Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09

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The result was keep. → Call me Hahc21 01:27, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09[edit]

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This is not a notable topic in itself. Most of the article is not really about Ponting at all (e.g. "Ponting said the debutant Cameron White exceeded expectations") and important information about the tour can be merged into Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09 (where the Third Test gets only a single sentence). St Anselm (talk) 20:15, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The level of coverage of Ponting's role in the tour seems sufficient to meet WP:N, and similar articles have reached FA status. Nick-D (talk) 01:51, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see that. I don't know if anyone has ever nominated a FA for deletion, but some of these are just ridiculous. I wonder how they got to FA status. I have nominated Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 for deletion, but it shouldn't make much difference here per WP:OTHERSTUFF. St Anselm (talk) 02:08, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

delete a lot of article is about the team performance. As captain of course he generates coverage, but I would also apply WP:EVENT here. Did his contribution get reported years after, did his actions result in some major changes to cricket? No. LibStar (talk) 02:02, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
delete This is excessive and over-detailed for an encyclopedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:16, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It is a solid and very complete article that makes sense to have on it's own. Merging to Ricky Ponting would make that article far to big, merging to Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09 would put undue weight on Ponting's role. I agree that the general article should be expanded, but I don't see any value in deleting a well sourced and extensive existing article in order to do so. - Bilby (talk) 08:36, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per Bilby. Deficiency in another article isn't a reason to delete this one. Merging it would indeed create undue weight. Are we going to run out of room on the bookshelf for this encyclopedia? Is it a strangely detailed article on a very precise subject? Yes. Are there problems with it meeting the notability guide? Not that I can see. hamiltonstone (talk) 00:23, 18 March 2014 (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.