Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/50 home runs and 50 doubles


 * 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. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:19, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

50 home runs and 50 doubles and 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles

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Okay, this one is a joke to me, so I'll give it its separate AfD. This page purports to describe a list based on an arbitrary statistical cutoff without establishing notability of that cutoff. Then, it turns out only one person has surpassed that threshold, so the article goes on to list the players who achieved a lower threshold (40 and 40), so not only is this page unsourced cruft, it's not even the cruft the title suggests it is. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:39, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  —– Muboshgu (talk) 14:40, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, need to bundle this second article because it's the same story: purports to describe one meaningless statistical cutoff based on two distinct statistics, finds in this case only two meet the cutoff, and then goes to list those who meet a lower, also nonnotable, threshold. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete both per nom. This is not really worth debating, a page that claims to be about one thing and ends up being about another is just not a good page for the encyclopedia.  CycloneGU (talk) 15:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - Trivia on parade; hit baseballreference.com or whatever and set up a couple filters... Voila! a Wikipedia article! Next, how about 40 home runs and 30 doubles and 50 walks??? Carrite (talk) 16:39, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Only if that list comprises of my favorite players and none of the ones I hate. :P – Muboshgu (talk) 16:51, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Arbitrary list that is pointy or confused. Szzuk (talk) 17:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete all Per WP:NOT, the article does not " contain sufficient explanatory text to put statistics within the article in their proper context for a general reader." Without such limitations, there are hundreds to thousands of lists that could be created that while factually correct, are not notable. Sources of the article on each club have not been found that discuss indepth the club as a whole and the significance of the feat, and need to go beyond trivial coverage of the milestone by an individual player or trivial mention of its members . This fails the "significant coverage" requirement of WP:GNG which requires "more than a trivial mention".  —Bagumba (talk) 20:03, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete both - The 50 doubles/home runs got adequate attention when Albert Belle did it that I suspect that when others accomplish it it will be notable. But as long as there is only one member, there is not much point.  And I never heard of the 50 doubles/stolen bases club until now. Rlendog (talk) 00:52, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe it is just something that gets attention whenever the media decide to discuss it. My guess is that someone read something about it and decided we needed an article about it.  CycloneGU (talk) 00:56, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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 * 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.