Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Andrew (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 Otago representative cricketers. Consensus is that the subject is not notable enough for a stand-along page. Redirecting, as the usefulness of that WP:ATD has not been rebutted. A redirects for discussion nomination can be opened if desired. Hog Farm Talk 15:48, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Thomas Andrew (cricketer)

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One of many cricket articles that fail WP:GNG big time. After four other AfDs on cricket players I started ended all in "redirect" (123), 4), I redirected some other articles with the same lack of individual notability. This was reverted for being "pointy disruption" by the article creator. So I'll nominate them for AfD instead, with no objection from my side to either deletion or redirection. I nominate them individually, as it may turn out that, despite my searches for sources, some of these can be shown to be actually notable. Fram (talk) 13:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 13:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 13:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 13:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep Passes WP:NCRIC. The nom made a recent failed RfC to remove the said notability requirements. Since then, they have tried to circumnavigate this by making mass redirects instead. The nom has said that they "have no beef with Lugnuts", however following their failed RfC, have seemingly gone out of their way to target artciles I've worked on. Another RfC on sporting articles closed with the comments "As with the RfC on secondary school notability, this should not be an invitation to "flood AfD with indiscriminate or excessive nominations". And yet, there have been 25+ AfDs logged by Fram in a 15/20 minute window, indicating no WP:BEFORE was used.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * For my reply, see here. Fram (talk) 14:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * There's no qualms in creating them, as they meet the notability criteria, which you tried and failed to get rid of. And this is the issue.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of Otago representative cricketers. See: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19270611.2.111 for an obituary (found once I realised which Roxburgh he died in) https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MTBM19270824.2.18 contains a list of Mayors of Roxburgh, NZ which shows he was indeed mayor 3 times. Current population of Roxbugh is about 600. Seems to me to be nothing other than the usual stuff, certainly no mention of cricket. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigej (talk • contribs) 18:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:GNG. Nothing notable about him in my searches. WP:ATD is redirect. Störm   (talk)  21:31, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete totally fails GNG which is the minimum standard for all articles. Any article that fails to meet GNG should be deleted.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:56, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge/redirect to List of Otago representative cricketers. Subject trivially passes NCRIC, but by consensus that only provides an extremely weak presumption of notability that is totally unreliable for cricketers such as these (recent NSPORT discussion here) who have only played a single match. Probably more notable away from cricket but fails all meaningful guidelines including GNG. wjematherplease leave a message... 13:00, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Otago representative cricketers - clearly not independently notable in spite of just about scraping a passing of NCRIC Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:15, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Otago representative cricketers which is an established alternative to deletion and provides an opportunity to recover the text of this article should sources be found which mean that the chap can be shown to pass the GNG. Trivial pass of NCRIC has been established at multiple AfD as not sufficient to show that sources will exist. Blue Square Thing (talk) 18:29, 24 January 2021 (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.