Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Eriotes

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The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jim Eriotes

Although this is an interesting feat, he appears to have no historical connection to the professional game. He's a random guy who went up to a team and said, I'm 83, can I play, and it was a neat novelty idea. Considering his record has now been broken after only existing for a week, I'm not sure he reaches "encyclopedia" status. Dakern74 05:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per above, although I feel very mean doing so, since anyone who has the idea of doing that is really cool. BigHaz 05:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, especially since the article has no more information on Eriotes -- or why he should be considered notable -- other than a brief publicity stunt I only heard of because Buck O'Neil trumped it. I agree that Eriotes' feat was cool, but his 15 minutes of fame are up; O'Neil, by contrast, is a genuinely notable fellow. RGTraynor 05:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per above. --FrankCostanza 14:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Yes, it was a brief publicity stunt, and yes, the record only lasted about a week. But it received a fair amount of media coverage, and Buck O'Neil would have never broken the record if Jim Eriotes hadn't done it first. Eriotes certainly gave O'Neil, or the team officials who allowed him to do it, the idea. --Thoughtclaw 17:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Buck O'Neil and mention that it was his record which O'Neil broke. Eriotes wouldn't have gained recognition without O'Neil deciding to play again. As such, he's not notable enough to warrant his own article hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 17:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I updated the Buck O'Neil page last night after he actually played, and there is a mention of Eriotes' record in there.Dakern74 18:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all per nom. Travislangley 21:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The mention in the O'Neill article is enough coverage. JChap (talk • contribs) 23:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete being a novelty publicity stunt and striking out on your only appearance is not a notable act. If he scored a home run or turned the game around or something, then I'd consider it notable. This isn't notable, this is pointless trivia. Paddles ^T_C 02:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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