Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liang Jing (runner)

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The result was keep per the recent WP:SNOWfall. (non-admin closure) ——Serial 09:45, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Liang Jing (runner)

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Fails WP:SPORTCRIT, WP:ONEEVENT and also WP:SIGCOV since the cited news stories are about an event and not about him. Geschichte (talk) 12:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:07, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:07, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete A lack of independent, third-party coverage fails ANYBIO. ——Serial 13:42, 24 May 2021 (UTC)~~[reply]
- Serial Number 54129, Did you do any BEFORE? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:39, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - While the sources cited are largely about the disaster and not the athlete himself, the BBC described him as "one of China's most accomplished ultramarathoners" and says that he had a fanbase, which suggests that there's likely coverage in Chinese sources. Not trying to be WP:THEREMUSTBESOURCES, but I don't know Mandarin and wouldn't be able to find any, and the wording of the BBC article definitely indicates notability in China to me. Waxworker (talk) 14:18, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. If he is the winner of an IOC competition, I think he should be relevant. Same as Huang Guanjun --Bodhi-Baum (talk) 14:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Found a handful of English-language articles about his career previous to his death which I don't have time to add to the article right now but which suggest notability to me: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. (And I share Waxworker's feeling that there are probably more sources in Mandarin; I don't know if anyone has searched for them yet.) Opus 113 (talk) 16:41, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Ultrarunning is something of a minority sport, but he seems to have been notable within it. PamD 16:48, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per coverage by Opus, seems notable. Flalf^Talk 18:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As far as I can see notable within his sport.BabbaQ (talk) 23:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per Opus. GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 23:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep CNN: 'a Hong Kong marathon group [...] also described him as "one of the best ultra-endurance athletes in the world"' || He was also 12-hour and 24-hour ultra-marathon Chinese record holder (12-hour: 151.2km). National record holder died in the worst accident (by death toll) in the world's ultra-marathon history (and probably even the worst accident by death toll of the participating athletes in the world's modern sport history? (en:List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll#Sporting_events)). The tragic combination makes him notable. --Tomchen1989 (talk) 00:02, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Snow keep: Clearly notable. Frivolous nom. GhostOfDanGurney (talk) 04:12, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. Another bunch of sources that indicate his career, and notability: [6]; in Chinese: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] etc. etc. Thuyhung2112 (talk) 04:33, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seriously? He is called a "legend" here: [17]. Did the nom do any BEFORE? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:39, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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