Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Selena Zhao (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Star  Mississippi  21:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Selena Zhao
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Fails WP:NSKATE; medal placement at the junior level or bronze/silver medals at the senior-level national championships explicitly do not meet the requirements of WP:NSKATE. Bgsu98  (Talk)  18:07, 2 May 2024 (UTC) JTtheOG (talk) 21:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Women, Canada,  and Washington.  Bgsu98   (Talk)  18:07, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources already in the article have enough coverage to pass WP:GNG and certainly WP:SPORTCRIT. They go beyond routine sports coverage and cover the subject directly.
 * Zhao doesn't disappoint
 * Zhao delivers first-class program, gold is her due
 * Canada's Zhao prepares for senior debut

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Notability (people), which says: "People are presumed if they have received significant coverage in  that are,  of each other, and .If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability." Sources   The article notes: "In her first-ever skate at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships, it almost seemed as if Selena Zhao of Varennes, Que., appeared to come out of nowhere to finish atop the field after Wednesday’s junior women’s short program. Turns out Zhao has indeed been on the up-and-coming radar for budding stars but that was in the United States. Born in Seattle and training in Colorado Springs, Zhao became a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S. over the summer. She also eventually moved into the skating stable of Montreal coach Annie Barabe, who runs a top training centre in Contrecoeur, Que."   The article notes: "While Canadian Junior champion Selena Zhao is looking forward to debuting her senior year on the national level this upcoming season, she is also keeping her fingers crossed for some international opportunities. The 17-year-old started the 2014-15 season well, placing ninth and tenth at her two first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events. She then captured the junior national title with more than 13 points to spare. ... Moving forward, Zhao, who lives and trains in Colorado Springs, Colo., under Christy Krall and Damon Allen, is working on increasing her physical fitness and staying healthy. ... Zhao, who can speak, read, and write in both English and Chinese, will be a senior this fall at Cheyenne Mountain High School where she is a top student. In her junior year, she won the math gold plaque for having the highest grade in the senior math class for BC Calculus."   The article notes: "Selena Zhao, the Seattle-born skater who has become a dual citizen, easily won the junior title Thursday night.  Zhao, who turns 17 in May, nailed her free program just like her  short program on Wednesday. She left many believing she will be a  contender at the senior level next year."  <li> The article notes: "... skater Selena Zhao of Bellevue finished ninth in the final Juvenile Ladies level competition ... Selena Zhao, 10, also has plans to improve her skating through working on her double Axel jump, increasing her foot work and the variety of spins she’s able to perform. She wasn’t expecting her ninth place finish and says when she skates she likes to have fun. ... Lee and Zhao practice their skating elements six days a week and take ballet lessons together on their day off. ... When asked who their favorite figure skater is both Lee and Zhao quickly say Yu-Na Kim." </li> <li> The article notes: "A solid triple flip and triple Lutz helped Selena Zhao edge Polina Edmunds in the free skate and win the junior ladies gold at the 2012 U.S. Challenge Skate in Salt Lake City. Zhao, who trains in the Chicago area under Kori Ade, landed four clean triples, including Lutz and Salchow combinations in her free skate to violinist Itzhak Perlman's rendition of selections from the Il Postino: The Postman soundtrack. Two other triples were judged under-rotated by the technical panel, but the 14-year-old still earned 83.93 points to win the free skate and take the title with 128.80." </li> <li> The article notes: "In one of the most competitive classes, Selena Zhao won a qualifying free skate in the intermediate ladies." </li> <li> The article notes: "Selena Zhao was selected last year for a Mitchell Scholarship, but a sports-related injury resulted in her deferral to the Class of 2022. Selena graduated in May 2020 from Harvard with a degree in Government. As a student, she researched consociationalism and the impact of this form of power-sharing. She has explored the topic in Nigeria, Lebanon, and wrote her senior thesis on the Good Friday Agreement and how it incentivizes the ethnonational divide for political gain. Selena has worked as a research assistant for several Harvard professors and contributed to Professor Steve Levitsky’s bestseller How Democracies Die. In London, she interned with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, researching a UK centrist platform. She led several model UN organizations for Harvard, including the largest high-school Model UN conference in the South Asian circuit. Before university, Selena was a competitive figure skater for the Canadian International Team and was the 2015 Junior National Champion. She managed and performed at An Evening with Champions, a yearly fundraiser for pediatric cancer research. She will study Conflict Transformation at Queen’s University Belfast." </li> <li> The article notes: "Harvard University's Selena Zhao explains how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted her senior year and coursework. Harvard University senior and government student Selena Zhao says that seniors have to find ways to get the closure they would have gotten from events like commencement and senior week on their own terms." </li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Selena Zhao to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 10:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC) </li></ul>


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