Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mickey Bowers

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The result was Keep. The consensus below is that the sourcing is sufficient to support an article. Eluchil404 (talk) 06:26, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mickey Bowers

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Non-notable minor league baseball figure. Fails WP:BASE/N and WP:GNG. His running through an outfield fence, a la Rodney McCray in the 1990s, may have received limited coverage when it occurred, how that one event does not seem very notable. Alex (talk) 01:28, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:37, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per significant coverage in reliable sources. See [1] and [2] among others. Appears to have been the first black coach of the Lookouts and an agitant for the rights of black players. - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:46, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per DustFormsWords. Sources provided are multiple, significant and independent--TM 20:35, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per reliable sources and notability claims from DustFormsWords. Passes WP:GNG. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 23:47, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above, I see no compelling reason to delete. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:26, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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