Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eisenhower baseball controversy


 * 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 speedy keep per WP:SK. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete votes. (non-admin closure) • Gene93k (talk) 00:09, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Eisenhower baseball controversy

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While a fascinating read, this article does not seem to stand up to actual scrutiny. I'm not sure if it's either a well-written hoax or self-published original research, but this does not seem to be an actual notable controversy. The sources cited here are simply the facts and statistics from which the OR was cobbled together, and my attempts to find other sources just brought up blogs or forums which seemed to base all information only on this Wikipedia page. The original author seems to have stopped editing, otherwise perhaps he or she could clear some of this up. Yaksar (let's chat) 21:59, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * For those, like me, who attempt to find better sources but aren't sure if they're not simply based off of the OR in this article, have a look at the publishing dates and the choice of what information is written.--Yaksar (let's chat) 22:08, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oof, wait, maybe I spoke to soon, may have found something. Regardless, the article will need a complete renovation considering it is all just OR, but the story may not actually be baseless, and it looks like I may be retracting this AfD. I'm looking into it.--Yaksar (let's chat) 22:13, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Update I sound like I'm talking to myself like a crazy person. But it does seem that there are reliable sources that mention, some just in passing, that Eisenhower played in the minor leagues. However, the "controversy" may be what was OR and not notable enough for its own page. There's a Chicago Tribune article that discusses the controversy, but we'd need another reliable source basing it off more than just the wikipedia entry to decide if the topic was worth an article of its own.--Yaksar (let's chat) 22:19, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * keep -- Sorry everyone, I'd like to retract this AfD. While the article is poorly done and only uses OR as sources, there does seem to be enough information available from reliable sources to keep this. It may work better not as a standalone article, but I'll see how it turns out. Sorry for the trouble.--Yaksar (let's chat) 22:23, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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