Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shinano Grandserows

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The result was delete. Wizardman 20:30, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shinano Grandserows

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Was deleted in Feb. Doesn't appear to meet WP:CLUB or WP:GNG. Boleyn (talk) 13:41, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:41, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's unclear why the Shinano Grandserows article should be deleted, when all of the other teams in the Route Inn BCL (Baseball Challenge League) have existing articles. The team is a member in good standing of the league going on eight years now, and has employed a number of players with accompanying Wikipedia articles. The league itself is a legitimate independent baseball league that has been running since 2007 and this year expanded to eight teams. A good number of players from BCL have moved on to play for Nippon Professional Baseball. I've also added some more citations to the Grandserows article to demonstrate its notability -- stoshmaster (talk) 17:14, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Stoshmaster, as said previously, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not relevant in an AfD, but some of those articles seem to meet WP:GNG and some do not. Boleyn (talk) 19:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Fully professional baseball team. Alex (talk) 18:20, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Alexsautographs, are you sure? The Route Inn BCL article describes it as an 'independent semi-professional baseball league.' Boleyn (talk) 19:14, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- People who don't know anything about baseball seem to think minor league teams are "semi-professional". But they're not. The Baseball Reference Bullpen calls it professional, and I'd trust that source more than the Wikipedia article. From the Grandserows website: "BC LEAGUE is one of the biggest independent professional baseball leagues in the north central region of Japan".[1] Alex (talk) 21:37, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment: I have left a longer comment at the AFD for another team from the same league. As a question @Alexsautographs: do you think player payments of about US$10,000 per year (up to a maximum of $15,000) make it a professional league? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 07:51, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Does not appear to be a fully professional team, and thus fails the WP:CLUB criteria. The same can probably be said of all the other teams in that league. --DAJF (talk) 01:51, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 00:56, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete All of the coverage appears to be routine sports reporting (standings, trades, etc.). I don't see anything that shows the team meets WP:GNG. As for the "professional" discussion, I think it depends on whether you define professional as getting paid at all or as making a living. 204.126.132.231 (talk) 15:31, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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