Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Adams (baseball) (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete; no evidence that he passes the GNG. Big Dom 07:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

William Adams (baseball)

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Non-notable baseball player, fails WP:GNG and WP:BASE/N. I'm surprised it passed its first AfD, as my thought was PROD when I came across it. Winning a title in the minors does not establish notability. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:54, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nominator.- William 20:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:GNG. — NY-13021 (talk) 09:01, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for the same reason I voted keep last time... I feel his accomplishments as a minor league manager are notable. Spanneraol (talk) 22:58, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I don't think winning a championship in a Class D league is notable, not much in GNG. Secret ^account 20:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:GNG.Stuartyeates (talk) 02:33, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - winning a league championship at any professional level is, or should be, borderline notability; winning two establishes notability. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But BASE/N doesn't say anything like that. In terms of publicity, minor league championships often don't generate much more than a typical game story. — NY-13021 (talk) 04:39, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bushranger I'll agree with you on higher level minor league (at least Single A Advanced or C league), that winning multiple championships are notable, but D-league is the equivalent of a very low level rookie league standards back then, wasn't really considered "fully-professional". Secret ^account 04:14, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per Secret. WP:GNG and WP:BASE/N are pretty clear on the matter, and a D-league manager isn't enough for me to IAR over. Trusilver 22:32, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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