Talk:John Maclean (sportsperson)

Ugly clumsy disambiguation
The current disambiguator "wheelchair sportsperson" is IMHO ugly and clumsy. It sticks out like a sore thumb on the list at John Maclean. Other athletes with a disability are usually disambiguated with the term "athlete", "Paralympian" (if applicable) or the name of the sport for which they are most notable. In this case it's not clear whether "Paratriathlete" or some other would fit best, but "wheelchair sportsperson" looks ugly and even patronising to me. Roger (talk) 09:48, 18 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I thought long and hard about this when moving and expanding the article (it was originally at the title ). The word "athlete" is ambiguous because it can refer to a person who just competes in track and field, which is why the relevant guideline (eighth paragraph) suggests use of the word "sportsperson" in situations where a person is notable in several sports, as the subject of this article is. However the two cricketers and the ice hockey player are sportspeople too, so I thought it'd be unfair to label him as just a "sportsperson". For better or worse, IMO the defining fact of his sporting achievements is his paraplegia, and "paraplegic sportsperson" sounds even worse than the current title, so that's why I settled on "wheelchair sportsperson". Normally I'd use "Paralympian" for cases like this, but IMHO his participation in the Paralympics isn't clearly the most notable part of his sporting achievements the way that it is for, say, Robert McIntyre. I didn't think of using "paratriathlete" as a disambiguator; it's one of the less bad options, though it does exclude his rowing achievements. Graham 87 10:32, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've moved it to the plain "sportsperson" title, because "wheelchair sportsperson" is now thoroughly inappropriate due to recent events. Graham 87 06:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

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