Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Boardman

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The result was Snow Keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 18:44, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Boardman[edit]

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Non-notable individual who fails WP:GNG. Alex (talk) 01:23, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, was not aware of rule Delete per nom —Мандичка^YO 😜 01:36, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. lavender|^{(formerly HMSSolent)}|lambast 02:23, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Passes WP:BASE/N by playing in the National Association Penale52 (talk) 02:50, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As noted by Penale52, he passes WP:BASE/N as he played at least one game in Major League Baseball. Sources are hard to find for 1874, but the SNG creates a presumption of notability that should not be rebutted absent compelling evidence that hard copy newspapers of the era have been searched with no significant coverage having been found. I did find some treatment of Boardman in the 19th century baseball omnibus by the noted baseball historian David Nemec, and have included some of that in the article. Cbl62 (talk) 03:26, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment WP:GNG supersedes BASE/N, little to no evidence of this article passing GNG has been presented. One brief mention in one book isn't enough. Alex (talk) 03:38, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep if you follow other baseball AfDs, you will see that this is a POINTy nom. Alex is sarcastically imitating the 'GNG trumps BASE/N' philosophy that I have been applying to modern-day career minor leaguers. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 04:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Alex being Alex. Spanneraol (talk) 12:35, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep since he played in a notable major league.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:57, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - For all of the above reasons. The National Association was the highest professional baseball league a player could achieve from 1871-1875.Neonblak ^talk - 15:21, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Played in a major professional sports league. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 17:29, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Just for historical accuracy, many experts do not consider the National Association a major league. Many consider the dawn of "major league baseball" 1876, when the National League came about. Alex (talk) 18:06, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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