Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Baseball Channel

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 09:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Baseball Channel

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Crystal ball, same reason Baseball Channel was deleted Milchama 18:27, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - This appears to be nearly a done deal, and to be generating a bit of controversy. See this commentary from the S.F. Chronicle. It may be worth holding off on this deletion. -- BPMullins | Talk 19:31, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• Follow-up Comment - There is still no official announcement. MLB previously announced plans for a network in 04, but then abandoned them for a proposed network with Fox, before this DirecTV discussion begun. The NBA and Time Warner announced a joint sports network in 2002, but that didn't materialize either. I feel that there needs to be more concrete info outside of the DirecTV deal before this proposed, yet-unnamed channel should have its own article. Milchama 20:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baseball Channel. At present this is speculation. If officially announced, the article should be written and appropriate references added. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 20:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
• Relisted for better consensus. Milchama 15:53, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• It looks like this is now a reality. Deleting it is premature, I think. -- BPMullins | Talk 18:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC
  • I wrote the original story, and the reason I started the page was that in the article mentioned in the link, Larry Stewart mentioned it as if it were fact. As far as I know, neither Stewart nor anyone else at the Los Angeles Times has retracted that part of the story. Even if Stewart is wrong, and MLB has still not announced The Baseball Channel, please give me permission to repost the page, as is, when MLB does announce it. - Desmond Hobson 22:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete "Baseball Channel to be offered as part of the carrier's basic package, that channel to be launched beginning in 2009." which means it's not there yet and there's not enough information to justify the article at this time. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 23:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per the source stating "to be launched in 2009". So, it'll remain a stub for 1-2 years ... OK. -- Black Falcon 17:56, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, 2009? A lot can change between now and then. WP:NOT a crystal ball. Mangojuice^talk 04:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

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.