Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed McLane


 * 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 keep. John254 00:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Ed McLane

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The guy played in 1 game in 1907 -- does that qualify as notable? ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Not notable.  George D. Watson  (Dendodge). Talk Help 17:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable baseball player. Ðysepsion † Speak your mind 17:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep: Major league baseball players have always been considered notable on Wikipedia no matter how short their careers. Kinston eagle (talk) 17:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Professional athletes are notable per WP:BIO and Major league baseball players are notable if they appeared in at least one game per WP:BASEBALL notability guidelines. Spanneraol (talk) 17:46, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep: Played in the majors. But, I'm seeing more and more one-game articles popping up lately.  Why can't "we" first create articles for people who had real careers?  There are plenty of Hall of Famers whose articles are barely past stub status - why not expand those first?  —Wknight94 (talk) 17:51, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep he's notable per current guidelines, as was discussed in a recent AfD. It's hard to delete based on a guideline change in the future. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 17:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable per current guidelines at WP:BIO. Redfarmer (talk) 18:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, annoyedly. Hopefully someday the one-game-is-all-it-takes guideline will go away, but until then we're stuck with it. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, not annoyedly at all. A major league player is a major league player, regardless of the length of his career. I went ahead and added a source to the article, expanding it a (little) bit. I don't have time right now to do more, but even one-game stubs CAN be expanded, if you're willing to put in the work. Remember: just because you yourself may not want to do something doesn't mean that it's impossible for anyone, anywhere to do it. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 19:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. WP:BIO says "Competitors and coaches who have competed in a fully professional league" are notable. Athletes today who have played in only one MLB game still get quite a bit of press, so it's reasonable to assume that in past years, when newspapers had much larger sports sections, the same would hold true and that plenty of coverage will be found when someone takes the time to go to the newspaper archive. (Which is why WP:BIO says what it says.) --Fabrictramp (talk) 19:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - played in major league baseball, therefore meets notability. matt91486 (talk) 21:18, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - satisfies notability criteria in WP:BIO. I've added another paragraph on his major league game. BRMo (talk) 00:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - yes, it does. --Canley (talk) 01:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - current WP criteria says keep. Duffbeerforme (talk) 10:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - meets, WP:BIO and WP:BASEBALL notability criteria. --Borgardetalk 12:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BIO among others. It's also an example of where Wikipedia shines the best in turning the spotlight on unique topics. 23skidoo (talk) 15:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. He played in the majors -- why in the world would you delete this?Jgebis (talk) 16:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  -- Caknuck (talk) 00:38, 1 March 2008 (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.