Talk:Athlete (disambiguation)

Should Athlete redirect straight to Sportsperson?

Personally I think not, on the basis that an athlete often refers specifically to someone who participates in athletics (track and field) events, rather than sport in general.

The users Tevildo and Jcvamp also expressed a similar opinion here and here respectively.

However, when I changed the redirect my edit was reverted by Ewlyahoocom.

Please feel free to comment. Alex9788 08:47, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Ewlyahoocom, who does not appear to be big on talking, has now changed the redirect to go to athlete (disambiguation). Thanks, Alex9788 09:04, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposal to Athletics

I'm opposed to the merger. Athletics and athletes are two distinct concepts, making them unlikely synonyms for search terms, and I don't see a need to add more clutter to Athletics. hateless 10:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Propose redirecting to Sportsperson

This discussion did not produce much involvement before, but irrespective of whether "athlete" is usually thought of in relation to a specific sport, it is certainly thought of in relation to a Sportsperson before any of the other potential meanings included on this page. bd2412 T 17:23, 26 July 2010 (UTC)