Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Miller (athlete)

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. ✗plicit 12:40, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Miller (athlete)[edit]

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I can find no evidence that this runner meets WP:GNG, WP:ATHLETE, WP:NCOLLATH, or WP:YOUNGATH. I did not find any in depth coverage of this runner; however, perhaps someone with more experience with athletes can find something. He apparently set two high school records almost 35 years ago (although the cited ref appears less than stellar) and then ran at university (an unsourced claim). He apparently won a relay gold at the 1993 Summer Universiade although this is not mentioned in the article. He also apparently participated in the 1995 Pan American Games without medaling, although this is not mentioned in the article. As I understand the notability requirements, this is not sufficient. Note that there are other athletes (and even runners) with the same name, so search hits are not necessarily him. Meters (talk) 01:34, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. The Universiade is not a meeting that falls under the "highest level of the sport" stipulated by WP:SPORTCRIT. The Universiade is a nice contributor to overall notability, but did not have standalone notability at the time. The Pan American Games is arguably closer to that, but a relay race which wasn't finished? This doesn't clear the bar, or rather in this case, reach the finish line. Geschichte (talk) 08:16, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:31, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:31, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 07:52, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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