Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Krishantha Ukwatte

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The result was redirect to List of Sri Lanka Army Sports Club cricketers. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:12, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Krishantha Ukwatte

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Fails SIGCOV and by extension GNG. Zero sources and notability is not demonstrated by neither the article nor Google. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 04:09, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Cricket, and Sri Lanka. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 04:09, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
On that rationale, as a double negative, we should keep the article. I'll take a look and see if Krishantha made more appearances as he seems to have been a new player when the article was written. Sources certainly exist in Sri Lanka, which is a major cricket nation, but they are difficult for English editors to find as they are mostly written in Sinhala. If the article does fail SIGCOV, WP:ATD must apply per policy and I'll find a suitable target. BoJó | talk UTC 06:23, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That was his sole first-class appearance so it looks like a redirect per ATD unless he is notable in some non-cricket aspect. Leave it with me while I work out where it can go. BoJó | talk UTC 06:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like there's not a lot, if anything, out there on him. If someone can create a List of Sri Lanka Army Sports Club cricketers then it could be redirected to there - there's no way I have time to do that just now. Otherwise it will have to be delete. Blue Square Thing (talk) 06:54, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've just created List of Sri Lanka Army Sports Club cricketers so this can be a redirect to that per the WP:ATD policy. BoJó | talk UTC 06:56, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There is no reliable sources on this page so that where can this notable go not pass WP:GNG. 🦁 Lionfox 🏹 0909 (talk) 15:47, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He has profiles on both CricInfo - the first hit if you press the Google link above the AfD nom - and CricketArchive - an external link from the article page. So we can verify that he played a single match for the side. Both of those are reliable enough in this case. Blue Square Thing (talk) 20:40, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Struck the comment above as per WP:DENY- user is blocked as a sockpuppet. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Sri Lanka Army Sports Club cricketers It looks like the subject fails WP:GNG and fails the updated WP:NCRIC guidelines. However there is a suitable redirect here per WP:ATD. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 20:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Sri Lanka Army Sports Club cricketers doesn't look to pass WP:GNG, so use the valid WP:ATD. If more on him is found in the future e.g. from offline/non-English sources, then the redirect could be reversed, but it doesn't look like there's enough coverage right now (unless someone finds some more sources). Joseph2302 (talk) 08:52, 2 November 2022 (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.