Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indian cricket team in Australia in 2011–12

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The result was keep. Courcelles 00:10, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Indian cricket team in Australia in 2011–12

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Wikipedia is not a newspaper, no point of having an article on a future sports event. Wikiglobaleditor (talk) 13:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep All international cricket tours are notable, and this consists of four Test matches, so easily meets WP:GNG. "no point of having an article on a future sports event" is the single worst rationale I've seen for deletion. Apply that to the next Olympics, or FIFA World Cup, or indeed anything. Lugnuts (talk) 17:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per the above. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 18:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:21, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:21, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:22, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep although I know WP:CRYSTAL would probably apply in many cases of future sporting articles, this tour is only a few months away and the ramifications of that are already being felt. The pressure of this upcoming tour is already being felt in selection and performance issues across both teams right now. S.G.^(GH) _ping! 20:49, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, as CRYSTAL states "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place". Lugnuts (talk) 06:43, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Userfy While the topic is notable, this is not an encyclopedia article. It is a draft article and should be in userspace. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 05:19, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Has reliable sources and meets WP:GNG. Guitarist^<<Talk>> 14:49, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. No evidence has yet been provided that this article meets GNG. The only refs in the article are links to fixtures (not significant coverage by any stretch of the imagination) and no other sources have been provided in the AfD. At the moment, I'm leaning towards Mattinbgn's opinion of userfy until significant coverage is demonstrated. Jenks24 (talk) 00:35, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - It's an upcoming series between 2 full members of the ICC, of course it meets GNG. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 22:03, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- "of course it meets GNG" – if that's the case then it should be easy to prove (i.e. please show some significant coverage). Unless what you actually mean is of course it will meet GNG. Jenks24 (talk) 01:37, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per Lugnuts. Five Years 11:44, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete If I book some fixtures for my invisible friend, that doesn't make my invisible friend notable; notability only happens with independent coverage. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- What??? This is just an odd comment... So we delete the articles of the next olympics and FIFA World Cups? This should be kept like Lugnuts said. Kante4 (talk) 20:58, 10 August 2011 (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.