Deletion of List of Negro League baseball players

Comment: I agree with comments in support of keeping this article. The nominator's argument that this fails  is completely unfounded—the Negro leagues were fully professional and, as Couillaud has observed, included many of the greatest players in the history of baseball. I agree the list could use some work, and indeed over the last couple of weeks I've been gathering information to expand the list to make it more useful, by adding information such as dates and positions played (including references).  It will take me a while to put this information together, so please don't expect to see dramatic changes to the list while this AfD is active, but I am working on it offline. I also note that this appears to be yet another example of a new sockpuppet created to make disruptive AfD nominations; I'm starting to observe a pattern
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: I think I'm detecting some |snow in this sector
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW)

Comment: Nominator appears to be violating 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:IDONTKNOWIT)

Comment: Contents pass notability guidelines; even the list itself is probably notable.  Nominator should have a look at , , and our guidelines on standalone lists and consider withdrawal
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates (WP:CLN||WP:LISTS)

Comment: I don't understand the list criteria but by virtue of their skin colour, this was the highest level most athletes were eligible to play at in the time they played (not counting those who later played in MLB following Jackie Robinson in 1947). I think people could easily come looking for a list of Negro League players and this directs them further to the players' individual articles. ? Probably but I think it applies in this case. '''TRAVELLINGCARI
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:USEFUL)