Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Terry

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The result was delete. Modussiccandi (talk) 14:46, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Terry

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Fails WP:GNG through lack of significant coverage - of the current references, four are databases, and the fifth doesn't mention him.

Fails WP:NOLYMPICS, as only two teams competed in the 1900 Cricket tournament. Multiple editors, including myself, have searched for significant coverage on him, and none of us have been able to find anything. BilledMammal (talk) 09:08, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Probably irrelevant, but is the Henry Dwight Terry notable? Article only has two sources?
That would be a discussion to have on that talk page, and if you felt the answer was no create an AfD on it. This AfD is only about this article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:50, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Not seeing enough for a GNG pass here. Obviously he medalled so would pass the updated NOLY guidelines, but this seems to have become obsolete already. As discussed above, the redirect is confusing so no suitable WP:ATD. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 20:52, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete and redirect to Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Let's just take a look at this article, shall we? Two thirds of it isn't even about this person- it's about the circumstances of cricket being at the Olympics. The rest is just a name, DOB/DOD, and the statistics of the one match this fellow played. That's not a biography. Sorry, but it just isn't. As for the sources, one does not mention Mr Terry at all, one is behind a paywall, and the remaining three just regurgitate the same statistics. Though it's interesting that two of them disagree with each other about his age at the time. Typically for these database "biographies" the content and sourcing is distinctly underwhelming and completely inadequate. Reyk YO! 01:15, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete The person needs more notability and depth is required with more reliable sources. Foodie Soul (talk) 12:24, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect. Pondered long and hard about this one, as I am very much an editor who sticks to players who played in matches of status as per WP:OFFCRIC. This guy played in a 2-day match, so no status was attached. As for finding much out about him, I couldn't really find all that much. So weighing it up, so creating Henry Terry (cricketer) and redirecting him to Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics seems sensible. StickyWicket (talk) 19:16, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. No coverage found so fails all criteria for a standalone article. Seems clear that any redirect should be to Henry Dwight Terry (unless there is a more notable Henry Terry), so if there is any benefit (and I'm not convinced there is), creating that and adding a hatnote there pointing to the Olympics would be the way to go. wjematherplease leave a message... 12:31, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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