Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baseball Express

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete I had a look round the google and the first few pages appear to be connected to ads or not about the subject. I don't think separate notability for this company has been established. If anyone does have any specific sources that discuss the company please drop me a note on my talk page and we can revisit this. Spartaz ^Humbug! 21:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Baseball Express

The notability of this article is contested. New York Dreams (talk) 05:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Comment: Can somebody explain the history of this article? I'm no admin, so I can only guess from the logs. It looks like it was speedied twice and then this version was created with the AfD in place and here we are. Is this correct? CosmicPenguin (Talk) 05:42, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Question: Could you please explain what about the notability is being contested. VivioFateFan ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 05:46, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I posted this article yesterday but another editor (Jmlk13) deleted it. I restored the article with a {{hangon}} tag and someone posted a deletion notice but then the first user deleted it again. I restored it again with new details and opened this discussion to confirm whether this article needs improvement or if the article is suitable for instant deletion when the editor reviewing the article never heard of the company being described. New York Dreams (talk) 05:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up CosmicPenguin (Talk) 05:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what's up, but i added a speedy. It's basically an advertisement and does not indicate any significance or importance. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 06:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I stand corrected. The article states the company is notable for having its products given as prizes on a game show. It's well known that prizes on game shows are given away in exchange for promotional consideration (advertising). All that sentence tells us is that the company likes to advertise...just like this article on Wikipedia. Article should be Speedily Deleted and the user reprimanded for trying to post the article again after two prior speedies. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 06:26, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Delete Assuming this doesn't get speedied (and probably salted), I'm for a strong delete. This is just a baseball distributor with a small web presence. Notabilty isn't really conferred by Price Is Right, either - from what I can see here [1] the prize was a "Easton" Baseball Package, presumably a number of Easton (company) products that were either acquired from Baseball Express or provided for promotional consideration. Providing a good or service to a popular game show is not notable. This is similar to a travel agency that books the "fabulous 7 day trip to Australia" - the destination is notable, the functionary behind the scenes is not. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 06:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up, Cosmic. I am writing off this article and it looks like it will be deleted again. New York Dreams (talk) 06:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete As the original deleting admin, I endorse the deletion still. Jmlk17 07:15, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: previous deleted history restored (check edit summaries and log timestamps to see which versions were formerly deleted). No opinion on keepability. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 07:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep--I found sources. They do appear to be very notable. The Baseball Express in question is a baseball equipment vendor in Texas, and look at these results. I think this might be a strong keep. • Lawrence Cohen 20:21, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

While google does give a lot of hits, not all links refer to the vender. New York Dreams (talk) 02:10, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletions. -- Caknuck (talk) 21:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.