Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sandy Aaron

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The result was redirect to List of Kerala cricketers. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:22, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sandy Aaron[edit]

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Subject does not seem to be notable and this article looks like yet another database style entry about a sports player whose only claim to fame is that they competed in a sport once. However, Google searches for "sandy aaron" are ruined by results about Grease (musical) (as there is apparently a character named Sandy and an actor named Aaron) so I may have missed something. ostensibly singular userpage (inquire within) 19:09, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Sportspeople, Sports, Cricket, and India. ostensibly singular userpage (inquire within) 19:09, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kerala-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:18, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as I usually wish WP:TNT on these database-style entries. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 20:27, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, notable enough for a decent sized (i.e. not one line) Wisden obituary. This is really not a given in these sorts of circumstances.

Given that he was Indian the chances are that we're not going to find written sources on the internet. No doubt they exist, but we're just not going to be able to find them and with only four appearances it's not as if there's a strong case for a keep based on IAR here. So, this is a really, really obvious redirect with a partial merge per WP:ATD-M (note to close: policy, not a guideline). The target would be List of Kerala cricketers - he played 3 of his 4 first-class matches for Kerala and Travancore-Cochin only played a total of 7 f-c matches in total, so on balance this makes most sense. The merge will be a short note added to the list article to summarise his life with references from Wisden and CricketArchive I imagine. Redirection is a long established consensus decision in cases such as these going back years.

I've added him to the list. I note that his brother's article was boldly redirected to the list some time ago. This is a good thing in the circumstances - by redirecting we retain the attribution, sources and history should those elusive sources emerge. Blue Square Thing (talk) 21:08, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Kerala cricketers As BST says he made the majority of appearances for Kerala, and despite the Wisden Obituary there hasn't been much more found at this stage, so fails WP:GNG. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 08:49, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:37, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect, as above, to List of Kerala cricketers - WP:ATD. Ingratis (talk) 21:41, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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