Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Butts (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 21:56, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Butts

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Consensus is that bullpen catchers must pass WP:GNG and, from what I could find, Butts doesn't. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 14:34, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 14:34, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 14:35, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Absolutely no significant independent coverage. "Being in uniform for all pregame workouts" is not a notability criteria. 204.126.132.231 (talk) 15:51, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete These bullpen catcher pages never should have been created. Fails GNG, fails BASE/N. - Bbny-wiki-editor (talk) 18:48, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm kind of surprised that more of these pages haven't been cleared out since consensus was clarified on this matter last November. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 18:52, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I figured someone would nominate them, Mellowed Fillmore, but I'm not surprised it didn't happen. Several of the people who are most active in the baseball AfDs insisted that bullpen catchers are coaches and that they shouldn't need to pass GNG. - Bbny-wiki-editor (talk) 19:43, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated several at the time and I'll probably keep going now that I've started again. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 22:34, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can tell, only one editor, who explicitly disclaimed knowledge of baseball, suggested this. As I recall, the initiator of the discussion thread also supported this, but did not make any comments in the thread beyond starting it; everyone else said that the general notability guideline should be used. isaacl (talk) 17:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was referring to prior AfDs, not the discussion you linked. In AfD after AfD, a small group of people insisted bullpen catchers were coaches and that they didn't need to meet GNG. That's what led to the above discussion. - Bbny-wiki-editor (talk) 20:05, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:57, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for the same reasons as above, and per the first AfD. Mellowed if you want to go through the bullpen category and AfD the non-notable ones go for it; after the attacks I got the first go-around I have no intention of going through that again. Wizardman 20:37, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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