Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julie Stockton


 * 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 Kept  - Peripitus (Talk) 12:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Julie Stockton

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The subject is not notable as per WP:NSPORT. I could find no source citing this cricketer having played in a major cricket match nor could I find articles on the said cricketer. Wading through the miasma (talk) 13:17, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
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Note: the AfD has now been transcluded onto a log page. Jenks24 (talk) 15:12, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. The references already in the article are from CricketArchive (see ) and and ESPNcricinfo (see ), both reliable sources, and both verify that Stockton played Test matches for Australia. Quoting from the cricket section of WP:NSPORTS, "A cricket figure is presumed notable if he or she has appeared in at least one major cricket match since 1697 as a player or umpire". I think confusion has arisen with the use of the term "major cricket". One of the forms of major cricket is Test cricket (see footnote three of our article on major cricket), so Stockton does indeed pass the NSPORTS guideline (although I can see how the nominator thought she didn't). Jenks24 (talk) 14:56, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per WP:ATHLETE and WP:CRIN. She's represented her country at the highest level of her sport: pretty much a definition of notability, I'd have thought. Johnlp (talk) 15:33, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Johnlp.  Harrias  talk 20:45, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Snow Keep, played a test match (the highest level of international cricket)! Easily meets notability guidelines.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 03:43, 15 May 2011 (UTC).
 * Keep - Has played Women's Test cricket. Meets WP:ATH and WP:CRIN. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:43, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Snow Keep I'm no fan of cricket, but you can't get much more major than Test Cricket. Peridon (talk) 15:09, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Test cricket is at the very top level. There is not the remotest doubt about notability. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:13, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment, the nominator has now been blocked as a sockpuppet. I think we're fairly safe now closing this as a bad faith nom.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC).
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