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Baseball
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edit- Junior Lake (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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unnecessary disambiguation page Joeykai (talk) 02:26, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Joeykai (talk) 02:26, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- Procedural close, alternatively keep and move to Junior Lake, with the article currently at Junior Lake being moved to Junior Lake (baseball player) per WP:NOPRIMARY. However, AfD is not the venue for this, a WP:Requested move at Talk:Junior Lake (disambiguation) is. ―"Ghost of Dan Gurney" (hihi) 02:35, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Geography, Baseball, Canada, and Dominican Republic. ―"Ghost of Dan Gurney" (hihi) 02:38, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:ONEOTHER. The baseball player was moved to the primary topic per Talk:Junior Lake#Requested move 22 December 2015 and the DAB page was moved. Since there is only one other topic, a hatnote is sufficient. Rgrds. --BX (talk) 21:08, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- Not sure how a run-of-the-mill sportsball athlete with 4 years of major league tenure and who hasn't played in 9 seasons is a primary topic over a geographic feature. I think the issue should be revisited at the proper venue (RM); the previous one is 10 years old now. ―"Ghost of Dan Gurney" (hihi) 23:49, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
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- Jesús Castillo (baseball) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Nonnotable minor league baseball player. Sources do not establish WP:GNG. Note this is a different person than the page deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesús Castillo (baseball) – Muboshgu (talk) 22:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Baseball, and Venezuela. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per nomination. Run of the mill non notable player.-- Yankees10 22:10, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete Sourcing is routine coverage of baseball trades/transactions and there is no indication of individual player notability. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 22:29, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete non-notable minor-league player, only WP:ROUTINE coverage is available. Frank Anchor 13:39, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Delete fails WP:GNG and WP:Athlete Agnieszka653 (talk) 14:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Delete -spot checks on current citations and additional searches show lack of SIGCOV to suggest notability. Lorraine Crane (talk) 19:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- Atsushi Kobayashi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This page disambiguates only one existing Wikipedia article. (Japan men's national volleyball team is linked indirectly, but does not mention any Kobayashis there.) Thanks again to a vigilant anonymous editor who reminded me that CSD G14 did not apply. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:22, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Baseball, Volleyball, and Disambiguations. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:22, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete the volleyball player is mentioned in a few places, for example 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship squads and 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads, but MOS:DABRED only allows one link, and it is unclear which page if any is most appropriate. There is also a film director by that name, but again no one film he directed is clear for including as a DABRED link on the page. Atsushi Kobayashi (pitcher, born 1972) is not a valid entry at present and since Special:WhatLinksHere/Atsushi Kobayashi (pitcher, born 1972) is empty cannot be changed to become valid. ~2025-31245-28 (talk) 01:37, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Lists of people, and Japan. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:20, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Only one blue article is no good for a disambig. Hansen Sebastian (Talk) 15:14, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per above and move Atsushi Kobayashi (pitcher, born 1986) to this page by default (if they even meet GNG, but that's another discussion). Rgrds. --BX (talk)
Do not comment on these articles here. If you agree with the proposed deletion, you don't have to do anything. If you think the article merits keeping, the remove the {{prod}} template and make an effort to improve the article so that it clearly meets the notability and verifiability criteria.