Talk:Amy Hughes (runner)

RfC: Record for multiple marathons
This article was recently created, and Marathon was recently updated, to reflect reports that Amy Hughes set a "world record" for most marathons run on consecutive days (53). I believe that this feat received so much coverage because Guinness World Records notes the record to be 52 for men and 17 for women. As I mentioned in Talk:Marathon, this is problematic in that reliable sources reported in 2011 that Stefaan Engels ran 365 consecutive marathons in 2011 (e.g. ESPN, CNN, NPR); other non-English sources have reported that Richard Bottram ran 365 back in 2006-2007 and Ricardo Abad as running 150 consecutive in 2009 and 500 consecutive in from 2010 to 2012. And some sources even have reports that contradict their earlier reports (e.g. see BBC report on Hughes vs. BBC report on Engels; see Independent report on Hughes vs. Independent report on Engels). Given the contradiction in reliable sources, I am wondering how this should be handled here and elsewhere. - Location (talk) 15:15, 17 July 2015 (UTC)


 * IMO, the RfC should be at Talk:Marathon not here, as that page has more views, and has the main issue. I believe that she shouldn't be credited as world-record holder, as no reliable sources say she is- the Guinness Record is 52 and 17, but no source says Guinness ratified this attempt. I didn't intend to write that they were the record holder for this very reason, and have therefore removed it- IMO, it shouldn't be readded. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:46, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Now centralised at Talk:Marathon per request. SFB 00:21, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

53 marathons
We had a debate about this before at Talk:Marathon. The sources clearly say she did 53 marathons, but that doesn't make it a record. And it's notable even if the Guinness World Records didn't accept it (like the IP claims). If the IP wants to start a deletion discussion, they should use the proper procedure outlined at WP:AFD. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:31, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 24 August 2018

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The result of the move request was: MOVED (non-admin closure) Galobtter (pingó mió) 12:19, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Amy Hughes → Amy Hughes (runner) – No clear primary topic between the runner and Amy Hughes (administrator) Joseph2302 (talk) 11:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose per 2DABPRIMARY, the runner gets around 10x the views.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 11:34, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The runner gets 6 views a day, that's hardly a primary topic. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:18, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * But more than the administrator |Amy_Hughes_(administrator).  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 14:28, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * In terms of longevity, the administrator has more though. Joseph2302</b> (talk) 15:41, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Support with views that low there is no primary. In books obviously the historical nurse is the main topic, in articles ironically it's a third Amy Hughes mentioned as a sound engineer in dozens of album articles. In ictu oculi (talk) 14:53, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination and In ictu oculi. No WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.   Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 15:09, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Support, no clear primary topic. &mdash;Xezbeth (talk) 17:36, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


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