude 19:55, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep- what separates Barry Bonds from Klein? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:30, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep all athletes who make it to the pros. Sure, there's thousands of them, but Wikipedia has over 660,000 articles, so I see no problem there. -- BD2412 ^talk 00:08, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

But he hasn't made it to the pros yet. Article doesn't even say he signed. Is everybody who signs a minor league sports contract going to get an entry? Why is this different than giving every patentholder an entry? Monicasdude 15:20, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. As far as the article suggests, he has been drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 41st round of the 2005 amateur draft. Presumably he will be playing minor league baseball for a few years before he makes the big leagues. Given that baseball has an extensive minor league, our criterion should be at least playing major league baseball. Capitalistroadster 00:36, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
• Being drafted by a major league team in any major sport is clearly a claim of notability--whoever nominated this for speedy was clearly in error. But it's not a very good claim. Delete until he actually plays in the major leagues, or at least has a good minor league career. Meelar (talk) 18:21, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I've been thinking about this one for a while, trying to come up with a good reason to keep it, but I think that Meelar (talk · contribs) and Capitalistroadster (talk · contribs) are right. Pburka 21:55, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 06:06, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

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