Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World's Greatest Athlete


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   no consensus. There is certainly no consensus to delete the article, and there is no clear agreement on what potential redirect target could be used, if any; such a discussion should be taken up at Talk:World's Greatest Athlete. Stifle (talk) 10:16, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

World's Greatest Athlete
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The article is simply duplication of parts of Decathlon and List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men). The premise for the title is shaky at best: the referenced article states that traditionally the term is used for the Decathlon winner but does not limit this to Olympians; although this is a definition it is not the only definition and indeed the referenced article argues against it. WP:V and WP:OR issues; no place to merge to as the article is merely extracted from others - Delete. Ros0709 (talk) 07:02, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep At least three other major encyclopedias (Brittanica, Colliers, and Academic American) mention this title as given to the winner of the Olympic decathalon. Noel S McFerran (talk) 11:18, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - this is almost a neologism. As nom says, it's not the only definition of the term, and is therefore not encyclopedic. That these people have won the decathlon is verifiable. That they are thus the "world's greatest athlete" is not. Frank  |  talk  12:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men). The only point of the article seems to be that the Olympic decathlon winner is sometimes called the "world's greatest athlete".  While that is true, it's not the basis for a separate article.  It is a legitimate redirect. Mandsford (talk) 13:18, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to The World's Greatest Athlete, a notable movie which is probably what most people typing this in are actually looking for (if they were looking for decathalon information, they'd type in decathalon...) Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  14:31, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I initially was in agreement with that (I'd forgotten about the 1972 Disney film), but I think the term is legitimate search for both the film and the decathlon winner; hence, making this a disambiguation page is probably a better idea. Mandsford (talk) 15:41, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, and I created the page in the hopes that someone could help expand it, because I'm interested in knowing more about the origins of the term, etc. I didn't know the title was given to the decathalon winner until I was looking up the info for the page. If there's a majority for it otherwise, a redirect/disambig page sounds fine :) Morhange (talk) 08:58, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  20:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - These people are real greats however they are not the World's Greatest.Damien22 (talk) 16:06, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.