Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chathurani Gunawardene

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The result was keep. With the player playing international cricket for the country, she passes WP:NCRIC. (non-admin closure) HawkAussie (talk) 04:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chathurani Gunawardene[edit]

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This doesn't meed WP:SIGCOV Jenyire2 (talk) 07:27, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Jenyire2 (talk) 07:27, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:23, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:23, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Has played in ODI's for Sri Lanka. Passes WP:CRIN --Whiteguru (talk) 10:41, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:45, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - has represented the senior Sri Lanka team so she has played at the highest possible level Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:58, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Tend towards redirect unless someone can actually show that there is any reasonable coverage, beyond the odd passing reference, in third part sources. This may be the case and it may be in media I don't have access to. Something like List of Sri Lanka women ODI cricketers would be a likely target for a redirect.

Whilst she has played international cricket, the coverage of women's cricket in some parts of the world is (or was, at least) very limited. On principle I'd quite like to keep the article, at least for some time, but the complete lack of sources that I can find make me question this rationale in this case. There are examples of male internationals who I'd query as well fwiw. Tricky one, but I'm tending to redirect on the grounds that if coverage can be found it's easier to re-establish the article (particularly now I've spend five minutes sorting out the infobox). But at present the lack of GNG level sourcing concerns me. I may decide to change my opinion based on other comments or work that is done on the article. Blue Square Thing (talk) 11:04, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I can't find anything when conducting a BEFORE search that would meet the criteria of significant coverage in multiple reliable independent secondary sources. I understand what the SNG says and if you want to make your decision on that its ok. I don't follow the guidelines of any SNG's in making my decisions because I feel they give unfair advantage over other subjects in some cases. Presumed notability is rebuttable notability and using any criteria that says presumed to make the case for notability is not a good way to go in my opinion. Fails the above criteria, at its very basic form, as it is explained in WP:N and subsequent notes at the bottom of the guideline. --ARose Wolf 16:55, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would also add, before anyone jumps on my statement, that it is consistent with SNG guideline under WP:N. Presumed notability is ok but there has to be reasonable belief that sources will be produced at some point to have the subject meet GNG. Her last competitive appearance in a major event was in 2016? Any reason to think she will receive significant coverage in a reliable source going forward? --ARose Wolf 17:05, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - deleting random cricketers is one thing, deleting international cricketers for national teams is another. There absolutely needs to be more work done on female international cricketers, but sending random ones to AfD as and when you find them is not the way to go about it, especially when they play for teams at the very highest level. If you wish for them to be looked at, sending them to AfD is not the way to do it. Bobo . 23:05, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep She played cricket in the international level. Absolutely meets WP:CRIN. - The9Man ^(Talk) 12:31, 4 February 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.