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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Sam Sailor 02:37, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Israel at the 2016 European Baseball Championship[edit]

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Although this was previously included in my mass AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israel at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup which was closed as keep, I am renominating this one in particular since at least one user other than myself argued that this one in particular was non-notable, and no arguments were made specifically that it is. Presumably this would include Israel at the 2012 European Baseball Championship and Israel at the 2010 European Baseball Championship as well. This is a minor tournament that Israel failed to even qualify for, and the notability issue is certainly very different for this than for a major event like the World Cup or EuroBasket. I would argue, as at least one other user did on that page, that it fails WP:GNG. Smartyllama (talk) 13:15, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Nominator is not giving any reason what-so-ever to be deleted. His only argument is based on @Nfitz: stating "European Baseball tournament (if there really is such a thing!)". Enough with these ridiculous nominations based on nothing! - Galatz^Talk 13:19, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Since rather than replying to my comment, the original posted edited above, ill respond to him here. His argument is very flawed. Even though they did not qualify the tournament made, this tournament was huge news. Israeli Dean Kremer got signed by the Dodgers after this tournament where he was clearly the most impressive player, and was named Most Valuable Pitcher. Israel's success in the tournament made big news and definitely meets WP:GNG and WP:SPORTSEVENT. - Galatz^Talk 13:34, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Galatz^Talk 15:52, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. Galatz^Talk 15:54, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Technically sources are legit and the event has broad coverage. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 11:29, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:58, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep -- this seems like a reasonably sourced and encyclopedic entry, focused on a particular country. Unless it violates some sports-specific consensus, I don't see a reason for deletion. The "Roster" section should probably be removed, keeping only the blue-linked entries. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:59, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - per GNG. Rlendog (talk) 21:37, 6 September 2016 (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.