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Entire length of Africa inherently means from the most southerly to most northerly point of the continent, which Cook is the first to do, therefore there should be no dispute as to who holds the record as Bourne and Olsen did not complete the full length and therefore are not in contention for this record. There should be no need to call Cook's record the first person to run from the most southerly to most northerly point of Africa - the word 'entire' implies this. Notleviev ( talk) 10:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
I chose to nominate this page for deletion, on the basis of absence of any independent verification or ratification of a claim stated as a fact. 2A04:4A43:977F:F7A2:3128:5BC0:889C:116C ( talk) 12:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
A valid proposal for merger, the mission that Russ Cook embarked on and completed is, while entirely valid in scope of effort and achievement, not relevant enough and could end as a stub. Russ Cook, aka 'Hardest Geezer' should be the main page that Project Africa sits under as a sub-heading. Bigbeanbag ( talk) 19:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Russ Cook “claims” a record which has, to this day, not been awarded. Records are awarded after claims are independently verified and ratified. This can be done by sports institutions, governing bodies and even Guinness Book of Records. But as long as it is self-awarded, no record belongs to Wikipedia. As of today, 2 officially validated records pre-date Mr Cooks’ run across the length of Africa, even if they are on a different route. I am flagging this page up for deletion if the matter is not acknowledged and corrected. 92.184.104.3 ( talk) 17:46, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
I have attempted to summarize fairly what sources state. There does not appear to be a dispute Cook is the first person to run the entire length of Africa from the southernmost to the northernmost point of the continent
but centers around the first to run the length of Africa. I hope this resolves the largest issue but welcome feedback. For those who can edit the article, feel free to make tweaks.
S0091 (
talk) 17:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Feel free to add the others you know of. -- 2003:CF:F0B:AA00:7532:F744:FEFA:A4C0 ( talk) 10:20, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
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Entire length of Africa inherently means from the most southerly to most northerly point of the continent, which Cook is the first to do, therefore there should be no dispute as to who holds the record as Bourne and Olsen did not complete the full length and therefore are not in contention for this record. There should be no need to call Cook's record the first person to run from the most southerly to most northerly point of Africa - the word 'entire' implies this. Notleviev ( talk) 10:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
I chose to nominate this page for deletion, on the basis of absence of any independent verification or ratification of a claim stated as a fact. 2A04:4A43:977F:F7A2:3128:5BC0:889C:116C ( talk) 12:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
A valid proposal for merger, the mission that Russ Cook embarked on and completed is, while entirely valid in scope of effort and achievement, not relevant enough and could end as a stub. Russ Cook, aka 'Hardest Geezer' should be the main page that Project Africa sits under as a sub-heading. Bigbeanbag ( talk) 19:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Russ Cook “claims” a record which has, to this day, not been awarded. Records are awarded after claims are independently verified and ratified. This can be done by sports institutions, governing bodies and even Guinness Book of Records. But as long as it is self-awarded, no record belongs to Wikipedia. As of today, 2 officially validated records pre-date Mr Cooks’ run across the length of Africa, even if they are on a different route. I am flagging this page up for deletion if the matter is not acknowledged and corrected. 92.184.104.3 ( talk) 17:46, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
I have attempted to summarize fairly what sources state. There does not appear to be a dispute Cook is the first person to run the entire length of Africa from the southernmost to the northernmost point of the continent
but centers around the first to run the length of Africa. I hope this resolves the largest issue but welcome feedback. For those who can edit the article, feel free to make tweaks.
S0091 (
talk) 17:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Feel free to add the others you know of. -- 2003:CF:F0B:AA00:7532:F744:FEFA:A4C0 ( talk) 10:20, 20 May 2024 (UTC)