Deletion of Frank Penale

Comment: What is up with using "alleged" throughout this conversation? Its use may indicate bias or an issue with POV. The guideline specifically calls for being recognized as "part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field". With being HOF honor and having the Umpire of the Year Award named in your honor? This clearly meets the  criteria. On a completely different note, got a kick out of the looking at the baseball digest link to see my good friend and homeboy Ryne Sandberg. Best regards
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: additionally regarding the award given by the New York State Baseball Umpires Association, it allegedly was renamed for the subject of this article. A search for the award comes up with https://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Frank+Penale+Award#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22Frank+Penale+Award%22&psj=1&oq=%22Frank+Penale+Award%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=2351l4373l0l4618l2l2l0l0l0l0l112l220l0.2l2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=4ed61219c935a532&biw=923&bih=786 just over 100 hits, none of which appear to be from reliable sources. Therefore, as the award is not "well-known and significant award or honor" as per , the subject is not notable per ANYBIO
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: Got a http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9CC586796DB7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM full obituary in ''The Buffalo News'', which looks like a pretty major newspaper, so I think there's a decent chance the guy meets the |general notability guideline
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: It appears that the arguments for keeping this article are that: a) an umpiring award has been named in his honor, and b) an obituary was published in ''The Buffalo News.'' However, the award is one given by a local chapter of a state umpires association; I don't see that satisfying , which refers to "a well-known and significant award or honor"—I get zero hits when I search for "Frank Penale Award" in Google News archives. Regarding the obituary, I guess I'm just not willing to accept an obituary in a regional newspaper as sufficient to establish notability; newspapers regularly publish obituaries for people who are not notable in an encyclopedic context. Furthermore, although the subject's obituary appears to be behind a pay wall, I notice that the headline ("Frank R. Penale, Longtime Nabisco Worker") doesn't highlight either his umpiring or his military service, suggesting that the obituary writer didn't consider these activities to be especially notable. Ultimately, it comes down to |what Wikipedia is not—it is not a memorial site, it is not a directory, and it is not an indiscriminate collection of information. The justifications for this article seem to fit in those categories
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO||WP:NOT)

Comment: Subject meets . Within his specific field (umpire) the subject has not only been named to the Hall of Fame, but has received a well-known and significant award. Additionally, the New York State Baseball Umpires Association "Umpire of the Year Award" is actually called the Frank Penale Award in his honor. In accordance with , he has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field.http://www.nfumpires.com/history.html Best regards
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO||WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: Fails  with lack of multiple sources of independent significant coverage.  One obituary is the main source, and it has not been determined to be independent (written by family member?)  The Niagara Falls Umpire Association that seem to be his main claim to possible notability, is a service for http://www.nfumpires.com/default.html "High School and Summer League baseball".  This seems local, and a job someone does in their spare time after work and on weekends. Lacking significant independent sources on the person or even the league, this doesnt seem notable for WP
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: just because an award exist doesn't make the award "well known and significant" per . For instance, an elementary school can name a teacher their "Teacher of the Year", but that doesn't make the award "well known and significant" which is a requirement of an awardee being notable. ANYBIO is more for awards such as the Nobel Peace Prize or the Medal of Honor or Victoria Cross (as examples). These awards are notable in and of themselves, and awarded in such a limited manor, that individuals who receive the award are therefore presumed to be notable per ANYBIO. As for the alleged existence of an award named for the subject of the article whom we are attempting to determine their notability, doing https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ix=seb&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#q=%22Frank+Penale+Award%22&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&ei=sEw9T6uCCaOOigKztd23AQ&start=0&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=4bd463be09dc681c&ix=seb&ion=1&biw=938&bih=830 a search for the alleged award does not bring up any tertiary reliable source. Cheers
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)