Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pairs in Test and first-class cricket

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. Sarahj2107 (talk) 09:04, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pairs in Test and first-class cricket

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Delete. Fails WP:VERIFY, is not being fully maintained, provides insufficient context and adds little or no value. It verges on WP:TRIVIA. Waste of space. Jack | ^{talk page} 15:21, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Borderline Keep - pairs happen irregularly in first class cricket so this is more than just trivia - and there are also relevant secondary sources pointing to this as a notable thing within cricketing circles. That said, it doesn't feel like a particularly important part of the game of cricket so may indeed be little more than trivia. For me it just passes the threshold of notability for keep. JMWt (talk) 16:04, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 16:52, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 16:52, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:18, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and improve. The "pair" in cricket is a notable concept. This article need not be a comprehensive list, but there is significant information worth retaining. There is no corresponding Pair (cricket) article, only a an entry in Glossary of cricket terms, so this article/list should cover the history of the concept. St Anselm (talk) 18:38, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the list part of the article might be superfluous (certainly for first-class cricket), but an article explaining the concept of a pair and giving some notable examples has a place on the site, I feel. Harrias ^talk 11:28, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - the list part of the article needs to be done away with in the main (if not entirely). The interesting sections are the ones on notable pairs where prose is actually used. These can be extended, the key paris summarised and then a bunch of (possibly) incomplete lists can go away. It's not as if a pair is as rare a feat as being given out handled the ball is. Blue Square Thing (talk) 21:30, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve, maybe change to only be about test matches. The sourced prose is encyclopedic, and a pair is a notable cricket term. Joseph2302 23:59, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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