![]() | Below are answers to frequently asked questions about the corresponding page Wikipedia:Notability (sports). They address concerns, questions, and misconceptions which have repeatedly arisen on the talk page. Please feel free to change this material in light of new discussion. |
Many discussions on rules of thumb start with, "This league/championship is important," or "This sport is popular in country X." While these arguments provide indirect evidence, a much better way to reach an agreement is to double-check if everyone meeting the proposed criteria has appropriate sources meeting the general notability guideline. For example, for an individual championship, you can list everyone who has won the championship and, for each person, the corresponding sources that show they meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion.
Subsequent to the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Sports notability, proposing a guideline for the notability of an athlete purely based on their participation in a non-championship final or non-Olympic event is likely to meet opposition.
Note the "nutshell summary" and the "Basic criteria" section are high-level descriptions of the type of criteria used by each sport. This does not mean that any criteria that fit these descriptions are suitable. You must demonstrate that the proposed criteria are effective as a way to determine if a subject meets the general notability guideline.References
- ^ Request for Comments discussion that established the sports-specific notability guidelines: Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 4 § RfC: Promote Notability (sports) to a guideline
- ^ Discussion in June 2011: Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 8 § Applicable policies and guidelines
- ^ Discussion in October 2011: Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 9 § Relation to GNG (again)
- ^ Discussion in February 2013: Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 16 § Second sentence