Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Scripture

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The result was keep. -- Lear's Fool 05:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Scripture

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Non-notable minor league baseball player. Hit .252 in his minor league career, which isn't that impressive. Yes, he managed, but managers are not inherently notable. He never even led any teams to the playoffs. Alex (talk) 03:23, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Was the subject of a lengthy 1987 Sports Illustrated profile that starts out by referring to him as "Baseball legend Billy Scripture". That does it for me, but there's several hundred additional hits at Google News[1][2] that also show that he passes WP:GNG--check out this one[3] or this one[4] as examples.--Arxiloxos (talk) 05:39, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- -- Cirt (talk) 22:54, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Minor league baseball players are not generally notable, but this one has enough secondary source coverage to pass GNG. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:09, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep A profile by SI is certainly not routine coverage. The article does need attention to get it up to standards, though. --Muboshgu (talk) 16:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:ATHLETE does not state that minor-league players are by definition non-notable; it only means that being a minor leaguer isn't enough to be considered notable. A minor leaguer who gets multiple non-trivial mentions in reliable independent sources as Scripture has still passes WP:GNG, just like anyone else who gets multiple non-trivial mentions in reliable independent sources. --NellieBly (talk) 02:49, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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