Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Adams (baseball)

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 of the debate was keep. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 06:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Adams (baseball)

Stub for player who only played in one game in 1902 [1] One line stub with no potantial of expanding Delete Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 03:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

You don't really need that purdy text there, y'know. We have some rather clever people closing discussions these days (alas, you're stuck with me), and they can tell what you want without the purdy text, which, as we all know, contributes to the misconception that AfD is a vote, encourages poor nominations, and turns wives against husbands. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 06:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Reyk _YO! 07:32, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Guys who played one game need to be pretty special to deserve an article. -- GWO
• Delete Little potential for expansion. It appears the fella's nickname was "wagon tongue" but all other information was hard to come by. Few sources due to lack of notability and time since final appearance. Should be included in a "cup of coffee" or "one game players" list, perhaps, but doesn't warrant its own page, in my opinion. Davemcarlson 08:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, doesn't assert notability, too little information to be useful. JIP | Talk 09:48, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. If this guy was a 2006 rookie on a roster, or even possibly a AAA player right now, he'd have an article, possibly before he played. Don't be prejudicial, he meets WP:BIO and the only reason this is being considered is because his game was 106 years ago. --badlydrawnjeff

Acually I would AFD any article of players who only played in one major league game and has no other claim of notablity, doesn't meet WP:BIO exatly Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 20:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

And I'd vote keep on them. Especially Red Sox players. d;-) --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 20:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Ever heard of Moonlight Graham? Same deal. - TheActuary (WP:MEMES?) 11:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Really? Which highly successful book and movie feature Joe Adams as a character? PS: Observant viewers will note I linked to Moonlight Graham above. -- GWO
• Delete per nom. --cholmes75 15:05, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per badlydrawnjeff's comments. Amazinglarry 19:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per the comments by badlydrawnjeff. Yamaguchi先生 22:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I created the article after creating an all-time roster page for the St. Louis Cardinals. Not surprisingly, many of the links pointed to the wrong people, so I started going through and fixing that by creating stubs for such players. The plan was to eventually go back through and upgrade those stubs, but even so, I can't see why the stub should be deleted. It's not harming anyone by sitting there. That said, the idea of creating a one game players or small service time players list seems reasonable. But again, there seems to be no reason to delete- it's not as if we need the space or the page available for something more notable or more useful. --Sharur 23:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep --Terence Ong 04:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep He must have been at least somewhat notable in his day, as someone actually bothered to record his nickname. It's difficult to find much info about these old-timey athletes using the Internet, but you could probably find something if you looked through some newspaper archives. Thethethe 05:20, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per the comments by badlydrawnjeff, since non-notable is non-notable, whether today or 100 years ago. --Calton | Talk 12:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Uh, he is notable, that's the point. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 13:14, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
  • No, he would be notable today. Just making a major-league roster is a noteworthy accomplishment, which is why someone like Adam Greenberg, who hasn't even had an official at-bat, has an article. Joe Adams has accomplished the same thing, but since he played in 1902, we don't have as much readily-available information about him. Thethethe 18:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete without prejudice. Can be smerged to an appropriate list if desired, but having a substub isn't particularly useful. Stifle (talk) 23:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I expanded the article a little bit. It's still not much, but it's a start. Thethethe 01:05, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This guy was a pro baseball player. That is a wonderful achievement. I want to thank the editors who are trying to complete our professional athlete coverage. In the future, I hope we have articles on everyone who ever picked up a glove or a bat or whatever. -- JJay 23:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
  • As someone who has picked up a glove (and bat, although not at the same time) many times, I hope you're referring to pro athletes. The thought of a Wikipedia article about myself distinctly lacks appeal ... fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 06:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - notable professional athlete. -- No Guru 19:28, 24 May 2006 (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.