Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prem Bhatia (Gujarat cricketer)

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The result was redirect to Prem Bhatia (Delhi cricketer). If anything reliably sourced is worth merging, that is available from the history. As for the title of the target article, that can be discussed and decided on its talk page. Randykitty (talk) 14:00, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Prem Bhatia (Gujarat cricketer)

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~~Non-notable cricketer, nothing significant about them. Fails WP:GNG. Störm (talk) 01:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)~~[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:19, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:19, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:19, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Prem Bhatia (Delhi cricketer) CricketArchive are suggested these two players are the same person, with his Gujarat appearance coming a couple of years after his Delhi appearances. With no DoB on the article of Cricinfo it makes me believe they are the same person. He made over 56 FC appearances for Delhi and Gujurat though so shouldn't be deleted. Could be moved to Prem Bhatia (cricketer) as well if merged.
Merge with Delhi cricketer and then retitle. CricketArchive says they're the same person and it can be trusted. Johnlp (talk) 11:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Do we have any evidence he's the same player as the Delhi cricketer? This page is sourced to Cricket Archive. There's really two correct results here: either these are the same player or they're not. In both cases, this article should be deleted (as even WP:V is in question much less GNG). If they are, the information should be merged, though there's so little of it to merge that it can easily be done manually, and the Delhi cricketer should be renamed to Prem Bhatia since there's no need to disambiguate anymore. SportingFlyer T·C 12:43, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The CricketArchive link here links to an error page. Searching for Prem Bhatia on CricketArchive only brings up one player who played for both Delhi and Gujarat. Cricinfo lists two separate cricketers, but with no details (DoB/DoD/birth place) for the Gujarat cricketer. I would trust CricketArchive over Cricinfo due to its links with the ACS. Really only the information that he played for Gujarat needs to be added to the Delhi cricketer profile. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 12:54, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'd support the merge and delete then, since after the merge this won't be a valid redirect. SportingFlyer T·C 14:11, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - It must have been at the time that the two were not considered the same person. It was Lugnuts who moved the article (in good faith), I'm assuming on the assumption that CA listed them separately. Since I compiled the player-by-player lists a few years previous to that I am almost certain I wouldn't have intentionally made that mistake myself. Bobo . 12:53, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine that's where the CricketArchive error link on the page comes from, and quite possibly why there's still two links on Cricinfo. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 12:57, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect support as nom to Prem Bhatia (Delhi cricketer) and rename the target article to just Prem Bhatia because main page is currently a dab. I think this scorecard confirms that both are same people. Störm (talk) 12:50, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. Almost certain they're the same person. I would email CI, but it's been about 4 years since they've actioned any of my emails. StickyWicket (talk) 14:14, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nothing to merge because there's no valid source. The perils of basing biographies on a single page of stats.----Pontificalibus 14:30, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have merged the details from Prem Bhatia (Gujarat cricketer) into Prem Bhatia (Delhi cricketer) and added to it. Obviously will need retitling to Prem Bhatia as there are no other Prem Bhatia's on Wikipedia (there is a deceased journalist with the name, but he doesn't have a page on English Wikipedia). Rugbyfan22 (talk) 15:04, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Prem Bhatia (Gujarat cricketer) with Prem Bhatia (Delhi cricketer) which seems to have been done. Alright, move the Prem Bhatia (Delhi cricketer) to base title at Prem Bhatia. And Redirect (With possibilities) the Prem Bhatia (Gujarat cricketer) to base title. ─ The Aafī ^{^(talk)} 17:40, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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