Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of oldest living Major League Baseball players (3rd nomination)

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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nominator. Rlendog (talk) 23:20, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of oldest living Major League Baseball players

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This is a list of people who happened to be ball players who happened to live into their 80's. There is no intersection between playing ball and long life, so it is basically an indiscriminate collection of information not discussed anywhere else in the world. RS for a topic as a topic are required, not just RS for the data pulled together by Wikipedia editors. The whole list is therefore OR. Legacypac (talk) 09:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep A google search for oldest living baseball player demonstrates plenty of interest in the topic in reliable, third-party sources, both in terms of the subject in general, as well as features on individual "oldest" players that discuss their longevity. This justifies the existence of an article on this topic on Wikipedia. Canadian Paul 17:04, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Canadian Paul: CP, could you please link to two or three examples of significant coverage in independent reliable sources of "oldest living baseball players" being discussed as a group or class? Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:38, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Oldest Living Baseball Players, Oldest Living MLB Player at Baseball-Reference.com, Baseball's oldest living Hall of Famers. Canadian Paul 17:49, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely not a topic I'd track, but since there are RS that do cover it, I'm willing to Withdraw. Legacypac (talk) 17:54, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I really don't understand why this list draws so many peoples' ire. Alex (talk) 22:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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