Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Estonian cricket league

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. John254 02:56, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Estonian cricket league[edit]

Non-notable cricket league which consists of only four teams. No independent, verifiable sources. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 18:07, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge into Estonia national cricket team (which probably ought to move to a more grammatically well-formed title). This would appear to be a national league that sends players to international competition; the players probably do compete semi-professionally or at a high enough level to meet WP:BIO; and if the players are notable, the league surely is. I suspect that further sources can be found, but I wouldn't know them if I saw them, because they are likely in Estonian. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 19:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: I could live with a merge with the national team article. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 22:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK, its a recently created competition, has only four teams and all coming from the same city. The standard of playing is probably crap. But I lean toward keep since it's a "national, first level league" in a major team sport. Julius Sahara (talk) 21:08, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Google comes up with nothing at all on the Estonian cricket league. [1] There are no sources in the article either and the names of at least two of the team captains suggests that this is a hoax. Capitalistroadster (talk) 21:25, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep given the sources uncovered by Julius Sahara. Capitalistroadster (talk) 00:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree there could be more sources. But please explain what's so fishy about those names? There are external sources linking those names with estonian cricket [2] [3] [4] [5]. Julius Sahara (talk) 21:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep top level national league for a recognised sport. There is a mention of the league (upcoming fixtures) on the Estonian Cricket Club (their national cricket organisation) here. - Dumelow (talk) 21:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are several third party sources as shown by Julius Sahara. Why are the captain's names indicative of a hoax Capitalistroadster? Nick mallory (talk) 22:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Anglicised names such as Tim Heath together with no sources suggested that. However, the sources uncovered by Julius Sahara have changed my mind. Capitalistroadster (talk) 00:27, 9 December 2007 (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.