Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Smith (Kent cricketer)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to List of Kent county cricketers to 1842. ✗ plicit  14:41, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

James Smith (Kent cricketer)

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT #5. BilledMammal (talk) 14:23, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 14:23, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Cricket and England. Shellwood (talk) 14:28, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is an extremely weird stub to create for someone who only participated in professional cricket, without any notable events, 200 years ago. WP:GNG.  ~XyNq tc 15:07, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless someone can find coverage. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:27, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect per BST and AssociateAffiliate. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Really, really obvious redirect to the List of Kent county cricketers to 1842 that this page is linked from. I’d have boldly done that myself probably - that list might have more in it anyway. John Goulstone’s books on early Kent cricketers are an obvious potential source. I’m currently sat 200 metres from at least one copy of each but the members library at Canterbury isn’t open tonight. The last time I looked, the cost of a copy second hand was prohibitive so someone will need to access a library copy to see if there’s any detail on Smith in either. But until that point a redirect is clearly a better option as there is clearly the potential for sources. Blue Square Thing (talk) 18:28, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm not sure why there needs to be an AfD wasting everyone's time. Clearly this is a redirect to List of Kent county cricketers to 1842 and should be WP:BOLDLY done once it has been established that there isn't much on the player (which there isn't!). For the editor saying about his participation being 200 years ago, that isn't really relevant. There is no limit on how long ago a cricketer played, this isn't Wiki-Post-The-Internet-pedia! StickyWicket (talk) 09:23, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Kent county cricketers to 1842 per my above comment. StickyWicket (talk) 09:23, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Kent county cricketers to 1842 Per BST and others comments. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 18:28, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Kent county cricketers to 1842 as per all of the above. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:49, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.