Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Bell (sprinter)


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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 04:42, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Alan Bell (sprinter)

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According to, this is not the same person as the most commonly googled Alan Bell as deciphered from his age cross-referenced with the article, as well as "his start as a PE teacher". Otherwise unable to find SIGCOV, calling a GNG fail  Invading Invader  (userpage, talk) 04:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  Invading Invader  (userpage, talk) 04:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Olympics,  and England.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  05:30, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep, I added several new cites to the article. Newspapers covered him on a first-name basis, see for example They demonstrate WP:SIGCOV -- I found them by just scrolling through the over 2,000 matches for "Alan Bell" from 1977-1985 in the UK, there are still many yet to be found. Clearly satisfies WP:SPORTCRIT, and he is quite fast too as his 45.65 400m in the 1980 UK Champs semifinals was the #3 UK mark of all time. --Habst (talk) 14:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep, per Habst's expansion and work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


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