Talk:List of baseball bat manufacturers

Rationale for inclusion on the list
There are some rare circumstances where a list article might justifiably include a red link. as an extreme example, we have a list of Nobel laureates List_of_Nobel_laureates. While none of them are red links, that may have been a time in the past when one or more articles had not yet been written. At that time, we would argue that a Nobel Prize winner is certainly going to qualify as a notable individual, and their name should be on the list even before the article is written.

There may be other examples of list of people or organizations where being a member of the list almost certainly means that the individual or organization is notable, and it would make sense to include the name on the list, with the expectation that an article will be written in the foreseeable future.

That concept does not apply to manufacturers of baseball bats. With no disrespect to the fine people who might work at such an organization, it is not automatically notable. Therefore, entries on this list should be those for which an article has already been written.

For that reason, I've removed quite a number of entries where no article exists. S Philbrick (Talk)  01:24, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * 100% agree and will be cleaning up this article again. Wikipedia is not a billboard for non-notable companies to use to advertise their products.  TheTechnician27  (Talk page)  03:09, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Agree. The "references' for those redlinked companies were their own websites. I imagine I could turn a bat on a lathe and decree myself a company. David notMD (talk) 04:14, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * You could be the official bat provider for the annual Wikipedia vs. Britannica softball game.  TheTechnician27  (Talk page)  20:13, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Only if I can figure out how to maake a left-handed bat. David notMD (talk) 20:52, 21 January 2022 (UTC)