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The result was redirect to Lanka Premier League. (non-admin closure) Empire AS ^Talk! 08:27, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of Lanka Premier League records and statistics[edit]

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Fails WP:NOTSTATS, it is just a list of pointless statistics that have just been copied from ESPNcricinfo, which is the only source used in this. If people want to look up meaningless stats, they should use a stats website like Cricinfo rather than an encyclopedia intended to appeal to a broader audience. I'm sure some WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS arguments will come up, but just because other tournaments have stats articles, that doesn't make it right. As there has been just 1 season, this is comparable to the AFDs here for the IPL, which are getting a consensus to delete for the same reasons. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:06, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @Joseph2302:, fair point. Feel free to correct me if I am mistaken though, but isn't this article comparable to List of Indian Premier League records and statistics which is for every season of the IPL. While those articles are for individual seasons of the IPL. However if the problem is that there is likely to only be one season, then while a second season isn't confirmed yet some sources say it is probable,[1]. Like I said at the beginning though I am probably wrong so if I am feel free to correct me. Thanks. CreativeNorth (talk) 15:30, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually there is another source about the second season [2]. Human (talk) 15:41, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - A third as well, [3] CreativeNorth (talk) 15:54, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep I think it should be kept. This is about the entire tournament not a sibgle season. A one season version of the list was created by an user and I redirected it to the 2020 article. About the Cricinfo source, it is actually the only reliable stats site for any of the other leagues around the world apart from their own site, and is used for the other tournament lists. So the same applies here. And a second season is almost confirmed according to sources mentioned above. But if you can convince me to delete the articles for some other reasons, I might consider my vote. Redirect to Lanka Premier League. I have changed my mind. Deletion seems to harsh as it can be speedily deleted when recreated in future. Redirecting seems like a better idea. Human (talk) 15:41, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes as Human says using List of Bangladesh Premier League records and statistics for reference all the sources there seem to be off Cricinfo. CreativeNorth (talk) 15:50, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There has only been one season of the LPL, so it's way too soon for all-time statistics, and the other AFDs show we don't want season statistics. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:39, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Very strong delete - this is too soon as much as anything else. The list of "records" is way too indiscriminate and it lacks prose to link things together. This would be better served as a set of external links - at least that way it won't get out of date. Once the league has at least two seasons I might consider a cut down list of stats to be appropriate, but not the whole pile of stuff. Blue Square Thing (talk) 16:13, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; textbook failure of WP:NOTSTATS, comprised entirely of excessive listings of unexplained statistics. No prose, and no sources discussing these records and statistics to provide context, only database sources to support the numbers themselves. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 16:15, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment please be aware of WP:CANVASSING at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lanka Premier League#Nomination of List of Lanka Premier League records and statistics for deletion- one user has told others to come over here to vote keep, which is a violation of the canvassing policy. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:49, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as creator I have since been swayed by others. Changed to Redirect to 2020 Lanka Premier League as per A Simple Human. As mentioned above by Joseph I apologize for my overly protective editing as the page creator and I apologize for breaking WP:CANVASSING. All the edits have now been deleted. CreativeNorth (talk) 17:10, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Lanka Premier League. I don't agree here to delete this article. It should be kept as a redirect. The next year new season would be held as refs are provided above, and then we may re-write it by changing redirect to article. Morever, I also see that other leagues have records and statistics articles citing all sources from ESPN cricinfo but they are present there like List of Pakistan Super League records and statistics and List of Bangladesh Premier League records and statistics. Is it due to they have greater no. of seasons or something else? Thank you. Empire AS ^Talk! 17:27, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect this to Lanka Premier League, so it would be easier to write stats for the next season, which is officially announced. Thank you. Tahaaleem ^Talk 18:15, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Lanka Premier League per above. Fails per WP:NOTSTATS. // Timothy :: talk 06:30, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Whole series is too recent as of yet. Abhi88iisc (talk) 15:42, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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