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The result was keep. SarahStierch (talk) 16:43, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Reifer[edit]

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No claim to notability.. run of the mill minor leaguer. Spanneraol (talk) 02:13, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete not notable--Yankees10 18:12, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete – fails WP:BASEBALL/N. —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Has played in the Dominican Professional Baseball League, the highest-level league in the Dominican Republic, therefore he passes WP:BASEBALL/N. Alex (talk) 14:06, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It is as Alex says. The baseball notability guidelines have been neutered, but as the Dominican Professional Baseball League has been cited as the top level baseball in the Dominican Republic and Adam Reifer has played in that league, criteria 2 has still been satisfied for WP:BASE/N, making this an instant keep per the guidelines. The claims against are null, it seems. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 04:24, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. The dominican has no "top-level" leagues. The guideline does not say "highest level in x country" it says "top-level" and that signifies a quality of play. Winter leagues can not be considered top level. Spanneraol (talk) 15:05, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think its time for a discussion at WP:Baseball with this. It would be kind of crappy if all these AFD's were kept and a later discussion was decided that those leagues are not "top-level".--Yankees10 17:35, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is considerable inconsistent rational being used here. Until now, "top level" was meant to refer to the top-level league in each country (for example, Henry Bonilla's AfD cited his participation in the Italian League as reason to keep), not whether it was of top level talent and competition among the world's leagues. Per previous interpretation of the rule, the Venezuelan and Dominican leagues in question are top level. Alex (talk) 06:11, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep—I think Spanneraol is reading more into "top-level" than can be reasonably read. If the person is playing at the highest professional level in their country, that counts as "top-level" to me. It doesn't say that the player must be playing to MLB standards, it says they have to be playing in a "top-level league", not "at a top-level of skill". Heck, I know a couple MLB players that would qualify for deletion under Spanneraol's criteria. ;) Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 16:13, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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