Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shariz Ahmad


 * 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 keep. Tone 09:59, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Shariz Ahmad

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Fails NSPORT/GNG due to lack of significant coverage. WP:SPORTBASIC requires at least one SIGCOV source to be present in the article. –dlthewave ☎ 16:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Cricket,  and Netherlands. –dlthewave ☎ 16:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep per, and , along with the fact he's currently playing international cricket for the Netherlands. At worst, restore the article's redirect.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 16:26, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Only the first of those three sources contributes anything towards GNG (and even then it's minimal); the second is a club announcement (so not independent), and the third is a match report with nothing more than passing mentions (so not significant coverage). wjematherplease leave a message... 16:53, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep He did play ODI against West Indies cricket team and also appeared in 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B. By the looks of it, he might be selected for 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in future. Also agree with Lugnuts above. Human (talk) 16:41, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Since the WP:NSPORTS2022 RFC, merely playing is no longer a criterion for having a standalone article; nor is predicting what he might do in future. Sources are needed to show that the subject meets WP:GNG. wjematherplease leave a message... 16:53, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I was expecting this response from you. Anyways a redirect should be a logical alternative as I am confident the player will get an article in future. Human (talk) 17:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Given the sorts of coverage that Lugnuts has found above, as well as the mention at the article linked from his CricInfo profile and so on, I think keeping is probably justified in this case. WP:BASIC provides for the sorts of coverage from those sorts of sources to be applied to articles about people - the coverage is clearly beyond simple trivial match reports in this case. I wonder if there are any other transliterations of his name by the way? Blue Square Thing (talk) 16:59, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per Lugnuts and Human. StAnselm (talk) 19:56, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep There's GNG coverage on this one as Lugnuts has found. There's a suitable redirect again anyway if needs be, but I think there's going to be enough here anyway. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 09:01, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Netherlands ODI cricketers. Fails NSPORT (including SPORTCRIT and NCRIC), and there seems to be entirely insufficient to pass WP:GNG and build a policy-compliant article, per WP:WHYN. We need to demonstrate coverage exists now, and only one of the sources found contains significant coverage from an independent source, but it is minimal; the other sources are either primary, not independent, or coverage is trivial, which per BASIC "do not contribute toward proving the notability of a subject". wjematherplease leave a message... 11:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per Rugbyfan22. International cricketers really ought to be off limits for AfD's for full member nations and teams outside of those who play in the Cricket World Cup Super League. StickyWicket (talk) 23:15, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Of course, notability guidelines that supported this view were rejected by the community and removed from NSPORT earlier this year. Better sources are required than those that have been presented so far. wjematherplease leave a message... 17:34, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable enough. DIVINE (talk) 17:18, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: lots of coverage now as he entrenches himself into the Dutch team. StAnselm (talk) 22:49, 4 August 2022 (UTC)


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