Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Despina Panayiotou


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The result was   delete. Per WP:OTHERSTUFF, the presence of other articles about judokas who came 7th in European championships does not indicate a consensus that overrides WP:ATHLETE. JohnCD (talk) 12:17, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Despina Panayiotou

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I don't believe she meets the notability criteria established at WP:MANOTE or WP:GNG. The sources are all routine sports results reporting. I don't think winning a Small States of Europe championship (open to 8 countries with populations under 1 million) in a field of 5 establishes notability. Population wise, that's less than being a New York city champion and I certainly don't think that proves notability. I also don't think finishing tied for 7th place at the European Judo championships (where she got 2 byes and won 1 bout out of 3) is enough for notability. Jakejr (talk) 07:09, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Jakejr (talk) 07:09, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment: MANOTE is an essay, and a very poor one at that - "Olympic medallist" is not an appropriate standard since Notability (sports) has Olympic participation as automatically implying notability. StAnselm (talk) 07:35, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I would agree on Olympic participation as notable, but not on European championship participation. Jakejr (talk) 07:39, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment: Other participants, but not medallists, at European championship level include Zoltán Pálkovács, Renato Morais, Evghenii Rusu, Sašo Jereb, Magdalena Kozioł, Anton Novik, Evgeny Kudyakov, Henri Schoeman, David Papaux, Grigol Mamrikishvili, Belkız Zehra Kaya and Sandra Borderieux. StAnselm (talk) 08:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems like WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. You're welcome to put those people up for AfD if you want. Jakejr (talk) 17:58, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Merely participating at a European championship is not enough to show notability. Astudent0 (talk) 19:03, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. The very long list (no doubt many more than the ones I found in just a few minutes) of similar articles goes beyond WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. It indicates a consensus to include articles of European championship competitors, WP:ATHLETE notwithstanding. StAnselm (talk) 20:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The articles you mention all seem to be one line in the form:_______ is a judoka from _______. The fact that they exist doesn't indicate a consensus, it just shows no one has gone through each article.  I've seen editors create 40 or more of these articles in a few hours.  Given the trouble to remove them via AfD, it's not surprising most of them still exist. Papaursa (talk) 00:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Winning one match at a single tournament is not sufficient to show notability. Participating at a European championship doesn't meet any notability criteria I can find.  The only sources are simply reporting the results and thus fall under WP:ROUTINE. Papaursa (talk) 00:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
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