Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Pope
: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 in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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Retired minor league ballplayer who never played a game in the majors; no exceptional third-party sources out there that would pass GNG. Wizardman 23:07, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:20, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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- Delete as non-notable. --Jprg1966 (talk) 04:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
- Speedy delete No assertion of being a notable individual, as required per CSD A7. Simply being a professional baseball player is insufficient. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:22, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
- Delete. Completely unreferenced with questionable information about what he hopes to do... No evidence of any notability. Spanneraol (talk) 15:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
- Delete Same reason as others.--Yankees10 17:27, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
- Delete – Not notable or referenced. —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:04, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
- Keep but willing to be convinced otherwise. He was covered in some detail [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XeQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HjwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1712,3665247&dq=van-pope+baseball&hl=en here], [http://www.talkingchop.com/2007/10/13/10265/194 here], [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3372230 here] and [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/clarionledger/doc/277468813.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2025,%202008&author=Mike%20Christensen&pub=The%20Clarion%20Ledger&edition=&startpage=&desc=Fallen%20Pope here], which is a feature story on him. Alex (talk) 11:48, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
- Delete Some local coverage of a minor leaguer doesn't show notability.204.126.132.231 (talk) 23:20, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
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