Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeffrey Maier

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The result was: consensus for keep. Persistent coverage after the event [1], per wp:blp1e. Non-admin closure. ^walk victor falk ^talk 01:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Jeffrey Maier

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Jeffrey Maier is not really anymore notable than anyone else who interferes with a ball. The story is an interesting one and appropriately belongs in articles about that playoff series and perhaps articles about MLB Instant Reply Lrusso99 (talk) 02:54, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

• Redirect to 1996 American League Championship Series. Classic BLP1E as it stands now. Blueboy96 04:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Maier has been the subject of multiple articles about him both at the time and since. Not possible to insert information about Maier's later life, his work for ESPN and tryouts for major league in an article about the '96 ALCS. And notability does not expire with time.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:34, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:34, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
• Redirect Incident section should be in 1996 American League Championship Series, what he has done since is not notable. If not for his 1E, we wouldn't care about his attempts to play professionally or his other work. --Muboshgu (talk) 20:17, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
• Rename and rewrite as needed to be more in line with the also-infamous Steve Bartman incident. The persons are not notable as such, just the action and its fallout. In fact, Bartman technically didn't even interfere with the ball. Maier did. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
• Keep WP:BLP1E says, "The significance of an event or individual is indicated by how persistent the coverage is in reliable sources." I believe Maier qualifies on that basis. Ma^t_chups 03:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
• Keep - Although I suspect that "we wouldn't care about his attempts to play professionally or his other work" if not for his 1996 event, the fact is that sources continually do care about and write about his activities, regardless of the reason. Rlendog (talk) 00:59, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
• Keep - Because the New York Times has many alumni from Wesleyan University Jeffrey Maier has continued to be exposed to a national audience well past the 1996 indicent. So to whatever O's fan called for this deletion take your passive-aggressive chip off your shoulder and go home. You lost, deal with it.Sturmovik (talk) 17:02, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
  • That's really not constructive. I'm a Yankee fan and I'm calling this BLP1E. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:55, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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