Talk:German Fernandez
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[edit] Mexican-American?
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Fernandez is of Mexican heritage, but I'm hesitant to add Category:Mexican American sportspeople in case I'm wrong and he's some other branch of Hispanic. Could anyone confirm this one way or the other? — xDanielx T/C\R 00:49, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I think he's South American..? Read that somewhere. --B0bby flay (talk) 07:24, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
This page seems a little biased. "The performance is seen as one of the most outstanding in the history of high school middle-distance running." Seen by who has the most outstanding? This is an example of weasel wording. Also, the 5k is considered a long-distance event. And why is there a page on Fernandez and not one on Chris Derrick or Mike Fout?75.5.73.214 (talk) 02:57, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think it's so bad. He beat what is undoubtedly one of the strongest high school course records, with a 14 second margin and in mediocre conditions. IMO the sources do a fairly good job of backing this up. I suppose you're right that it's weasel wording, but minor ambiguities aren't really of concern when we're dealing with strictly positive personal information.
- Suppose you're right about the distance classification. Middle distance track event suggests that there's some ambiguity, but by and large it seems 5k is considered long distance (as you say). — xDanielx T/C\R 06:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
He is a fast runner.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.225.207.33 (talk) 18:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah he is a totall beaner I saw him jump a fence once and I asked him about it he said it came with great ease so I just figured...
Ok this guy is notable, he had the single greatest day in HS track ever, 4:00 and NR 8:34. I removed the tag Unterdenlinden (talk) 03:44, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Article Re-write
The text needs to be shortened and a lot of the fluff removed. Just state the facts, not the opinions. --Rake (talk) 08:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
