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The result was delete. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 11:54, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kole Cottam[edit]

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Was a redirect to a minor league list, but was split off when he was released. Fails WP:GNG, nothing more than routine sports coverage. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:03, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into Boston Red Sox minor league players#Kole Cottam per page history. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 12:08, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why? He is not in the Red Sox minor league system anymore so that would be inappropriate. Spanneraol (talk) 13:15, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Case of contextual oversight on my part; mea culpa. That said, rescinding my earlier decision and switching to Weak delete. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 16:33, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Baseball, and Tennessee. Shellwood (talk) 12:11, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Non notable minor league ballplayer who is currently in the indy leagues. Spanneraol (talk) 13:15, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - He has a couple of articles where he is the main focus, so that helps him pass WP:GNG.KatoKungLee (talk) 23:42, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - Few dedicated local newspaper articles may just barely pass WP:GNG. Skipple ☎ 23:49, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - He is a notable player. He also has articles about him.

Batgirl-Awsomeness (talk) 21:25, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete the refs from his professional career appear to be routine transactional announcements or from fan blogs focused on the Red Sox. There is some coverage from his college career but I don't think it's enough to pass WP:GNG. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: BLP which fails GNG and BIO. Sources are nothing more than ROUTINE news, mentions in lists of players, database stats, "Stats, Fantasy & News" sources, and promo. BLPs need clearly IS RS with SIGCOV addressing the subject directly and indepth for both content and notability to avoid abuse per well known core policy (WP:V and WP:BLP) and guidelines (WP:BIO and WP:IS, WP:RS, WP:SIGCOV).  // Timothy :: talk  02:26, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above. Sadly not enough coverage to pass GNG. Without prejudice to possibly recreating if the player becomes more notable. CycloneYoris ^talk! 08:48, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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