Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zach Bradford


 * 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 keep. (non-admin closure) Rollidan (talk) 02:54, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Zach Bradford

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Deprodded without rationale or improvement. Doesn't meet either WP:GNG or WP:NATHLETE.  Onel 5969  TT me 02:52, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
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 * KEEP. One of the 30 best pole vaulters in the World. Qualified for Doha 2019.-Binbaksa (talk) 03:05, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not meet NATHLETE. that site you have just recommended is inaccessible for "legal reasons". I suggest you withdraw your statement. No Great Shaker (talk) 10:18, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I will not withdraw my statement because I have seen the article (before it was forbidden only to EU CITIZENS for legal reasons. This article meet NTRACK as this athlete is selected to participate to the next World Championships. I suggest you to read more accurately the ATHLETES notability.-Binbaksa (talk) 07:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * That same article comes up for me, in my search from the USA. I suggest you are having internet issues, but have no right to cast aspersions, or asparagus  against Binbaksa or the source. Trackinfo (talk) 08:18, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * That source is not independent, being from the university he played out, therefore has zero weight towards notability. Onel 5969  TT me 23:54, 14 August 2019 (UTC)


 * KEEP He is selected as a USA representative to the World Championships in a little over a month which will guarantee satisfying WP:NATHLETE and by being selected is not WP:CRYSTAL now. He is currently ranked #15 in the world which makes him a serious contender. Here's the official list.  He has already represented the USA in International competition, twice  coming away with a Silver Medal both times.  Here's some news reporting      Each of those are reporting on different achievements through his relatively short career.  I suggest this AfD be withdrawn. Trackinfo (talk) 08:13, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep based on the sources found. Bearian (talk) 19:27, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment, the sources are all routine coverage of sporting events, not the in-depth coverage needed to meet WP:GNG, and still does not meet WP:NATHLETE. Onel 5969  TT me 23:54, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It frustrates me the depth to which some people will stoop in order to get deletion brownie points. Since you have chosen to misrepresent the sources lets analyze.  WBNQ local source reports on local kid who wins a silver medal in international competition.  They would not cover the competition if it were not for the local athlete.  Zach Bradford is named in the headline.  Vaulter, a sport specific website, reported on both he and teammate Hussain Al Hizam breaking the Kansas Indoor stadium record.  Because of tie braking rules, he finished second in the competition but both get credit for the record.  And might I point out the mere fact that they are talking about a record means it is not routine.  LJWorld is the local paper in Lawrence, Kansas, where he now goes to the University.  The headline Zach by name talking about the outdoor record he set, exclusively, breaking a 36 year old facility record.  Not routine.  KAGS, local TV station for Sam Houston State where his USA teammate Clayton Fritsch goes to school.  Yes the article focused on Fritsch, local boy makes good again, but it also mentions Bradford, who jumped the same height . . . those tie breaking rules again . . . both dominating the other international athletes when he won the silver medal.  Still not routine.  And pantagraph is his Bloomington, Indiana hometown newspaper reporting when he signed to go to University of Kansas out of high school.  His name again appears in the headline, local boy makes good, and is not routine.  Now lets carry this a little further.  Since you have continue to press the argument; you are wikilawyering the letter of WP:NATHLETE.  If he had been on the favoring side of either of those silver medals, he's have an international junior gold and you'd have zero argument.  He has already been selected to go to the World Championships.  The moment he sets foot on that track he will fulfill the letter of WP:NATHLETE and this article will be back up.  Even if he doesn't show up, there will be a story about that.  In that month, as that competition comes closer, his name will show up in entry lists and dope sheets around the world.  You are pressing to deny the journalists of the world easy data on this college sophomore, #4 American, coming in to the championships ranked #15.  What is there to gain by pursuing this AfD, other than stupid deletionist brownie points? Trackinfo (talk) 08:44, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * Keep based on the sources found.--Arorae (talk) 13:58, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep WildCherry06 18:44, 15 August 2019 (UTC)


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