Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Virgin Islands records in athletics


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The result was   keep. Skomorokh 16:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

British Virgin Islands records in athletics

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I'm not clear that the British Virgin Islands, a territory with a population of 22,000, really warrants it's own article on records in athletics? ~ Excesses ~ (talk) 12:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I would imagine that readers from the British Virgin Islands would disagree with you. The article is clearly very incomplete at present. If the British Virgin Islands competes at championships and records national records, I see no reason why these records shouldn't be available in an article here.--Michig (talk) 19:32, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, but remove any events for which records are not kept/have not been set. I presume you think British records in athletics are notable, but where do you draw the line between notable and non-notable nations while avoiding NPOV and systematic bias issues? Thryduulf (talk) 23:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but it doesn't seem that anyone is keeping track of the "records", thus, according to the principle of "remove any events for which records are not kept", it should be a blank article. My attention was drawn to it as it was originally misnamed "UK Virgin Islands" which is the incorrect name and rather suggests semi-random creation, rather than being created because there's a good source of records - British_records_in_athletics is a good indication of the problems in this area. The one record on there lists as it's source an IAAF results sheet with "NR" next to the result - is this a National Record for all events, just IAAF events or something else I haven't thought of? It strikes me that this sort of inclusion of an entry for a small territory which doesn't (Appear to) keep it's own records is either well into Original Research territory or a random collection of race results. Of course, if there is a body keeping track of records, then an entry is warranted, but I couldn't find any such body. ~ Excesses ~  (talk) 14:01, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Five minutes on google led to the website of the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee - http://www.bviolympics.com which includes pages like and  that suggest records are kept for at least some athletics events. The IAAF list the national body they work with as the British Virgin Islands Amateur Athletic Association, but they don't have a web presence that I've yet found. It isn't immediately clear who is keeping the records, or what the definition of them is, but they do seem to exist. Oh, and for further reference, I watchlist all deletion discussions in which I express an opinion so while the talkback was appreciated it isn't necessary :) Thryduulf (talk) 14:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Not seeing any reason why British Virgin Islands shouldn't have its own article on athletics records. Rlendog (talk) 03:30, 6 September 2009 (UTC)


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