Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Teeters


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Winged Blades Godric 09:04, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

John Teeters

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Fails WP:NTRACK and GNG. Subject competed in an Olympic trial, not an actual event.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 14:14, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - My mistake, the lack of coverage didn't help, but I am still in the wrong. This can be closed.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 02:42, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 14:19, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 14:19, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 01:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Teeters was 6th best in the world in 2015 in 60 meter dash (see IAAF best indoor 60m athletes). 60m is an event in the IAAF world indoor championships, so doesn't this mean he passes WP:NTRACK?  Jrheller1 (talk) 06:27, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Nom has misspoken. As Jrheller notes, the 60 metres is an IAAF World Indoor Championships event.  So being ranked in the top 6 in the world on the annual list clearly passes WP:NTRACK #8.  The current champion is Trayvon Bromell, who Teeters ran against in the same collegiate conference many times.  I believe (based on so far, unreliable blog sources, so I haven't added it to the article) Teeters holds victories over the world champion Bromell and over triple Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse.  As you know NTRACK is based on the presumption of meeting WP:GNG.  Google his name and you will find pages of coverage, a lot of it related to his being "the fastest white American of all time."  Because of the racial component, I added that to the article as a quote.  So even beyond the specific of NTRACK, he clearly also meets GNG. Trackinfo (talk) 07:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Teeters also passes NTRACK criterion #9, and he does so by quite a margin and in an event (the men's 100 meters) where you'd expect better-than-average media coverage. I'm not entirely happy with the sources I can find online, but there's still articles like this, this and this. Sideways713 (talk) 18:01, 22 February 2017 (UTC)


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