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The result was no consensus. NW (Talk) 01:45, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of oldest Baseball Hall of Fame members[edit]

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No reason to have as a separate list. If this information is so crucial just add an age field to List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The solution proposed in the nom would not work, because this is a list of living Hall of Fame members, while List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame doesn't distinguish between dead and living Hall of Famers. So I am not sure I see much of a reason to delete. Perhaps rename as List of oldest living Baseball Hall of Fame members so as to be clearer that does not cover, for example, someone who died in 1988 at age 100. Rlendog (talk) 02:27, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could do simple age to include the dead ones, or just "Current age" and have n/a for the dead ones. Staxringold _talk^contribs 02:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That could work. Rlendog (talk) 22:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 01:34, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and revise remaining list if anyone needs the information. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:38, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - It is the very intersection of information that makes an online encyclopedia so much more useful than a printed one. Otherwise, why would we even have wikilinks? We have articles regarding human longevity because it's notable, and of course each individual is inherently notable. If there is a paucity of sources, we should address that issue by fixing the article, not deleting it. I would also bring to people's attention the similarly nominated List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives. I have no objection to an appropriate rename of both lists. Frank | talk 12:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per WP:GNG, fails Significant Coverage test (there must exist sources which address the subject 'who are the oldest living baseball hall of fame members' directly in detail). KarlFrei (talk)
There is no such "test"; please see my more detailed comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives. Frank | talk 13:20, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, the topic of oldest living Baseball Hall of Fame members needs to be shown (by secondary sources) to be notable. Abductive (reasoning) 00:31, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Here's an archive search, and here are some of those hits. Here are more, with titles: Edd Roush, Oldest Living Member of Baseball Hall of Fame, Dies at 94, Lopez was oldest living Hall of Fame member, Oldest living ex-major leaguer has stories to tell, Oldest living major leaguer nears 100th birthday (1 Oct 2009), Feller not injured in parking lot car crash: Bob Feller, who at 88 is the fourth-oldest living member of baseball's Hall of Fame, was unhurt in a minor car accident..., Trouble ahead for Hall of Fame?: Butler was the oldest living former major leaguer and..., Veterans elect '40s star Gordon to Hall: Feller, 90, is the second-oldest living Hall of Fame player and... I could go on; the list is virtually endless. Frank | talk 00:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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