Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belfast Marathon

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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 22:29, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Belfast Marathon

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Unreferenced. A search revealed nothing beyond local newspapers. Sungodtemple (talk) 17:51, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:40, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:40, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -
WP:BEFORE search has returned independent coverage in reliable sources like the BBC, CNN, Irish Times and other (at least) national outlets. (CNN/BBC/etc are not typically classified as "local newspapers"). Guliolopez (talk) 18:51, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply
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Keep The subject has received repeated coverage over its many decades of operation as the country's largest annual mass race. Clearly notable and verifiable. SFB 23:29, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
keep. the recent
promotional edits unfortunately ended up removing virtually all the references and making the article look like an advertisement, so the article when it was nominated for deletion made the event look a lot less notable than it actually is. however, Guliolopez did a good job restoring the article to an acceptable quality.
according to this page, in 2016, the belfast city marathon was the largest marathon in northern ireland, and was tied for 177th-largest marathon that the association of road racing statisticians (arrs) kept track of that year, comparable to washington, d.c. (171st), kyoto (185th), and dubai (191st). this statistic was based on the number of marathon finishers (2,155) that year, which has increased to 3,756 in 2019, according to marathon guide.
in addition, regarding sources, the bbc and cnn links now in the article should be sufficient, but if not, some running-specific sources include runner's world and distance running, and some outside the anglophone world include fitz (hong kong) and newrunners (russia).
also, although the article states that the marathon was established in 1982, arrs reports that a marathon has been run in belfast pretty much every year since 1946, with each running of the marathon treated as the northern ireland championships. dying (talk) 23:55, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply
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