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Keep - clearly passes
WP:NOLYMPICS per
[2]. In response to
AtHomeIn神戸, defining weight categories can sometimes be difficult as they are often just labelled e.g. "heavyweight" with no actually specified kg in the title. Best place to confirm we have those categories correct would be the official Olympic Reports -
Basement12(T.
C)09:47, 4 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Speedy Keep As per above, he meets
WP:NOLYMPICS /
WP:Notability (sports), and I can see no justifiable reason to otherwise remove the article.
AtHomeIn神戸, our(WP) version of the event is correct; the event is the "Judo mens half-heavyweightmiddleweight" which in the 1992 Olympics was 86-95kg78-86kg; in subsequent Olympics however, the Judo half-heavyweight middleweight category was set to 90kg, which is probably the cause of the error in the Australian reference and within the
Chris Bacon article. The official event details, Which you can see here:
[3] show this. Both articles should be improved to reflect this.
Aeonx (
talk)
11:14, 4 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Update - Found some additional references, including multiple wide-spread news sources (BBC);
Chris Bacon is very notable and of encyclopedic value, being multiple-times Australian Judo champion, Bronze medalist, Olympian, and well-known and reported on British boxer.
Aeonx (
talk)
12:14, 4 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep Seems pretty clear that he meets the notability criteria for athletes. He's not notable for his MMA or boxing, but his record as a judoka and Olympian is sufficient.
Papaursa (
talk)
05:17, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
Keep - clearly passes
WP:NOLYMPICS per
[2]. In response to
AtHomeIn神戸, defining weight categories can sometimes be difficult as they are often just labelled e.g. "heavyweight" with no actually specified kg in the title. Best place to confirm we have those categories correct would be the official Olympic Reports -
Basement12(T.
C)09:47, 4 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Speedy Keep As per above, he meets
WP:NOLYMPICS /
WP:Notability (sports), and I can see no justifiable reason to otherwise remove the article.
AtHomeIn神戸, our(WP) version of the event is correct; the event is the "Judo mens half-heavyweightmiddleweight" which in the 1992 Olympics was 86-95kg78-86kg; in subsequent Olympics however, the Judo half-heavyweight middleweight category was set to 90kg, which is probably the cause of the error in the Australian reference and within the
Chris Bacon article. The official event details, Which you can see here:
[3] show this. Both articles should be improved to reflect this.
Aeonx (
talk)
11:14, 4 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Update - Found some additional references, including multiple wide-spread news sources (BBC);
Chris Bacon is very notable and of encyclopedic value, being multiple-times Australian Judo champion, Bronze medalist, Olympian, and well-known and reported on British boxer.
Aeonx (
talk)
12:14, 4 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep Seems pretty clear that he meets the notability criteria for athletes. He's not notable for his MMA or boxing, but his record as a judoka and Olympian is sufficient.
Papaursa (
talk)
05:17, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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