Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Niekro brothers


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The result was delete. Wizardman 18:14, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Niekro brothers

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There is an article on each Niekro brother. Not needed. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 01:28, 25 October 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Change into a disambiguation page, perhaps? - Mike Rosoft (talk) 05:52, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I would argue this is already a disambiguiation page, by nature. KEEP, but adjust as needed. Thmazing (talk) 03:08, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are lots of sports siblings, e.g. Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio, Maurice and Henri Richard, Serena and Venus Williams, etc. Until you get up to about six, it's not worth an article, especially one this short. A disambiguation is a bad idea, since there is only one set of brothers; however, I did create a Niekro surname page. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:09, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Then we can just redirect the page to Niekro. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 05:42, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not really. The Niekro brothers are specific people and not random Niekros. It makes sense to have them connected. It seems to me that the way to think of this page is, rather, a subdisambig. Since they are talked about so frequently together, I think that is justified. Thmazing (talk) 03:08, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Let's muddy the waters some more. There's Category:Sibling duos, including the Williams sisters (though they did play doubles together). Clarityfiend (talk) 11:21, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:47, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. North America1000 01:47, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
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FWIW, the reason I started this article is because I read about the Niekro brothers in two separate books and wasn't sure which Niekros were being discussed. I figured it out and made this itty article to help future folks in my position. That's its genesis. Thmazing (talk) 03:34, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh. And here: Knuckleball! Thmazing (talk) 03:35, 1 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment. I'm wondering if it might not be better to rename Niekro -> Niekro family and merge and redirect there. There's nothing much more to say (except about them almost playing together on the same team), unlike the other sibling duos. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete They have their own articles. A disambiguation page isn't needed. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Aren't all disambigs just lists of things that already have their own articles? Thmazing (talk) 04:03, 5 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete – and do not make it a redirect or disambiguation. Simply delete. Senator2029 “Talk” 19:58, 6 November 2015 (UTC)


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