Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connections (horse)

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The result was merge to Kennedy Road Stakes. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Connections (horse)[edit]

Unnotable race horse. According to the article, the horse's "claim to fame" was that it won the Kennedy Road Stakes, which would not make it notable under the "one event" policies. Also, if you take a look at the Kennedy Road Stakes article, there is not a single horse who won the race that even has an article. Tavix (talk) 23:42, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep "One event" is a guideline that is supposed to avoid biographies about not notable or marginally notable individuals. Since the race is held annually and supposedly worth an article, I believe that winning such a race would make the horse notable under WP:ATH: "People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis". The criteria aren't really made to determine the notability of animals, which is particularly hard in things like horse racing, but if anyone's gonna be a stickler and say it only applies to people, at least a merge with the article on the jockey should occur. Either way, the fact no one wrote an article on the other horses yet is not a good reason for deletion. One has to be the first. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:07, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete One medium important victory does not make a notable horse. whether ONE EVENT applies depends on the notabiity of the event, and this isn't high enough. DGG (talk) 03:26, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 01:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect Into Kennedy Road Stakes, which itself could use expansion. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/Redirect per Pastor Theo's remarks, seems like a win-win. Cazort (talk) 21:39, 4 February 2009 (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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.