Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Costello (baseball)
This one is really interesting and difficult. I struggled with my Keep vote, but I think it's the right one, and here's why. I did a little research and there was more to unwrap than I expected. First the obvious: subject garnered enormous international coverage because of his untimely passing. Coverage includes ESPN, CNN, the Washington Post, Major League Baseball, People magazine, CBS Sports, Fox News, Sports Illustrated, and obviously tons of coverage in New Zealand and elsewhere. So in a strict reading of , which says ''"Some active minor league players receive some coverage from reliable sources, but not enough to satisfy the notability criteria for an independent article.,"'' subject more than satisfies the notability criteria. On the other hand, one could also reasonably argue that notability comes from the single event of his untimely passing, in which case  becomes a legit concern. As does . Again, the question being: is the subject only newsworthy/notable because he died so young? In fact, actually no. The subject had a notable minor league career, as shown https://www.milb.com/milb/news/minnesota-twins-prospect-ryan-costello-found-dead-in-new-zealand/c-311899574 here and https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa3004071&position=1B/3B here and several other reliable sources. So a BLP actually could have been written even before his passing. So, it's not like he was just some poor kid who was a nobody until he died too young. AND he was scheduled to make his pro debut with that league just 2 days before he died! That, of course, would have ''automatically'' given him notability under NBASE. So while this one was tough, because subject received such widespread coverage in his passing - and had notability prior - I believe this BLP should remain. At minimum, per NBASE, we'd need to include subject in a ''"short, stub-length bio as a section within the article on the franchise's minor league players."'' But Keep seems like the right answer. It also happens to be a well-written & extremely well-sourced BLP. Better than many we've narrowly voted to Keep. So with the enormous coverage, prior earned notability and everything else considered, I just don't see that a Delete vote is appropriate here
— User:X4n6, 12:11, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NBASE||WP:NOTNEWS||WP:RECENT (Wikipedia:Notability)