Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ron Washington

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Deletion review nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Keep. Physchim62 20:44, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ron Washington

A third-base coach isn't notable enough in my opinion. Simesa 19:10, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete as non-notable - only 24 Google hits on 'Ronald Washington' + 'Oakland Athletics'. he is mentioned in the forum www.baseball-fever.com but hs is described as "mostly a benchwarmer". Eddie.willers 20:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. OK, so a google search using 'Ron Washington' returns more hits but I submit he is still non-notable as a player and coach. Eddie.willers 20:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Additional Comment - seems I may have been too hasty in casting a delete vote as per my research as others have now come forward with enough new information for me to justifiably now declare a Keep. Eddie.willers 00:37, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep--by precedent, professional players in major sports leagues are notable. Apparently had a decade-long career in Major League Baseball. Meelar (talk) 20:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. Notable as professional baseballer with a 12 year career. Article should focus more on his baseball career and needs to be wikified. Capitalistroadster 01:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup, notable MLB player and coach. (He didn't get the A's manager job, though; Ken Macha's contract was renewed.) MCB 07:26, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I did some cleanup and wikified; I think it looks reasonable now. Please feel free to add player stats; I'm not an expert on sources for those. MCB 18:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Don't feel bad; he's still a candidate for the Marlins' job. -Colin Kimbrell 21:21, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep clear precedent for pro players. Xoloz 13:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per the existing precedent for professional players in major sports leagues. While Google can be helpful to establish the notability or verifiability of a subject, it is not always perfect or the most ideal way to do so. Hall Monitor 19:02, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep he is way more notable than most of the current player that are added today, such as Nate Field. I think we need to deal with those articles before considering deleting articles about fairly significant players with over 1500 at bats. TrafficBenBoy 21:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, and if you want to verify info on professional baseball people, I'd recommend contacting the Society for American Baseball Research. Among other things, Washington is the man who broke Cal Ripken's record streak of consecutive innings played, when he replaced Ripken as a pinch-runner. -Colin Kimbrell 21:19, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

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.