Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Wood (cricketer)(1977)

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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 keep. - Mailer Diablo 11:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Matthew Wood (cricketer)(1977)

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Non-notable. Sources do not validate claims. Philippe 03:46, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep Professional first class cricketer. See Cricinfo for details. --Mattinbgn/ talk 03:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep Top-flight professional cricketer, sources appear to verify all info given. - Iridescenti (talk to me!) 12:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Even if the sources don't validate given content, unless there's strong reason to assume it's promotional in nature or blatantly incorrect those are reasons for cleanup rather than deletion. - Mgm|(talk) 12:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I've placed a dab notice on Matthew Wood (cricketer) to point here. I'd support a move to Matthew James Wood to avoid the ambiguity and the odd title with two modifiers. A middle name works just as well. - Mgm|(talk) 12:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Keep and move per Mgm. -- BPMullins | Talk 14:46, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep though should be a little better sourced to verify the claim of being a professional - not to mention the fact that sources should really be listed as references, not external links :) Article does need some cleanup, and please move it to a better title per Mgm - the existing double-modified title is just ugly. Arkyan • (talk) 15:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I am currently trying to write an entry for every first class cricketer who has played for Yorkshire CCC. By definition a first class cricketer is a notable person. The entry will be expanded and properly presented soon but I can't do everything at once. The sources for the statistics, Cricket Archive, will be given. Nick mallory 00:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Nick Mallory

  • Keep. WP:BIO says "competitors who have played in a fully professional league" are by definition considered sufficiently notable for an article. This cricketer has played more than 100 professional matches. Johnlp 22:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - a professional cricketer in the English first class game is celarly notable. If the sources are not good enough apply an appropriat tag. Peterkingiron 22:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

The article has references to Wood's statistics on cricinfo and cricket archive and is linked to the Yorkshire Cricketers category. I agree the title is clumsy, but that was the link from the 'Yorkshire CCC players' page which I'm working my way through. If someone could change the title that would be great but I wouldn't presume to do that myself. This article is as complete and well sourced as a thousand others on similar first class cricketers and I'm not sure why it's still up for possible deletion. Nick mallory 02:22, 1 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.