Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfred G. Wheelock

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The result was delete. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:20, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred G. Wheelock[edit]

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This article is replete with absurd claims of involvement in organised crime and unverified claims of inventing baseball equipment used around the world. Syek88 (talk) 11:30, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

delete He's not notable, and most claims in the article are unsubstantiated. Had he been significant in baseball, as an inventor, or in the criminal underworld, then a search of his name would reveal much more than basic info (birth, death, hometown, etc.) at genealogy sites. Psychotic Spartan 123 14:21, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

del. Unverifiable. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suspended tension backstop about his unverifiabel alleged invention. Staszek Lem (talk) 16:41, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The sources involved are things like find a gave, which are non reliable sources. In this case find a grave contains assertions from this persons grandson that he had connections with Capone. What we would need is indepdent, reliable sources asserting importance.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:12, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Notability not established. Seems like nothing but WP:CRUFT.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:20, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Boxing-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - not finding evidence of notability. Rlendog (talk) 13:36, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I can't find reliable sources.CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 02:40, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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