Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shawn Schmidt


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 07:40, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Shawn Schmidt

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Non-notable college athlete, the only sources listed which provide coverage longer than a passing mention are college newspapers, which are usually not reliable sources and this is no exception. Devonian Wombat (talk) 05:51, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:46, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:46, 18 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage. A Google search for significant secondary sources only turned up this article which seems to originate from the Plano Courier from his hometown of Plano, Texas. A search on newspapers.com only turned up trivial mentions. Alvaldi (talk) 11:20, 18 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Include He did get injured in college before he’d be likely to compete at the Olympic level.


 * On the other hand, two major track and field sources list him as an All American as a high school senior, and he did compete in world competition. In college, he competed at a high level prior to the injury.


 * I’m not sure about the cutoff for relevance, especially for athletes, where hardly any are deeply relevant once they’ve retired from their sport. In his heyday, however, this guy was the best in the country at his age level. That seems worth inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dallasdudette (talk • contribs) 06:04, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The cutoff for relevance is not based on achievements, rather on that he has significant coverage from multiple reliable independent sources. His achievements are irrelevant if nobody writes about him. Alvaldi (talk) 11:24, 19 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:NSPORTS Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:40, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - does not meet WP:COLLATH. 02:45, 25 July 2021 (UTC)


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