Talk:Craig Breslow

message: the Boston Red Sox Official site lists his name as Craig Andrew Breslow, not Antonio. 68.215.10.135 14:01, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Revised it. Tx. --Epeefleche 22:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Correction 

message: Even with ethnicity, Wiki policy calls for its mention in the opening if it is relevant to the subjects's "notability."  
To determine what notability means here, one must go to Wikipedia:Notability (people), the notability criteria guideline for Wikipedia.
That guideline states, inter alia, that "Notability on Wikipedia for people is based on the following criterion:  The person has been a primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person.   This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, magazine articles, books, scholarly papers, and television documentaries ...."
Thus, where one is noted as being a Jew in multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person, such as newspaper articles, magazine articles, books, and the like, they  meet the notability requirement.  And thus it would be appropriate to include that fact in the opening paragraph of their bio.
(Query, btw, as well whether one might argue that where a person is included in an ethnicity list on Wiki, as under "Black Jews," their ethnicity is notable.)  
Some commentators seem to confuse what is meant by "notable" with their own, non-Wiki definition.  
Notability does not mean that they are famous for being of that group.  
There are a number of Halls of Fame and list and articles relating to Jewish athletes, for example, I do not think that we have the same for Catholics or Protestants.   
"Jewish Sports Legends" is a book that one can find at .  The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Jewishsports.net bios can be found at .  Jews in Sports bios can be found at .  National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame bios can be found at .  Jews in the Olympics can be found at  and medalists can be found at .  The Baltimore Jewish Times runs articles on Jewish athletes:  .  The Holocaust Museum runs articles on Jewish athletes in the Holocaust:  and .  "From the Ghetto To The Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary" focuses on certain Jewish athletes . It is mentions such as these, which are typically reflected in the bios in question, that reflect that the Jewish nature of the person has been noted in articles, etc ... which is what Wiki policy focuses on.
Finally, "categories" are not sufficient.  They are not part of the article.  If the article is quoted in full, they are not quoted.  And, I might add, it is I expect typical for every other "category" information to be reflected in the text of the bio -- It would be highly unusual, if not unique, to only reflect the fact in a category, but not in the text.  --Epeefleche 02:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability of Breslow being Jewish

message: Is it considered notable that Craig received the honor of being "Resurrected", the highest award that one can receive in Global Insights, at Trumbull High? The award grants one "immortality" by being able to put a tombstone depicting a revolutionary individual on the wall.  His plaque is still there.
:ummmm ... I think not .... --Epeefleche 20:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resurrection 

message: Someone may want to put this image in the article ...--Epeefleche (talk) 01:51, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: FYI: Here's a live link for the Footnote 46: http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Red-Sox-player-gives-math-lesson-108472.php
Red-Sox-player-gives-math-lesson
Almadenmike (talk) 15:12, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Live link for footnote 46 (listed as dead) 

message: Despite what the linked article suggests, Breslow did not double-major at Yale (unless he got another BA in a completely different discipline). There is a single degree called "Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry." See department here:  Samer (talk) 14:22, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi.  Welcome to wp.  If there were only one rs, or a non-solid rs, or it were unclear in how they word it, that might make sense.  But there are a number of top RSs that report it specifically as a double major.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:34, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

text: Thanks for your explanation, which I understand and accept. I notice, though, that Samer and I are not the only ones who are inclined to make this change. Someone seems to have done it again today. With the Red Sox in the World Series and interest in the players high, I suspect that more people who know something about the Yale major will be visiting the page for the first time, and some of those will attempt the edit. I guess that's the nature of Wikipedia. Goldfish-silverfish (talk) 22:30, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I've noticed that a number of editors with very few (if any) prior edits have done that.  Sometimes articles are protected from editors with few edits when that happens, and is not supported by wp policy.  You will see here that many, many sources report it as a double major, including mlb.com, which is the official source for baseball articles.  If mlb.com were to be informed otherwise -- by those people -- and change what it reports, I would be happy for us to reflect whatever mlb.com says.  I understand, if it is indeed a mistake of mlb.com and the other sources, that it can be annoying ... but the key is always to get the sources to change what they are reporting.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:59, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Degree 

message: MB&B is a single major at Yale, not a double-major. Link
All of these news sources got it wrong.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Comf631 (talk • contribs) 20:53, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major at Yale 

message: Should Breslow's appearance in a Youtube parody of Rex Ryan's foot fetish video be included in the article? --Hirolovesswords (talk) 18:34, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't really see the point of having it in. Just because something is sourceable does not make it a requirement to have in an article. Wizardman 00:36, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Wizard -- of course, there is no requirement that pretty much anything in particular be in an article.  If that is the question, we can delete most of the material from most of our articles saying there is no requirement to have it in the article.  The question, perhaps, is whether there is a requirement to delete it--despite the fact that it is heavily covered by top-level RSs--because an editor would not himself have included it, or would not have done so in the RS publications had he authored them.  The way we always get around editor POV is by looking to the RSs.  Otherwise, IDONTLIKEIT prevails, and the fact the person you are interested in won x award gets delete, even though 6 RSs covered it.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:39, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm of two minds about this, but, on balance, I think it's fair to put it in the article. It's a lengthy article, so it's not like users will think Breslow is only notable for this appearance. One sentence is sufficient. --Jprg1966 (talk) 15:26, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC: Youtube video

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message: Breslow's timeline from 2012 to present seems a little muddy on this page. Shouldn't the "Boston Red Sox redux" section be updated to "2012-2015" with a new section "4.10 Miami Marlins (2016–present)" with the latest contract there? It's currently under a subsection "2015" which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, since the announcement was just made a few days ago. It seems like "2015" should include relevant news about his 2015 season.Pistongrinder (talk) 23:32, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I made the updates, but the section on Breslow's 2015 season with Boston is sparse. I'll look to add more details.Pistongrinder (talk) 17:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
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