Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. B. Cox


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The result was   keep. Snowballs have a better chance. The Bushranger One ping only 02:32, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

J. B. Cox

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Non-notable baseball player. Fails WP:BASE/N, WP:ATH and WP:GNG. Being on the Olympic qualify roster is not enough to merit notability. Per WP:ATH: "have participated in a major international amateur or professional competition at the highest level such as the Olympics." Alex (talk) 21:11, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per WP:ATH and WP:GNG. Cox was one of the highest rated prospects for the most well known baseball team in the world and multiple sources describe his career in detail. He was not only named to the squad, but pitched in 3 games at the highest international level. This is the type of bad faith AFD which has everyone angry at you, Alex. Are you trying to prove some sort of WP:POINT?--TM 21:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * What is it with everyone claiming I am trying to make a point? I am trying to get rid of non-notable Wikipedia articles. It's that simple. And if people are really getting "angry," then I will pass my suggestion along to all of you that I have passed along to another Wikipedia member: (short version) "Chill." It really is quite comical watching people get so worked up. I'm not intending for you guys to get mad, but you are letting yourselves get that way. I am doing my best to improve Wikipedia, but I don't know if the same can be said about my fellow editors.
 * If you want to "improve Wikipedia," why don't you spend more time finding sources for the pages you create rather than wasting so much time with these PRODs and AfDs. The "keep" rate among AfDs lately has been about 95%. Why are we wasting all these hours just to get an occasional page deleted? Also, please stop acting like a petulant child by bringing every one of your failed PRODs to AfD ten seconds later. Your batting average on these is about .050, so what's the point? — NY-13021 (talk) 22:38, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I second that.. you improve wikipedia by writing articles and improving existing articles rather than trying to get rid of other articles. Spanneraol (talk) 23:06, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Would you care to point out, citing the exact phrases and words, how he meets WP:ATH? According to Sports-Reference.com/Olympics, Cox never participated in them. Alex (talk) 21:33, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * "Cox just returned from being a member of Team USA at the COPABE Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Cuba. He helped the U.S. to a 1st Place finish and an automatic berth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Cox appeared in three games for Team USA and allowed one run in 5.2 IP with 1 BB and 6 K'" which is already on the article. I think WP:BEFORE applies here. If he was named to an Olympic team, it would make sense that he actually appeared.--TM 21:38, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Oh, now Alex is worried about the "exact phrases and words" of Wiki guidelines? If it's not too much trouble, maybe Alex could use this opportunity to explain how that scout who won "Midwest Scout of the Year" was notable while seeing the guy in the Scouts Hall of Fame as not notable? Alex never did get around to answering that simple question. — NY-13021 (talk) 23:00, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep due to his play with the U.S. National team. Spanneraol (talk) 22:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per user "TM" above. — NY-13021 (talk) 22:38, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep passes GNG and ATH, POINTy nom. Refer to RfC/U for more details. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  01:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep per WP:ATH and WP:GNG. Again No guidelines are violated, why was this even considered for deletion? – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 02:23, 22 October 2011 (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.