Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justin Gominsky

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Baseball player who has only played in college and single-A minor league team. Fails WP:ATHLETE. B (talk) 17:55, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:55, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:55, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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• Borderline at best. Does this coverage look like enough? [http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070409/spo_20090704003.shtml][http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/11656531.html?refer=y] – Muboshgu (talk) 19:17, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

:*Not really, Muboshgu. Those were among the first non-trivial, non-routine articles I found, but they're both about his high school career and college recruiting. Not enough, IMO. I'm still looking through my Google, Google News and Google News Archive searches. There's a lot of routine coverage out there. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

::*It doesn't really matter what it's "about"; coverage is coverage. Local coverage counts as much as national. However, I agree that it's below the bar needed for a standalone article, as I haven't seen any additional sources, so I'll vote merge to Houston Astros minor league players as well. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:14, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

• Merge to Houston Astros minor league players. Spanneraol (talk) 19:24, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
• Either Keep or Merge per Spanneraol. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 19:52, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
• Delete or merge per Spanneraol. The coverage consists of articles documenting high school and college endeavors, and isn't enough to constitute notability. Per nom, doesn't meet notability guidelines for an athlete. 99.136.255.134 (talk) 20:18, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
• When you type in "Justin Gominsky" onto Google you get a countless amount of information from reliable sources, all referenced on the page. (From Mahtomedi, Mn, the University of MN, Houston Astros, reliable newspapers/reports, and most importantly the actual MiLB- Minor League Baseball page. it should not be deleted, all information is very factual and notable. He has lots of coverage and national following. He has played all over the United States and many other minor league players have Wikipedia pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johanna stellmach (talk • contribs) 20:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
• A new source has been added for more reliability from Houston Astros. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johanna stellmach (talk • contribs) 20:49, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

:*Comment Most of the sources that turn up through a Google search do not satisfy WP:RELIABLE guidelines. Again, it's difficult to accept a single A ballplayer as meriting a biography here, and media coverage has not been impressive enough to think otherwise. Parenthetically, Johanna stellmach is not a neutral account, a WP:SPA, with conflict of interest per WP:COI: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Johanna_stellmach&diff=prev&oldid=545728567]. 99.136.255.134 (talk) 22:07, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

• Weak keep or merge - the sources from Muboshgu put it right on the borderline. If not keep, then most certainly merge, as there is some content. Go Phightins! 01:31, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
• Justin Gominsky certainly has received plenty of coverage and is known nationally in the baseball world. Just because of his position currently does not mean he will not continue to move up. His accomplishments are worthy of a bio on Wikipedia. He has notability for baseball. It is proven he is a player and has won awards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johanna stellmach (talk • contribs) 01:55, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
• It should not be merged because they do not have all players. Last year he played for the Lexington Legends, two teams higher than the rookie and is not listen because they do not have a page. Also, season rosters will soon be changed due to the new season. He is slotted to move up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johanna stellmach (talk • contribs) 02:00, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

::The merge is to the Astros minor league page because he is in their farm system.. it does not matter which level of the minor leagues he is currently in. Saying he is "known nationally in the baseball world" is a bit of a stretch... I follow baseball very closely and had never heard of him before this. Spanneraol (talk) 16:45, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

• Keep given the new sources. 02:22, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
• Merge per Spanneraol. Certainly a single-A player can warrant a standalone article, but I see nothing so special about this player's single-A career or coverage that would warrant such an article for him. And while high school and college coverage certainly counts towards WP:GNG, I don't think what has been presented is enough to satisfy GNG. Merging would retain all the relevant information and sources in the event that he does become notable enough for a standalone article in the future. Rlendog (talk) 14:33, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
• Merge per Spanneraol. Perfect candidate for inclusion on minor league list article, given the subject's very marginal case for notability under the general notability guidelines. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 14:41, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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