Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaquille Walker

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The result was keep. Daniel (talk) 11:34, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Shaquille Walker

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This is the hardest nomination I have ever made. I want Walker to be notable. I even created the article. However the plain fact that has become evident to me is that his level of competition is not high enough to count toward notability, and the articles published in newspapers that considered his college to be within their natural circulation area are just not enough to show notability without passing the sports notability criteria. Wikipedia requires a long lasting permanence of notability, that was not obtained by Walker. Yes, I know he was almost at the level of qualifying for the olympics, but he didn't qualify, so he does not actually meet notability criteria. John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:01, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 18:23, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 18:23, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:37, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

• Comment Doesn't the win at the Universade make him notable? It's an international competition. Oaktree b (talk) 20:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
  • It is below the level of the top international competition. Although winning at such a level is more likely than competing at such a level to make one notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:40, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
• Keep Winning an athletics Universiade gold medal is a notable achievement, as the global level competition for students. This title is actually more prestigious and notable than the World Junior or Youth titles, which are listed under point 4 of track notability criteria. I would class the Universiade under point 2 of those criteria ("Finished top 8 in a competition at the highest level outside of the Olympic Games and world championships. Individual events in these championships must contain either several heats or extended fields"). SFB 14:03, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 04:33, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

• Keep per WP:SIGCOV. USATF is a valid source. Bearian (talk) 22:35, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

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.