Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big three (Oakland A's Pitchers)

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.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  20:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Big three (Oakland A's Pitchers)

Insufficiently unique nomenclature and insufficient historical significance even just in the baseball circles. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 05:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete — Three people left my school this year who'd been there more than 100 years and joked as being called the Big Three - I don't see an article for them on WP. Not really notable enough on its own, but could be merged into the names of the respective members of the "big 3". Martinp23 09:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - info belongs at individuals' articles, and possibly the team article. JPD (talk) 10:40, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - per nomination Carax 14:30, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Worth a mention in the pitchers' and team's articles, but the term wasn't used widely enough and, frankly, the pitchers weren't so successful that there's historical significance. SliceNYC 15:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I created the article and thought I should explain my thoughts. In the Bay Area at least, the term seemed widely used enough. I heard it often enough on the news, in the paper, and on espn that it stuck with me. Also, I can't think of any other dominant groupings of MLB players in this decade. Kwondoleeza
• Delete Information is legitimate, but it doesn't really deserve its own article. An (unlinked) mention on the Big three disambiguation page is probably good enough. Zagalejo 21:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Even within Baseball circle the reference doesn't have notability to go beyond this current decade, namely because the lack of any lasting legacy. Only Zito won a Cy Young and the Big 3 never even got the A's to the World Series. Agne 07:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The Big Three is a part of the A's history and it deserves an article, just like The Killer B's for the Astros. I don't see any reason to delete this article. However, it should be expanded to describe their performances, statistics and effect on the team's success. Canjth 21:19 18 August 2006

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.