Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francis Alphonsus Jayarajah


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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) &mdash;  A.A Prinon  Leave a dialogue 11:39, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Francis Alphonsus Jayarajah

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Player fails WP:CRIN - has not played at a suitable level to meet the inclusion criteria and so is a non-notable cricketer who ultimately fails WP:GNG. Games played for the national team were minor matches, and being a president of a cricket club in Italy doesn't satisfy any administrator inclusions in CRIN, nor does being a qualified coach or umpire, unless these have some notable context to them. StickyWicket (talk) 17:12, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep Doesn't pass CRIN, but there does seem to be some coverage, for example this and this, although how reliable these sources are I'm not sure. He seems to have done a lot for sport in Italy so there may well be more in Italian sources or newspapers that I'm not seeing. Weak keep for me. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Matches player with the National team so minor so fails WP:CRIN but passes WP:GNG as the first Captain of the Italian National team and founder of the game of Cricket in Italy. There are several italian newspaper articles on him and a few pubblished books have full chapters on him such as this or this
 * Comment. Cricket was first played in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars and many of the leading football clubs started life as cricket clubs, like AC Milan who started off as the Milan Football and Cricket Club at the end of the 19th century, so he definitely never founded the game in Italy. StickyWicket (talk) 19:02, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. Correct Cricket was played in the italian peninsula before the 18th century. But Jayarajah is the first the spread cricket with the Italians and not only for the expats. He is a key founder of Italian Cricket Board, which brought the recognition of Italian Cricket as the first affiliate nation ever (1984) and by law in Italy entrance to the Italian Olympic Committee (1995). Another book on with his contribution to Italians starting to play cricket and the creation of the Italian Cricket Board here User:Eelhardiniero (talk) 09:37, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Störm   (talk)  09:27, 10 May 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 03:43, 18 May 2021 (UTC)


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