Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Davidge
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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:43, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
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- Delete as the article fails the notability criteria, both specific and general. It looks suspiciously like a self-penned article and the editor's contributions seem to be exclusively about this subject. Despite a claim to the contrary in the infobox, a leading online source indicates that the subject has never played in a match that would be rated top-class in domestic cricket and so I believe he fails the sport-specific notability criteria on that point. On the general notability, there cannot be sufficient media coverage of someone who has played minor cricket only. Ziggy (talk) 11:09, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Comment. I should point out that I tried to access cricketarchive.co.uk which is named as a source in five places but it is a subscription site. To be fair, it is possible that this site may have information not given on espncricinfo to support notability. Ziggy (talk) 15:09, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Comment. In addition, I went to qsdca.com.au (cited three times) and searched for the player but, despite a number of inputs using various formats, the result was "not found" which would indicate that this site, belonging to the Queensland Sub Districts Cricket Association, is not a true source for the subject. Ziggy (talk) 15:54, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Delete - as per nom, a check of cricketarchive site shows all matches are minor and Davidge has not played in any of sufficient status to reach notability level for an article. RossRSmith (talk) 08:48, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
- Delete - as per nom. I too checked CricketArchive and agree with RossRSmith. JH (talk page) 16:24, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
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