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The result was keep; nomination withdrawn. Rlendog (talk) 16:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ashleigh Grant

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Article created too soon. Create once notable Varun FEB2003 10:43, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Is notable per WP:NBASKETBALL – she made her WNBL debut last season. DaHuzyBru (talk) 11:02, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:33, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:33, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:33, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Grant played five minutes for the Perth Lynx in the 2015–16 WNBL season, which meets WP:NBASKETBALL. I feel that I must admonish VarunFEB2003 for nominating the article 12 minutes after creation; many articles start as a single paragraph or a small stub and expand from there, and to nominate an article so quickly after creation clearly does not show good faith. It also seems clear that they did not read WP:BEFORE as it took me less than 10 minutes to determine that she did in fact play last season, even though it was only for five minutes. — Jkudlick • t • c • s 21:37, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - the WNBL does not meet NBASKETBALL. Which is not to say that the subject isn't notable. Rikster2 (talk) 23:03, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rikster, per NBASKETBALL – "Women's National Basketball Association, or a similar major professional sports league" – wouldn't the WNBL be a similar major professional sports league for women? If the Australian NBL is listed there, the equivalent is the WNBL i.e. NBA/WNBA, NBL/WNBL. DaHuzyBru (talk) 04:31, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not necessarily. A fact of life is that women's basketball is not covered as widely as men's. The WNBA (the only women's league listed in the guideline) has the full marketing backing of the most popular basketball league in the world, has a national tv contract, and is covered nationally by pretty much every US media outlet - is that true of the WNBL? The "similar leagues" line is meant to help people trying to determine notability to understand that there are other leagues - like the Greek and Israeli top men's leagues - where players may be also be notable. You certainly can't just claim someone meets NBASKETBALL if they aren't from one of the listed leagues - you have to demonstrate the league really is similar to those listed. This subject played five total minutes in a league that isn't named in the guideline, I wouldn't assume she is notable. GNG should be the standard. Rikster2 (talk) 10:38, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jkudlick Request withdrawn Sorry didn't see when it had been created! Please close this AfD I withdraw Varun FEB2003 06:57, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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