Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Norton

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The result was delete. MER-C 09:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Norton

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Non-notable athlete. Fails WP:BASE/N as the subject has not played in a major league. He would only pass BASE/N if he is ever promoted to coach in the major leagues. He does not appear to pass WP:GNG, with a little local coverage in the Hartford Courant failing to reach the level of significant coverage needed. The first three links are from the site of the Cape Cod Baseball League, hardly an independent source as they work to promote themselves by promoting who plays for them. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Fails WP:NBASE/WP:GNG. There are a couple Hartford Courant articles on him, but I don't think those come anywhere close to establishing long term notability as most local papers in the US will follow local minor league players. SportingFlyer T·C 19:05, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG per coverage in reliable sources. In addition to the Hartford articles, which are not to be discounted, there is [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 17:21, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, not a single one of those articles cover him significantly, much less at a level which shows he's more notable than a run of the mill minor leaguer. In a couple of those he's interviewed about another player, but in most of them he's only mentioned once and then very briefly. SportingFlyer T·C 17:25, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. [1] is mostly about Jay Bell, [2] is about Ty Hensley, [3] is about Deivi Garcia, [4] is about Brooks Kriske, [5] is about Patrick Osburn. [6] mentions a whole bunch of Yankee farm hands and gives Norton less than a sentence, [7] is a run of the mill game recap, and [8] is about the whole team at UConn. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:24, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:NBASE/WP:GNG. There isn't much more than routine coverage or in passing when covering another subject. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:51, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not notable as either a player or a coach.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:40, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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