Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Khanum Haji

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The result was keep. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:32, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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fails WP:NTENNIS Mayumashu (talk) 22:04, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 22:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 22:36, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Keep - we have to look carefully at this. Because this player came before any of the tennis organizations included in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tennis/Article_Guidelines#Notability Tennis Notability]. This tournament she won was the championship of India and was open to foreigners. Today any common player who wins an ITF Women's $50,000 tourney is notable. Certainly the women's grass court champion of India (and the first) deserves even more. She was a star in India [http://www.webindia123.com/sports/lawntennis/lawn.htm article 1] and [http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2011/08/4067 article 2] and the tournement is talked about in books like "the Encyclopedia of Tennis." Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Keep - She appears to be a notable figure in the history of tennis in India. Given that her playing career would appear to be in the 1940's, online sourcing may be harder to come by, and as noted by Fyunck(click), teh WP:NTENNIS guidelines don't really account well for historical players that predate the modern organisations of tennis. She is noted as an historical figure in tennis in several news and books that are available online. [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080223/saturday/above.htm], [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060525/asp/opinion/story_6259517.asp], [http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20030412-0.html], [http://books.google.ca/books?id=leEJfGeweSEC&pg=PA192&dq=%22Khanum+Haji%22&hl=en&ei=c0yDTpunIOTf0QGvy9x5&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Khanum%20Haji%22&f=false], [http://books.google.ca/books?id=L1gqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Khanum+Haji%22&dq=%22Khanum+Haji%22&hl=en&ei=c0yDTpunIOTf0QGvy9x5&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw], [http://books.google.ca/books?id=5Xs6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Khanum+Haji%22&dq=%22Khanum+Haji%22&hl=en&ei=c0yDTpunIOTf0QGvy9x5&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA], [http://books.google.ca/books?id=ih3oAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Khanum+Haji%22&dq=%22Khanum+Haji%22&hl=en&ei=c0yDTpunIOTf0QGvy9x5&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBQ]. -- Whpq (talk) 16:39, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

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