Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Beckley

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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 delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:57, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Beckley

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Not in "fully professional league" per WP:BIO. Truest blue 16:50, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep I know this is not part of the notability guideline, but I interpret the "minor league exclusion" as a hedge against every editor creating an article about their best friend who plays ball for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. I make an exception for someone who played 100 years ago, where a baseball card is extant. This is valuable information, not cruft. I see no reason to delete it arbitrarily. Shalom Hello 17:37, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete The *only* information about this minor league player in the article is "He and his 1909 baseball card are sometimes confused with Jake Beckley." There's no source, and no explanation of why this information is significant even if true. NawlinWiki 17:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete other than a baseball card, I cant find many more sources on him. Nothing about his stats or anything. I think this page might've been created just to increase the value of this card. Corpx 19:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as nn. As a note, the Library of Congress collects baseball cards, which is where the article image comes from. MSJapan 21:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Truest.--JForget 22:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:24, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
  • KEEP for crying out loud. This baseball card has great value. Corpx, please stop your paranoid thought process. I created this article not to increase the value of the card, but because the card already has value. Kingturtle 23:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC) P.S. Anything held in the U.S. Library of Congress is notable.
How about providing some sources that confirm this cards great value. --Daniel J. Leivick 00:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Unless information is provided asserting this particular players relevance I think the article should go. As far as I can tell we cannot properly source a biography on this person. The Library of Congress may have a copy of this baseball card as part of a notable collection, but that doesn't make every player automatically notable. --Daniel J. Leivick 00:39, 17 July 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.