Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Axel Andersson

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. Mailer Diablo 03:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Axel Andersson

Subject finished second last in a single race held 98 years ago. The fact that this race was an Olympic event is irrelevant. The wheat should be separated from the chaff, and we have entries for the finalists in the relevant event, but Axel Andersson is just chaff. Catchpole 12:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete This article doesn't do anything more than mention that he existed, the 1908 Summer Olympics 1500m mentions his name, and place he scored, which does more than enough for him. --Porqin 12:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Every Olympic athlete is worth note. But I agree that article needs more data. -Jdlow 8:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Olympic athletes - all Olympic athletes - are notable under WP:BIO. BoojiBoy 13:31, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment No mention of Olympic athletes is made in WP:BIO. The actual text mentions 'the highest level in mainly amateur sports'. Seeing as Axel Andersson did not make an Olympic final, he did not compete at the highest level. Catchpole 13:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment You are taking WP:BIO out of context. The full text is "Sportspeople/athletes who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, or at the highest level in mainly amateur sports..." The Olympics are the highest level at which one can play in mainly amateur sports, and WP:BIO says nothing about results, only "playing". BoojiBoy 14:28, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Keep in mind WP:BIO is a guideline and not a policy. Every article should be well-reasoned for or against, not just saying strictly "The article should automatically be included because they meet part of a guideline". Also, you can apply many "Alternative tests" of the WP:BIO, and it seems this individual would fail them. They are already mentioned on this page and include all of the same information that Axel Andersson's provide. --Porqin 14:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per the same reasoning- he was an Olympic athlete, and that means he passes WP:BIO, and that means he deserves an article (even if there's little info on him). -- Kicking222 18:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - We don't even have articles on athletes who made the 1500m final at the 2004 Olympics. Why? Because there is not that much to say about them and they haven't been notable enough for anyone to write an article on them. Catchpole 08:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, notable for being an Olympic athlete. Yamaguchi先生 09:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres. There is no content here not on that page, and simplifying the article structure, when it can be done for no loss of content, is a good idea. Should anyone ever find real content from reliable sources, the redirect can be overwritten at that time. Meanwhile, this is a stub article. GRBerry 00:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- notable for Olympic athlete. Sue Anne 23:25, 4 August 2006 (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.