Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sidney Kohlsachs


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The result was Speedy delete. Hoax. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  01:24, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Sidney Kohlsachs

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Appears to be fake, or at least his accomplishments grossly exaggerated. According to baseball-reference.com nobody named Sidney Kohlsachs has played Major League Baseball. All citations in the article, either don't work or just link to the site's homepage with no mention of Mr. Kohlsachs.Canuck85 (talk) 01:36, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:10, 7 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete  A google search turns up several mentions of his involvement in the Siege of Bastogne and many of them mention him being a former baseball player.. but the details are confused as one search says he played in one game and another says he played in two. Can't find any mention of him in baseball stats sites so its possible that he played instead for a Reds farm team though i cant verify that either. Without a better source i'm gonna have to side with deletion. Spanneraol (talk) 02:25, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:03, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete At current sourcing level. It might be possible sources exist under a different name/spelling - however I haven't been able to find any, and most refs here are dead or of little use. I'll note that story described doesn't really add up - Attack on Pearl Harbor was in December 1941. Kohlsachs supposedly played in Sep 1940 - and then left to enlist in the army to fight in WWII - however the army only really began enlisting (and particularly up and coming baseball players) in Dec 1941 - a whole season+ away..... This inconsistency seems to increase the probability of a hoax.Icewhiz (talk) 14:49, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Icewhiz, this story doesn't add up. I checked Retrosheet for every Reds box score for Sep. 21 from 1940 to 1946 (just in case maybe his debut was really in 1941 or 1942 and the 1940 was just a typo, and of course his 2nd game should have bee Sep. 21 1945 or 1946), and there is no "Kohlsachs" in any of them.  And he would have been 16 years old in 1940.  Maybe there was really a soldier by  this name who played baseball at some (semi pro?) level, as mentioned in the Anthony McAuliffe article.  But even if that was the case, that doesn't warrant a separate article on Kohlsachs. Rlendog (talk) 16:12, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax. No entry for this name on BBRef, image appears to be a hijacked image of Reds' pitcher Bucky Walters .  caknuck °  needs to be running more often  21:08, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I've nominated the pic for deletion on Commons.  caknuck °  needs to be running more often  21:15, 7 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete As hoax. None of the references check out, and the image is of another player.  Hawkeye7   (talk)  22:39, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, based on the evidence presented it seems pretty clear that this is a blatant hoax. I'm attempting to have it speedy deleted on that basis. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:31, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


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