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Fails
WP:NLIST. No source discusses his centuries as a group. The consensus is that such lists are not required.
Störm(talk) 06:55, 27 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep or Merge to
Tillakaratne Dilshan. Lists of international centuries are, by definition, notable achievements and detailing significant numbers in prose alone is cumbersome and impairs readability, so tables are the way to go. These lists have the necessary context and explanation so do not fail NOTSTATS. Having said that, there are no issues with inclusion in the main subject article, per
WP:NOTSTATS and
WP:SPLIT, so a merge would be appropriate. wjematherplease leave a message... 09:49, 27 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete with the option of some prose and, possibly, a much cut down summary version of these tables added to the player's page. We don't need to be clogging up biographies with massively complex tables of statistics when we could summarise - and perhaps usefully use a table at that time.
Blue Square Thing (
talk) 17:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:NOTSTATS/
WP:RAWDATA. "To provide encyclopedic value, data should be put in context with explanations referenced to independent sources." This article is just a list of scores from ESPNCricinfo and has no independent sources covering these individual achievements as a set. Agree with nom that there should be no precedent to include these on players' articles.
Ajf773 (
talk) 08:36, 28 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Need more votes for possibly a clear result here.
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HawkAussie (
talk) 03:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge Fails
WP:NLIST. Can be better merged into the main article about the subject.
Zakaria ښه راغلاست (
talk) 02:59, 9 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge per those above.
BD2412T 06:34, 17 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Barkeep49 (
talk) 18:41, 20 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete Per
WP:NOTSTATS; we're not Cricinfo, and users wanting to get this non-encyclopedic information ought to go there instead, since 1) it's always up to date; 2) it's free from vandalism; 3) it's the usual source for this anyway.
RandomCanadian (
talk /
contribs) 00:08, 21 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge - per above and per
WP:ATD - if there's an appropriate page to merge, it must be selected over deletion. In this case there is.
Deus et lex (
talk) 01:29, 28 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Except keeping this as a redirect opens up a
pandora box because people will expect it to be made into an actual list, or for this kind of thing to exist for other players; which it simply shouldn't.
RandomCanadian (
talk /
contribs) 04:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)reply
That's nonsense. Firstly, no one is saying the material shouldn't be merged into the article in a way that isn't inappropriate. A list of centuries is contained and discrete and can be put in the article (which is mostly text-based) in a way that works. The way in which that is happening is not being determined here, the question is simply whether a merge is appropriate, which it is. And let's not raise a "floodgates" argument - let's stick to THIS AfD about the one cricket player.
Deus et lex (
talk) 07:57, 1 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge to the player's page - there's a possible
WP:SPLIT as well with his other honours, but this is too specific of a topic to keep straight up.
SportingFlyerT·C 18:15, 3 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
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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.
Fails
WP:NLIST. No source discusses his centuries as a group. The consensus is that such lists are not required.
Störm(talk) 06:55, 27 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep or Merge to
Tillakaratne Dilshan. Lists of international centuries are, by definition, notable achievements and detailing significant numbers in prose alone is cumbersome and impairs readability, so tables are the way to go. These lists have the necessary context and explanation so do not fail NOTSTATS. Having said that, there are no issues with inclusion in the main subject article, per
WP:NOTSTATS and
WP:SPLIT, so a merge would be appropriate. wjematherplease leave a message... 09:49, 27 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete with the option of some prose and, possibly, a much cut down summary version of these tables added to the player's page. We don't need to be clogging up biographies with massively complex tables of statistics when we could summarise - and perhaps usefully use a table at that time.
Blue Square Thing (
talk) 17:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:NOTSTATS/
WP:RAWDATA. "To provide encyclopedic value, data should be put in context with explanations referenced to independent sources." This article is just a list of scores from ESPNCricinfo and has no independent sources covering these individual achievements as a set. Agree with nom that there should be no precedent to include these on players' articles.
Ajf773 (
talk) 08:36, 28 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Need more votes for possibly a clear result here.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
HawkAussie (
talk) 03:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge Fails
WP:NLIST. Can be better merged into the main article about the subject.
Zakaria ښه راغلاست (
talk) 02:59, 9 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge per those above.
BD2412T 06:34, 17 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Barkeep49 (
talk) 18:41, 20 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Delete Per
WP:NOTSTATS; we're not Cricinfo, and users wanting to get this non-encyclopedic information ought to go there instead, since 1) it's always up to date; 2) it's free from vandalism; 3) it's the usual source for this anyway.
RandomCanadian (
talk /
contribs) 00:08, 21 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge - per above and per
WP:ATD - if there's an appropriate page to merge, it must be selected over deletion. In this case there is.
Deus et lex (
talk) 01:29, 28 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Except keeping this as a redirect opens up a
pandora box because people will expect it to be made into an actual list, or for this kind of thing to exist for other players; which it simply shouldn't.
RandomCanadian (
talk /
contribs) 04:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)reply
That's nonsense. Firstly, no one is saying the material shouldn't be merged into the article in a way that isn't inappropriate. A list of centuries is contained and discrete and can be put in the article (which is mostly text-based) in a way that works. The way in which that is happening is not being determined here, the question is simply whether a merge is appropriate, which it is. And let's not raise a "floodgates" argument - let's stick to THIS AfD about the one cricket player.
Deus et lex (
talk) 07:57, 1 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Merge to the player's page - there's a possible
WP:SPLIT as well with his other honours, but this is too specific of a topic to keep straight up.
SportingFlyerT·C 18:15, 3 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.