Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Khalid Butt (cricketer, born 1975)

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The result was delete. Sngs do not overrule a demonstrated gng fail Spartaz ^Humbug! 16:15, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Khalid Butt (cricketer, born 1975)

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Nothing in coverage found. Fails WP:GNG. Störm (talk) 17:37, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep has played five first-class matches and in List A cricket, so passes WP:NCRIC. So much for your own comment at ANI of "I have decided to leave the WP:CRIC and will never AfD any cricket article in future nor I will participate in their discussion or close any AfD". Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:25, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Has made 5 FC appearances and 1 List-A appearance, passing him for WP:NCRIC. I second Lugnuts' comments on the ANI, especially as there seem to be a number of AFD's here again, which was one of the concerns brought up at the ANI. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 18:58, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting to Gujranwala cricket team is a suitable WP:ATD if required. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 16:57, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete article does not meet GNG. We need more than a listing in some directory somewhere to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, while carrying out the WP:BEFORE process, which non-English sources were consulted? Hack (talk) 02:57, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Those creating these very poor quality stubs would do well not to insinuate about others making inadequate searches for sources. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 09:32, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article subject clearly meets the subject-specific notability guideline. The nominator is claiming there are no in depth sources. I'm asking how they determined that. Hack (talk) 05:27, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets NCRIC. Mottezen (talk) 06:34, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:GNG, WP:SPORTCRIT and every other notability standard due to lack of any significant coverage – only sources found are wide-ranging databases consisting almost entirely of scorecard data. This failure trumps the trivial pass of NCRIC, which is by consensus one of the weakest/most permissive SNGs, gained by virtue of playing one season for one of the smallest regional associations, which was soon absorbed by a larger neighbour. Consensus has also long established that sports SNGs do not supercede GNG. Redirecting to List of Gujranwala cricketers (or similar) would be an accepted WP:ATD, but no such target exists. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 13:17, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note. If kept, this should be moved to Khalid Butt, currently a disambiguation page where this is the only entry. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 13:24, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:BIO. No in-depth coverage. There aren't sufficient source to write a biography, nor will there ever be. WP:WHYN explains we require significant coverage "so that we can actually write a whole article, rather than half a paragraph or a definition of that topic. If only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject, that subject does not qualify for a separate page..." ----Pontificalibus 16:15, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Coverage and notable reliable sources not found. TheDreamBoat (talk) 13:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: easily passes WP:NCRIC by dint of having played first class and List A cricket. I strongly disagree with a number of the comments above favouring deletion; in particular, NCRIC is considerably more restrictive than, for example WP:NGRIDIRON or WP:NFOOTY. The article clearly needs improvement, but that is trivial to do with a little time, and I'm astonished that so many favour deleting articles which obviously pass notability guidelines over improving them. I'd also note that User:Störm seems to be up to his/ her tricks again, in breach of a commitment made in ANI. DevaCat1 (talk) 09:57, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.