Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hattiesburg Black Sox (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:39, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hattiesburg Black Sox[edit]

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Although it has some minor coverage, and so was kept at 2008 AfD, I couldn't establish that this meets WP:N, or find a good WP:ATD. Boleyn (talk) 09:31, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:52, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mississippi-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep definitely mentioned in a couple books on the Negro Leagues and in some local articles: [1] it's an odd one because the team kept playing as a local team instead of folding, so it's a bit promotional, and the recent version of the team would not be notable on its own. SportingFlyer T·C 10:59, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete in agreement with previous comment - the Negro League era team sounds historically significant but is not discussed. The vicissitudes of a contemporary regional team seem less notable. No sources are cited. Llajwa (talk) 20:13, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:25, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete — The article provided by SportingFlyer mentions them as nothing more than a local semi-pro team in a NN league and establishes no notability for the team. The source brought up in the previous AFDs (yet never added to the article) calls them nothing more than a "local [Mississippi] black team of varying skill level" while listing a 1/2 dozen other NN teams. Rgrds. --BX (talk) 06:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not a notable topic. - Jo the fire dragon 🐲^{(talk|contributions)} 18:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails GNG and NORG. Sources in article (external links) are all primary, and BEFORE found nothing with WP:SIGCOV from WP:IS WP:RS addressing the subject directly and indepth. The above [[2]] is a single source, multiple reliable secondary sources are needed, If this is found, ping me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimothyBlue (talk • contribs) 17:16, 09 February 2024 UTC (UTC)
Delete There is nothing in the article itself too that could indicate any relevance. Killarnee (talk) 20:57, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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