Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clients of Scott Boras

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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 Can't get past original research and what wikipedia is not. I'll delete this. . Mercury 22:51, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clients of Scott Boras

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Proposed for deletion as: list is entirely unsourced, largely unsourceable, and as such unreliable. that makes its already doubtful encyclopedic value even more doubtful. Was deleted but contested with rationale: "Scott Boras is an influential and controversial baseball agent, and it's reasonable to want a compiled list of the players he represents, especially since his company does not release this information."

IMO, if "his company does not release this information", this article is a complete load of original research and should stay deleted, so here we are. Resurgent insurgent 01:48, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Article made up by large load of WP:OR. Violates WP:DIRECTORY Chris! ct 02:27, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Individual "big deals" are certainly sourceable. However, the rump of this article is definitely OR. Nobody argues with the notion that Boras is "influential" etc., but the fact of representation, if sourced, can be reflected in the individual player's article, and the notable deals should be reflected in the Boras article. However, his representation of random shmoes is irrelevant. Hence, this list needs to go. Arbeit Sockenpuppe 15:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Agree it is, at base, WP:OR and violates WP:DIRECTORY. Pigman 16:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - looks like OR to me. I'm not sure it'd be a worthwhile list even if it *was* sourced, to be honest. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Obvious Merge into Scott Boras, though I'm sure these names are already in there ; the man would be nobody without A-Rod and his other famous clients. Then delete this ego piece Mandsford 23:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge Per mandsford. This is interesting stuff iom Tiptopper 01:50, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into Scott Boras. --Brewcrewer 16:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete No way to prove most of these guys were clients of Boras. Any relevant info should be merged into his page. Spanneraol 01:53, 3 November 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.