Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Leonard (baseball)


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The result was   keep. (former-admin close) Secret account 22:54, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Frank Leonard (baseball)

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I just tried to PROD this without having seen that Alex just objected to a PROD a few days ago. My bad. He's still not notable. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:24, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep Per my DEPROD reasoning: I think a guy who managed for that long is notable enough...Sources will be tough to find as his name is so common and he is so old. Alex (talk) 00:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Appears to have been a significant figure.  See for example this book], a history of the New England League that has an extensive discussion of Leonard as a significant figure in that league's history.  See also this article from 1904 on his role in promoting baseball in Cuba.  Also, this article discusses his role in connection with forming the Lynn team in New England League.  And this one about his efforts to bring a professional baseball team to Augusta, Georgia.  A search of the "Sporting Life" archives shows dozens of other articles about him.  He appears to have been a significant mover and shaker in baseball in the 1890s and 1900s. Cbl62 (talk) 04:11, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep per CB162. Spanneraol (talk) 14:35, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Nomination withdrawn per sourcing, WP:SNOW, and to clear out the backlog of current deletion nominations. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:13, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Again, this did not need to be nominated for deletion, violated no guidelines, and the person is notable. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 19:32, 20 October 2011 (UTC)


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