Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kurt Mertins

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The result was delete. --Coredesat 07:00, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kurt Mertins

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Failes WP:BIO Non-notable minor league baseball player. Once he makes the majors, his notability is assured, but being the 45th best prospect in the Royals organization isn't cutting it right now. Seems that consensus is being set on minor league players from AFD nominations on James Garcia and Blake Beavan. Montco 02:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as non-notable. 45th best prospect? Good luck with that.--Ispy1981 02:35, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per both above. JJL 02:44, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Oysterguitarist~Talk 02:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete we just had this discussion [1]Balloonman 03:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iowa-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep The comparison to Blake Beavan is invalid, because he had not even signed a contract, much less played. This article's subject played for 2 years as a professional baseball player. Minor leagues players are still fully professional players, so if he has played in the minors he satisfies WP:BIO "Competitors who have played in a fully professional league." Minor league says "Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports." I expect they still compare favorable in salary and in press coverage to pro leagues in other sports in some smaller countries. If you want to amend WP:BIO, then go there and edit it; otherwise follow it and keep articles about athletes who have played in the minor leagues. Edison 23:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

This was actually discussed on the Blake Beavan AFD---thus the inclusion of the link. With regard to North America's Major League Baseball. A player is considered notable if they have appeared in one game, minor league players are generally not notable. In other words, while the minor league in baseball is a professional league, there are literally thousands of people playing in the minor league---thus it isn't considered notable.Balloonman 20:21, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

• Keep meets notability guideline for athletes. Capmango 04:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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