The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep per WP:HEY; delete preferences mitigated by the commendable research by User:Fabrictramp. Non-admin closure by Skomorokh 22:55, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brad Chalk[edit]

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Two liner. Concerned has been expressed with a tag saying does not meet WP:NN guidelines. I concur, but move it here for more to see. Brusegadi (talk) 01:33, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Satisfies WP:ATHLETE, which I haven't looked at in awhile. That criteria has been reduced from "major" league professional to those "who have competed in a fully professional league". The Fort Wayne Wizards are a professional team, so the guideline criterion is satisfied, so long as verifiable sources are added to the article. Truthanado (talk) 01:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. While Single-A ball doesn't meet my definition of a "fully professional league" (pay is so low that it's less than minumum wage), this article says he was an All-American in college, so there will undoubtedly be lots written about him.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. In the world of baseball, players such as Ryan Howard and David Wright make sudden jumps from being minor league scrubs to major league stars. You never know what could happen, so let's keep this here and see how his career plays out. Uncheelsrok (talk) 21:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, WP:ATHLETE is under dispute right now. Plus, he's only in single-A minor leagues. That's not very notable at all. If he was AAA i'd AGF, but come on. Wizardman 19:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete He is only an "A" ball player with no all-star teams or awards. Spanneraol (talk) 20:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Objection He was a pre-season All-American, a freshmen All-American, played on the All-ACC tournament team, among numerous other awards.
  • If you could prove and cite all three of these I maybe willing to withdraw my vote, though even those combined makes notability just barely over the threshold for me. Wizardman 18:42, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • The Clemson Tigers source in the article has this info.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 18:47, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Alright. I don't put too much stock into pre-season all-americans, but being a freshman all-american is decent coverage. I'm pretty deletionist admittedly on minor leaguers though, so while I still lean towards deletion, I don't have much backing as to why. Wizardman 20:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per reasons stated above. --Borgarde^talk 10:16, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.