Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. Smith (baseball)


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of 19th-century Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

D. Smith (baseball)

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I wasn't sure how/where to propose this. It shouldn't be deleted but probably made into a redirect to the List of 19th-century Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names. Until recently, this player was misidentified as "Tom Smith," hence his having a standalone article and not being on the aforementioned list from the get-go. But now that he's been reidentified, the baseball historical authorities have removed all of his misattributed biographical data. This player is different from all of the other players on that list, however, because we have the initial of his first name. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 14:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Lists of people,  and Baseball. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 14:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: 13 games with one RBI, hardly even worth having an article about the unknown Smith. I don't even see the value in a redirect. Oaktree b (talk) 14:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Almost every player on the list I mentioned is a redirect to that list. I can't see a reason why he shouldn't get a redirect. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 17:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of 19th-century Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names per nom. Not notable for a standalone article due to lack of SIGCOV.  Frank   Anchor  15:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:32, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  18:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the relevant list, as that is what is done with similar cases, and redirects are WP:CHEAP. As an aside, there are brief bios about this player in The Rank and File by David Nemec and Players and Teams of the National Association by Paul Batesel, but it would be tough to argue that they provide SIGCOV, and in any case, some of the information they provide is now known to be incorrect. Hatman31 (talk) 19:11, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of 19th-century Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names: Not enough WP:SIGCOV from reliable sources to meet the WP:GNG. Let&#39;srun (talk) 11:40, 19 March 2024 (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.