Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Cates (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:28, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Cates

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Non notable former minor league baseball player Spanneraol (talk) 16:52, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The question of this AfD is: does this subject satisfy GNG? Based on these sources, I say he does. [1][2][3][4][5][6] – Muboshgu (talk) 17:29, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Darkwind (talk) 20:33, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steven Zhang ^{Help resolve disputes!} 07:37, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I thought Baseball players were period allowed? MIVP - (Can I Help? ◕‿◕) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) - (Cakes) 09:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. This presents an interesting case; Cates had a nice college career, but nothing spectacular, and as a pro he never got past AA ball. [7] As of the 2013 season he is a volunteer assistant at Florida State [8], generally the first step on the way to a coaching career. Nevertheless, he received quite a bit of coverage, mostly because he was the shortest player in baseball while he was playing, and one of the shortest ever (excepting Eddie Gaedel, of course]]). [9]. While the reason may seem a bit silly, he does pass WP:GNG. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:10, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - On the one hand, a career minor leaguer. On the other hand, possible notability hook of having been the shortest player in NCAA Division 1 baseball at one point. No opinion. Carrite (talk) 18:14, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Okay, I do have an opinion now. THIS PIECE from the Hartford Courant indicates that the subject was also the shortest player in professional baseball for a time. While he fails the Special Guideline for baseball players, he does indeed pass the General Notability Guideline as the subject of multiple, independent, published pieces of coverage. Carrite (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cates' status was additionally documented by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED in 2005. Carrite (talk) 18:19, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Does appear to meet WP:GNG, given the sources Carrite gave above. It's certainly not the strongest case for notability but I do think it's on the "keep" side of that line, close though it may be. - Sudo Ghost 06:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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