Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)

IAAF is now World Athletics
Regarding the Athletics/track & field and long-distance running section, the IAAF has renamed itself World Athletics. (The IAAF page has also been renamed.) Zatsugaku (talk) 14:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

What's happened to NFOOTBALL?
I'm looking for guidance on notability criteria for professional (association) footballers, but WP:NFOOTY seems to have disappeared from this article. I've found some old discussions about it and proposals for change but can't see what the current guidance is? Can anyone help? Orange sticker (talk) 08:47, 26 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Can you find multiple sources of significant coverage about the subject? Then he is likely notable. If he doesn't, he likely is not Alvaldi (talk) 13:01, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No. I was just hoping there was clearer and easier criteria as in other sports, as this player did play at international level and in a World Cup (see this Article for Deletion). Thanks! Orange sticker (talk) 13:11, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry but no. I would try to Google his native name in South Korean sources (i.e. " 박철진 site:.kr") but if that doesn't turn anything significant up then he's all out of luck. Alvaldi (talk) 17:27, 26 April 2024 (UTC)


 * At the end of the section it now redirects to, it reads: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bagumba (talk • contribs)
 * There was consensus in a 2022 RfC to remove solely participation-based criteria. See Village pump (policy)/Sports notability. There was then consensus while implementing the RfC to remove NFOOTY because it was solely participation-based, and discussion regarding an alternative was tabled. See Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 49. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Bobsleigh and skeleton
Recently, I've been looking through articles of winter sport atheletes and doing a quick copy-edit on them, especially bobsleigh and skeleton. However, I noticed every one-time Winter Olympics participant has been documented even if they're not notable. A lot of them are also poorly-sourced or poorly-written stubs. I was wondering if there was clearer and easier criteria for these types of atheletes; otherwise, we may assume their articles pass WP:SPORTBASIC? Specifically, even for two or four-person bobsleigh, do they need to be in top ten of every bobsleigh tournament according to IBSF to be considered notable? CuteDolphin712 (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Bridge
I propose the following for inclusion to the main article.

I will ask other Bridge editors to comment and add.

Bridge
(Note: I am not sure how to create Shortcuts, nor how to check with conflicts with other shortcuts on other topics. The shortcut WP:BRIDGE refers to physical bridges)


 * Significant coverage is likely to exist for Bridge players if they:
 * 1) Have won a medal at an international event at the senior, open, womens, mixed, youth or junior level. International events include the European Championship, World Championships and North American Bridge Championships (NABCs).
 * 2) Have placed first or second in a major North American Bridge Championships. Major events are Vanderbilt, Spingold, Soloway or Reisinger.
 * 3) Have won an open, mixed, senior or women's North American Bridge Championships.
 * 4) Have been elected to the Hall of Fame in their National Bridge Organization (NBO)

Discussion information: European and World events award medals. NABCs do not.

Other National Bridge Organizations (NBOs) may have appropriate qualifications. For example someone in the Hall of Fame for a NBO.
 * Oppose The proposal shows no evidence that individuals with these honors have recieved significant coverage. Alvaldi (talk) 10:28, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose. For new guidelines we need extensive evidence that SIGCOV can be presumed for >90% of individuals. Nothing here indicates any work has been done to establish this evidence. JoelleJay (talk) 00:42, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment. I used guidelines from other less well known sports, for example, curling, orienteering as a equivalency and mapped Bridge events to other sports.Nicolas.hammond (talk) 16:36, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

FAQ numbering
BI noticed here that the FAQ numbering skips 5. I'm thinking we should probably renumber the questions, but I wanted to check and make sure 5 wasn't being excluded deliberately before BOLDly making the change myself. If we're keeping the same numbering for historical reasons, we ought to make a note to that effect rather than just not having a Q5 at all. Ham tech  person  00:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing it up. I forgot to renumber the questions when I deleted one that was no longer relevant. I've renumbered them now. isaacl (talk) 00:48, 27 June 2024 (UTC)