Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Cross (baseball)

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The result was Snowball keep, withdrawn by nominator. User:Kiteinthewind accidentally used the MFD template when closing this discussion, which was causing this entry to persist in the open AfDs log. I've preserved his original comment below. A Train^talk 21:16, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The result of the discussion was: Snowball Keep. Non-admin close by nominator, who has decided to withdraw the deletion nomination. Kiteinthewind Leave a message! 05:01, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Frank Cross (baseball)[edit]

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I believe the subject does not meet a notability threshold. He played one game over a century ago for the Cleveland Indians. I don't think that means much, in the grand scheme of things. Kiteinthewind ^{Leave a message!} 21:21, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:43, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Presumed notable per WP:NBASE for that one game of MLB. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:47, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment- the MLB did not exist back in the time this guy played, so we can't say that was an MLB game. Kiteinthewind ^{Leave a message!} 22:58, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - MLB traces it's existence back to the formation of the National League in 1876. Spanneraol (talk) 00:16, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as he appears to meet the WP:NBASE requirements. Ejgreen77 (talk) 23:30, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NBASE and precedence towards keeping these turn of the century players whose primary sourcing is not readily available on the internet. Spanneraol (talk) 00:16, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It was the briefest cup of coffee possible, but it satisfies WP:BASEBALL/N. Alansohn (talk) 02:49, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.