Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Lake


 * 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. tedder (talk) 03:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Joe Lake

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Subject article is not notable enough. -Vaarsivius (Talk to me.) 16:52, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. There is no AfD template on the article which is the subject of this AfD. ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  17:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete You're right, there isn't. The bot will probably sort it out. I can't see why each and every professional sportsman should be considered automatically notable when authors, actors and others have to fight for it. Joe DiMaggio, Freddie Truman and so on, yes. But why every Tom, Dick and Harry that's played for a few years without great notice, or even only played one game? This one lasted five years in the game, and lived another 37 years. Obviously (to me, anyway), with three clubs in five years and then quitting, he wasn't of great note even in his day. I expect to be jumped on by a horde of jocks and Yankees etc fanatics for saying this, but unless more can be said about him, like the tragic end to a flourishing career, or something like that, he just was a man doing a job. Peridon (talk) 17:25, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The template has been now fixed by Kinu. Thanks. Peridon (talk) 23:24, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep... "not notable enough"... to whom? The established consensus would be WP:ATHLETE, and per criterion 2, having played in MLB for five years, the subject appears to be appropriate for inclusion. As for the above editor's rationale to delete: an AfD isn't the appropriate forum to attempt to amend a consensus guideline. -- Kinu t /c  00:05, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: screwed up nomination, close this sucker, there's no question this will be kept.--Milowent • talkblp-r  05:48, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Kinu.--Arxiloxos (talk) 05:52, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Kinu. It's going to start snowing soon... ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  13:20, 27 October 2010 (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.