Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Article improvement drive/Removed

This page contains nominations from the main Baseball Collaboration of the Week page which have been removed because they were unable to receive a certain pre-decided number of votes.

Failed Nominations

Nolan Ryan

Nominated September 4, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by September 25, 2006

Reason

All-Time great pitcher Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 02:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 02:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Michael Greiner 03:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
oco 18:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
--Nishkid64 00:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The article has a very thorough introduction, and Nolan Ryan is undoubtedly one of the greatest pitchers in MLB history. oco 18:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- That's my problem actually. It's already pretty thorough and doesn't seem to need much help. As opposed to Cy Young who holds several unbreakable records but has a very small article. —Wknight94 (talk) 19:04, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Like wknight94 said, Nolan Ryan's article is pretty short for someone who has posted some of the best stats in all of baseball history. --Nishkid64 00:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Stieb

Nominated September 4, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by September 25, 2006

Reason

Greatest pitcher ever for the Blue Jays. Doesn't really say a lot.

Support

Kingjeff 02:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 00:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yankees76 13:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
--Nishkid64 14:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Better than Halladay and Clemens?
- Clemens was only with the Jays for 2 seasons and Halladay's Jays career isn't over yet. Kingjeff 14:18, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - 2 Cy Young seasons (2 pitching triple crowns on 2 bad Blue Jays teams) plus 1 for Halladay. Stieb's a better pitcher than he was given credit for though - a better page on Wikipedia is needed for Sir David. Yankees76 15:04, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cy Young

Nominated September 5, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by September 26, 2006

Reason

The most unbreakable record in baseball. The namesake of the highest pitching award there is. Article has less detail than most contemporary average pitchers. —Wknight94 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support

—Wknight94 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Deville (Talk) 00:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
mellery 00:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Steve Garvey

Nominated September 5, 2006; needs at least 9 votes by September 26, 2006

Reason

Great player that kinda fizzled. Had some peculiar life events but they completely dominate the current article. —Wknight94 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support

—Wknight94 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 20:13, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
PoliticalJunkie 23:35, 5 September 2006(UTC)
Kingjeff 14:36, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yankees76 15:26, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
--Nishkid64 00:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

A phenomenal player in his own respect. Deserves a better article. --Nishkid64 00:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Players League

Nominated September 5, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by September 26, 2006

Reason

Fascinating bit of ancient history that helped shape the early baseball landscape. —Wknight94 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support

—Wknight94 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
--Vidor 04:30, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
-- dakern74 (talk) 18:21, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Jag164 13:17, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ςפקι Д Иτς ☺ ☻ 03:46, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

When I first saw the article, I was suprised. ςפקι Д Иτς ☺ ☻ 03:46, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Catfish Hunter

Nominated September 8, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by September 29, 2006

Reason

One of the greatest pitchers of all-time. Article is way too short. --Nishkid64 00:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support

--Nishkid64 00:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
—Wknight94 (talk) 01:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
PoliticalJunkie 20:25, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

This article really needs major expansion. He's a HoFer and is considered one of the best pitchers of all time. For crying out loud, he was so good that he skipped the minor leagues! --Nishkid64 00:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Omar Minaya

Nominated September 10, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by September 31, 2006

Reason This page needs to be completely re-written to fix up NPOV issues and style issues.

Support

--Nishkid64 18:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
—Wknight94 (talk) 21:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Kingjeff 03:00, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Benje309 22:30, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

St. Louis Cardinals

Nominated November 1, 2006; needs at least 3 votes by November 15, 2006

Reason Good as time as any to get this featured. Most WS titles by an NL team.

Support

Holderca1 20:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The article does not cite its references.

Baseball

Nominated February 28, 2007; needs at least 3 votes by March 14, 2007

Reason If any article should be focused on first, it should be the one actually defining the game. This was a FA a long time ago, lets make it one again.

Support

Timpcrk87 14:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think it is close and with some dedicated work we can make it the best.
Football (soccer) and Cricket are FAs, we can look to them for guidance on articles describing a sport.