Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indika Wettasinghe

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The result was delete. One (talk) 07:10, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indika Wettasinghe

This was submitted to PROD under the following grounds: "Not playing at the highest level, does not meet WP:ATHLETE" by User:HeureusementIci. Contesting the PROD and taking this to AfD on the following reasons: I would like the community to build or clarify a consensus on whether junior players representing their country in international contests do meet the spirit, if not the letter, of WP:Athlete. Also see discussion at User talk:HeureusementIci#PROD on Indika Wettasinghe. Nominated for clarification of consensus so vote Neutral. MLauba (talk) 06:49, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. —MLauba (talk) 06:58, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. —MLauba (talk) 07:01, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as original PRODder. My reading of the notability guideline for amateur athletes ("People who have competed at the highest amateur level of a sport, usually considered to mean the Olympic Games or World Championships.") excludes junior players who have not otherwise become notable. Assuming Wettasinghe has not otherwise become notable (based on the thin citations), I would read the current guideline as indicating non-notability. Obviously, I would consider junior athletes who have independent feats (e.g. Steve Mocco during his undefeated streak as a high school wrestler) to fulfill other notability guidelines uncontroversially. HeureusementIci (talk) 11:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article only states he was member of the ITF team. It doesn't say anything about actually competing. He might also be notable by sheer coverage if more press attention exists. If Indika is notable, the article needs more information to show it. Right now, there's not sufficient content to make an informed decision. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - While quick-adding two sources a few days ago I skipped any completely trivial mentions for obvious reasons, there are however quite some articles just posting game results which would attest to that, to wit, this result sheet for the 2007 Junior Davis Cup Qualifying round or this older response from the chairman of the Sri Lankan national selection committee to criticism regarding his player selection criteriae which testifies that Wettasinghe has represented SL in Australia in the under-14 years old bracket in 2005. Or this mention here from 2006. That being said, I agree that most mentions are trivial in nature, failing the general notability guideline. The challenge is on the interpretation of WP:ATHLETE however and I have no qualms about a deletion under the more generic WP:GNG, except perhaps a caution against systemic bias. MLauba (talk) 08:52, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Shows no credibility and notability. Kind of fails WP:ATHLETE. Renaissancee (talk) 02:13, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Folow up to the comments by MLaube above: In that case KEEP Players in the Davis Cup are notable because it's a notable high-end tournament, especially when the fact is reliably covered. The subject's age is irrelevant when it comes to WP:ATHLETE. The only thing that could change this is if the Junior Cup has no selection criteria on who gets to enter the tournament. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Renaissancee. Junior Davis Cup != Davis Cup. Stifle (talk) 23:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I see reason to both keep and delete this article. Maybe you could merge the information into another article. --The Legendary Sky Attacker 02:31, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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