Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/50 home run club


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The result was   keep. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:44, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

50 home run club

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There is no such thing as a "50 home run club". This article provides no sources for such a moniker. As such, this article constitutes WP:OR. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:18, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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(ec)*Keep - There doesn't seem to be a dispute that 50 home runs in a season is a notable accomplishment, so this seems more a dispute over the title. There seems to be enough sources for use of a "50 home run club" title rather than a more awkward "List of Major League Baseball players who hit 50 home runs in a single season" to retain the title as well, but that seems to be an issue separate from keeping or deleting. Rlendog (talk) 14:56, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Re: "no such thing":, . The term "50 home run club" was clearly not made up in Wikipedia.  postdlf (talk) 04:49, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll rephrase: there is no notable usage of this term. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:02, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You've completely changed your rationale, so that's more than a rephrasing. You didn't appear to have looked outside of the article to conclude that the term was made up; what did you do to subsequently confirm that it's not notable?  And if it were retitled to something like "List of Major League Baseball players with at least fifty home runs in a single season", with a sentence on the term merely stating "Players who have achieved this are sometimes referred to collectively as the '50 Home Run Club'", would you still have an objection to it then?  postdlf (talk) 14:43, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Bleacher Report: "Jose Bautista Joins 50 Home Run Club, Baseball Digest: USING THE TERM IN 1987; Yardbarker: "The Elusive 50 Home Run Club"... Point is actually well taken that the term is more often used in conjunction with the number 500, but this is a commonly used and easily understandable phrase and concept. Fifty is a landmark for single season home runs in a way that 30 and 40 are not and this merits encyclopedic coverage. Carrite (talk) 14:07, 20 June 2011 (UTC) Last edit: Carrite (talk) 14:08, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Of course there's such a thing and, as the links above show, it's something people talk about all the time in baseball.  --Coemgenus (talk) 14:54, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep False claim in rationale. Widely known, notable group and term.  Agent Vodello OK, Let's Party, Darling! 16:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep same reason as others.--Yankees10 17:17, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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