Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zach Collier

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The result was redirect to List of Philadelphia Phillies first-round draft picks in lieu of deletion. Stifle (talk) 09:47, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Former minor leaguer who didn't do much while there, fails ATHLETE and GNG. Wizardman 05:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to List of Philadelphia Phillies first-round draft picks. Likely search term. Player not notable for his own article. Spanneraol (talk) 05:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I don't see it as such a likely search term. Definitely not a keep, because he lacks coverage. He's from LA, but only has a brief mention or two in the LA Times. He was a Philly prospect, but has only occasional updates as "minor league reports" from Philly.com. Fails WP:GNG and WP:BASE/N. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep Passes GNG if you dig deep. [1][2][3][4][5] Possibly [6] Considering his first round status, i'm going keep.--Yankees10 18:17, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Most of that is routine coverage that most minor leaguers who were a first rounder gets, in this case its a bit more because most of these sources you linked are human interest stories from the local newspaper because he survived open heart surgery a few years before getting drafted. The rest of these sources are typical minor league reports that every former top prospect gets. Of course a first rounder who survived open heart surgery will get him coverage by the media, but I don't see enough on his baseball playing career thus I don't see that as "substantial coverage" for meeting WP:GNG. Secret ^account 21:10, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • And yet we've kept numerous articles the past month or so with the same exact coverage. I mean damn, it would be nice if there was at least some consistency here. At least this guy was a first round draft pick.--Yankees10 23:10, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I wasn't around most of these AFDs to evaluate the coverage. If the coverage is the same or worse than this one (trivial, human interest sources), and was closed as no-consensus, we can renominate them for deletion where I would likely present a deletion argument. Being a first round pick is no exception to GNG. Secret ^account 23:50, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Most of the articles shown are not trivial or human interest stories. They are substantive articles about the development of his career. Rlendog (talk) 15:24, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I don't see much coverage outside of him surviving open-heart surgery and being drafted in the first round, which makes it human interest/WP:ROUTINE and still fails WP:GNG. Being a first rounder, you get some coverage automatically, and surviving open heart surgery is very common. Secret ^account 21:10, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Being drafted in the 1st round is not trivial. Substantive coverage of his being drafted is legitimate part of his noatbility to the extent that multiple reliable sources found it important enough to cover. And much of the coverage of Collier is about his minor league career beyond being drafted, which is more than most minor leaguers get. Rlendog (talk) 15:27, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Non-notable minor league baseball player per Secret's comments above. Does not satisfy either the specific notability guideline for baseball players per WP:NBASEBALL nor the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:40, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete of the sources linked above, three articles appear to have identical text. In my opinion, the subject does not pass GNG. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 15:00, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, I was in somewhat of a rush when trying to find those so thanks for pointing that out.--Yankees10 17:49, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Even though some of Yankees10's sources are duplicates, there are enough unique, substantive articles from multiple sources to pass WP:GNG. Plus there is the substantial article by Brookover in the article itself, which has nothing to do with being a first round draft pick or surviving heart surgery (although even without that, if all first round picks who survived heart surgery have had as much coverage as Collier, then they are all notable as well). Rlendog (talk) 00:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Hasn't played above AA level and I don't think there's enough to show he meets GNG. 204.126.132.231 (talk) 16:41, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Yankees10 provided several sources:
  1. http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/RO/20080609/TMP01/306099995 – titled "Phillies draft pick had heart surgery", the article was published by The Reporter in June 2008.
  2. http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=466013 – titled "Collier's long road to Reading", the article was published by the Reading Eagle in April 2013.
  3. http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-29/sports/39582400_1_arizona-fall-league-good-things-locker – titled Collier taking it step by step", the article was published by the Philadelphia Daily News in May 2013.
  4. http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/14FC716AF3A86168/0D0CB57AB53DF815 – published in August 2014 by The Intelligencer, the article's first sentence is "Zach Collier truly can appreciate the month of August with good reason."

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Zach Collier to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 20:13, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Several proponents of deletion note that the subject fails WP:ATHLETE or WP:NBASEBALL, both of which redirect to Wikipedia:Notability (sports).

  Wikipedia:Notability (sports)#Applicable policies and guidelines says:

  Because the subject passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, this article should be kept.

  Cunard (talk) 20:13, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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.