Talk:Stephanie Brown Trafton

High School info
Article had this line:
 * Her high school career was spent at Arroyo Grande High School.

Thing is, though, she wasn't a discus thrower at that point, as far as I can determine. She played basketball there. Not sure what the relevance is to her life's notable achievement thus far. If some link to track and field at Arroyo Grande can be made, or it can be snuck in as mere biographical data, then it should go back in; otherwise, it's kinda misleading to say that her "high school career" was there.  Czech Out  ☎ |  ✍  22:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, found more info and cited it. Nevermind :)  Czech Out   ☎ |  ✍  22:10, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Question imbedded in text
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 * Coming into the Beijing Olympics, her personal best was 66.17 m, achieved at the Hartnell Throwers Meet in Salinas, California. Until a June 21 2008 mark of 66.51 m by Romanian Nicoleta Grasu, this throw stood as the longest on record anywhere in the world in 2008.  Moreover, it was the third-best American throw of all time, behind efforts by Suzy Powell and Becky Breisch.

The question about the statement was this:
 * How is this possible? the world is bigger than America, yet longest in the world is only third-longest American?

Well, I think the editor who asked the question missed the phrase "in 2008". It' s quite possible for a seasonal global best to be only the third-best American throw of all time. This sport is particularly prone to temporal "qualifications" like "in 2008" or "since 1988", because by and large the world record is so old and largely believed to have been the result of doping. No one has come within about 10 metres of the world record in a good decade. Many, including Brown Trafton's teammate. Aretha Thurmond have commented that the world record should be abolished so as to get a more realistic view of what a world-class throw really is. The important point about virtually any throw in women's discus is "how does it compare with other throws that have been done recently". Hence, it is quite common in coverage of women's discus to find statements which precisely place a throw in a particular context.  Czech Out  ☎ |  ✍  08:30, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Nationality
In the original page Stephanie's nationality was listed as United States and United Kingdom. Stephanie is a natural born United States citizen and her only nationality is United States. Her mother is British. Her nationality has been updated to that effect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.247.209 (talk) 16:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I still don't understand this. I originally had at least three sources in this article claiming differently — indeed specifically citing that she possessed a British passport.    What is the source of your information?  Czech Out   ☎ |  ✍  15:59, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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