Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Southworth (baseball, born 1917)


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The result was Keep. czar ⨹   00:22, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Billy Southworth (baseball, born 1917)

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Standard minor league baseball player, so he fails WP:BASE/N. Article references are sparse. His death was untimely and tragic, but I'm not sure he merits an article. I'm not an expert on military decorations, so the honors he won in that regard may be his saving grace here. Alex (talk) 06:56, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep. There is actually a reasonable amount written about him, e.g. this New York Times article, 7-8 pages in this book, some pages in another book. He definitely doesn't satisfy WP:SOLDIER or WP:BASEBALL/N, but may squeak by via WP:GNG. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:45, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Merge and redirect to the article on his dad, Billy Southworth. The information on him can be added to a "family" section in that article like has been done with other second generation ballplayers. Spanneraol (talk) 04:12, 30 November 2014 (UTC) Change to keep based on Rlendog's sources below. Spanneraol (talk) 23:20, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Although he died half a century before the internet, I am finding a good deal of coverage. Besides the article referenced in "External Links" there is a New York Times article about him and his father, another full article about him. several articles covering his death including this, a brief article here which also notes he won a minor league MVP award, and a brief mention here which nonetheless reports on a particualr distinction he apparently had of being the first player in organized baseball to enlist.  With Carity's book references, he easily passes GNG. Rlendog (talk) 22:38, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
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