Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Workitu Ayanu Gurmu

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The result was no consensus. A Train^talk 19:03, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Workitu Ayanu Gurmu[edit]

Initially nominated for Speedy under CSD-A7, it seems unclear what assertion of notability is here; I would suggest that, as the article stands, the subject seems to be non-notable. SamBC 19:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Marginal notability at best as an athlete. Her top showing seems to be the 6th place finish.--Sethacus 21:04, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No medal/podium finish, no notability. One race could change this, of course. Such is life. Realkyhick 00:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Realkyhick - one doesn't have to win a medal to be notable. Such a view have no grounds whatsoever in the relevant Wikipedia guideline Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Criteria for notability of people: "A person is generally notable if they meet any of the following standards. (...) Athletes: Competitors who have played (my emphasis) in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming or tennis (or athletics; my comment)." Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfred Moussambani ended with keep because the athletes in question had "participated in a major international competition". A similar case was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Róża Kasprzak. Workitu Ayanu Gurmu has not only participated in the principal event in African athletics, she even reached the final and achieved a quite high place there. Now, the important question: Does the All-Africa Games count as a sufficiently high level of the sport? The answer is a whole-hearted YES, at least when it pertains to running, as African runners show an almost complete dominante the event in question. Workitu Ayanu Gurmu is even number 12 on the current world list.^[1] Number 12 in the world, huh? (note: the reason I have not added this fact to the article is that rankings tend to change during the season and are thus hard to maintain. But this time would have secured an eleventh place at the last World Championships.^[2]) As for claims of marginal notability - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fredrik Hesselberg-Meyer ended with keep since he has played seven minutes in a professional football league. I started that AFD but the outcome was fair and square, given the notability guidelines which have not changed since then. Come on, this athlete has participated for twice as long as Fredrik Hesselberg-Meyer in a top-level (yes, top-level in a global perspective) athletics final :) Punkmorten 09:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- It should be noted that I started the article. Punkmorten 09:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete per Sethacus. Aarktica 14:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- How about founding your views in Wikipedia guidelines? Punkmorten 11:38, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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