Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfred Brown

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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.

The result was nomination withdrawn. MER-C 09:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alfred Brown

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not notable.--TeckWiz ParlateContribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 02:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Alfred Brown is a first class cricketer and therefore IS notable under Wikipedia's own selection criteria. This entry is clearly referenced to Cricinfo and Cricket Archive which shows his first class career. The number of games he played is not relevent. The fact is that he is a first class cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and therefore should be included. I suggest you check as WP:BIO says "competitors who have played in a fully professional league" are by definition considered sufficiently notable for an article. Nick mallory 03:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Nick Mallory

However, many articles you've created are on people from the 18 and 1900's. That part is probably meant for people that played under 50 years ago, or who are really notable (ex. Babe Ruth). In other words: is anyone likely to search for some guy from the 1800's. And if they do, is a 3 sentence article going to help? --TeckWiz ParlateContribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 03:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for withdrawing your request to have this, and many similar articles on first class cricketers, deleted. These 'guys' may not be important cricketers like Babe Ruth but they nevertheless fulfill the criteria Wikipedia lays down for inclusion. This is an encyclopedia - which means the obscure guys get a mention as well as all the really famous ones. Even if someone played in the fast distant past of the '1900s' they still existed, they still matter, they should be here. As for the pieces sometimes being only three sentences long, well that's about all the information that exists on them. This is their only memorial. Scant though their facts may be, do you really want to deny them their due here? There are links to further details of all their matches via Cricket Archive on the page for those who want to find out more. Super talking to you today. Let's go Yankees! Nick mallory 05:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Nick Mallory

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.