Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Birkett


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The result was redirect to Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics. ✗ plicit  11:48, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Arthur Birkett

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Prodded with the justification Violates the general criteria of WP:NOTDATABASE, and fails WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT #5. An attempt to find additional sources failed, and WikiProject Cricket was also unable to help.

Prod was removed with the comment there could be more info in local sources, based on his bio https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17913

Redirect is not suitable as different Arthur Birkett's are mentioned at Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) and HM Prison Manchester. BilledMammal (talk) 07:58, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 07:58, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


 * If nothing can be found on this guy, then redirect to Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics per WP:ATD, WP:PRESERVE, WP:R and WP:CHEAP.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 12:20, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no reason to keep redirects with this name when 2 other people of the same name are mentioned just as much on Wikipedia. There is no reason to think someone searching will want to find information on this person.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics Subject fails the new updated guidelines, but clearly existed and won a medal at the Olympic games, which should be noted in some form, if not an article. Just because his name is mentioned in other articles it shouldn't mean that a redirect is null and void. Keeping the article history is important and therefore redirect is a suitable WP:ATD. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 19:35, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * A redirect is not suitable as there are multiple non-notable people that Harry Corner can refer and a reader searching for one of them will be astonished to find themselves reading about cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics. BilledMammal (talk) 03:08, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Wouldn’t that logic apply to a huge number of redirects? I’m really unconvinced that it’s unreasonable to redirect here. Especially with him having been awarded an Olympic medal. That brings with it a degree of notability. In those circumstances I don’t think I’d be astonished at all to be redirected to such a page. Blue Square Thing (talk) 07:53, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree, if any of the other mentions were in anyway notable, then they would be the lead article with this page as a disambiguator, or as a disambiguation page. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 19:46, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics. There has been some discussion about this at the cricket wikiproject, and there seems to be the view that a set of notes could be put together with basic details about the players involved. Blue Square Thing (talk) 20:09, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


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