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RfC on draftifying a subset of mass-created Olympian microstubs

The motion carries,
WP:RfDs.--GRuban (talk
) 01:40, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
I'd like to thank all those who participated in this discussion, over 100 people, all of whom remained civil, and many of whom brought up very insightful points. I'd also like to thank
WP:AN
after this asking that my close be also reopened. But I am still trying hard so that there is not.

So, the decision. I counted a noticeable majority of voices in support of this proposal than opposing it here; something like 68 to 45, and even more if we consider the ones who agreed that the articles should be removed from main space, but wanted redirects instead of draftification (which, as above, will generally be individually allowed). I might be off by one or two in my count, but I am not off by 10. Now as people say, correctly, RfC is a matter of stating arguments, citing policies and guidelines, not a matter of counting votes. The closer does not just count votes. But when I close and judge arguments, I try to remember that the editors stating them are as much editors as I am, many even more experienced than I am, and if many experienced Wikipedians are all saying something, it's definitely worth considering that they just might be right.

So, those arguments. The "support" side mainly said that these articles are stubs that are essentially database entries, and cited only to one or two specific databases, violating

WP:NSPORT said that just participation in an Olympics, even without winning a medal, was an indicator of notability. Unfortunately, I have to discount those arguments; we have a long and time-honored precedent of deleting articles that are not actually hurting anything, but just because they don't meet Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability; and those policies don't have a "grandfather clause
" that say that articles that were made before the policies were written are forever acceptable. We can work on not-harmful articles that don't quite meet standards in our user spaces, or in draft space, but until they do, we don't allow them in main or article space.

Many others of the "oppose" side, maybe even most of them, said two related things: that mass moving articles to draft space is basically deletion, as very few people will ever find them there; and that deletion is not something that can be decided at the Village Pump, that's what we have

WP:NOTBURO
, we can consider this a sufficient venue, as PerfectSound wrote.

Finally, the redirect option. A noticeable number of people were opposed to draftification, for all the above reasons, but preferred replacing the stub articles with redirects to existing articles on the Olympics of that year or the competitors' countries, because that way at least the redirects could be found by readers; even more would accept redirects equally with draft space, or as a compromise. However, several were explicitly opposed to redirects, because it wouldn't be always clear which article to redirect to, and in any case, over half the participants didn't mention redirects one way or the other. So I can't see a consensus for redirect, even as a compromise. However, I can point out the initial term of the proposal, "5: Editors may return drafts to mainspace for the sole purpose of redirecting/merging them to an appropriate article, if they believe that doing so is in the best interest of the encyclopedia". So if someone believes they know a good redirect target, they can feel free to make a redirect; if others disagree, they can discuss or at worst nominate it for

WP:RfD. As long as it is one thoughtful redirect at a time, and not a mindless batch or automated process, I believe the community will accept it. User:Valereee
even suggested doing draftification and redirect replacement simultaneously.

Personal note: Personally I'm not much of an editor of articles about Olympic competitors (arguably if I were I wouldn't be a suitable closer here!). However I've run into Lugnuts here and there - with all his edits it's hard to imagine an experienced editor who hasn't. I had always looked at his many short articles, not just on sportspeople, but on the many, many topics that he wrote about, and thought: these are not my cup of tea, but I'm glad we have him. I'm sad that he's gone. I'm even more sad that he went like this, with a statement that he intentionally added copyright violations and incorrect information. That several people in this conversation think he was lying about this, and just saying it "to piss off all of those who did not like him" doesn't really make it much better. What we're doing here by building the Wikipedia is a 90%+, maybe even 99%+, a very good thing. If I'm ever this angry at the <1-10% of what this project does that I don't agree with, I hope I can leave without deliberately acting to damage the project as a whole. A sad thing all around.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Should the following biographical microstubs, which were mass-created by Lugnuts and cover non-medalling Olympians who competed between 1896 and 1912, be moved out of article space? 08:15, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


List of microstubs
Article Initial size Current size Growth Date created Page views in 2022 # of extant articles created
by Lugnuts on same day
Achille Morin
 1058 1183 125 2020/07/19 85 62
Adamo Bozzani 1203 1557 354 2019/07/14 81 59
Adjutant Lemoine 1021 1112 91 2020/07/20 77 42
Adolf Schmal (sport shooter) 1506 1711 205 2014/11/08 81 12
Adolf Tannert 1226 1660 434 2019/07/11 72 60
Adolph Weber 1112 1420 308 2019/07/12 276 61
Adolphe Rouleau 1691 2023 332 2010/04/02 111 36
Aladár von Farkas 1516 1522 6 2014/11/11 80 5
Albert Gauthier
 1011 1103 92 2020/07/20 187 42
Albert Hawkins (wrestler) 1080 1566 486 2019/02/26 90 24
Albert Johnstone 1611 1773 162 2014/11/13 73 4
Albert Rose (wrestler) 1065 1525 460 2019/02/26 74 24
Albert Stüdemann 1114 1475 361 2019/09/08 47 44
Albert Taylor (diver) 1201 1414 213 2020/05/11 102 35
Albert Whittingstall 1110 1560 450 2019/02/26 38 24
Albert Wyatt 1183 1645 462 2017/07/22 140 65
Aleksandr Akhyun 1214 1544 330 2019/07/15 102 22
Aleksandr Shkylev 1706 1852 146 2010/04/17 51 36
Aleksandr Soldatenkov (fencer) 1725 1952 227 2010/04/17 63 36
Aleksandr Tillo 1614 1701 87 2014/11/13 130 4
Aleksandr Yelizarov (athlete) 1216 1660 444 2017/10/09 78 26
Aleksey Selikhov 1080 1432 352 2020/04/13 133 42
Alexander Beckett
 1160 1428 268 2020/05/11 241 35
Alexander Duncan (athlete) 1301 1679 378 2017/07/22 164 65
Alexander Martin (Canadian sport shooter) 1469 1664 195 2014/02/07 41 4
Alexandre Bergès 1122 1231 109 2020/07/21 100 39
Alexandre Chantelat 1184 1286 102 2020/07/21 75 39
Alexandre Fayollat 1227 1552 325 2018/01/29 88 29
Alexandre Guillemand 1037 1128 91 2020/07/20 101 42
Alf Davies (swimmer)
 1186 1800 614 2016/08/28 52 42
Alfons Brehm 1229 1589 360 2019/09/08 99 44
Alfonso Sánchez (athlete) 1231 1580 349 2017/11/04 241 31
Alfred Banbrook 1097 1554 457 2019/02/28 101 49
Alfred Black (sport shooter) 1590 1735 145 2014/11/21 69 6
Alfred Goddard 1080 1547 467 2019/02/28 103 49
Alfred Hodges 1244 1597 353 2019/07/14 257 59
Alfred Keene 1768 1960 192 2010/04/04 111 36
Alfred Nau 1167 1225 58 2020/07/20 64 42
Alfred Schwarz 1244 1610 366 2018/01/30 175 56
Alfred Syson 1588 1775 187 2010/04/10 52 10
Alfred Yeoumans 1262 1703 441 2017/11/26 53 34
Alphonse Eggremont 1162 1577 415 2019/07/14 96 59
Alphonse Moquet 1017 1108 91 2020/07/20 108 42
Alvin Kritschmann 1087 1485 398 2019/07/11 97 60
Amilcare Beretta 1453 1908 455 2016/08/28 68 42
Amédée Aubry 1101 1582 481 2020/03/03 80 30
Anastasios Antonopoulos
 1425 1707 282 2013/05/19 126 14
Anastasios Koutoulakis 1293 1707 414 2017/07/22 76 65
Anatoly Jakovlev 1696 1919 223 2010/04/17 28 36
Anders Møller (wrestler) 1226 1574 348 2019/02/26 101 24
Anders Tamminen 1272 1630 358 2019/07/15 136 22
Andor Horvag 1227 1572 345 2018/01/30 47 56
Andreas Asimakopoulos 1603 2074 471 2016/08/29 120 63
Andreas Kempf (gymnast) 1213 1589 376 2019/07/12 225 61
Andreas von Flotow 1283 1669 386 2020/04/13 134 42
Andrew Neu 1210 1598 388 2019/07/12 268 61
André-Marie Rabel 1146 1254 108 2020/07/20 81 42
André Angelini 1365 1605 240 2014/02/08 58 15
André Barbillat 1374 1646 272 2014/02/21 100 3
André Duprez 1177 1583 406 2016/08/28 46 42
André Labat 1208 1596 388 2017/12/25 85 53
André Mercier 1427 1723 296 2014/02/19 207 6
André de Romilly 1154 1362 208 2020/07/20 87 42
Antal Lovas 1471 1793 322 2012/10/13 95 21
Anthony Jahnke 1211 1727 516 2019/07/12 92 61
Antoine Costa 1172 1514 342 2019/07/14 218 59
Antoine De Buck 1138 1454 316 2019/07/13 50 41
Antonie de Gee 1583 1729 146 2014/02/16 62 14
Antonio Cotichini 1157 1530 373 2019/07/14 201 59
António Pereira (wrestler) 1765 2016 251 2013/05/16 215 26
Archibald Murray (fencer) 1604 1938 334 2010/04/04 41 36
Archibald Sharp 1168 1687 519 2016/08/28 123 42
Archie Taylor (sport shooter) 1478 1692 214 2014/02/19 57 6
Aristide Pontanani 1619 1758 139 2010/04/13 60 13
Armand Viguier 1187 1282 95 2020/07/21 264 39
Armas Laitinen 1557 1751 194 2013/05/18 234 10
Arne Højme 1200 1548 348 2017/11/26 49 34
Arthur Gould (wrestler) 1447 1643 196 2013/05/17 96 18
Arthur Havemeyer 1194 1337 143 2020/07/05 82 42
Arthur Lord 1124 1357 233 2020/07/05 127 42
Arthur Maranda 1267 1684 417 2017/12/10 77 27
Arthur Seward 1176 1559 383 2018/11/03 125 41
Arthur Smith (sport shooter) 1615 1763 148 2014/11/14 66 6
Arthur Sundbye 1181 1627 446 2019/07/11 67 60
Arthur Wallis (wrestler) 1073 1549 476 2019/02/28 59 49
Artúr Baján 1178 1521 343 2018/07/24 94 27
Arvid Beckman 1548 1739 191 2013/05/16 262 26
Arvo Laine 1197 1583 386 2017/12/25 81 53
Arvīds Ozols-Bernē 1203 1605 402 2018/01/05 68 62
Asmund Enger 1635 1763 128 2014/02/06 70 5
Aubrey Coleman (wrestler) 1247 1633 386 2019/02/28 69 49
August Ehrich 1153 1465 312 2019/07/13 51 41
August Jokinen 1563 1843 280 2013/05/21 84 27
August Meesen 1086 1467 381 2019/02/28 91 49
August Placke 1067 1457 390 2019/07/11 76 60
Axel Frank 1486 1730 244 2013/05/21 263 27
Axel Haglund 1187 1601 414 2018/07/22 167 67
Axel Kristensen 1189 1652 463 2020/03/03 204 30
Axel Larsson (Danish wrestler) 1214 1559 345 2019/02/27 60 19
Axel Wiegandt 1295 1638 343 2017/11/12 70 41
Aäron Lelie 1226 1569 343 2019/02/27 143 19
Ben Chimberoff 1136 1623 487 2019/07/11 102 60
Benjamin Sherman (athlete) 1271 1688 417 2018/01/20 166 38
Bernard Berg (gymnast) 1062 1544 482 2019/07/11 95 60
Billy Grantham 1400 1843 443 2017/11/19 86 62
Bob Reynolds (gymnast) 1074 1611 537 2019/07/11 59 60
Boris Arsenyev 1674 1931 257 2010/04/14 76 11
Boris Belinsky 1510 1621 111 2014/11/14 104 6
Boris Nepokupnoy 1974 2046 72 2010/04/17 107 36
Boris Pertel 1556 1668 112 2014/11/21 49 6
Bruno Heckel 1487 1692 205 2013/05/19 75 14
Bruto Buozzi 1193 1545 352 2019/07/14 79 59
Burt Sansom 1199 1579 380 2019/02/28 52 49
Béla Darányi 1637 1658 21 2014/11/16 108 11
Carl-Johan Sund 1635 1748 113 2014/11/17 58 3
Carl Ebert (field hockey) 1147 1495 348 2019/09/08 94 44
Carl Hansen (wrestler) 1541 1876 335 2013/05/16 65 26
Carl Körting 1151 1462 311 2019/07/13 62 41
Carl Saunte 1174 1495 321 2020/04/13 31 42
Carl Wiegand 1145 1734 589 2019/07/11 147 60
Carlo Bonfanti 1250 1556 306 2020/05/11 102 35
Carlo Marchiandi 1088 1442 354 2019/07/14 37 59
Casimir Semelaignes 1191 1292 101 2020/07/21 63 39
Cecil McKaig 1607 1736 129 2013/05/06 53 12
Charles Avrillon 1377 1544 167 2013/05/05 72 32
Charles Bersin 1150 1246 96 2020/07/21 82 39
Charles Broadbeck 1265 1831 566 2019/07/11 85 60
Charles Churcher 1696 1825 129 2014/02/16 43 14
Charles Cléry 1182 1237 55 2020/07/20 106 42
Charles Cresson 1904 2037 133 2014/01/28 289 9
Charles Dellert 1232 1668 436 2019/07/11 203 60
Charles Eng 1165 1600 435 2019/02/25 127 23
Charles Garnier (rower) 1211 1568 357 2018/07/23 31 28
Charles Hall (athlete) 1287 1726 439 2017/11/12 69 41
Charles Jeffers 1528 1677 149 2014/02/08 90 15
Charles Loizillon 1161 1301 140 2020/07/19 76 62
Charles Marty 1682 1899 217 2010/04/02 93 36
Charles Morard 1013 1393 380 2018/11/04 54 35
Charles Schwartz (gymnast) 1083 1397 314 2019/07/11 152 60
Charles Smith (gymnast) 1116 1580 464 2019/07/13 71 41
Charles Sorum 1199 1597 398 2019/07/12 71 61
Charles Stevens (wrestler) 1092 1565 473 2019/02/25 65 23
Charles Vestergaard 1284 1640 356 2017/11/26 83 34
Charles de Béthune-Sully 1342 1781 439 2020/04/12 50 37
Charlie Clark (cyclist) 1416 1616 200 2013/05/05 65 32
Christian Carlsen 1244 1674 430 2019/02/26 126 24
Christian Deubler 1184 1717 533 2019/07/12 117 61
Christian Sperl 1077 1471 394 2019/07/11 134 60
Christian Tauson 1650 1777 127 2014/11/16 29 11
Clarence Lidington 1246 1695 449 2019/07/11 56 60
Coen van Veenhuijsen 1257 1665 408 2018/01/02 124 45
Colin Lewis (swimmer) 1297 1661 364 2016/08/28 120 42
Constant Dulau 1029 1120 91 2020/07/20 75 42
Cyril Brown (wrestler) 1087 1554 467 2019/02/28 71 49
Daniel Flynn (cyclist) 1350 1664 314 2013/05/04 127 26
Daniel Lavielle 1143 1705 562 2019/07/11 105 60
Daniel McMahon (sport shooter) 1673 1738 65 2014/11/22 100 8
David Karlsson (wrestler) 1550 1692 142 2013/05/22 68 24
David McGowan (archer) 1263 1708 445 2020/03/26 145 31
David Noon (cyclist) 1629 1718 89 2013/05/05 120 32
David Robertson (cyclist) 1521 1662 141 2013/05/05 97 32
Davide Baiardo 1259 1632 373 2016/08/28 83 42
Decio Pavani 1132 1478 346 2019/07/14 43 59
Dezső Orosz 1473 1683 210 2013/05/17 54 18
Dimitrios Muller 1202 1593 391 2017/12/21 56 30
Dimitrios Triantafyllakos 1242 1704 462 2017/05/31 117 22
Dino Diana 1585 1786 201 2010/04/05 161 23
Dmitry Kuskov 1516 1691 175 2014/11/09 324 10
Dmitry Nazarov (athlete) 1191 1645 454 2017/10/09 159 26
Douglas Godfree 2098 2213 115 2010/04/04 210 36
Désiré Hudelo 1070 1551 481 2019/07/14 36 59
Dāvids Veiss 1712 1880 168 2014/11/11 43 5
Eddie Fitzgerald (athlete) 1284 1733 449 2017/11/04 121 31
Edgar Dyson 1102 1620 518 2019/07/13 59 41
Edmund Aspinall 1139 1592 453 2019/07/13 87 41
Edmund Pueschel 1257 1569 312 2019/07/11 41 60
Edoardo Alaimo 1617 1769 152 2010/04/11 113 11
Edvard Jansson 1265 1663 398 2019/07/15 50 22
Edvin Lönnberg 1175 1543 368 2018/07/23 21 28
Edward Clough 1115 1154 39 2021/03/04 296 57
Edward Cooke (swimmer) 1177 1700 523 2016/08/28 69 42
Edward Gould (golfer) 1171 1206 35 2020/07/05 70 42
Edward Leader 1274 1638 364 2017/09/11 304 17
Edward Newitt 1570 1618 48 2014/02/20 84 3
Edward Tickell 1688 1754 66 2014/11/09 49 10
Edward Tritschler
 1240 1642 402 2019/07/12 93 61
Efraim Harju 1247 1666 419 2017/10/23 84 19
Einar Hermann 1220 1568 348 2019/07/15 34 22
Einar Møbius 1260 1568 308 2019/07/15 55 22
Elard Dauelsberg 1111 1471 360 2019/09/08 75 44
Elis Holmer 1227 1470 243 2020/05/11 104 35
Elías Yáñez 1097 1446 349 2020/04/13 81 42
Emil Backenius 1549 1743 194 2013/05/23 73 12
Emil Bömches 1520 1855 335 2014/11/15 112 8
Emil Fabritius 1579 1734 155 2014/11/21 80 6
Emil Gustafsson 1639 1842 203 2014/11/17 251 3
Emil Jand 1118 1501 383 2018/07/23 27 28
Emil Nylund 1168 1506 338 2018/07/23 98 28
Emil Rothe 1211 1599 388 2019/07/12 88 61
Emil Rotong 1218 1607 389 2019/07/11 98 60
Emile Jurgens 1614 1911 297 2014/11/23 51 16
Emmanuel Andrieu 1037 1128 91 2020/07/20 113 42
Emmanuel Boislèvé 1146 1606 460 2019/07/13 77 41
Enrique Deichler 1196 1618 422 2020/04/13 124 42
Erich Schultze 1255 1780 525 2016/08/29 95 63
Erich Seidel (swimmer) 1194 1562 368 2016/08/28 71 42
Erik Odelberg 1592 1695 103 2014/11/18 57 6
Erik Öberg 1509 1739 230 2013/05/16 198 26
Ernest Blount 1075 1546 471 2019/02/26 53 24
Ernest Gignoux 1814 2231 417 2010/03/29 131 12
Ernest Larner 1242 1588 346 2017/11/26 75 34
Ernie Fearman 1017 1497 480 2018/11/04 49 35
Ernst Frigast 1706 1850 144 2013/05/14 146 15
Ernst Johansson 1638 1822 184 2014/11/18 110 6
Ernst Kovács 1148 1512 364 2019/11/16 38 16
Ervin Barker 1223 1984 761 2017/12/25 157 53
Erwin Kurtz 1072 1480 408 2019/07/11 85 60
Erwin von Sigel 1269 1791 522 2017/10/23 53 19
Eskil Wedholm 1253 1742 489 2016/08/29 177 63
Ettore Massari 1147 1497 350 2019/07/14 52 59
Eugen Fürstenberger 1247 1826 579 2019/07/11 110 60
Eugène Lesieur 1459 1717 258 2013/05/17 52 18
Eugène Plisson 1603 1739 136 2010/04/02 165 36
Ewald Persson 1533 1814 281 2013/05/16 52 26
Fabio Maioni 1172 1764 592 2016/08/27 162 17
Federico Mueller 1237 1628 391 2017/10/09 84 26
Felix Kwieton 1530 1762 232 2012/10/05 118 30
Fernand Boulmant 1443 1670 227 2013/05/02 79 38
Fernand Castille 1241 1559 318 2019/07/13 34 41
Fernand Semelaignes 1141 1275 134 2020/07/21 109 39
Fernand Steens 1079 1504 425 2019/02/26 211 24
Fernando Cavallini (fencer) 1686 1896 210 2010/04/13 54 13
Flaminio Bottoni 1152 1506 354 2019/07/14 76 59
Francesco Pietrasanta 1665 1765 100 2010/04/13 60 13
Francis Sabourin 1635 1731 96 2010/04/02 82 36
Frank Collings 1096 1356 260 2020/05/11 81 35
Frank Denby 1067 1410 343 2019/07/14 66 59
Frank Ihrcke 1063 1681 618 2019/07/12 51 61
Frank McGurk (boxer) 1093 1501 408 2018/11/04 169 35
Frank Montaldi 1444 1582 138 2013/05/02 49 38
Frank Morris (sport shooter) 1626 1657 31 2014/02/08 166 15
Frank Shore 1365 1570 205 2013/05/02 39 38
František Souček 1276 1695 419 2018/01/10 69 42
Franz Diederichsen 1121 1485 364 2019/09/08 47 44
Franz Schuh (swimmer) 1202 1602 400 2016/08/29 51 63
François Bonnet (cyclist) 1375 1522 147 2013/05/05 54 32
François Brun-Buisson 1268 1366 98 2020/07/21 87 39
François Celis 1195 1557 362 2017/07/22 152 65
François Delibes 1644 1867 223 2010/04/02 118 36
François Elichagaray 1112 1526 414 2018/07/23 59 28
François Nidal 1130 1485 355 2019/07/14 33 59
François de Boffa 998 1082 84 2020/07/21 61 39
Fred Davis (wrestler) 1063 1524 461 2019/02/28 54 49
Fred Grinham 1565 1718 153 2013/05/02 82 38
Fred Hussman 1151 1581 430 2019/02/25 77 23
Fred Koenig (wrestler) 1220 1606 386 2019/02/25 65 23
Fred Sanderson (tennis) 1861 1975 114 2014/01/28 64 9
Frederick Ferguson (wrestler) 1191 1638 447 2019/02/25 189 23
Frederick Knight (wrestler) 1088 1554 466 2019/02/28 55 49
Frederick Osborne (boxer) 1012 1525 513 2018/11/04 46 35
Frederick Tomkins 1093 1604 511 2019/02/28 72 49
Frederik Hansen (wrestler) 1575 1850 275 2013/05/17 236 18
Friedrich Scharrer 1492 1705 213 2013/05/16 61 26
Friedrich Uhl 1237 1599 362 2019/09/08 94 44
Friedrich von Grote 1298 1675 377 2020/04/13 125 42
Friedrich von Oesterley 1288 1656 368 2020/04/13 84 42
Frigyes Gráf 1239 1662 423 2019/07/13 59 41
Fritz Bøchen Vikke 1244 1602 358 2018/01/02 47 45
Fritz Danild 1317 1680 363 2018/01/30 40 56
Fritz Danner 1169 1670 501 2019/07/11 93 60
Fritz Fleischer 1208 1548 340 2017/06/01 237 17
Fritz Krombholz 1144 1491 347 2018/07/23 113 28
Fritz Lange (wrestler) 1420 1620 200 2013/05/22 51 24
Fritz Larsson 1249 1632 383 2019/02/28 131 49
Fritz Möding 1094 1447 353 2019/09/08 59 44
Fritz Reiser 1207 1562 355 2017/07/22 127 65
Fritz Sauer 1101 1527 426 2019/07/11 112 60
Fritz Scheider 1091 1539 448 2019/11/16 69 16
Fritz Weinzinger 1181 1609 428 2017/06/01 84 17
Fyodor Zabelin 1234 1558 324 2019/07/15 73 22
Félicien Lekim 1258 1634 376 2019/07/13 104 41
Félix Alegría 1548 1710 162 2014/11/08 57 12
Félix Ghysels 1173 1604 431 2019/07/11 52 60
Gabriel St. Laurent 1176 1537 361 2018/07/24 61 27
Gaston Aspa 1085 1503 418 2018/11/04 82 35
Gaston Bullier 1430 1534 104 2013/05/02 61 38
Gaston Dreyfus 1362 1509 147 2013/05/04 138 26
Gaston Dutertre 1014 1074 60 2020/07/21 66 39
Gaston Koëger 1232 1553 321 2018/01/02 78 45
Gaston Renard 1647 1824 177 2010/04/03 90 35
Gaston Van Laere 1186 1504 318 2019/11/17 41 24
Gaston de Trannoy 1254 1615 361 2020/04/13 117 42
Gastone Calabresi 1216 1578 362 2019/07/14 68 59
Geoffrey Burton (athlete) 1170 1627 457 2017/10/01 69 32
Georg Andersen (wrestler) 1465 1650 185 2013/05/16 88 26
Georg Erdmann 1551 1677 126 2014/02/06 146 5
Georg Hax 1189 2739 1550 2019/11/16 251 16
Georg Karth 1143 1451 308 2019/07/13 56 41
Georg Kröder 1134 1476 342 2018/07/23 24 28
Georg Lind 1244 1732 488 2017/07/22 212 65
Georg Peterson 1279 1635 356 2017/11/12 116 41
George Anderson (cyclist) 1443 1728 285 2013/05/04 78 26
George Aschenbrenner 1093 1772 679 2019/07/12 142 61
George Bailey (gymnast) 1129 1503 374 2019/07/14 110 59
George Barber (jumper) 1224 1812 588 2017/12/10 94 27
George Buff 1282 1658 376 2017/07/22 206 65
George Cameron (cyclist) 1565 1651 86 2013/05/04 84 26
George Faulkner (wrestler) 1028 1503 475 2019/02/26 170 24
George Godfrey (swimmer) 1333 1712 379 2016/08/29 82 63
George Innocent 1289 1807 518 2016/08/28 145 42
George Jessup 1012 1390 378 2018/11/04 118 35
George Mastrovich 1258 1578 320 2019/07/12 90 61
George Meade (gymnast) 1102 1478 376 2019/07/13 40 41
George Patching
 1237 1791 554 2017/06/01 119 17
George Pinchard 1634 1705 71 2014/11/22 36 8
George Powell (golfer) 1179 1219 40 2020/07/05 234 42
George Rowe (sport shooter) 1457 1607 150 2014/02/07 107 4
George Saunders (British wrestler) 1083 1554 471 2019/02/28 71 49
George Schroeder
 1079 1519 440 2019/07/12 155 61
George Stapf 1228 1688 460 2019/07/12 114 61
George Summers (cyclist) 1366 1593 227 2013/05/03 50 5
George Webster (swimmer) 1345 1800 455 2016/08/29 93 63
Georges-Louis Bézy 1117 1229 112 2020/07/20 68 42
Georges Augoyat 1633 1696 63 2013/05/02 62 38
Georges Coindre 1401 1541 140 2013/05/01 75 11
Georges Daussy 1156 1216 60 2020/07/21 121 39
Georges Donnet 1073 1473 400 2019/07/14 42 59
Georges Dubois (hurdler) 1159 1491 332 2017/10/01 98 32
Georges Lefèvre 1030 1121 91 2020/07/21 169 39
Georges Leroy 1095 1233 138 2020/07/20 116 42
Georges Perrin 1631 1816 185 2013/05/04 102 26
Georges Pinault 1162 1261 99 2020/07/21 129 39
Georges Redeuil 1017 1109 92 2020/07/20 160 42
Georges de Zogheb 1134 1584 450 2020/04/12 141 37
Georgios Drosos 1187 1711 524 2017/07/22 351 65
Georgios Louridas 1197 1605 408 2017/07/22 272 65
Georgius Damen 1583 1700 117 2013/05/02 48 38
Georgy Zakyrich 1692 1895 203 2010/04/17 46 36
Georgy de Davydov 1582 1712 130 2014/11/11 43 5
Gerald Bradshaw 1087 1567 480 2019/02/27 45 19
Gerard van den Bergh
 1698 1909 211 2014/02/16 92 14
Gerhard Topp 1318 1681 363 2018/01/30 85 56
Gerrit Duijm 1229 1609 380 2019/02/27 185 19
Giacomo Stratta 1387 1679 292 2013/05/01 159 11
Giannetto Termanini 1103 1463 360 2019/07/14 36 59
Gino Ciabatti 1079 1471 392 2018/07/22 48 67
Gioacchino Vaccari 1159 1555 396 2019/07/14 45 59
Giulio Cagiati 1578 1799 221 2010/04/05 128 23
Giunio Fedreghini 1024 1222 198 2020/07/21 149 39
Grigory Dyomin 1079 1468 389 2019/02/27 130 19
Guido Cristofori 1153 1507 354 2019/07/14 98 59
Gunnar Bolander 1235 1570 335 2018/01/10 84 42
Gunnar Nilsson (athlete) 1226 1579 353 2018/01/10 64 42
Gunnar Wingqvist 1237 1461 224 2020/05/11 48 35
Gustaaf van Hulstijn 1892 2082 190 2010/04/05 98 23
Gustaf Ljunggren (athlete) 1293 1680 387 2018/01/29 110 29
Gustaf Lyman 1574 1773 199 2014/11/19 76 3
Gustaf Pelander 1528 1809 281 2013/05/23 53 12
Gustaf Stiernspetz 1653 1768 115 2014/11/09 34 10
Gustaf Westerberg 1579 1669 90 2013/05/05 87 32
Gustav Aurisch 1184 1585 401 2016/08/28 68 42
Gustav Betzén 1221 1609 388 2017/12/10 37 27
Gustav Collin 1308 1708 400 2016/08/29 87 63
Gustav Hämmerlin 1237 1688 451 2019/07/12 73 61
Gustav Mueller (gymnast) 1069 1465 396 2019/07/12 76 61
Gustave Charmoille 1200 1715 515 2019/07/13 164 41
Gustave Fahy 1080 1686 606 2019/07/11 92 60
Gustave Masselin 1172 1335 163 2020/07/21 69 39
Gustavo Taddia 1147 1497 350 2019/07/14 75 59
Guy Reyntiens 1167 1513 346 2020/04/13 226 42
Guy Schwan 1142 1557 415 2019/02/28 74 49
Gyula Iványi 1756 2019 263 2010/04/02 99 36
Géza Kövesdi 1123 1540 417 2017/12/10 36 27
Hans Bredmose 1223 1571 348 2019/07/15 72 22
Hans Tronner 1223 1642 419 2018/01/10 48 42
Harald Agger 1214 1726 512 2018/01/20 79 38
Harald Ekwall 1499 1614 115 2014/11/08 63 12
Haralds Hāns 1207 1563 356 2017/07/08 105 30
Harold Bartlett 1717 1770 53 2014/11/15 98 8
Harold Goodworth 1106 1363 257 2020/05/11 51 35
Harold Heiland 1272 1616 344 2017/06/01 62 17
Harold Simpkins 1181 1301 120 2020/07/05 122 42
Harry Baillie 1071 1539 468 2019/02/28 66 49
Harry Challstorp 1196 1646 450 2019/02/27 51 19
Harry Hansen (gymnast) 1058 1492 434 2019/07/12 77 61
Harry Larsson 1561 1845 284 2013/05/16 101 26
Harry Prinzler 1245 1559 314 2019/07/12 67 61
Harry Sprenger 1181 1567 386 2019/02/28 92 49
Harry Warnken 1199 1589 390 2019/07/11 132 60
Haswell Wilson 1221 1593 372 2017/12/25 95 53
Heinrich Rauß 1405 1741 336 2013/05/16 90 26
Heinrich Siebenhaar 1183 1578 395 2019/07/13 62 41
Hendrik Johansen 1230 1584 354 2019/07/15 101 22
Hendrik Rasmussen 1229 1584 355 2019/07/15 78 22
Henri Baumler 1422 1627 205 2013/05/05 71 32
Henri Coquelin 1150 1252 102 2020/07/21 95 39
Henri Cunault 1354 1555 201 2013/05/05 38 32
Henri Davids 1573 1791 218 2010/04/04 48 36
Henri Delamaide 1130 1246 116 2020/07/21 80 39
Henri Fréteur 1181 1618 437 2019/07/11 53 60
Henri Gutierrez 1121 1573 452 2017/12/10 46 27
Henri Jean Début 1024 1115 91 2020/07/20 68 42
Henri Leclerc (equestrian) 1082 1679 597 2020/04/12 246 37
Henri Nielsen 1112 1495 383 2019/02/28 79 49
Henri Pantin 1283 1362 79 2020/07/20 79 42
Henri Plommet 1256 1356 100 2020/07/19 65 62
Henri Sauveur 1460 1614 154 2014/02/16 45 14
Henri Yvon 1137 1234 97 2020/07/20 72 42
Henri le Marié 1608 1732 124 2014/11/22 43 8
Henry Barker (athlete) 1266 1805 539 2017/11/19 84 62
Henry Field (athlete) 1327 1772 445 2018/01/29 99 29
Henry Foskett 1092 1536 444 2019/02/28 40 49
Henry Hiatt 1127 1688 561 2019/07/11 147 60
Henry Koeder 1058 1450 392 2019/07/12 114 61
Henry Kraft 1053 1576 523 2019/07/12 174 61
Henry Munday 1441 1714 273 2014/02/22 89 9
Henry Weyland 1239 1629 390 2019/07/11 206 60
Henry Witherall 1088 1565 477 2019/02/28 130 49
Henry Wittmann 1756 1775 19 2013/05/02 89 38
Herbert Putnam (athlete) 1273 1696 423 2017/10/09 280 26
Herbert Wetter 1315 1853 538 2016/08/29 57 63
Herberts Baumanis 1230 1611 381 2017/07/08 106 30
Herbrand Lofthus 1549 1784 235 2013/05/17 110 18
Herman Nyberg (sport shooter) 1603 1706 103 2014/11/22 40 8
Herman de By 1366 1872 506 2016/08/27 82 17
Hermann Buchfelder 1218 1534 316 2019/11/16 55 16
Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud 1662 1901 239 2010/04/02 88 36
Hjalmar Saxtorph 1263 1756 493 2016/08/28 56 42
Holger Baden 1313 1676 363 2018/01/30 60 56
Horace Chenery 1210 1596 386 2019/02/28 69 49
Hugh Maguire (athlete) 1267 1683 416 2017/11/12 108 41
Hugo Cužna 1169 1507 338 2018/07/23 46 28
Hugo Johansson (wrestler) 1532 1814 282 2013/05/16 85 26
Hugo Svensson 1212 1561 349 2018/01/02 110 45
Hugó Hoch 1573 1901 328 2010/04/02 145 36
Hvitfeldt Hansen 1554 1814 260 2013/05/21 120 27
Imre Wampetich 1165 1691 526 2018/07/22 68 67
Ingvardt Hansen 1082 1472 390 2019/07/15 50 22
Ioannis Loungitsas 1202 1612 410 2017/07/22 262 65
Ioannis Santorinaios 1451 1624 173 2013/05/05 56 32
Iraklis Sakellaropoulos 1626 2001 375 2012/10/05 188 30
Isaac Myrans 997 1506 509 2018/11/04 30 35
István Jeney 1120 1463 343 2018/07/24 26 27
Ivan Ivanovitch (fencer) 1017 1108 91 2020/07/19 139 62
J. Nelson Le Fevre 1455 1569 114 2014/02/22 51 9
Jack Taylor (British swimmer) 1474 1493 19 2021/04/12 120 5
Jack Warner (sport shooter) 1464 1718 254 2014/02/19 106 6
Jacob Hergenhahn 1239 1687 448 2019/07/12 81 61
Jacob Laan 1556 1699 143 2014/02/24 48 5
Jacob van Westrop 1276 1682 406 2019/02/28 69 49
Jacobus Lorenz 1245 1590 345 2019/02/27 65 19
Jacques Droëtti 1443 1714 271 2013/05/02 70 38
Jacques Holzschuch 1157 1279 122 2020/07/20 95 42
Jacques Léauté 1263 1408 145 2020/12/31 125 63
Jacques Nivière 1113 1624 511 2020/03/03 104 30
Jacques Pinchart 1468 1626 158 2014/02/22 29 9
Jacques de la Chevalerie 1204 1278 74 2020/07/19 206 62
Jalo Autonen 1596 1806 210 2014/11/14 194 6
James Bollinger 1037 1474 437 2018/11/03 121 41
James Cotterell 1087 1539 452 2019/07/14 97 59
James Cowan (sport shooter) 1642 1702 60 2014/02/21 52 3
James Dwyer (gymnast) 1053 1443 390 2019/07/12 94 61
James Freeborn 1475 1643 168 2014/02/08 149 15
James Graham (gymnast) 1124 1515 391 2019/07/13 67 41
James Greene (swimmer) 1178 1693 515 2016/08/28 89 42
James Milne (sport shooter) 1408 1480 72 2014/02/19 56 6
James Mitchell Baker 1360 1816 456 2017/07/22 207 65
James Murphy (athlete) 1243 1596 353 2017/11/12 141 41
James O'Connell (athlete) 1239 1572 333 2017/12/10 156 27
James Reid (athlete) 1111 1594 483 2017/11/26 151 34
James Reilly (swimmer) 1285 1700 415 2016/08/29 195 63
James Steele (sports shooter) 1469 1653 184 2014/02/06 125 5
James Webster (wrestler) 1075 1547 472 2019/02/28 50 49
Jan Sint 1640 1769 129 2013/05/21 86 27
Jean-André Hilleret 1036 1127 91 2020/07/20 67 42
Jean-Marie Borringes 1206 1283 77 2020/07/21 91 39
Jean Bouffechoux 1467 1604 137 2013/05/18 60 10
Jean Boulège 1018 1112 94 2020/07/21 126 39
Jean Depassio 1391 1536 145 2014/02/22 76 9
Jean Hauptmanns 1477 1771 294 2013/05/23 79 12
Jean Jeanvoix 1207 1309 102 2020/07/20 50 42
Jean Lafoucrière 1069 1211 142 2020/07/20 86 42
Jean Madelaine 1431 1598 167 2013/05/05 84 32
Jean Michel (fencer) 1017 1108 91 2020/07/20 66 42
Jean Mikorski 1592 1727 135 2010/04/04 44 36
Jean Rodier 1154 1531 377 2019/11/17 128 24
Jean Taillefer 1259 1363 104 2020/07/19 226 62
Jean Van Benthem 1379 1549 170 2013/05/04 66 26
Jean Weill 964 1088 124 2020/07/20 37 42
Jenő Apáthy 1622 1858 236 2010/04/04 98 36
Jenő Várady 1053 1397 344 2018/07/22 59 67
Jindřich Jirsák 1234 1645 411 2018/01/02 96 45
Johan Andersson (wrestler) 1567 1662 95 2013/05/22 60 24
Johan Ekman 1577 1653 76 2014/11/19 131 3
Johan Lindqvist 1268 1654 386 2017/07/22 124 65
Johan Praem 2005 2168 163 2010/04/25 68 33
Johan van Schreven 1888 2001 113 2010/04/05 84 23
Johann Martin 1418 1797 379 2018/01/02 360 45
Johann Trestler 1475 1524 49 2013/05/22 221 24
Johannes Eillebrecht 1596 1925 329 2013/05/19 239 14
Johannes Kolling 1889 2030 141 2010/04/13 67 13
Johannes Ussing 1897 1996 99 2012/06/24 41 13
Johannes van Spengen 1620 1782 162 2013/05/03 95 5
John Barnard (cyclist) 1633 1751 118 2013/05/06 65 12
John Brandt 1165 1200 35 2020/07/05 310 42
John Butler (athlete) 1165 1507 342 2017/11/26 100 34
John Cardwell (wrestler) 1082 1472 390 2019/02/25 95 23
John Cox (wrestler) 1053 1507 454 2019/02/28 71 49
John Densham 1224 1553 329 2017/10/01 100 32
John Goodwin (sport shooter) 1623 1744 121 2014/11/21 58 6
John Hoy 1056 1512 456 2019/02/28 134 49
John Krug 1170 1541 371 2019/02/28 113 49
John Laichinger 1201 1595 394 2019/07/11 212 60
John Lloyd (boxer) 1001 1375 374 2018/11/04 64 35
John McKenzie (wrestler) 1076 1534 458 2019/02/28 44 49
John Murray (athlete) 1294 1704 410 2018/01/10 106 42
John Sellars (sport shooter) 1467 1764 297 2014/02/08 90 15
John Somers (sport shooter) 1658 1702 44 2014/11/16 39 11
John Watters (gymnast) 1160 1540 380 2019/07/13 79 41
John Wolf (gymnast) 1044 1348 304 2019/07/12 129 61
John Wussow 1226 1612 386 2019/07/11 110 60
Josef Stejskal (wrestler) 1452 1656 204 2013/05/17 62 18
Josefa Kellner 1279 1523 244 2016/08/29 90 63
Joseph, Marquis de Saint Brisson 1658 1933 275 2010/04/04 78 36
Joseph-Auguste Métais 1659 1844 185 2010/04/02 161 36
Joseph-Marie Rosé 1563 1764 201 2014/10/05 92 6
Joseph Campot 1146 1499 353 2018/07/24 58 27
Joseph Charles (tennis) 1944 2108 164 2014/01/27 101 17
Joseph Cook (gymnast) 1209 1593 384 2019/07/13 82 41
Joseph Dilg 1228 1667 439 2019/02/26 79 24
Joseph English (athlete) 1381 1763 382 2017/11/19 99 62
Joseph Fontaine (fencer) 1027 1157 130 2020/07/21 98 39
Joseph Geens 1453 1626 173 2014/02/16 62 14
Joseph Guyader 1424 1571 147 2013/05/06 39 12
Joseph Kinchin 1407 1755 348 2017/11/19 56 62
Joseph Lavielle 1090 1615 525 2019/07/11 77 60
Joseph Mallet 1423 1686 263 2013/05/02 85 38
Joseph Marais
 1577 1764 187 2010/04/03 148 35
Joseph Merkle 1447 1680 233 2013/05/21 169 27
Joseph Rodrigues 1021 1112 91 2020/07/20 229 42
Joseph Sénat 1632 2028 396 2010/03/31 84 12
Joseph White (wrestler) 1065 1496 431 2019/02/28 38 49
Josiah Bowden 1115 1211 96 2020/07/20 145 42
José Torres (cyclist) 1414 1583 169 2013/05/12 53 42
Jules Ducret 1081 1509 428 2019/07/11 229 60
Jules Fehr 1081 1423 342 2019/09/08 62 44
Jules Ringnet 1167 1226 59 2020/07/21 142 39
Jules Roffe 1001 1092 91 2020/07/19 71 62
Jules Rossignol 1618 1942 324 2010/04/02 94 36
Jules Wuyts 1247 1660 413 2016/08/28 59 42
Jules de Pradel 1151 1309 158 2020/07/19 128 62
Julien Boullery 1205 1544 339 2017/06/01 44 17
Julius Jørgensen 1298 1662 364 2017/07/22 114 65
Julius Nuninger 1179 1668 489 2019/07/11 79 60
Julius Schaefer 1525 1699 174 2013/05/02 217 38
János Antal 1224 1741 517 2017/10/09 164 26
János Nyisztor 1246 1591 345 2019/07/14 88 59
József Fabinyi 1316 1760 444 2016/08/28 83 42
József Haluzsinsky 1151 1534 383 2017/12/25 46 53
József Maróthy 1188 1622 434 2019/02/26 89 24
József Téger 1081 1592 511 2019/02/26 74 24
Kai Jølver 1874 2094 220 2012/06/24 84 13
Karl Barl 1485 1683 198 2013/05/22 104 24
Karl Borchert 1153 1547 394 2019/07/14 75 59
Karl Hack 1427 1710 283 2012/10/05 126 30
Karl Julius Jensen 1475 1471 -4 2021/04/24 66 8
Karl Kangas 1524 1811 287 2013/05/16 103 26
Karl Lind 1489 1751 262 2013/05/22 130 24
Karl Åberg 1541 1770 229 2013/05/21 139 27
Knud Gøtke 1159 1490 331 2018/07/23 89 28
Knut Lindberg (wrestler) 1554 1865 311 2013/05/22 102 24
Kolbjørn Kvam 1546 1764 218 2014/02/06 57 5
Konrad Stein 1469 1856 387 2013/05/16 146 26
Konstantin Kalinin (sport shooter) 1536 1681 145 2014/11/13 69 4
Konstantin Vaterkampf 1730 1872 142 2010/04/17 53 36
Kálmán Szabó (gymnast) 1193 1506 313 2019/07/14 62 59
Kálmán Szathmáry 1210 1569 359 2018/01/02 50 45
Károly Rémi 1249 1559 310 2019/11/16 74 16
Ladislav Jiránek-Strana 1279 1631 352 2017/05/31 43 22
Lajos Haraszthy 1145 1554 409 2018/07/22 46 67
Lajos Horváth 1106 1278 172 2020/07/21 195 39
Lajos Ludinszky 1198 1550 352 2017/12/25 42 53
Lancelot Stafford 1451 1829 378 2018/01/29 97 29
Langford Lloyd 1740 1826 86 2014/11/16 58 11
Laurent Gerstmans 1488 1681 193 2013/05/23 122 12
Laurent de Champeaux 1166 1233 67 2020/07/19 90 62
Lauri Haapanen 1560 1852 292 2013/05/16 69 26
Laurids Kjær 1277 1553 276 2020/12/30 68 63
Lauritz Christiansen (athlete) 1362 1741 379 2018/01/30 203 56
Leander Keim 1219 1679 460 2019/07/12 104 61
Lee Jones (golfer) 1161 1196 35 2020/07/05 91 42
Leendert van Oosten 1276 1687 411 2019/02/28 155 49
Len Richardson (athlete) 1456 1863 407 2017/11/12 214 41
Lennart Lind (wrestler) 1492 1789 297 2013/05/22 63 24
Leo Hunger 1214 1602 388 2019/07/12 68 61
Leo Larson 1413 1581 168 2013/05/02 133 38
Leon Hazelton 1238 1295 57 2020/07/05 56 42
Leonid Grinev 1664 1864 200 2010/04/17 67 36
Leopoldo Palma 1225 1612 387 2017/10/08 87 38
Leopolds Lēvenšteins 1291 1697 406 2017/05/31 113 22
Lev Martyushev 1654 1816 162 2010/04/17 63 36
Lewis Moist 1276 1881 605 2016/08/28 78 42
Lionel Cornish 1241 1586 345 2017/12/10 90 27
Louis Constant 1015 1495 480 2018/11/04 129 35
Louis Coudurier 1027 1089 62 2020/07/21 65 39
Louis Garnoty 1149 1245 96 2020/07/20 84 42
Louis Gauthier (fencer) 1023 1147 124 2020/07/21 97 39
Louis Haller 1663 1888 225 2010/04/02 119 36
Louis Kniep 1216 1629 413 2019/07/12 114 61
Louis Lafite 1099 1439 340 2018/07/24 46 27
Louis Midelair 1026 1409 383 2020/07/21 100 39
Louis Rathke 1227 1618 391 2019/07/11 59 60
Louis Roche 1015 1480 465 2018/07/22 132 67
Louis Thomaturgé 1155 1505 350 2018/07/23 48 28
Louis Weintz 1610 1681 71 2013/05/04 63 26
Louis d'Havrincourt 1236 1794 558 2020/04/12 147 37
Louis du Douet de Graville 1349 1816 467 2020/04/12 176 37
Lucien Hansen 1074 1465 391 2019/02/26 52 24
Lucien Largé 1167 1245 78 2020/07/21 63 39
Lucien Millet 1019 1110 91 2020/07/21 84 39
Lucien Renard 1428 1593 165 2013/05/04 90 26
Ludovic Laborderie 1039 1130 91 2020/07/21 97 39
Luigi Colombo (cyclist) 1424 1688 264 2013/05/02 117 38
Luigi Pinelli 1623 1728 105 2010/04/05 50 23
Luis Antonio de Guadalmina 1311 1812 501 2020/04/12 114 37
Luis Maria Heyden 1769 1793 24 2013/05/13 275 25
László Hauler 1549 1651 102 2014/11/12 53 4
Léon Coeckelberg 1467 1594 127 2013/05/04 44 26
Léon Gingembre 1666 1830 164 2013/05/02 162 38
Léon Hecht 1337 1629 292 2014/02/07 183 4
Léon Maisonnave 1675 1807 132 2013/05/02 109 38
Léon Tétart 1397 1560 163 2014/02/05 35 5
Léopold Ramus 1610 1943 333 2010/04/02 106 36
Magnus Nilsson (athlete) 1218 1589 371 2018/01/02 217 45
Marc Texier 1403 1548 145 2013/05/06 60 12
Marcel Boulanger (fencer)
 1031 1122 91 2020/07/21 75 39
Marcel Dubois (wrestler) 1464 1881 417 2019/02/28 201 49
Marcel Lévy 1004 1095 91 2020/07/20 102 42
Marcel Montuel 1023 1114 91 2020/07/21 71 39
Mariano Ciai 1413 1653 240 2013/05/15 46 15
Marie-Joseph Gabriel 1050 1141 91 2020/07/21 95 39
Marie-Louis Damotte 1636 1738 102 2010/04/02 149 36
Marius Delaby 1195 1560 365 2017/06/01 117 17
Martin Ludwig (gymnast) 1064 1462 398 2019/07/12 200 61
Mary Langford 1270 1640 370 2016/08/29 286 63
Matthias Triantafyllidis 1512 1686 174 2014/02/15 47 11
Maurice Barry (gymnast) 1240 1548 308 2019/07/11 66 60
Maurice Fleury 1042 1168 126 2020/07/19 142 62
Maurice Jay (fencer) 1001 1092 91 2020/07/20 103 42
Maurice Jéhin 1065 1455 390 2020/04/12 73 37
Maurice Monniot 1437 1702 265 2013/05/02 48 38
Maurice Robion du Pont 1418 1643 225 2014/02/21 108 3
Maurice Terrier 1437 1702 265 2013/05/02 76 38
Max Dwinger (fencer born 1870) 1831 1969 138 2010/04/05 103 23
Max Rodrigues (fencer) 1009 1100 91 2020/07/19 140 62
Max Thomas (gymnast) 1177 1565 388 2019/07/11 156 60
Maxime Piaggio 1036 1628 592 2018/07/22 101 67
Mellor Clay 1082 1146 64 2021/03/04 147 57
Michael Collins (athlete) 1258 1582 324 2018/01/10 122 42
Michael Dineen 1231 1570 339 2017/12/21 96 30
Michael Lang (gymnast) 1199 1587 388 2019/07/11 71 60
Michel Bettenfeld 1186 1252 66 2020/07/21 69 39
Michel Filippi 1163 1220 57 2020/07/21 197 39
Michel Meerz 1174 1557 383 2017/12/25 159 53
Mihály Antos 1182 1615 433 2019/07/14 81 59
Mikhail Nikolsky 1198 1698 500 2017/11/04 131 31
Mikhail Yekimov 1181 1531 350 2020/04/13 101 42
Mikko Holm 1487 1727 240 2013/05/21 64 27
Miklós Orosz 1149 1530 381 2019/02/27 73 19
Miklós Todoresku 1038 1163 125 2020/07/21 66 39
Murray Carleton 1178 1213 35 2020/07/05 58 42
Márton Endrédy
 1656 2156 500 2010/04/02 139 36
Nicolai Philipsen 1235 1591 356 2019/07/15 117 22
Niels Laursen 1617 1794 177 2014/02/09 168 8
Nikolajs Fārnasts 1555 1786 231 2013/05/23 71 12
Nikolaos Kouloumberdas 1257 1665 408 2017/07/22 74 65
Nikolay Goredetsky 1705 1925 220 2010/04/17 48 36
Nikolay Kharkov 1200 1595 395 2017/10/23 137 19
Nikolay Kuznetsov (fencer) 1706 1779 73 2010/04/17 101 36
Nikolay Neklepayev 1332 1752 420 2018/01/10 62 42
Nikolay Voronkov 1242 1604 362 2016/08/29 79 63
Nils Klein 1585 1693 108 2014/11/20 241 2
Oliver Olsen (gymnast) 1058 1450 392 2019/07/12 84 61
Olivier Collarini 1623 2008 385 2010/04/02 103 36
Oluf Landnes 1194 1658 464 2019/07/12 146 61
Orazio Santelli 1607 1778 171 2010/04/02 56 36
Oreste Arpè 1487 1729 242 2013/05/22 185 24
Oreste Muzzi 1252 1651 399 2016/08/28 169 42
Oscar Lemming 1236 1645 409 2017/09/11 264 17
Oskar Forsman 1170 1513 343 2018/07/23 61 28
Oskar Näumann 1216 1608 392 2019/07/11 20 60
Oskar Wiklund 1571 1864 293 2013/05/22 182 24
Ossian Jörgensen 1585 1691 106 2014/02/07 52 4
Osvald Reshke 1507 1694 187 2014/11/12 232 4
Otto Bauscher 1298 1606 308 2019/07/13 55 41
Otto Boehnke 1059 1520 461 2019/07/12 105 61
Otto Götze 1403 1565 162 2013/05/06 143 12
Otto Knerr 1210 1637 427 2019/07/11 186 60
Otto Nagel (wrestler) 1546 1718 172 2013/05/22 217 24
Otto Niemand 1215 1675 460 2019/07/12 111 61
Otto Roesner 1167 1555 388 2019/07/11 112 60
Otto Thomsen 1227 1615 388 2019/07/11 118 60
Otto Wiegand (gymnast) 1192 1636 444 2019/07/12 66 61
Pablo Eitel 1148 1531 383 2017/05/31 79 22
Patrick Fee 1002 1503 501 2018/11/04 130 35
Paul Beulque 1216 1526 310 2019/11/17 75 24
Paul Carrichon 1138 1207 69 2020/07/21 64 39
Paul Convert 1063 1406 343 2020/04/13 82 42
Paul Fournelle 1213 1569 356 2017/12/10 67 27
Paul Gebauer 1081 1528 447 2019/11/16 298 16
Paul Legrain 1416 1678 262 2013/05/02 96 38
Paul Leroy (fencer) 991 1046 55 2020/07/20 47 42
Paul Rosso 1366 1691 325 2013/05/01 193 11
Paul Stendel 1207 1658 451 2019/07/11 68 60
Paul de Saint-Léger 1136 1532 396 2020/04/12 75 37
Pavel Avksentyev 1205 1604 399 2016/08/29 117 63
Pavel Guvorsky 1642 1839 197 2010/04/17 46 36
Pavel Kushnikov 1242 1568 326 2019/07/15 92 22
Pavel Lesh 1472 1640 168 2014/11/12 204 4
Pavel Lieth 1488 1608 120 2014/11/19 110 3
Pavel Pavlovich 1502 1714 212 2013/05/16 81 26
Pavel de Shtiglits 1138 1538 400 2017/06/01 65 17
Per Olaf Olsen 1387 1781 394 2014/02/10 61 5
Percy Cockings 1513 1808 295 2013/05/15 83 15
Percy Whitehead 1464 1740 276 2014/02/08 96 15
Peter Jones (sport shooter) 1528 1659 131 2014/02/22 63 9
Peter Nielsen (sport shooter) 1643 1851 208 2014/11/09 59 10
Peter Oehler 1513 1730 217 2013/05/22 297 24
Petros Pipiles 1182 1583 401 2017/07/22 342 65
Philip Plater 1691 1863 172 2014/02/18 190 5
Philipp Ehrenreich 1209 1566 357 2017/12/10 143 27
Pierre Alvarez 1150 1505 355 2018/07/24 111 27
Pierre Hostein 1361 1661 300 2013/05/05 50 32
Pierre Mazior 1008 1386 378 2018/11/04 52 35
Pierre Perrier (sport shooter) 1134 1600 466 2020/03/03 83 30
Pierre Peyrusson 1125 1987 862 2016/08/27 150 17
Pierre Rosenbaum 1021 1112 91 2020/07/20 60 42
Pierre Saintongey 1140 1499 359 2018/07/23 83 28
Pierre Samiac 1172 1239 67 2020/07/21 72 39
Pierre Seginaud 1370 1536 166 2013/05/02 169 38
Pierre Selderslagh 1624 2030 406 2010/03/31 82 12
Pierre Strauwen 1197 1631 434 2016/08/28 29 42
Pieter van Waas 1704 1852 148 2014/02/10 143 5
Pietro Sarzano 1609 1726 117 2010/04/05 80 23
Poul Holm (sportsman) 1356 1715 359 2019/07/15 59 22
Poul Liebst 1625 1827 202 2014/02/09 74 8
Pyotr Gayevsky 1175 1724 549 2017/07/22 86 65
Pál Pajzs 1759 1911 152 2010/04/11 58 11
Pál Rosty 1624 1766 142 2010/04/11 39 11
Ragnvald Berg 1207 1727 520 2019/07/12 67 61
Ragnvald Gullaksen 1607 1906 299 2013/05/16 129 26
Ralph Harrison (athlete) 1150 1498 348 2017/11/26 103 34
Raoul Bideau 1005 1096 91 2020/07/20 58 42
Raphaël Diaz 1112 1635 523 2019/07/14 75 59
Raphaël Perrissoud 1160 1239 79 2020/07/20 161 42
Rasmus Friis 1500 1757 257 2014/11/16 176 11
Raulino Galvao 1205 1563 358 2019/09/08 110 44
Raymond Cabal 1454 1675 221 2013/05/17 99 18
Raymond Havemeyer 1238 1252 14 2020/07/05 46 42
Regina Kari 1316 1729 413 2016/08/29 120 63
René André 1165 1560 395 2016/08/28 150 42
René Doudelle 1011 1390 379 2018/11/04 91 35
René Raynaud 1018 1109 91 2020/07/21 61 39
René de Quincey 1355 1766 411 2020/04/12 43 37
Reuben Povey 1181 1673 492 2017/05/31 57 22
Rezsõ Újlaki 1233 1654 421 2018/01/10 77 42
Richard Gregory (rower) 1189 1598 409 2018/07/24 85 27
Richard Manuel (water polo) 1223 1627 404 2019/11/16 149 16
Richard Mayer (rower) 1135 1534 399 2018/07/23 53 28
Richard Piggott (athlete) 1620 1771 151 2012/10/05 107 30
Richard Rösler
 1306 1699 393 2016/08/28 156 42
Richard Sanford (runner) 1434 1857 423 2017/11/19 96 62
Richard Tritschler
 1264 1664 400 2019/07/11 94 60
Richard Villepontoux 1405 1557 152 2013/05/02 40 38
Risdon Couch 1075 1544 469 2019/02/28 97 49
Robert Badman 1600 1815 215 2010/04/04 111 36
Robert Bonney (gymnast) 1077 1609 532 2019/07/14 95 59
Robert Brown (sport shooter) 1591 1749 158 2014/02/16 101 14
Robert Hanley (gymnast) 1129 1584 455 2019/07/13 106 41
Robert Hassell (swimmer) 1642 1684 42 2021/04/11 71 7
Robert Hawkins (sport shooter) 1548 1812 264 2014/02/10 66 5
Robert Herrmann (gymnast) 1222 1688 466 2019/07/12 63 61
Robert Jolly
 1422 1646 224 2013/05/05 328 32
Robert Jonsson 1584 1696 112 2014/11/15 153 8
Robert Löfman 1579 1732 153 2014/11/09 42 10
Robert Marc (fencer) 1587 1878 291 2010/04/01 130 9
Robert Pascarel 1191 1561 370 2018/01/02 76 45
Robert Patterson (sport shooter) 1500 1706 206 2014/11/15 80 8
Robert Phelps (wrestler) 1450 1724 274 2013/05/19 129 14
Robert Thach 1214 1210 -4 2020/07/05 207 42
Roberto Nardini 1145 1532 387 2019/07/14 56 59
Roland Spitzer 1422 1845 423 2017/11/19 111 62
Rudolf Buchfelder 1210 1524 314 2019/11/16 45 16
Rudolf Keyper 1289 1609 320 2020/04/13 62 42
Rudolf Krupitzer 1205 1708 503 2019/07/12 89 61
Rudolf Rauch 1262 1613 351 2017/05/31 153 22
Sam Blatherwick 1251 1626 375 2016/08/28 53 42
Samuel Filler 1082 1525 443 2019/02/26 214 24
Samuel LaVoice 1649 1735 86 2013/05/02 72 38
Samuel Stevenson 1159 1650 491 2017/11/12 160 41
Sander Santesson 1223 1581 358 2018/01/02 103 45
Semyon Kulikov 1233 1540 307 2019/07/15 116 22
Sherman Hall (fencer) 1773 2087 314 2010/04/17 119 36
Sidney Domville 1183 1588 405 2019/07/13 96 41
Sidney Parvin 1188 1576 388 2016/08/28 60 42
Sidney Peake 1070 1527 457 2019/02/28 124 49
Sidney Willis 1182 1579 397 2016/08/28 161 42
Sigmund Muenz 1240 1718 478 2018/01/29 100 29
Silva Smedberg 1177 1560 383 2018/07/23 26 28
Spyridon Mostras 1509 1686 177 2014/11/16 176 11
Stan François 1093 1184 91 2020/07/20 75 42
Steen Rasmussen (athlete) 1262 1748 486 2018/01/30 55 56
Stefanos Kountouriotis 1225 1629 404 2018/01/02 57 45
Sydney Brown (sport shooter) 1469 1758 289 2014/02/08 80 15
Sylvain Lézard 1109 1206 97 2020/07/20 91 42
Sándor Kleckner 1036 1539 503 2018/07/22 143 67
Sándor Török 1670 1762 92 2014/11/09 186 10
Ted Studier 1195 1581 386 2019/07/11 135 60
Teofil Savniky 1283 2098 815 2017/10/23 59 19
Theo Koppen 1235 1622 387 2019/02/25 74 23
Theodor Zeilau 1821 2092 271 2012/06/24 80 13
Theodore Gross 1246 1710 464 2019/07/12 177 61
Thomas Caldwell (sport shooter) 1464 1610 146 2014/02/08 96 15
Thomas Dick (gymnast) 1256 1564 308 2019/07/14 83 59
Thomas Downing (athlete) 1276 1877 601 2017/11/19 129 62
Thomas Lilley 1614 1840 226 2012/10/05 151 30
Théophile Fras 1428 1752 324 2013/05/02 213 38
Tuomas Pukkila 1590 1906 316 2013/05/19 123 14
Ugo Di Nola 1575 1702 127 2010/04/13 59 13
Ugo Savonuzzi 1142 1490 348 2019/07/14 72 59
Valdemar Christoffer Nielsen 1686 1782 96 2013/05/12 86 42
Vasily Molokanov 1190 1578 388 2018/01/10 56 42
Verner Hetmar 1555 1769 214 2013/05/16 97 26
Victor Dubois 1122 1434 312 2019/07/13 145 41
Victor Polidori 1189 1614 425 2019/07/14 100 59
Victor Robert (sport shooter) 1520 1814 294 2014/12/20 146 2
Viggo Petersen 1321 1688 367 2018/01/30 123 56
Viktor Baranov (diver) 1145 1271 126 2020/05/11 115 35
Viktor Franzl 1327 1672 345 2017/12/10 95 27
Vilhelm Laybourn 1928 2150 222 2012/06/24 161 13
Vilhelm Lehmusvirta 1587 1971 384 2013/05/15 74 15
Vilhelm Lindgrén 1281 1733 452 2016/08/29 59 63
Viljam Johansson 1268 1657 389 2017/11/04 58 31
Viljo Lietola 1304 1674 370 2018/09/30 117 62
Villiam Nieminen 1283 1598 315 2019/07/15 93 22
Vincent Dargein 1190 1245 55 2020/07/21 87 39
Vincenzo Blo 1192 1544 352 2019/07/14 71 59
Vladimir Andreyev (fencer) 1736 1955 219 2010/04/14 93 11
Vladimir Danich 1841 1947 106 2010/04/14 61 11
Vladimir Kayser 1648 1823 175 2010/04/17 44 36
Vladimir Potekin 1468 1666 198 2014/11/18 249 6
Vladimir Samoylov 1696 2035 339 2010/04/17 104 36
Vladimir Sarnavsky 1694 1954 260 2010/04/17 147 36
Vladislav Chalupa 1596 1900 304 2013/05/02 93 38
Väinö Heikkilä 1325 1791 466 2018/01/30 61 56
Wallace McCurdy 1285 1748 463 2017/11/04 286 31
Walter Bodneck 1534 1673 139 2014/11/22 53 8
Walter Real 1057 1526 469 2019/07/11 95 60
Walter Schachlitz 1210 1524 314 2019/11/16 63 16
Walter Bodneck 1534 1673 139 2014/11/22 53 8
Walter Bowler 1038 1483 445 2018/07/22 68 67
Wilfred Bleaden 1220 1726 506 2017/12/10 56 27
Wilfred Edwards (swimmer) 1317 2028 711 2016/08/28 162 42
Wilfred Holroyd 1776 2004 228 2010/04/02 72 36
Wilhelm Kaufmann 1207 1581 374 2019/07/13 139 41
Wilhelm Lemke (gymnast) 1096 1406 310 2019/07/12 71 61
Wilhelm Zabel 1068 1414 346 2019/07/11 199 60
Wilhelmus Braams 1302 1776 474 2017/07/22 93 65
Will Davis (cyclist) 1520 1687 167 2013/05/02 88 38
Willard Schrader 1231 1699 468 2019/07/12 72 61
Willem Molijn 1841 2058 217 2010/04/13 47 13
Willi Steputat 1555 1733 178 2013/05/21 83 27
William Andelfinger 1266 1590 324 2019/07/12 92 61
William Berewald 1238 1705 467 2019/07/12 76 61
William Bowman (fencer) 1894 2210 316 2010/04/17 106 36
William Clarke (athlete) 1252 1611 359 2017/07/22 76 65
William Cox (wrestler) 1063 1497 434 2019/02/28 65 49
William Davies (sport shooter) 1615 1784 169 2014/11/22 112 8
William Dove 1136 1225 89 2020/07/05 200 42
William Fergus 1235 1529 294 2019/07/13 108 41
William Friedrich 1087 1611 524 2019/07/11 144 60
William Hennessy (wrestler) 1170 1568 398 2019/02/25 103 23
William Henson (wrestler) 1076 1535 459 2019/02/28 66 49
William Herzog 1073 1465 392 2019/07/11 220 60
William Hill (sport shooter) 1363 1601 238 2014/02/19 85 6
William Hoare (gymnast) 1203 1706 503 2019/07/14 96 59
William Horschke 1239 1740 501 2019/07/12 104 61
William Jones (British wrestler) 1075 1544 469 2019/02/28 73 49
William Kramer (athlete) 1307 1917 610 2017/11/12 271 41
William Kruppinger 1093 1493 400 2019/07/11 76 60
William Lower (cyclist) 1391 1570 179 2013/05/05 35 32
William Lupton 1512 1716 204 2013/05/18 138 10
William McClure 1508 1655 147 2014/11/08 257 12
William Ruff 1425 1666 241 2013/05/18 110 10
William Schaefer (wrestler) 1097 1493 396 2019/02/26 114 24
William Shepherd (wrestler) 1086 1527 441 2019/02/28 308 49
William Smith (golfer) 1199 1233 34 2020/07/05 74 42
William Tagg 1070 1540 470 2019/02/28 73 49
William Traband 1074 1390 316 2019/07/12 92 61
William Tritschler
 1215 1619 404 2019/07/12 87 61
William Valentine (archer) 1110 1651 541 2020/03/26 106 31
William Watt (athlete) 1262 1606 344 2017/12/10 68 27
William Watters 1139 1582 443 2019/07/13 139 41
William West (wrestler) 1082 1568 486 2019/02/28 157 49
Willie Magee (cyclist) 1345 1582 237 2013/05/04 52 26
Winslow McCleary
 1132 1706 574 2018/07/24 66 27
Yevgeny Petrov (athlete) 1231 1593 362 2017/10/23 53 19
Yevgeny Zamotin 1094 1485 391 2019/02/28 101 49
Yrjö Vuolio 1262 1605 343 2019/07/15 111 22
Zeno von Singalewicz 1309 1698 389 2016/08/29 65 63
Zoltán Jelenffy 1583 1646 63 2014/11/09 112 10
Édmond Dharancy 1088 1559 471 2019/07/14 37 59
Édouard Fouchier 1132 1235 103 2020/07/19 83 62
Édouard Geynet 1108 1627 519 2020/03/03 60 30
Édouard Martin (wrestler) 1475 1728 253 2013/05/22 76 24
Édouard Poty 1458 1631 173 2014/02/16 40 14
Élie Dufraisse 1188 1273 85 2020/07/20 68 42
Émile Bouard 1018 1109 91 2020/07/21 57 39
Émile Dubois (cyclist) 1385 1531 146 2013/05/01 76 11
Émile Lafourcade-Cortina 1225 1340 115 2020/07/21 110 39
Émile Maréchal 1372 1577 205 2013/05/04 40 26
Émile Vadbled 1392 1752 360 2013/05/01 73 11
Étienne Lesbats 1106 1469 363 2018/07/24 62 27
Ödön Toldi 1317 1730 413 2016/08/28 169 42

Details

Selection criteria: Generated using a

Quarry
query, these 960 articles meet the following criteria and are a subset of the articles created by Lugnuts:

  1. Athletes who competed in the 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, or 1912 Olympics
  2. Never won an Olympic medal
  3. Articles are smaller than 2,500 bytes[a]
  4. Referenced only to Olympedia or Sports Reference
  5. No significant contributions from editors other than Lugnuts[b]

If this proposal is successful: All articles on the list will be

draftified
, subject to the provisions below:

  1. Draftified articles will be autodeleted after 5 years (instead of the usual 6 months)
  2. Any editor may
    userfy
    any draft (which will prevent autodeletion)
  3. Any WikiProject may move a draft to their WikiProject space (which will also prevent autodeletion)
  4. Any draft (whether in draftspace, userspace, or WikiProject space) can be returned to mainspace when it contains sources that plausibly meet
    WP:GNG[c]
  5. Editors may return drafts to mainspace for the sole purpose of redirecting/merging them to an appropriate article, if they believe that doing so is in the best interest of the encyclopedia[d]

Background (Olympian draftification)

In the

2022 Deletion ArbCom case, ArbCom found (Finding #6) that User:Lugnuts had created over 93,000 articles, "the most articles of any editor ... Most of these were stubs, and relatively few have been expanded to longer articles", which led to sanctions from the community and to Lugnuts being indefinitely sitebanned by Arbcom
.

Arbcom also

mass deletion RfC did not, and the RFC mandate was rescinded
, leaving the question of how to handle mass-created microstubs such as these unresolved. This proposal suggests a method for resolving this question, with a group of articles that can be used to test the proposed resolution.

Survey (Olympian draftification)

  • Support. The alternative to this proposal is bringing hundreds or thousands of articles through AfD each month
    the fifth basic sports notability criteria, on topics that usually lack notability, that no one edits, that almost no one looks at, and that are so bereft of information that they are of no benefit to the reader. Removing the group will improve the quality of the encyclopedia, and by doing it in this manner we provide the best hope of the articles on notable topics being identified, improved, and returned to mainspace. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 08:15, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Disagreed on pretty much all points. These articles improve the scope and quality of the encyclopedia, they are often useful for every day users, and have little to no impact on how others view Wikipedia in my opinion. Ortizesp (talk) 05:30, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    These articles receive less than one page view per day, so they are not often useful; even the web crawlers don't use them every day. Levivich (talk) 05:52, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    And? It's useful to that person per day that's looking at it, not sure there's a number for usefulness. Ortizesp (talk) 00:24, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
    Less than one per day means nobody is looking at them except web crawlers. The lowest one on the list has 20 views in a year. Some of these have been like this for over ten years. These articles are dust in the attic. Levivich (talk) 00:32, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
    I don't agree that the views an article gets dictates whether it should be kept or not. Ortizesp (talk) 03:01, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    I agree with you, what’s the harm in keeping all these? No problems were brought up in nom about verified information, so I don’t see how they hurt anything.
    I guess in general, I don’t really get the point of notability in general across wiki if information can be verified, it might still be useful to someone. BhamBoi (talk) 05:49, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    @
    WP:WHYN
    . Basically, the point of notability is to make it possible to write a proper encyclopedia article that complies with the core content policies.
    • No reliable sources at all? You can't comply with Wikipedia:Verifiability.
    • No independent sources? It'll be difficult to comply with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view if you can only source the subject's own view, especially once you get past a simple introductory statement like "Widgets, Inc. is a widget manufacturer".
    • Only trivial coverage? It'll be difficult to write a proper encyclopedia article (because you can only extract a limited amount of information from a passing mention, like "Alice Expert, a consultant in the widget industry, said that demand for widgets was steady", and having dozens, or even hundreds, of such passing mentions doesn't really solve the fundamental problem).
    WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:10, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support assuming the query issues are fixed. Not worth the time to individually delete. Galobtter (pingó mió) 09:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support I'm generally suspicious of mass action, but this feels like a reasonable first step to solving a difficult situation. For one, it's clear that some kind of cleanup is required, and increasing AfD workload by something like half for literal years simply cannot be the only solution. The proposed extremely extended draftification seems like a suitably conservative approach (to the point that I'm not sure five years is truly required), giving editors plenty of time rescue any articles that warrant rescuing while ensuring that (most of) those which do not warrant retaining are eventually (even if after an extensive wait) removed. The set of articles identified here (or rather, the criteria used to identify it) seems like a very "safe" subset with high accuracy to the point of sacrificing recall.
    I'm sure that this type of mass action will not be sufficient to solve this situation completely: there will inevitably be literally thousands of articles that will need to be checked by hand and discussed individually. But filtering out some of the "worst" ones out for a start should conserve everyone's energy for the less clear-cut cases.
    I'd also support an alternative where these would be redirected to "Country at year season Olympics" as suggested by Curbon7 in § Discussion, below. -Ljleppan (talk) 12:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    I just rescued Addin Tyldesley now. Just wasn't aware of it previously, but I saved an article in probably even less time than it took to suggest it be deleted.KatoKungLee (talk) 01:16, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    No independent RS were added demonstrating he meets GNG, so the article wasn't "rescued". JoelleJay (talk) 01:25, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Articles can't be judged on new standards, as those can always change. Just as someone had 5 years to edit this, people here had years to mark this as a draft or to delete it.KatoKungLee (talk) 01:59, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Your response is farcical. You added literally nothing to that article that would get it to pass this project's notability threshold. That is not debatable. Zaathras (talk) 02:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    I prefer draftification as I believe it makes the articles easier to work on but I would support redirection as a second choice, with the requirements to restore the article being the same in regards to sourcing.
    As it appears there is some support for this alternative I've created a list of proposed targets to allow it to be properly discussed. Note that some articles have multiple targets; a way to resolve that issue would be required.
    I assume the editors in support of this proposal would support this alternative, at least as a second choice, as this proposal already includes that possibility; Rhododendrites, Black Kite, Pawnkingthree, would you support this alternative as your first choice rather than opposing entirely? BilledMammal (talk) 17:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    That would be my first choice, yes., Pawnkingthree (talk) 00:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support These have not been shown to meet the basic notability requirements of NSPORTS including "A person is presumed to be notable if they have been the subject of significant coverage" and "Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources." Draftification is the best solution to prevent these mass-created stubs from being any more of a time sink, while giving folks the opportunity to work on any that can be proven notable. I think this RfC format will be the best way forward to deal with these mass creations. –dlthewave ☎ 13:52, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support For the reasons given. IMO the ideal final result would be to have each of these end up as one line in a table in a broader article. This proposal is a good framework handle that possibility if the 5 year thing is doable. If not, then we have 6 months for somebody to take that on. North8000 (talk) 14:13, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - Per above as a necessary step in clearing out the issues caused by the mass creation. — Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. 14:19, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - Draftification when the author of the page is blocked is just delayed deletion. Contrary to what BilledMammal says, creating a glut of AfDs is not actually the only alternative. There are three other options: (1) redirect them all to the relevant team/event articles. Articlespace pages for people mentioned in other articles should redirect to those articles anyway, even if the articles are draftified. If redirects are reverted, choose another from this list or send to AfD at that time. Further, for those whose efforts at redirecting have been thwarted, I'd even support a proposal to redirect them all, putting the burden on anyone recreating the article to demonstrate notability. (2) Rather than assume all 960 people are exactly the same, with exactly the same available sourcing, help figure out which are actually notable and improve those. (3) Anything else. There's zero exigency here. I certainly wouldn't say these stubs do anyone any good (and am opposed to the creation of stubs based on databases), but these stubs weren't created illicitly, and they don't harm the project in any way except for the drama that has grown around them. There's no obligation to deal with them. Personally, I prefer #1, but including the others because the threat of "otherwise we'll have to tank AfD" is silliness. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:31, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Non-notable stubs are of no benefit to the reader in their current form, and AfD can't handle this amount.
    Avilich (talk
    ) 14:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose, deleting a thousand pages (which is what this amounts to) for drama-based reasons doesn't build the encyclopedia but seeks to tear out a major part of its Olympic collection. Voices of reason needed please, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirection, Oppose draftification Even as something of a deletionist, I am somewhat perplexed as to why these need to be draftified. If they're not good enough, why not simply redirect them to the relevant event, event group or Games article? At least that might help someone searching for them. Black Kite (talk) 15:18, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as Lugnuts created so many thousands of Olympian biographies that comprehensively fail
    WP:SIGCOV, which if it exists most of it is stored in difficult-to-access, non-English-language archives, identifying appropriate redirects, proposing and nominating for deletion) without completing overwhelming AfD. This moves these biographies out of mainspace for 5 years, so there is sufficient time for interested editors to address them. As the query shows, on a given day, Lugnuts was often creating 50+ of these biographies. I think that Lugnuts' highly unusual article creation justifies the movement of so many of those articles out of mainspace at once. Jogurney (talk
    ) 15:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Articles should not be judged under rules that didn't exist when they were created. And we know this is happening, because if those rules existed, those articles wouldn't have existed. If someone tomorrow makes a rule that all articles have to mention "jello" or be deleted, we would lose almost all of the site overnight.KatoKungLee (talk) 17:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Even if that nonsensical approach was used, the rule that all athletes must meet GNG was in place at the time Lugnuts created these articles. JoelleJay (talk) 01:27, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    No, we considered all Olympic athletes at the time automatically notable. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    That is not true, GNG coverage was always presumed to exist for Olympians but it was never an automatic notability pass. Editors were just more reluctant to challenge Olympians because that presumption was considered strong. JoelleJay (talk) 01:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - When someone copies a database and pastes it into Wikipedia by the thousands, creating tiny stubs on subjects that don't meet
    WP:XCSD, and it's better than leaving them in mainspace, unedited and unviewed, forever. Levivich (talk
    ) 15:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose (now support redirection) I don't see any reason why every single one of them cannot just be redirected to the relevant Olympic article.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    • If this proposal passes, they can still all be redirected, by any editor at any time. If this proposal fails, they won't be redirected. So why oppose? Levivich (talk) 15:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
      • Draftification of a stub is only useful if there's someone immediately available and interested in working on it. Instead of having them sit for five years in draftspace, the title should be in mainspace redirecting to a useful article if a reader searches for it.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
        • I understand your point -- in fact, I agree with it. But right now, we can't turn them into redirects (when editors try, it gets reverted). We can't have 1,000+ discussions about "should this be a redirect". If this proposal passes, then we can redirect these titles. If this proposal doesn't pass, then we're back to the status quo: can't redirect, would need a second RFC just about redirect, which we can't have for a while after this RFC ends (for the usual reasons). So if you believe these should be redirected, I urge you to support this proposal, so that anyone who wants to turn these into redirects can do so for whatever articles on this list they think should be redirected (and of course the articles could still get expanded into real articles by anyone who wants to do so). Proposal Provision #5, about redirects, was written specifically for editors who believe these should be redirects. #5 (redirect) is an option on the menu of this proposal; I don't think it would help improve the encyclopedia to oppose this proposal because #5 isn't the only option on the menu: that would be letting the perfect become the enemy of the good. I'd ask you to consider "support #5 only" rather than opposing. Levivich (talk) 16:46, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
          • Yes, you can turn them into redirects. In fact, many redirects have g45one unopposed. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:43, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
          • So if you believe these should be redirected, I urge you to support this proposal - (Here and elsewhere) your argument that redirect is compatible with this proposal is bizarre. By the same logic, it would also be compatible with absolutely any other mass action that's not redirecting, because you can always redirect them afterwards. For anyone who thinks they should be redirected, draftification is just an unnecessary additional step that adds a
            countdown clock to the redirection process. — Rhododendrites talk
            \\ 16:51, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support: When articles ammount to little more than a name, birth date, death date, nationality and a sport they have competed in, they should not be kept as articles. And with 960 of these articles it is unrealistic to keep them in the article space and add more references and information for each in a timley manner, so draftifying these articles is the appropriate action. Terasail[✉️] 15:53, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support: and, I'd argue that this IS the way to address Rhododendrites' second point casualdejekyll 16:33, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose, per a few above. Mass draftifiying Olympians is not a good idea for several reasons:
    • Many of these are notable and can be expanded: As I said at
      Jay Nash McCrea
      – its just it takes time to do it; I can't go around and write 900 articles a day.
    • This will result in the mass deletion of boatloads of notable articles: As said above, many of these are notable. That being said, what this is basically is just the delayed removal of the majority of them under the nice-sounding tone "you can just move it back if its notable – and everything works out" – if this is approved here's what will happen: all these articles get moved to draftspace, only a couple get worked on (I doubt that there's going to be a ton of eager editors who want to help out in writing articles on 1900/10s Olympians), and then eventually just about all of them get deleted. Additionally the proposer has made it clear he plans on going after the rest if this passes, which will result in not just the initial 1,000, but then the rest of the 90,000 also being put there. We do not have the time, energy or resources to expand 90,000 articles in a short period of time with deletion the consequence if we do not. And I'll bet that BM and his deletionist buddies will go after other sports if they get rid of the Olympians, and then the rest of stubs until this place becomes a perfect deletionist paradise. But back to the consequences of just this being passed: many many notable articles will get deleted in the end, and a few improved. Does that help the encyclopedia? NO.
    • There is no harm in keeping these. The only harm that could possibly be done would be if this is passed, which will (as said above) result in many notable articles being deleted, and a few improved. That is not an improvement to Wikipedia at all And it would especially not be an improvement if this passes because then it would possibly lead to absolute loads more being proposed to be removed and likely removed. 1,000 short articles provides much more overall value than a few nicer-looking ones in my opinion.
    • There are other ways in dealing with them. As Rhododendrites said above, there are several different ways that these could be dealt with than mass draftification. The proposers are stressing that "oh its way too hard to have these at AFD" – AFD is not the only option. Of the numerous different ways these could be dealt with, my personal favorite – expand them.
  • So in conclusion, mass draftifying nearly a thousand Olympians would have a terrible effect on the encyclopedia, and is completely unnecessary. Signed, BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:38, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose So, there are several problems with this discussion. First, and only tangentially related to my vote, but still bears mentioning, is the statement "which led to sanctions from the community and to Lugnuts being indefinitely sitebanned by Arbcom. The initial ban was for "Canvassing, incivility, bludgeoning, spamming" (quote taken from the initial ban proposal); it was not the creation of stubs per se that led to the ban. Furthermore, the Arbcom ban does not explicitly state that it was merely for creating the stub articles in the first place. Indeed, the ban was enacted under a variety of problem, including "making personal attacks, engaging in battleground behavior in deletion discussions, and other disruptive deletion behavior." and notes things like "been blocked for conduct at AfD" (both quotes from the ArbCom page). The OP makes the disingenuous
    WP:AFD is thataway. If you don't want to do either of those things, doing nothing is perfectly fine too. Even if the OP's initial statement wasn't fraught with the errors I already noted, I would still oppose treating these stubs any differently than any other random stub someone might happen to trip over. --Jayron32
    16:55, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Preliminary question. I am open to a proposal to delete many of the early Olympic participants, but this appears a proposal to delete hundreds of articles without even providing a list of the articles to be deleted. Maybe I'm wrong. Is there a list of the proposed deletions? Before casting a vote, I would like to see a list and have an opportunity to peruse it. Cbl62 (talk) 16:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Cbl62: The list is in a collapsed green box at the top of the proposal, right below the question and above the "details" section. Levivich (talk) 17:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thank you. Cbl62 (talk) 17:11, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. There are not any perfect options here, but I think this is the best. If someone wants to shepherd some draft stubs back, there's ample time to do so. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk 17:00, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support either this or mass redirecting. Pre-WW1 Olympians are usually not notable, and so most of these can never become full articles. —Kusma (talk) 17:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Also, I propose removing from the list those who competed in the Olympics after 1912 – this is supposed to be from 1896 to 1912, not after as well. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • We also should not have ones that were kept at AFD (post sports RFC) on this list. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
This discussion has been
Wikipedia's list of centralized discussions. — Red-tailed hawk (nest)
17:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, and I would add that we need to review more than 960 articles at a time; at such a low rate, cleaning up after Lugnuts will take about 8 years.—S Marshall T/C 18:05, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Per
    WP:DRAFTOBJECT is pretty clear that literally anyone can object to the draftification of a particular article and revert it to the mainspace, so I'm not sure that this would actually achieve the resolution that the proposer of this RfC desires (all it would take is a few editors to restore one article to mainspace per day over the next six months for this mass draftification to end up back where we started, and that seems to just be delaying sending these to AfD). — Red-tailed hawk (nest)
    18:10, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    By extending the autodeletion period to five years the specifics of this proposal are intended to prevent this being a backdoor to deletion, and the various options around article adoption and article redirection are also intended to prevent that. It will also prevent improper restorations; if there is a consensus for this proposal editors will only be permitted to restore these articles to mainspace after adding sources containing significant coverage. BilledMammal (talk) 18:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Will this apply to all draftified articles, or just to the 960? My understanding is that we have an adminbot delete old drafts if they are more than 6 months untouched. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 19:53, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Only to the 960. The specifics of this need to be determined, but there are plenty of options and the required bot modifications will be minor. BilledMammal (talk) 00:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. The proposal is unprecedented, and I am generally opposed to mass actions of this type. Despite my reservations, I do support this proposal limited to early Olympians. My rationale is as follows:
    • No reasonable expectation of notability. The past year of dozens and dozens AfD discussions has clearly demonstrated that mere participation in the Olympics in the early years of the games is in no way a basis to presume or expect that the individual is notable under our
      WP:GNG
      standard.
    • Mass creation. The articles at issue were the product of a well-documented mass process in which thousands of articles were created at the rate of approximately a minute per article.
    • Lack of substance. The articles are microstubs that contain limited narrative text simply reciting that the person was an athlete in a particular sport who competed in the Olympics X year. If the articles are ultimately deleted, nothing of real substance is lost. If SIGCOV is later uncovered and brought forth, and given the fact that only a minute or so was devoted to the original effort, the articles can be re-created without any meaningful loss of prior effort.
    • Violation of SPORTBASIC. The articles violate prong 5 of
      WP:SPORTBASIC
      which provides: "Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources." The articles here are sourced only to database sources and do not include SIGCOV.
    • Cleanup of "deliberate errors". A departure from normal processes is also warranted by the unique case involving Lugnuts and his admission in August 2022 (here) that he added "countless deliberate errors on pages that have very few pages views." Draftification of these low-page view articles permits screening for such errors.
    In sum, I support draftification in this narrow situation. In normal and less egregious circumstances, I would expect normal AfD or redirect procedures to be followed and would likely oppose such a proposal. Cbl62 (talk) 18:13, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Oppose. I originally supported but now BilledMammal is objecting to the removal from the list of articles like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) even though they have been expanded, now include SIGCOV, and are not based solely on database entry. IMO the extreme remedy of mass removal of articles should not be considered for articles that fall into a gray area. Such articles, if challenged, should be dealt with under regular order, by normal AfD processes. Cbl62 (talk) 06:53, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Restoring support based on representation that Spitzer and Greene will not be draftified. Cbl62 (talk) 18:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - seems the best thing to do. GoodDay (talk) 19:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose This is a backdoor attempt at deletion of articles via the Village Pump, and as such is an obvious violation of deletion policy. Take them to AFD if you want them deleted or demoted to drafts. Steven Walling • talk 19:59, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Lugnuts is Wikipedia's most prolific article starter, ever. He started rather more than 90,000 articles, most of which were biographies, and he's told us he put deliberate inaccuracies in them. If we nominated 10 of them at AfD every day, it would take nearly thirty years to process them all. I'm afraid that it's simply unfeasible and unrealistic to use AfD to clean up after Lugnuts. It would also be profoundly unfair on other editors to swamp our normal deletion processes with the quantities of articles involved.—S Marshall T/C 23:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Nominating a group of articles like hoaxes is explicitly called out as allowed in our deletion policy, per
    WP:BUNDLE. In addition to this being the wrong venue, the stated intent of the proposal is to test the waters for establishing a precedent for mass deletion, which is bad faith and not clearly about removing demonstrably bad articles that violate notability or verifiability policy. Steven Walling • talk
    04:59, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    "he's told us he put deliberate inaccuracies in them" - is it proven? Not much room for inaccuracies in a stub. Pelmeen10 (talk) 10:49, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Of course it's proven. Lugnuts claims he introduced deliberate inaccuracies into his stubs in this edit. Some don't believe him on that point, because he was ragequitting Wikipedia when he wrote that. Others might suspect that someone who often started upwards of 20 articles a day wasn't checking his facts carefully in the first place. Whichever side you take, it's my view that we have reasonable grounds to doubt the accuracy of this content.—S Marshall T/C 11:02, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Deleting 960 articles on the chance that there might be inaccuracies is a bit of a stretch. There might be inaccuracies in basically everything that isn't a GA or FA article, but there is no deadline for fixing work in progress, and perfection isn't required. These aren't BLPs, either. Steven Walling • talk 23:44, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    When the article author admits they've put deliberate inaccuracies and obfuscated copyvios in biographical articles, I'd normally expect a more active response than this from a sysop. I do hope you'll reconsider your position here.—S Marshall T/C 23:55, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Like you said, he was ragequitting. I wouldn't be surprised if he said that in order to make people delete all his articles as a "f*ck you" to the project. Steven Walling • talk 01:04, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    If that was what he wanted, he could have achieved it for almost all his articles with G7. I don't think that is what he wanted. BilledMammal (talk) 03:13, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Either way, the argument that we should mass delete a series of articles via a straw poll at the Village Pump is utter nonsense. These articles met notability requirements when they were created and many, if not most, of them probably still do. There's no way of knowing, when you nominate 960 at once based on a hunch, rather than an actual review of the articles and research into all the possible source material. Steven Walling • talk 05:37, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Have we gotten any proof aside from Lugnuts statements, that he has introduced deliberate inaccuracies? It's better to have no articles rather than a faulty article. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 03:42, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    @SunDawn: Plenty of inaccuracies have been found; whether or not they are deliberate is impossible to say for certain. One example has already been given in this thread by CMD. I just checked another random article myself; literally the first one I clicked on, Fyodor Zabelin, has the wrong birth date in the infobox. Since Lugnuts specifically mentioned birth dates in his claim that he had introduced deliberate errors, one might wonder whether this gives some ground for believing him. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 05:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Sojourner in the earth: Thank you for the information. This is a really strong case for total draftification. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:51, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Neither of them can be described as deliberate errors. Wrong date on infobox for Fyodor Zabelin must've been an error, as Lugnuts created Yrjö Vuolio (with that birth date) just 4 minutes earlier. Pelmeen10 (talk) 21:10, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Pelmeen10, thanks for looking that up. I didn't read as far as your contribution but thought "Lugnuts introducing deliberate errors? No way!" I've worked a lot with Lugnuts on rowing articles and have always found him conscientious. So I did the exact same as you did: looked up what else did Lugnuts create on 16 July 2019 in that batch, found that he created 10 articles during 29 minutes, Zabelin was the second article in that batch and the birth date belonged to the first article. A simple database / copy-paste error. I think we should dismiss the idea of Lugnuts having introduced errors deliberately; that is simply not the editor who I had the pleasure working with. Schwede66 05:01, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    Schwede66 - Just to be clear on this, this kind of totally careless article-creation (systematically reproducing errors), spread over many thousands of articles, is the kind of thing that would get you a warning first and eventually banned if you persisted in doing it nowadays. Accidental or not, competence is required. FOARP (talk) 09:35, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong oppose as Village Pump is not the place to mass delete articles, as is effectively beimg proposed here. No need for a mass decision on all of these articles, they should be checked according to relevant AFD policies individually as some will definitely be notable. Speedy redirecting should be used when there is clearly no notability. This range of dates is also completely arbitrary, with no justification for why the specific dates were chosen and why these people's notability should be assessed differently to Olympians of different years. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:12, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose unless there is a guarantee that the sources already in each article have been examined and any even marginally close calls removed. For example, I would have concerns about the inclusion of
    WP:ATD (which is a policy not a guidelines) - draftifying like this is an utter waste of resources for everyone concerned, whereas a redirect preserves the page history and attribution and enables an article to be returned to if sources emerge and someone has the time and motivation to do so. Finding those initial sources, especially when some are archived, isn't as simple as some of the views here might suggest. We have alternatives to deletion; these are flat out more efficient and we should use them. Blue Square Thing (talk
    ) 20:16, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Somewhat beside the point, but I can't find any evidence that Alf Davies is notable. I checked a few newspaper archives (e.g. 1), and there's stuff about a boxer and a footballer but no swimmer. If that short bio is correct, his winning of the The Serpentine#Peter Pan Cup seems unimportant; it's a small regional festive race. I'll probably redirect him to Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, which seems like the appropriate target. Suriname0 (talk) 17:40, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
    I wouldn't expect NewspaperArchive.com to have sigcov of Davies; it would likely be at the British Newspaper Archive or similar. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:42, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
    Didn't see anything on BNA either. No problem with discussing at AfD; see here. Suriname0 (talk) 18:21, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. I made a similar proposal at one of the many RfCs this past year, so of course I support this. I don't understand the "backdoor to deletion" hand-wringing or complaints about the possibility of inclusion of maybe notable athletes in this list. If there are people in there who you think might meet GNG, guess what!! You can personally take them out of draft space and work on them in your user space, thereby avoiding the extremely overly-lenient 5-year deadline. Or you could redirect them. Or put them in project space. These are all better for people who want to keep articles than leaving them in mainspace where they will likely be athlete #22 taken to AfD on any given day and you'll only have a week to find all those difficult-to-access sources that surely exist. JoelleJay (talk) 22:25, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, the proposal is for a very targeted list, and the way these articles have been generated seems problematic. The first one I clicked on was Alexander Martin (Canadian sport shooter). That article, in its entirety: "Alexander Martin (28 December 1864 – 26 October 1951) was a Canadian sports shooter. He competed in the 1000 yard free rifle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics." I checked the Olympedia source and was immediately struck by "Born: Glasgow, Died: Woking". These are clearly not Canadian locations. Olympedia also lists two family member Olympians, both of whom apparently competed for the GBR NOC. So while Alexander Martin may have competed for the Canada NOC, there seems a lot of evidence that describing them as primarily Canadian is a mistake. If somehow the first article I clicked on was the only problematic one, then I suppose I'd have to revise, but that seems unlikely. I would strongly support mass redirection to the relevant Olympic page (if available), and of course would also support people expanding these where possible to be useful and accurate. Both these actions are possible with or without the passing of this proposal though, so I don't understand how they are coming up as oppose rationales. CMD (talk) 00:05, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Looking at the article, I noticed that the source used for his Olympic participation refers to a certain Arthur, not Alexander, Martin from Canada born in a completely different year! Tvx1 16:10, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Tvx1: Look at the Olympedia source, which states "Name previously given as Arthur Martin, but this is not supported by contemporary Calgary newspapers." BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:15, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    But that is a wiki just lile this one and thus unreliable. And what about the twelve years discrepancy in the birth year? Tvx1 16:23, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Olympedia isn't an unreliable wiki. As for the birth year, it seems that the people who run SR/Olympedia originally believed the shooter to be Arthur, but then later realized it was actaully a Martin named Alexander, born twelve years prior. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:26, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    I do not see anything that makes it reliable. Moreover, the official site says it was Arthur, not Alexander, Martin as well. The Calgary statement doesn’t even make sense. What do local Calgary newspapers matter to an athlete who was allegedly born in Glasgow and died in Woking?? Tvx1 17:33, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    "Olympedia isn't an unreliable wiki" - I see absolutely no reason at all to believe that Olympedia is particularly reliable. Whilst the sports statistics on Olympedia come from official bodies (though the chain of ownership is unclear) and might be said to be reliable for that reason, there is a strong wiki-like aspect to the prose content, birth/death dates, and also potentially to the names used on the database. For example when an AFD was raised against our article about a non-notable rower called Francis English it turned out that the death-date was wrong and Francis English went under the name "Frank", Olympedia was updated to include the nickname and the corrected death-date soon after the AFD meaning they were relying on Wikipedia to do their fact-checking. Prose content on Olympedia also appears to come from e.g., families of the Olympians concerned and thus is not independently sourced. I get that the head of Olympedia is supposed to be an expert but the database is run by volunteers and there is no clear editorial system or rigorous fact-checking. T's concerns are thus well-founded and cannot be dismissed simply by saying "I haven't seen many errors" or that the IOC has used it. FOARP (talk) 11:32, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Agree. That’s the exact same sentiment I have. The Alexander/Arthur Martin case is another example of the issues they have. Tvx1 16:08, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support competing in the Olympics is not an indication of athletic greatness. Participation is often decided by politics, or there may not be any gatekeeping at all. See also the
    1904 men's marathon; apparently a free-for-all. Schierbecker (talk
    ) 00:18, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose It is against policy to use draftifying as a backdoor for deletion. Red-tailed hawk sums it up perfectly. --Rschen7754 01:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose I find no reason to delete them. There could be a reader looking for information on the topic; we are an encyclopedia; why do we feel the need to delete information? I this context, I think the stub-quality of the articles is irrelevant. Perhaps the content would be better served as part of a larger article, but I wouldn't know where to begin. Further, it would be a fallacy to assume that an "oppose" vote would necessarily lead to mass AfDs — it is a false assumption that the articles involved need to be deleted at all. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) 01:48, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    WP:N; just because there is verifiable information on a topic doesn't mean it belongs in Wikipedia. These are also why failing to deal with these articles through a process other than AfD will lead to mass AfD's; leaving non-notable topics in mainspace makes Wikipedia worse, and it is against policy to do so. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 02:08, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support If someone spends a few seconds doing something mildly disruptive, we should have no qualms about undoing that thing. If anyone wants to create a well-sourced article on one of these individuals, these stubs will be of no help at all. The community has found Lugnuts' mass creations to be disruptive, why immortalize his inappropriate creations? In fact, I'd support deleting all of them that haven't attracted major content contributions from others. No prejudice towards decent articles on the same topics being re-created in the future. Ajpolino (talk) 04:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Although they should really be deleted after the normal 6-month period. Also rather disappointing to see the same cheerleaders from the non-notable NFL player debate weighting this discussion down. Zaathras (talk) 04:45, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support draftification as first choice. Aside from the problem of notability, many of Lugnuts' articles have been shown to have serious verifiability issues (almost inevitable with articles created at speed). If it's true that Lugnuts has admitted to introducing deliberate inaccuracies (@S Marshall: do you have a diff for that?), that's all the more reason to remove these articles from the mainspace as soon as possible. I came into this expecting to support redirection over draftification, but I've explained below why I don't think this is practical. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 08:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Sojourner in the earth - See here. I guess I should say that many think he was lying about this. FOARP (talk) 09:21, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Support - And yes this should be rolled out to Lugnut's 19th-century cricketer articles, his 19th/early 20th century footballer articles, and to sub-sets of the mass-created articles of other historical mass creators (e.g., Carlossuarez46, Dr. Blofeld).
    WP:FAIT
    is clear that we should not allow that.
    This cannot be handled one-by-one by the normal AFD process as it would jam it permanently. Mass deletion through AFD is possible but this discussion is frankly just as valid as any AFD discussion and probably will engage with more editors which, frankly, is needed, as AFD discussions are often dominated by people heavily invested in the deletion/keeping of article-sets such as this one.
Some argue that the fact that some of these articles may be notable is a reason to keep all of them. It simply isn't. What that is is a reason for people who want them kept to go and establish the notability of those articles and bring them back to mainspace. Anything else is accepting a
WP:MASSCREATE
, even by editors I generally like.
ETA - my favoured position is actually just straight deletion of these articles. Draftification is something I'm OK with as an alternative to that because in reality everyone knows that only a handful will be saved even with years of time to work on them because so few of them even can be saved. Redirection is basically a non-flyer for the reasons I discussed below in relation to "Harry" Oppenheim - there is no reason, no reason at all, to redirect people to a list in which specific non-notable Olympian is possibly mentioned (many of the redirects will have the wrong name, because of the poor methodology used to create these articles), rather than serving the full search-results to them and allowing them to see all of the other places that person and other people with the same name listed on EN Wikipedia. FOARP (talk) 09:21, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per nom, 5 years is ample time for any interested editor to expand on any of the articles. Redirect to the relevant pages would also be fine in my opinion. BogLogs (talk) 09:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    • I just saved an article now - Addin Tyldesley. Just wasn't aware of it previously, but I saved an article in probably even less time than it took to suggest it be deleted.KatoKungLee (talk) 01:20, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose as the solution to the problem is needlessly complicated. Seems to me that the simple(st) solution is to delete all relevant stubs created in this way immediately. WP editors who are interested in writing about any Olympian who is truly notable could presumably get the same starting information from the same sources that the current stubs used, so there's nothing to be gained by draftifying. JMWt (talk) 10:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    @JMWt: Would you support the alternative of redirecting? BilledMammal (talk) 13:00, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    @BilledMammal: well I don't know. Firstly I don't know how automated the process would be or whether it would need considerable manual editing time. Second it seems to me that there is quite a high risk of good-faith errors creeping in when trying to do this with so many pages (for example an Olympian being accidentally attached to the wrong team). This in turn could lead to even more circular referencing and the errors being repeated in off-wiki sources. For me the most accurate solution is delete. The databases still exist, there's no presumption that any of the Olympians in these stubs are not notable - so recreation if RS become available for particular people shouldn't be an issue. I accept that it looks like a sledgehammer solution, but for me the main overwhelming issue is the integrity of WP as a usable encyclopedia. If we routinely do anything which adds to the risks of spreading errors, that's bad. I'd rather keep the stubs that simply reflect the content of off-wiki databases than do anything else that introduces errors. JMWt (talk) 13:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    @JMWt: It would be easy to automate, and no new errors would be introduced; it might continue to include existing errors, but in that case we are no worse off than we currently are. BilledMammal (talk) 14:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. per BeanieFan, my comments at the previous discussion about olympian stubs and most of the other opposers here. The way to deal with a mass creation of notable topics is not mass deletion or mass draftification - there is no deadline, and it is much better to get the right answer slowly than the wrong answer quickly. Thryduulf (talk) 10:47, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    This assumes we have a good interim position right now, which given the lack of attention that seems to have been paid to these articles I am not convinced of. There's no deadline by which redlinks have to be turned into tenuous blue links either. CMD (talk) 14:56, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    The past is prologue... There's not anything we can do about the fact that they have already been created, but as Thryduulf notes, now that they exist, we might as well deal with each thoughtfully. You are correct as the best action was probably not to have created these so rapidly, but we can't go back in time and make that unhappen. --Jayron32 19:20, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Yes, we can make that unhappen, that's kind of what's being proposed here. Levivich (talk) 19:22, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    We can make that unhappen and per WP:MASSCREATE and WP:MEATBOT they shouldn't have been able to be created in the first place. Since 2009 it is policy to request permission for mass creation of articles here. And I'd argue that creating several articles within minutes or a few hours are likely to be considered bot like editing as mentioned at WP:MEATBOT. Per MEATBOT is also required to request permission at the same place. WP:MEATBOT is within a policy, for admins it would technically be possible to enforce it. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 01:10, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment in addition to my note above and discussion below in the redirect section, there seem to be quite a few of these which have a reasonable claim to notability. We really need to read the sources and not rely on a machine query. Philip Plater, for example, seems well worth looking in to and if we delete this via drafting it'd be a massive mistake. A number of the British ones seem to have details that would be worth looking in to. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:39, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Why would it be a headache? Nothing is being salted and the Olympedia pages will still exist. The sources currently in Philip Plater doesn't suggest GNG, although the story should certainly be added to Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics. CMD (talk) 14:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Ah never mind, it has been included at Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's stationary target small-bore rifle since 2006. CMD (talk) 14:58, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    The Olympedia source, when you look at it, does in a way suggest that GNG coverage exists – I've found that when they give decent bios, the Olympians usually have a much higher GNG rate than when they don't. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:01, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I would agree! Maybe someday someone will be able to look into such cases and write some articles with more than a database pull, that could do basic things like not make slightly misleading nationality claims and include links to the events the athletes participated in. As noted above, there is no deadline for this. CMD (talk) 15:11, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    But we already have the articles! Why would we need to delete articles on a topic to be able to write something on that topic? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:16, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Perhaps this was missed, but we should have articles "that could do basic things like not make slightly misleading nationality claims and include links to the events the athletes participated in". CMD (talk) 15:51, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    The articles do link the events that the athletes participated in – and I haven't seen very many with the wrong nationality – just about all of them seem fine to me. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    No they don't, Philip Plater which you linked just before didn't until I made the relevant edit. As for "very many", maybe not very many, but how many? We don't know, because these are procedurally generated sentence pairs. CMD (talk) 16:18, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Lets see, I'm going to pick ten random people on this list and see if they have the link or not: Francesco Pietrasanta, no; Arthur Maranda, yes; Arthur Seward, yes; James Cowan (sport shooter), no; John McKenzie (wrestler), yes; Orazio Santelli, no; Yrjö Vuolio, yes; Jules Roffe, yes; Pierre Saintongey, yes; and Ödön Toldi, yes. That's 7/10 have it. And even if they were missing it, that's still no reason to mass get rid of them by the thousands. As for the nationality, to check, you can just click on the Olympedia link and it will tell you – I have only seen a handful with any issue, and in most of those cases it was half-right, i.e. they were born in e.g. Switzerland, and then became U.S. citizens and competed for the U.S., and the article referred to them as American. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I checked the first yes of yours, "Arthur Maranda, yes", and it doesn't link to his events at all. He participated in the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump, the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump, and the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump. If even a second layer of checking isn't correctly assessing these articles, a new process is needed. CMD (talk) 16:47, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    It says he "competed at three events at the 1912 Olympics" and links "Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics" in the words "three events." BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:54, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Correct, it does not link to the events he was in. CMD (talk) 01:11, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    I agree, Blue Squared Thing, many of these are likely notable. I've checked a bunch and for some I've seen Olympedia bios describing them as having been the best of the era, among the most famous, etc. For example, when I chose a random one in Lou Scholes and did a quick search, I found articles describing him as "the best oarsman the world has ever produced" (not surprising, though, considering this is the Olympics). And then for Albert Bechestobill, I was able to locate full-page long articles in major newspapers. When I looked for Arthur Burn, he was given headlines for his life and death. And another one I think would probably have good potential: Carlo Bonfanti – Olympedia mentions how the way Italy viewed diving was changed all because of him – there has got to be coverage on figures like that. And many Olympedia references have enough coverage that I'd consider them a SIGCOV source all by itself. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:14, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Checked out another one, Donnell Young, and he had in-depth feature stories published on him and was one of the only Olympic centenarians. This is really, really, really a bad idea to mass get rid of articles without any effort made to see whether they're notable. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    It was a really, really, really bad idea to mass create these articles without any effort made to see whether they are notable. This proposal is what is required to correct that error. BilledMammal (talk) 17:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    When these articles were created, they were considered notable. Later modifications to the notability guidelines removed their automatic notability (but many are still notable). BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    They were presumed notable (under some interpretations of
    WP:NSPORT), and it was a really, really, really bad idea to mass create these articles without any effort to see whether they are are notable and thus ensure that this presumption was correct. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 17:43, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    "Presumed notable" back then equaled "notable." BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:44, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    It actually never did, but many AFD closers just mistakingly assumed it did. It doesn’t do so anymore at all and actually most of these are not notable.Tvx1 17:25, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    The proposal is not get mass rid of them. It’s to move them to an appropriate place to dustinguish the non-notable ones from the one which are and actually make the keepable ones encyclopedic. No one is requesting blind deletion here. Tvx1 17:27, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Garnett Wikoff: Another clearly notable article from this list that I was able to substantially expand. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:22, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Another one who has potential for notability:
    Walgreen's! It was partly because of him the business was founded! BeanieFan11 (talk
    ) 22:25, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    More with potential (going off of Olympedia): James O'Connell (athlete) - national AAU triple jump champion; James Murphy (athlete) - English national champion cross country runner; António Pereira (wrestler) - thrice competed at the Olympics (we really should not be listing those who competed after 1912!); Archibald Murray (fencer) - given the Order of the British Empire; Harold Bartlett - important military person and awarded the Navy Cross, also aide to president Woodrow Wilson; Gaston de Trannoy - two-time Olympian, later important official, and president of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports; Georg Andersen (wrestler) - European champion in wrestling; James Reilly (swimmer) - coached swimming at Rutgers for 40 years - inducted into their Hall of Fame; etc. just from looking at Olympedia for a few random ones! BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:00, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Another interesting one: George Retzer. He lived to be 96 and was still regularly working out into his mid-90s (50 situps, 50 pushups every day, wow), and received UPI and LA Times feature stories for it, in addition to having more coverage for being the Pacific Coast wrestling champ. Clearly notable. Just like many others here. Mass throwing them out without any attempt to see if they're notable is an absolutely horrendous idea. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Yet another that seems highly likely to be notable: Iraklis Sakellaropoulos - the Greek wiki has a much more detailed article on him, he competed at three olympics, was a champion runner in Greek in the 1910s and 20s, and there seems to be a bunch of mentions of him online and in books using his name in Greek (unfortunately I do not speak Greek, so can't tell if its sigcov - but even if those aren't, I'm 99.999% sure the newspapers of the day would have covered him). BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:47, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Every each of the defended Olympians by @
    WP:NOTWHOSWHO. Both shortcuts are to policies. Paradise Chronicle (talk
    ) 01:20, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Paradise Chronicle: No they're not, I've improved many of them (for example, Fred Narganes, Herbert Gidney, Garnett Wikoff, Thomas LeBoutillier, J. Nash McCrea, and others) – there's just so many that we're trying to get rid of here, I haven't been able to get to them all. As for NOTDATABASE, that does not apply. It only applies to: Summary-only descriptions of works – nope; Lyrics databases – nope; Exhaustive logs of software updates – nope; Excessive listings of unexplained statistics – nope (the statistics and events are explained; I don't see how it would fall under that). As for WHOSWHO, that one says "Even when an event is notable, individuals involved in it may not be. Unless news coverage of an individual goes beyond the context of a single event..." – for many of these coverage exists that goes beyond their Olympic appearances. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:34, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
    That's great, you found some. You can expand them from draftspace. No-one will oppose you. The sources used of the unexpanded stubs are still databases, check
    WP:MASSCREATE as Lugnuts actually did create more than 50 articles on several days and more than 25 often and then any semiautomated or high speed editing can be considered bot like editing.Paradise Chronicle (talk
    ) 02:18, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
    I'd also support that the one who save such articles are able to voluntarily receive the same notifications the article creator does, as the expanders are likely more interested in getting aware of (potential) wls to and from the article. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 05:35, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - This has nothing to do with articles and is just a continued harassment campaign against Lugnuts. How can you possibly judge Article A based on Article B and Article C? These articles and the people who they are written about have nothing to do with each other. Why would they ever be judged together? And this idea of an article not only having to pass current rules but also needing to pass future rules that didn't even exist is horrifying. This is not in good faith and this goes against everything this website should be. I'm absolutely disgusted by this.KatoKungLee (talk) 16:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strongest possible oppose tremendous waste of time and resources, and as I've reiterated times, there's nothing wrong with stubs. Many of these could be fleshed out and pass GNG, and many of these are useful to users. If you want to merge them to a list one by one, I wouldn't necessarily be opposed.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    The good news on the merge front is they all appear to have been included in relevant lists since 2006 to 2007. CMD (talk) 08:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support either draftification or redirection per BilledMammal. These articles can always be recreated if anyone can find sources showing their notability. (t · c) buidhe 05:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. The only thing the subjects of these articles have in common are 1) they competed in the Olympics during a certain time frame 2) they were created by a certain editor. If you believe that mere documentation that someone competed in the Olympics is not sufficient to confer notability, then neither of the things these articles have in common have any bearing on the article subject's notability. That means the responsible thing to do would be to go through and determine notability for each article on an individual basis. Dealing with them in bulk is inappropriate, and would make it inevitable that some babies will be disposed of with the bathwater. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 06:21, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Scott5114: The contents of the bathwater aren't being thrown out here; they will still be available, whether in the form of a draft or a redirect.
    In addition, one of the issues with dealing with them individually is that it will overload AfD. Do you, and other editors opposing this proposal on that basis, have no objection to 25, 50, or 100 of Lugnut's articles being taken through AfD each day (a process that will take between 5, 2.5, or 1.25 years, respectively, if we conservatively assume that only half of Lugnuts articles have notability issues)? BilledMammal (talk) 06:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Putting them in draft space makes it less likely that anyone will ever actually improve them. I haven't the foggiest idea what's in draft space right now. And when I am using the site as a user, if I come across a redlink and think "gee, I expected Wikipedia to have an article on this," my first inclination isn't to check draft space to see if there's something that just needs to spruced up a bit. I would be very surprised if that is actually part of anyone's workflow.
    If it is a long and painful process to put them through AFD then so be it; that is the pain that the nominators choose to endure themselves, and inflict on others in the process. Presumably should they choose to do so, it's because they've examined an individual article and found that it is in fact not notable, and can prove that at AFD. Circumventing the process simply because it will take more effort than some people care to do is simply cheaping out. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 11:31, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Most of the proponents of dealing with these articles individually also oppose sending them en masse to AfD, since the seven-day deadline gives too little time to find sources. This is a proposal to extend that deadline by 4 years and 358 days. Those who wish to examine these articles one-by-one will have plenty of time to do so. I'd also note that all the articles covered by the proposal are extremely scanty; even if they were deleted, any one of them could be recreated with better sources in a matter of minutes. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 11:52, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Presumably should they choose to do so, it's because they've examined an individual article and found that it is in fact not notable, and can prove that at AFD. They would be able to prove that the individual article doesn't demonstrate notability; there is no consensus that they are required to do more than this when nominating mass created articles. BilledMammal (talk) 12:05, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Draftspace is an invisible graveyard. It wouldn't matter if the auto-delete period was set to 50 years; approximately nobody beyond the original author ever stumbles upon a draft. Articles get improved by attracting editors, and editors get attracted as a consequence of visibility, which drafts simply do not enjoy. Therefore the practical eventual outcome of draftification would be deletion.
However, I also do not support deletion. Several editors have proposed redirection instead, and I agree that this would be better. Regardless of the possibility of (potentially deliberate) errors within the articles, I don't think anyone is doubting that these people existed and had a verifiable association with a particular event - therefore it should be possible to identify an appropriate redirection target.
Finally, I'll also mention that this whole set of articles feels like it skirts
Database rights, and for that reason I do not support doing nothing. Barnards.tar.gz (talk
) 08:57, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as deliberate errors had been introduced, per the evidence by Chipmunkdavis. There is no time to check it all, and it is better to have no articles than hundreds of faulty articles. I would agree that draftification would be a better option, but there is no way we should have thousands of articles that have deliberate errors on them. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    I highly doubt that he made "thousands of articles with deliberate errors in them." I've checked many articles written by Lugnuts and only very rarely have I found errors. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, with a preference for redirection over draftification. Either way, the article histories will be preserved, and can be used if someone can find reliable sources that establish notability. (IMO, notability is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for an article, i.e., just because a subject is notable does not mean that Wikipedia has to have an article about the subject.) - Donald Albury 15:10, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, many of these articles could be improved to pass notability, but they should not be in mainspace until this has been done. However, to increase the chances of editors improving them I suggest adding a note about drafts to the tasks/to-do lists of the relevant wikiprojects (olympics/fencing/swimming…) with a link to the "other" section in their article assessment page. EdwardUK (talk) 15:49, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per above. Therapyisgood (talk) 16:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support There are to many articles that are only notable because of topic specific notability rules. Such rules only serve to formalize the systemic bias of Wikipedia. My general preference is that
    WP:GNG replace all topic specific notability guidelines. I recognize that is unlikely to reach a consensus, but I fell this is a step on the right direction. — BillHPike (talk, contribs
    ) 20:01, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    These aren't notable per topic specific notability guidlines. But many are notable through GNG. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:06, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong oppose mass deletions without a detailed look are never a good thing, especially when a lot of the articles likely are in fact notable. Draftifying them is a poor choice, because that makes them hard to find (and therefore, interested editors won’t find and work on them), and just results in a shortcut to deletion. There’s nothing wrong with stubs - in fact, for the same reason, I’d argue having a stub encourages people to expand it more than not having an article at all does. Anything that is truly not notable can be deleted via the standard AfD process, which the village pump is not an appropriate substitute for. Deletion of notable material is not an acceptable side effect. Claims of “it can always be recreated later” are not useful: any recreated articles will likely be rapidly sent to AfD and deleted before someone interested happens to see it and dig up some appropriate sources. Frankly, I’m a little bothered at the very high notability standard that seems to be set these days, as it encourages a perception that the encyclopedia is complete and new contributions aren’t welcome. A lot of us treat Wikipedia as the one-stop shop to learn something, an image that’s taken 20 years to cultivate. It’s going to lose that if it keeps going this direction. Obviously there has to be some kind of notability standard, or else everyone and their dog would have their own article, but accurate content should be a far greater priority. Highway 89 (talk) 21:33, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    If accurate content should be the priority, then mass-creating articles without spending time to ensure accuracy seems a detriment. CMD (talk) 02:15, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
    So where was the "detailed look" when these were mass-created? Don't applying standards in just one direction. Reywas92Talk 23:02, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support That way, they can stop cluttering mainspace while people prepare them in draftspace. QuicoleJR (talk) 23:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    I don't see how they are cluttering mainspace, it's not like people fall on these pages accidentally. Ortizesp (talk) 00:27, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
    Just to clear up a common misperception, there is no way to clutter up Wikipedia mainspace because, given the right computer tech, Wikipedia can fit on the head of a pin. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:46, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - per others who note that draftification as a backdoor deletion is inappropriate, and a better solution (as offered above) is to redirect these to the appropriate Olympic games. Rlendog (talk) 02:02, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per Levivich. starship.paint (exalt) 15:18, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support-ish. After reading Lugnut's final goodbye post where he admitted to leaving false statements in article for years, I can't see how we can leave these stubs in article space. I also don't think we need to spend countless hours to check each one. I would prefer deletion, and if not, then a normal 6 months draft. Regardless, redirects from the person to a relevant article is always helpful and I would support mass redirect (but not with the same content deleted, that invites reverting the redirect and leaving the bad content there). --Gonnym (talk) 22:10, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
    I highly doubt that was true (about the false statements). Having known Lugnuts when he was still here and having checked many of his creations, I very highly doubt that his final statement was true; it was likely just made to piss off all of those who did not like him. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:35, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Another reason why this proposal is a terrible idea: John Hession. Hession received TONS of coverage (so much that I was originally going to expand it, but was so overwhelmed by the amount of coverage that I thought it'd be better to save others and then afterwards expand him) and was described by some as the greatest shooter of all time. We should not be blindly getting rid of these, especially since many of them received sigcov and some of them received coverage calling them the greatest in their sport ever! BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    You will have 5 years to work on them from Draftspace, they aren't disappearing. If anything, your comment reinforces why draftification is the optimal choice here. As for your claims about Hassion and the "greatest shooter", that is a wee bit of hyperbole. You're basing that on a title of an obituary which itself uses the vague verbiage of "some claim". Zaathras (talk) 00:51, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    But when a high percentage are notable, it makes no sense to send them to draftspace! I would much prefer not to spend the next five years of my life expanding articles on Olympians or they all get deleted! (and additionally, if this passes, BilledMammal is going to do the same with the other 90,000) As for Hession, he won many world titles, set many world records, won national championships and won records in them, etc., so I think while he might not be the best, he's still one of the best. We should not be blindly getting rid of all these! BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support -- seems like a well-thought-out solution to a complex problem. Renata•3 02:22, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Huge Oppose this is exactly the thing Wikipedia shouldn't be doing. This should be handled case-by-case and we should never just wily-nily dratify them en-masse. They certainly aren't hurting anyone by being there and as we come across them we can re-check gng to see which are worthy and which are not. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:02, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose I agree that something ought to be done about this subset of articles. Draftification is the wrong way to tidy this up. If we agree that these stubs should not retained, then let us redirect them to the appropriate article. There is nothing to be gained from moving the articles to draft space; it would be a disservice to our readers. Why should a reader looking for an early Olympian not find a result? Draftification would create holes. Redirects would lead the reader to an article where they can find out about the person. Draftification leaves behind red links elsewhere. Creating redirects does not have that problem. Draftification is fraught with problems and should not be pursued. Schwede66 05:07, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support If any of these people pass the
    GNG, editors can expand them and provide proper sourcing. If they can't they will be deleted in 6 months. --In actu (Guerillero) Parlez Moi
    07:41, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Note that BilledMammal has been reverting when I've removed articles from this list containing SIGCOV, saying that he controls this proposal and anyone who wants to remove an entry must discuss with him. And I went and started a discussion 30 minutes ago, but he's refused to respond while actively editing other areas. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:54, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    It appears he started a discussion on it with you on 3 March. CMD (talk) 16:08, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    I think it is a little unreasonable for you to expect me to drop everything and respond to you immediately; when you commented I was in the middle of opening two large move requests (
    Talk:Aaron Callaghan (footballer, born 1966)#Requested move 6 March 2023 and Talk:Alakol, Azerbaijan#Requested move 6 March 2023
    ).
    I also don't expect people to discuss every removal with me. I have no objection to people removing articles when they provide sources that plausibly meet WP:GNG or to editors removing articles after providing just one source if that source is extensive. My objection is to you repeatedly reinstating removals that don't meet these criteria. BilledMammal (talk) 16:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose As someone already said it takes time to write things, while deleting them is easy. Wikipedia is not finished and there is no deadline. Those articles have basically nothing in common except they were written by the same editor (which is irrelevant), so binding them all together without any BEFORE and without any actual demonstration that these articles are not notable is not appropriate and this is also not the place for such discussions. They should be taken to Afd individually, if you have some concerns. Someone commented that deleting them this way would take min. 8 (or even 30) years, but then you expect people to rewrite them in 5????? I believe it is more than obvious to everyone that this proposal of draftifying is actually a backdoor proposal to deletion, which is basically gaming the system. I am strongly against massive deletion of so many sports articles and the eradicating of so much olympic knowledge, that is very useful to us readers (those who are not interested only in most commercialised superstar champions of the present days) and that is not doing any harm whatsoever. Furthermore (and what actually made me write this comment after a long time of just reading) it was clearly stated that if this proposal succeeds, this anti-sports modern book-burning crusade will continue with massive deletions of other athletes (post 1912), which I again find very worrying and utterly un-encyclopedic. I know I will achieve nothing but I simply had to write this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.76.250.241 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    Nothing in common? Takes time to write? Have you looked at the articles? They're carbon copies with some variables that differ per page. Assuming they weren't automated, they took probably a minute or two each at most. CMD (talk) 04:31, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per Levivich and pragmatism. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:56, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose as articles that meet SIGCOV are being kept in the proposal. If the SIGCOV articles are removed, I would be Neutral on the proposal - clearly we can't have a ton of permanent stub articles with little to no notability, but I'm not sure userficiation is the right idea. Redirects seem far more helpful. Toa Nidhiki05 14:10, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Agree with Mistral. For this reason, I originally supported but BilledMammal is refusing to allow amendment of the list to remove articles like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) even though they have been expanded, now include SIGCOV, and are not based solely on database entry. IMO the extreme remedy of mass removal of articles should not be considered for articles that fall into a gray area. Such articles, if challenged, should be dealt with under regular order, by normal AfD processes. BilledMammal's refusal to allow amendment of the list renders this proposal objectionable IMO. Cbl62 (talk) 14:20, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    It is standard practice to not edit RfC statement content after RfCs are opened, especially after there have already been comments. It is best practice to not edit content currently under an RfC. Fine to oppose, but it seems unfair to blame BilledMammal for following
    WP:RFC. CMD (talk
    ) 14:38, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Disagree. BilledMammal initially said he would agree to allow amendments to the list, but then threatened me at my talk page saying it was a violation of
    WP:TPA for me to remove two that had been amended. He said he would only allow amendments if he approved in advance. He has refused to give his OK to removal of articles like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) which are now clearly out of scope. I initially supported the proposal but such extraordinary mass removal should be limited to the most extreme cases with zero SIGCOV and only database sources. Cases like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) should be challenged, if at all, only under regular order. Cbl62 (talk
    ) 15:05, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    I'm not following on what exactly you disagree on. The standard practice? Obtaining consensus seems to be a good way to work within the RfC guidance. CMD (talk) 15:50, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    I disagree with not striking entries from the list that no longer fit the scope of the proposal. The proposal was to remove from Main space Lugnuts' early Olympic articles that lacked SIGCOV and were based solely on databases. That scope seemed reasonable, and I supported it. Consistent with that scope, BilledMammal initially invited users to strike individual entries that no longer met that scope. He then reversed course when BeanieFan (an editor with whom BilledMammal has a history of disputes) improved a couple articles and struck them. By reversing course, BilledMammal has changed the initial nature of the proposal and is now insisting on including articles that are out of scope. That's what I disagree with. Cbl62 (talk) 16:47, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thanks, although I don't think I said the point you are disagreeing with in my comment. At any rate, the risk of contention that you describe is exactly why the
    WP:RFC page suggests not doing exactly what BeanieFan is doing. CMD (talk
    ) 17:28, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Conditional support - The proposal is a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff. No direct deletion and a fair opportunity to turn the stubs that are keepable into encyclopedic articles. However, five years is way too long not to autodelete. That really should be just one year or two years at the very most.Tvx1 21:01, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, no preference for redirects or draftification. If the article is draftified or deleted and it actually has sources that meet GNG, it can be improved or recreated as a proper article and not a 1 or 2 sentence stub sourced to a database. Sennecaster (Chat) 04:16, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. If anything, the proposal should be even broader. As the RFC notes, Lugnuts does not deserve "Assume good faith" and even to the extent that the articles are not inaccurate, they are largely woefully undersourced - if someone attempted to get such a shoddily sourced article past AFC, it would never pass. I have no objection to saving articles which is why a 5-year moratorium on deleting drafts is good, but I don't see that as relevant to this RFC - if there are articles in the list that genuine SIGCOV has been found since (note that some of the examples above are still rather shaky), whatever, it just either won't be draftified or can be moved back to the mainspace immediately, and it can go through normal AFD if desired. SnowFire (talk) 06:48, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support. I see this proposal and the "just redirect instead" as equivalent in all but name, so putting my support here. I am in favour of either/both of just draftifying or dradftify-and-redirect, with a mild preference towards the latter. I actually prefer draftifying for a much shorter period of time than 5 years, potentially the standard 6 months (?) of Draftspace simply because I do not think 5 years is a reasonable amount of time, and the articles that ought to be deleted would instead just linger in draftspace for years until they're eventually deleted long after being forgotten. I'd rather have a concerted effort and save whatever articles can be saved, failing which they should ideally be put under the same scrutiny and procedures as the rest of Wikipedia. Being created by a prolific admin should not grant 5 years of "free Draftspace stay" compared to other articles. Soni (talk) 08:02, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose the only problem that's been identified with these articles is that the subjects may not pass the sports notability guidelines. I don't think that's nearly a big enough deal to warrant something like this. Mass deletion/draftification is reasonable if there are more serious problems with the content, such as copyright violations, hoaxes and the like, but notability guidelines are not that big a deal. Hut 8.5 08:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Other problems have been identified, they are mentioned in a couple of places in this discusison. CMD (talk) 10:43, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Like what? I shouldn't have to read an entire 13,000 word discussion to see the rationale for this. The proposer only mentions the notability guidelines or logistical problems related to enforcing them, as do the vast majority of the comments in support. Hut 8.5 12:55, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    WP:MASSCREATE
    violation is another additional reason.
    However, the lack of notability issue is enough by itself for these articles to be dealt with as that's a DELREASON. FOARP (talk) 13:16, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    If you don't think that articles by this person can be trusted then we should be considering deleting all of them, not just Olympic athletes from a certain period. (FWIW that comment sounds like trolling from someone who's just been indef blocked and I wouldn't read too much into it.) The only distinguishing feature about these ones is the sports notability guidelines, which seems to be the main rationale for this. While lack of notability is a valid reason to delete something under the deletion policy, you are proposing to ignore the deletion policy with respect to these articles. I don't think mere failure to follow the notability guidelines is enough for such a drastic step. I would expect to see a bigger problem, preferably one which is grounded in a policy rather than a guideline. Hut 8.5 17:47, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Just as a data point: as far as I can tell, the contributor copyright investigation didn't find evidence of deliberate errors being introduced. isaacl (talk) 17:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Of course it didn’t. That searched for copyright violations, not inaccuracies. Tvx1 20:18, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
    Some of the comments in that investigation explicitly referred to looking for inaccuracies, though not all of them. As I said, it's just a data point. isaacl (talk) 16:27, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support in the cases of those that are just regurgitation of database entries. Oppose for the few that have been expanded to be more encyclopedic.
    WP:NOT a database or an indiscriminate collection of information.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢
     😼  23:46, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support I've got to say, I've always hated the low bar set for including sports figures here. (Do we still have the article about the ball player with no name? Moving on). That said, I cannot favor mass deletion at this point. The 5 yr limited draftification seems to be the solution to an extraordinary problem. Extraordinary problems require extraordinary solutions. A clear case of the need to
    Ignore All Rules on a massive scale. I would hope that this process could somehow be automated and perhaps a database/index of these article drafts could be made accessible for those who would want to avail themselves of it. Also, another thought: Is it technically possible to symbolize (mark unobtrusively) red links that have articles in DraftSpace? Regards, GenQuest "scribble"
    01:26, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per Snowfire. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:00, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Qualified Support I'd much rather see these articles redirected and even thought of opposing this, but ultimately I feel that something needs to be done. So if the alternative to redirect doesn't happen this has my weak support. The reason this has less support from me is that draft imposes time limits and requires moves. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 22:28, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Ambivalent, leaning oppose. This proposal really seems like draftifying as a backdoor to deletion, which is
    WP:GNG. It's an unfortunate situation, but dealing with the articles on a case-by-case basis (PROD, redirect, or expand as appropriate) may be best. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs
    ) 19:05, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Mx. Granger: People can always PROD them as needed ... dealing with the articles on a case-by-case basis (PROD, redirect, or expand as appropriate) may be best. In your view, how many can I PROD or redirect in one day without being disruptive? Levivich (talk) 19:14, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
    That's a good question. It's not realistic to expect people to deal with hundreds of PRODs in the same topic area all at the same time. Given the special circumstances, I think it would be reasonable to PROD 5 or 10 a day or maybe more (though under normal circumstances that would be a lot for one topic area). Redirecting is easier to undo than deletion, so that could probably be done at a higher rate without being disruptive. But I realize the list might take weeks or months to get through at that rate. Hence my ambivalence – I don't really see a good solution, so I'm not sure what the best approach is. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 19:38, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
    Not weeks or months, years. 93,000 Lugnuts stubs, the ones listed here are less than 1% of the total. At 10 a day, we're talking 90 days for 900 articles, plus AFDing the removed PRODs (or some of them), so it'll extend beyond 90 days. Now, I know people will say, well not all 93,000 Lugnuts stubs need to be dealt with at all, some are good. That's true. We don't know how many. But even if a mere 10% are bad -- 9,000 articles -- PRODing 10 a day would take 3 years. And if it's higher than 10%, if it's 50% bad, then we're talking over a decade to PROD them all. To go through them case-by-case is totally impossible, in my view. It must be done by batch processing, because of the number. They were created by batch processing, so I don't feel bad about not going through them one by one, but I feel a lot better about it when I realize that it's functionally impossible to get through 10,000 articles or more, one by one. Levivich (talk) 19:45, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Depicting my opposition to mass article creation, microstubs are not a value-add to the encyclopedia. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:21, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support: Wikipedia is
    WP:R#DELETE#1 and #2, by indiscriminately redirecting many common names with more notable targets to very brief mentions (if any) of very obscure sportspeople that no-one would be using the search function to discover anyway. — Bilorv (talk
    ) 22:26, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose per Rhododendrites. I suggest AfD-ing the worst 5%, and then review. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:02, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
    I guess that merging possibilities are poorly considered. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:04, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
    What would we merge? And plenty of these microstubs have been AfD'd and deleted or redirected...in the past 11 months we've had 214 bios of Olympians and 75% of them have been deleted (71), redirected (88), or merged (2), and that's including a lot that don't meet the criteria for this list (and so would be expected to have a greater chance of being kept). Why should the community have to spend 2.5 more months reviewing 50 AfDs (using the archive average of 19/month, which a lot of people complained was too high) just to arrive at the same conclusion: we have way too many non-notable Olympian stubs? JoelleJay (talk) 00:51, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    What would we merge? Any proposal to delete, even 5-year slow delete, should require the proponent to explain what merging is not possible. For William Horschke, for example, why not merge all USA participants to USA at the 1904 Summer Olympics? I agree that the article creator should have asked this question.
    Plenty have been AfD-ed? I didn’t know that. Was it stated upfront? It would be helpful, it is what I was asking for. This data would change my mind, if the were all deleted. But they mostly weren’t. Looking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Olympics/archive, a minority were deleted, and almost none were draftified which makes draftification and odd proposal here. “Redirect” looks to be a prominent outcome. Assuming that a redirect implies that the subject is mentioned at the target for having done something, I consider that similar to a merge of a stub. Redirection, with optional merge, is something that could be done without special authorisation by RfC. SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:49, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    So far as I can tell, all of these individuals are already mentioned in the relevant Event at the X Olympic lists. If that is the merge needed, then it is already done. CMD (talk) 08:28, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    A far smaller minority were kept and the merge rate is negligible, which supports the reality that these subjects are not notable. The proposal to draftify for five years is simply to address claims that 7 days at AfD or 6 months in draftspace is "too short" to find refs, and mass redirection poses its own issues as described below. JoelleJay (talk) 13:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    I accept that “keep” or “do nothing” not good solutions. I would prefer mass redirection to deletion or draftification, the first per policy
    WP:ATD-R, and the second because draftspace should not be used as purgatory, because draftification should only be used for pages that are envisioned to be returned to mainspace, and this clearly will not be the case. Redirection allow easy bold editing should new sourced material be found. Unjustified reversions of redirects should be responded to promptly by AfD, with consideration of sanctions due to disruptive editing if the reverts were done en mass. SmokeyJoe (talk
    ) 10:24, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
    The issues people have brought up with redirection are 1) not all subjects have a suitable redirect (e.g multiple Olympics) and 2) redirecting wholesale brings up issues with names shared with other mentioned-but-pageless people. JoelleJay (talk) 16:22, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
    (1) Any person who has participated in multiple Olympics is quite a step above the typical example, and their article should be Kept, of AfD-ed. If it is in anyway complicated, there is need for discussion, and with deletion or pseudodeletion on the cards, AfD should be used for that discussion.
    (2) So, why not WP:Move to an unambiguous title before redirecting? The current excessively minimalist titling practice doesn’t apply to redirects. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:43, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
    Several articles[1][2] on multi-Olympians have been deleted due to failing the requirement for SIGCOV. JoelleJay (talk) 02:31, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support mass automated deletion or userification, both in this case and as a general solution where anyone mass-creates articles and and any discussions (before or afterwards) that occur fail to produce an affirmative consensus supporting their creation or retention. The ArbCom case showed that Lugnuts' judgement when creating articles is not good; and the listed sources look like raw databases, which likely do not pass
    WP:ONUS is on them to demonstrate a consensus supporting it - arguing that article-shaped-objects that were mass-produced in mere weeks or days must consume months or even years of the community's time to clean up is unworkable. A mass-edit that was done with one press of a button, with no discussion or effort to seek consensus, should not be so drastically more difficult to review and reverse. --Aquillion (talk
    ) 04:53, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose I prefer the redirect option if there the community determines a problem exists. I am not convinced that a problem actually exists as Rhododendrites says in point 3 above ("There's zero exigency here"). This proposal appears to be a way to avoid a formal community discussion on how to resolve the question about how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion. There are some things to like about the proposal, such as long term draft space, but in my mind, any mass nomination process should involve a group of uninvolved editors to review the nominated articles prior to beginning the AfD process. --Enos733 (talk) 17:51, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    This proposal appears to be a way to avoid a formal community discussion on how to resolve the question about how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion. Please explain this theory. Levivich (talk) 18:01, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    This is mentioned in the background section of this proposal. I believe the proposer wants to suggest "a method for resolving this question, with a group of articles that can be used to test the proposed resolution." To me the way forward would be to continue the discussion and evaluate the proposals articulated at WP:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/AfD at scale before launching a test. - Enos733 (talk) 19:03, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    Yeah, I wrote that sentence :-) This RFC is a formal discussion on how to resolve the question (or, at least, a question) about how to handle mass nominations at AFD, and it proposes a method for avoiding mass nominations at AFD for articles that meet a certain criteria. I understand preferring redirects, or believing that these can just be left in mainspace as is, but I don't understand how an RFC avoids an RFC. Levivich (talk) 19:23, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    To me this is a little bit of forum shopping, as a discussion was happening elsewhere (and yes I understood it stalled). I would rather see a more complete proposal, rather than an ad hoc test. - Enos733 (talk) 20:04, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    That's a lot easier to say than do. Levivich (talk) 20:09, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
    The discussion wasn’t just stalled, it was cancelled by ArbCom. BilledMammal (talk) 02:26, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Junk the lot. Virtually useless to man and beast. Complete anathama to everything Wikipedia is trying to achieve. scope_creepTalk 16:09, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment Seems kind of silly when we change the notability criteria then have to do mass deletions. Now we only consider GNG or SPORTS rather than anyone who's competed in the Olympics. Oaktree b (talk) 20:04, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Draftifying this many articles is pointless; just delete them. They can be re-created when sources show up. Cleaning the cobwebs out of wikipedia is important. Still seems silly to have changed the notability criteria, but here we are. Oaktree b (talk) 20:04, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support draftification or redirection. Either one works. If the only references given are a database source, then they aren't even giving a presumption of notability, particularly since they aren't even medalists. Any that have been expanded or otherwise had proper sources added can just be moved back to mainspace after draftification by the editors who made the improvements. Considering this could have instead been a proposal to delete them all, which would have been valid due to the requirement for all sports biographies to meet the
    WP:GNG, I think draftification is getting off light, particularly with the special extended time period consideration given here. SilverserenC
    00:35, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose per
    NTEMP: if we remove what cannot be easily added to today, we skew the balance inexorably towards recentism. Kevin McE (talk
    ) 08:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strongest support ever Let's consider the options.
    Doing nothing - It should be clear by the discussion reasons that the articles can't stay the way they are. We have to do something.
    Drafts - The extended autodeletion means it's not a deletion backdoor, and draftifying them is our best bet. While some people say no one will improve them, I think the people discussing have the village pump watched, and will most likely go to the draft space to improve the articles if the proposal passes.
    Redirect - To what? And also, no one will search them, so it won't help the encyclopedia at all.
    AfD - That will increase the workload, and there will only be 7 days to find notability, as oppose to 5 years if the proposal passes. Such AfDs will most likely be delete, so why discuss it instead of discussing something actually meaningful to discuss?
    That is why I support. Nononsense101 (talk) 17:39, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support based on evidence of low page views dictating that drafting articles will have minimal impact. Cherry-picked examples of articles that have proven their notability with improved references would be returned to mainspace as users search for such athletes, recovering the minimal bycatch BluePenguin18 🐧 ( 💬 ) 03:16, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support There are several existing wikipedia rules that would have prevented their creation if they had been enforced. (detailed reasoning comes later).Paradise Chronicle (talk) 06:26, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
    Reconfirm support and also to discourage future mass creation of stubs. The Lugnuts stubs were created ignoring the policies of
    WP:BOTUSE. Those are policies and should have been enforced. Most of the articles were not edited considerably by other editors except for Lugnuts and draftifying them would still provide potential expanders with 5 years time to expand the articles. Paradise Chronicle (talk
    ) 03:16, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose This has been shown to be a test case in deleting most of the 90,000 stubs created by an editor. I would be open to a separate proposal to redirect some of these to the nation's teams. A delayed deletion is not the only way to handle this issue. A dedicated group of 20 to 100 could fix these articles in a reasonable amount of time. Abzeronow (talk) 19:20, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
    So your proposed “fix” for this is that a substantial percentage of the actually-active editors of EN Wikipedia (a 2017 study showed nearly all articles were written by about ~1,300 editors) dedicate months/years of time to fix the problems entirely created by a single editor?
    Yeah, no.
    But even if this is the way to fix it this proposal doesn’t prevent this from happening? The articles can still be fixed in draftspace if people wish to do that? FOARP (talk) 08:23, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support for the love of god please. I've come across so many of these stubs of sportspeople created by Lugnuts that have zero claims of notability besides the criteria of being an olympian. Sportspeople is an area where we ought to be more strict practicing the notability guideline. Database entries do not count to notability. SWinxy (talk) 04:14, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
    I would also prefer deleting them outright FWIW. SWinxy (talk) 01:16, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support, per FOARP. This is a reasonably pragmatic compromise that addresses the fact that many of these "articles" are potentially not even accurate, let alone notable. Even if the Lugnuts sabotage admission is untrue, other editors in this RfC have detected errors that – in my mind at least – call into question the reliability of the datasets used to create these stubs. I further agree with FOARP that an approach similar to this should be taken with regards to many other mass-created stubs that have little hope of satisfying the GNG or becoming reasonably-substantial articles, and that leaving said articles alone – or trying to mud-wrestle over a few of them at a time at AfD – legitimises using fait accompli as a work-around for the burden of establishing notability and reliable sourcing. Protestations such as those from BeanieFan11 are not at all compelling: they argue at one moment that [the] majority [of the stubs concerned] I would say could be expanded if the right sources were used, it just takes time to write things, then at the next admit that nobody actually wants to do that work of expanding them (I doubt that there's going to be a ton of eager editors who want to help out in writing articles on 1900/10s Olympians), thus undermining their own suggestion that an Olympic stub cleanup project be created as an alternative to the headline proposal. Similarly from Abzeronow just above me here; [a] dedicated group of 20 to 100 could fix these articles in a reasonable amount of time. I wish them, or any and all other editors, the best if they do genuinely wish to start a Lugnuts Stubs WikiProject and set to the task of making decent articles out of these database entries – but I see zero reason as to why that work cannot be carried out over the next five years in the peace and quiet of draftspace. XAM2175 (T) 12:31, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
    I would further add, for the avoidance of doubt, 1) that I support the principle of the proposal and the methodology used to prepare the query, and that my support endures on those terms even if the list of articles produced by said query changes in the course of the RfC; and 2) that I oppose systematic redirection as an alternate proposal on the grounds that there is no clear methodology for selecting appropriate targets for redirection. XAM2175 (T) 12:36, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support I find the "articles shouldn't have to satisfy Wikipedia standarads" argument extremely amusing. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Per XAM2175. This gives people an option to sort the wheat from the chaff while also keeping most of the chaff out of article space. -Indy beetle (talk) 23:03, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirecting, Neutral on draftifying. Wikipedia isn't a
    PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c
    ) 20:01, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support It is clear that these articles should never have been created. There is no reasonable expectation of notability: Participation in the early Olympics was often who could attend, not who had already shown they were one of the world's best through international competitions. They violate GNG, as well NATHLETE, even before the Olympics change was made: it has always been the case that significant coverage is expected, and simple database listings are indequate. These "articles" have little to no context, merely stating their participation, which is already included in the relevant event articles. It is entirely appropriate to take bulk action such as this against low-quality mass-creation, which would be impossible to address any other way, and we should do so in many more cases, including cricket and football players and place names. If you're whining that draftifying is back-door deletion, I'm happy to fully delete! One should not be able to exempt one's articles from deletion or similar action because you made tens of thousands of such one-line litter pages. A vote to oppose is simply a middle finger to our basic concepts of notability, which call for substantive independent coverage, without exception for atheticism. No one's stopping anyone from writing actual articles or even creating redirects if they want. Reywas92Talk 23:03, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Either is fine, the idea of having to patrol thens of thousands of minor articles that I'll have to check for notability sounds painful and doesn't really add anything of value. I've seen sports articles like this go both ways at AfD with people willing to die on these molehills. Dr vulpes (💬 • 📝) 04:48, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Support. I don't see why we can't draftify the articles and then create redirects. People can work on any drafts they feel are viable without losing the info already in them, and in the meantime the redirects serve the reader looking for information. Valereee (talk) 11:48, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Bluerasberry (talk) 15:18, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
::These pass special notability criteria that we have for historical biographies. We are talking about 1000 articles and that number will not grow. For this and other records starting in the Industrial Age like military awards with no other info, we give a pass to scant biographies. Wikipedia has the space, and sometimes we compromise on content qualtiy to keep our inclusion rules uniform and easy to understand. We routinely keep Olympians now; it makes sense to me that we would want completeness in our set.
Have you been following Olympian AfDs lately? Or NSPORT in general? In the past year alone I've personally participated in/watched 150+ AfDs on Olympians that resulted in deletion/redirection because they didn't meet GNG. We don't have "special notability criteria for historical biographies", and in the case of sportspeople such a consideration was explicitly rejected: all sportsperson biographies must meet GNG and contain at least one SIGCOV SIRS demonstrating this.
I do support alternative forms of presentation, like migrating these into related lists. They already are in other lists/pages. JoelleJay (talk) 22:43, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Weak Oppose I think redirection of most of them is, on balance, the better approach, but will support 'whatever approach we can agree to that gets these articles out of the mainspace', i.e. either is better than neither. JeffUK
  • Support - These articles will never meet GNG and are basically just cruft. We don't need to waste more community time debating them individually. Nosferattus (talk) 06:50, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
    These articles will never meet GNG – Obviously you're wrong, as numerous have already been proven to pass it. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:19, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Qualified oppose First, procedurally, as I do think that while discussion can function here as well as or better than a mass AfD, hosting it here instead of there gives the air of being less "serious" and so may be more likely to produce the desired outcome. Second, also procedurally, because of the stated intent to use the outcome (apparently assuming it will be the desired?) as precedent to take the same approach with other articles. Third, I don't think the proposal has appropriately noted the different limits to sourcing for the historic period, and the recency bias that may be introduced by not encouraging article development (instead of the proposal of hiding then deleting). Fourth, and getting to the issue at hand, because while the proposal says that there are no other viable avenues of tackling the issues in these articles, it does mention that a WikiProject may "adopt" the articles to work on... this avenue has clearly not been explored. As far as I can see, such a suggestion was never made to the Olympics project. Given the work there in a semi-organised manner already to improve other Olympic bio stubs, I think this would be the best option. A qualified/limited oppose, though, because I would like to say that I think draftification with an extended deadline is preferable to redirection without discussion; redirects where appropriate are better but there will be salvagable articles and it's harder to find and work on them as redirects. Kingsif (talk) 23:52, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
Kingsif - Just on the question of venue, who, that might normally be expected to comment on an AFD related to an Olympian, has not yet already had their say here? What, that might have been said in an AFD discussion, has not already been said here? Conversely, what that has been said here would definitely not have been said in an AFD? I think the main result of having it here is simply that the discussion has been less dominated by the people who normally dominate at AFD and more eyes have been on it, but this is a good thing surely? FOARP (talk) 11:50, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
As I said, discussion can function here as well as or better than a mass AfD. But also as I said, hosting it here instead of there gives the air of being less "serious" and so may be more likely to produce the desired outcome. I do not think either point needs expansion but let me know. Kingsif (talk) 20:18, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Notes

  1. ^ See this August–September 2020 village pump discussion, as well as Wikipedia:Drafts § Moving articles to draft space.
  2. ^ Discussed in Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Proposal to ban draftifying articles more than 90 days old without consensus.

Discussion (Olympian draftification)

  • Comment I think the better
    WP:DRAFTIFY, which clearly states that the process is not intended as a backdoor route to deletion. Curbon7 (talk
    ) 08:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Such redirects are often reverted. This specifics of this proposal are also intended to ensure that it is not being used as a backdoor route to deletion, by extending the auto-deletion period to five years, and by allowing the articles to be returned to mainspace without improvement for the purpose of redirecting them. BilledMammal (talk) 08:39, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    That discussion seems to relate to American football players, which is a topic-area with very fervent advocates. As far as I'm aware, no one is disputing the illegitimacy of Lugnuts Olympian sub-stubs. Thank you for the correction of the 5 years, I had missed that point. Curbon7 (talk) 08:45, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Query @BilledMammal: I checked the most-expanded entry on the list, Alfred Bellerby. Why is this +651 byte edit not a significant contribution? -Ljleppan (talk) 08:59, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    It should be, there must be a bug with the query. I'll resolve it and remove any articles that don't meet the criteria from the list; thank you for bringing it to my attention. BilledMammal (talk) 09:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thought as much :) If you need another test case, Special:Diff/856423499 appears to be +415. Ljleppan (talk) 09:13, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    There were two issues; the query was excluding articles with contributions <-200 bytes, and including those with >200 bytes, and the query was not considering edits made immediately before an edit by Lugnuts. I've fixed both; for the first, I've decided to continuing excluding contributions <-200 bytes rather than adding articles to the list after the RfC has been opened.
    This has reduced the number of articles listed from 1,027 to 971.BilledMammal (talk) 10:07, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thanks for being so fast with the fix. Could you also check this +233 at Edward Carr (athlete)? Ljleppan (talk) 10:55, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thanks, I think I found that one at the same time, on Adolf Davids. I've fixed it now; the issue there was that it wasn't properly including edits with a change tag other than reverts or undo; that diff was tagged with 616, or wikieditor. This has reduced the number of articles listed to 960. BilledMammal (talk) 11:25, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • The delete after 5 years seems like it might be annoying to do (since the drafts would have to excluded from any bots and automation that assumes drafts are G13 after 6 months), and I don't know if it's necessary unless some editors argue that there's something to be saved. Galobtter (pingó mió) 09:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    The other issue with the 5 year rule as currently written is what should an admin do if a human updates one of these pages 4 years 9 months after draftification but hasn't moved it in to mainspace yet? We can solve this problem by clarifying that this 5 year timer is a one time extension of
    WP:G13 (instead of having to cite this RFC) once the 5 year clock runs out. Iffy★Chat
    -- 14:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    My thought is that doing this subversion of G13 might be trying to square peg the round hole. Would it be worth creating a psuedo-namespace for this, similar to UBXspace? casualdejekyll 16:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Objections to a separate proposal to go along with it, asking if we should mass redirect these articles? Does anyone actually object to redirecting them all (i.e. would only be satisfied if the articles were deleted)? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:53, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    I object to any proposal that has the concept of "them all". If you find that one of them is best dealt with by redirecting it, do that. Some may be best handled by expanding them (or leaving them for someone else with more interest in doing so to expand). Some of them may be best handled by deleting the article outright. Let PROD or AFD handle that. Some of them may be best handled via a redirect. Wikipedia has millions of stub articles. The handwringing over these is primarily about the personality that created them, not about the quality or potential of each one assessed on its own. Yes, these thousands of stubs are a lot, but far less than 1% of all stubs we have at Wikipedia, and proportionally are not that big of a deal. We don't have to do anything with the full set of them, other than approach each one as though it were any other stub we came across. --Jayron32 17:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Reframing my meaning: is there anyone who supports draftification who would object to them being mass redirected? There are clearly at least a few who oppose draftification but would support redirecting. I don't doubt there are still some who would oppose either one, but redirecting seems obviously preferable to draftification. All of the arguments about redirection above assume "someone will revert". Well, if the proposal is to redirect, that becomes moot. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 17:17, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Well, I for one wouldn't object, but I think it saves a whole lot more time to say, in this RFC, "Support #5 only", and see if that carries the day. Levivich (talk) 17:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    So, while I certainly don't fit in the camp you're targeting, I am going to push back on a couple of things. Each proposed alternative to deletion has its own unique problems, and none of them really satisfy all possible issues. Some people may support draftification because it preserves, in the currently viewable state, the article itself in a way that allows for people to more easily expand it. Redirection makes the initial text harder to recover. I mean, only a little if one is an experienced Wikipedia editor, but undoing a redirect and turning it back into an article does involve some rather arcane moves (available to any editor, but tricky nonetheless) that draftification does not. For many purposes, redirecting is tantamount to deletion and salting. Indeed, even deleting and leaving redlinks behind is a better solution, as a redlink at least says "here's an article that you might want to create if you can get the sources together" whereas a redirect basically says "Don't even bother". --Jayron32 17:26, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    undoing a redirect and turning it back into an article does involve some rather arcane moves (and BilledMammal's I believe it makes the articles easier to work on) - When was the last time either of you saw a newbie find a draft and improve it? Apart from the drafts that get outside attention (high-profile controversial article, canvassing, etc.), I'm not so sure I've ever seen it happen. Not in browsing on-wiki; not the new users I've worked with off-wiki. It's part of the failure of draftspace (or rather, why it failed as a collaborative space and turned into a trap for bad content): on the chance that someone goes to create a new article at the exact page name of the draft, nobody sees the notice that there's a draft, and the processes to discover drafts apart from seeing that notice are far more arcane. Way back in the early days of draftspace, I loved the idea and created a few thinking it would spark collaboration, but nobody ever edited them; to the contrary, people (experienced users, not newbies) just went ahead and started the article anew. With extremely rare exceptions, people don't discover and improve drafts. I agree it's also unlikely that someone will look in the history of an article to see the material, but it's not less likely. And really, if we're being honest, what is the value of what's there in the first place? There are two reasons I'm opposing the proposal above, and neither is because Lugnuts created a treasure trove of quality material for the ages: one is it's frustrating to see deletion-via-draftification, even with a 5-year countdown. It just doesn't do anything other than delete with a veneer of preservation. The other is the article titles should redirect, so why not keep the piddly bit of content that's there per
    WP:PRESERVE yada yada. — Rhododendrites talk
    \\ 17:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    When was the last time either of you saw a newbie find a draft and improve it? MY POINT EXACTLY. We shouldn't do anything with these stubs outside of the normal things we would do with a stub when we come across it during our own random wanderings through Wikipedia. Sometimes, when I find a stub, I don't do anything with it, and leave it for someone else to handle. Sometimes, I'll be like "I know enough about this, and I think this is a worthwhile project to handle" and I'll expand it. Sometimes, I'll be like "I'm not entirely sure there's enough source material to justify an article about this" and I'll search, and find out there isn't, and I'll nominate it for AFD. My entire point here is that every person in this discussion should be handling these stubs in this manner, and not fretting about what to do with them all. They'll get handled. Or maybe they won't. But we don't need to do anything special. Stubs exist. They existed before Lugnuts created this relatively small set of them here. The will continue to exist and new ones created tomorrow as well. There's no need to do anything special. Ignore them. Expand them. Delete them. Whatever you would do if you found a stub that had nothing to do with Lugnuts, you should do with each one of these. --Jayron32 18:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Do any of these articles have nontrivial incoming links? —Kusma (talk) 17:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    This comment, and the discussion in general, seems to be full of people who believe that draftification = deletion. This proposal is explicitly NOT that and I'm not sure why people are so convinced that it is. casualdejekyll 15:01, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Because it will result in having been a backdoor route for deletion for the majority of them. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    why people are so convinced that it is - For the reasons I wrote above (and below, and elsewhere). The usefulness of draftspace, to the extent there ever was any, was eroded through a series of RfCs maybe 5-6 years ago which turned it into a bad content trap. Even before then, it was very rarely used for collaboration or article discovery, at least in part because it was never adequately integrated into our technical systems and editing norms. It had potential, but now it's limited to trapping spam/cruft/attack pages/nonsense. It may be useful for that, but I wouldn't support any proposal based on the idea of people somehow finding drafts and improving them, because that just doesn't really happen outside of token cases. This is unhelpful busywork with a veneer of "preserving content" when the goal is really just to delete them (which I wouldn't support, but have more sympathy for than draftification).
    It's even stranger because there's not really anything to collaborate on or salvage. What we're talking about here is the preservation of 960 instances of Lugnuts creating a placeholder, yelling "first!", adding it to a running tally, and moving on to the next one, leaving the hard part for someone else. Some people say stub creation inspires passersby to develop articles, but in my experience those who want to write a decent article are more likely to do so if they also get to create it (and/or don't have to work within someone else's structure), for better or worse. Not that I think stub creation should be disallowed; let's just not pretend like there's a lot of value here. I digress...
    Extending 6 months to 5 years doesn't transform draftspace into a useful collaborative space and doesn't create something valuable out of these stubs. It's a way for those who think the stubs shouldn't exist to functionally delete them where a mass deletion proposal wouldn't succeed. I get that some folks are opposing because they see some value in these drafts, but I'm opposing because (a) moving to draftspace is pointless because of the nature of draftspace and because they're not particularly valuable, (b) I don't support their mass deletion, and (c) redirection is just obviously preferable. With that, I'll take some time away from this thread, as I'm writing a disproportionate amount. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:49, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Is there a reason that we cannot enact this proposal, but then, instead of R2ing the redirects, retarget them to the associated "Country at the year Olympics" article? We would then be able to slap on a {{R with possibilities}}, which would automatically include a handy note that says "This is a redirect from a title that is in draft namespace at Draft:(name of page), so please do not create an article from this redirect (unless moving a ready draft here). You are welcome to improve the draft article while it is being considered for inclusion in article namespace. If the draft link is also a redirect, then you may boldly turn that redirect into a draft article." HouseBlastertalk 18:20, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    One hurdle appears to be that Someone™ needs to figure out what to do about the cases where the subject participated in multiple Olympics. See bolded entries in the collapsed list in § Alternative: Redirection targets below. Ljleppan (talk) 18:49, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • How is #1 ("Draftified articles will be autodeleted after 5 years (instead of the usual 6 months)") going to be enforced? A lot of G13 deletions are done by bots, the ones that aren't done by bots may be done by people unfamiliar with this unending saga, and I don't envy the person who would have to babysit hundreds of drafts every six months for five years. Gnomingstuff (talk) 18:35, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    With something like a template or a category. In theory a faux-namespace could be used, but that has some disadvantages, although those disadvantages could be overcome with a redirect from draftspace to the faux-namespace, but that also has some disadvantages. I think the details of implementation should be left until after we see if there is consensus for the idea. If there is consensus for the idea, figuring out the implementation would be a next step, and then we would probably try nominating other batches of articles for the same process (with the implementation figured out). Levivich (talk) 18:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • I wish people wouldn't use terms such as "microstub" or "sub-stub", especially in supposedly neutral places such as RFC statements. Our shortest articles are simply stubs, and the use of other terms serves to frame a debate against such articles before it has even begun.
    Phil Bridger (talk
    ) 21:05, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    There are different types of stubs, however; we needed to make it clear what sort of stubs we were discussing. BilledMammal (talk) 00:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Request if the motion passes, could a page be created with the articles listed so that people can try to expand them within the 5 years. I know I might try to expand some of them but will have no time until at least July and without a page/list/something like that, I know I'll forget. Red Fiona (talk) 00:21, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I intend to; this list will still exist, but I plan to create another one with all current categories listed. If you have any recommendations for where the list should be placed, please let me know. BilledMammal (talk) 00:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thank you :) Red Fiona (talk) 01:24, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • I went through and added sources for a few so that they no longer met the criteria listed (no sources other than Olympedia/Sports-Reference), and BilledMammal has reverted me SIX times (clear violation of WP:3RR) – yet he's accusing me of being disruptive (I have only reverted three times)! BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:42, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I support editors removing items from this list if they meet the criteria defined for the restoration of articles if this proposal passes. This was not done for the articles I restored the list; for most of them only a single source was added, which is not enough to plausibly demonstrate
    WP:GNG, and for one no sources were added, only text. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 02:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    By making those edits you're making your entire proposal false, as its no longer just a list of articles containing only Olympedia/Sports-Reference with no significant edits. And any explanation for why doubling the revert rule is acceptable? BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:06, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    The criteria for how these articles could be restored is clear; it doesn't make sense to apply different criteria during the RfC than after it. Regarding the reverts, I believe editors are allowed, with some exceptions, to prevent alterations to proposals they make. I also note that you have done more reverts than I, but we already have a discussion about that on your talk page so I won't comment further on it here. BilledMammal (talk) 02:16, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    No, I have not made more reverts than you (unless three is greater than six somehow) – I do not see anything allowing what you did at
    WP:3RR – and again, by reverting, all you're doing is making your proposal a bunch of lies. BeanieFan11 (talk
    ) 02:19, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    This is troubling. I supported this extraordinary proposal only on specific conditions, including the absence of any SIGCOV. If SIGCOV have even arguably been added to some small portion of the articles, those articles should be stricken from the list. Otherwise, the grounds underlying the "support" votes (including mine) have changed. Cbl62 (talk) 02:54, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I note the
    WP:GNG). However, if you or other !support editors disagree, I won't object to their removal. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 02:57, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I checked one and it was removed due to the presence of a plaintext reference to the 1911 UK Census and a later death registry, so no sigcov issues there (assuming the references were accurate, they were plain text and even then hard to tell if it's the same person). CMD (talk) 02:58, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Would you say, CMD, that this is SIGCOV (from one of them that was re-added)? BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Be nice to have some diffs for context, but that is indeed not a plaintext reference to a census. CMD (talk) 03:07, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    (edit conflict) BeanieFan11 has removed articles under four different categories:
    1. Articles that included plaintext references like the 1911 UK Census and so were missed when establishing the list; for example, Wilfred Bleaden
    2. Articles where, after the RfC had started, they added no sources but made an edit of greater than 200 bytes; for example, Carlo Bonfanti
    3. Articles where, after the RfC had started, they added one sources that could plausibly be
      WP:SIGCOV; for example, Arthur Burn
    4. Articles where, after the RfC had started, they added sources that could plausibly demonstrate
      WP:GNG; for example, Richard Genserowski
    I consider removals under the fourth category to be appropriate, as that matches the criteria for restoring the articles defined in this proposal, but I reinstated the articles that were removed under the first three categories as those would be insufficient to restore the article if the proposal passes. If !support editors disagree with any of reinstations, then please remove the articles, or let me know and I will remove them. BilledMammal (talk) 03:11, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Adding full-page long articles (such as Bechestobill's case) would not pass your criteria for bringing it back? That is ridiculous. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:16, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    WP:GNG requires multiple sources. Most of your additions were also considerably shorter; for example, at Arthur Burn, you added a source containing three sentences. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 03:18, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    ...with the comment "I could make an enormous expansion of the article with the sources that exist, but don't have the time currently so I'll add a ref so it doesn't get draftified." BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:22, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    I removed Behestobil. That article now has a full page article from a major newspaper, a clear example of SIGCOV. This extraordinary proposal to bypass normal AfD processe was to be limited to microstubs lacking any SIGCOV and received my Support vote on that basis. Cbl62 (talk) 03:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thank you. Do you consider sources like the one added to Arthur Burns to also warrant removal? BilledMammal (talk) 03:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    If you have already found multiple sources then it would be easy to add a second reference. Why don't you just do that, demonstrate that
    WP:GNG is plausibly met, and uncontroversially remove the article from the list? BilledMammal (talk
    ) 03:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Ok, no, this proposal is about stubs with zero sigcov references. Not stubs with one reference. Zero. Considering you're the most vocal advocate of the proposal, I was hoping you would already know that, @BilledMammal. casualdejekyll 15:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    @
    WP:GNG) as I don't think we should set lower requirements while the discussion is ongoing than we will set if there is a consensus for this proposal. BilledMammal (talk
    ) 15:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Your proposal is just going to be a lie then, as its not a list containing only "Sports Reference or Olympedia" with "no significant edits other than Lugnuts." BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:58, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    Then there is a grey area that needs to be somehow addressed. I think that generally your position on this is plausible, but the other hand of it is that the proposal hasn't actually been enacted yet - i.e. nothing's been moved into draftspace, so requiring the articles to meet requirements to move out of draftspace when they haven't even entered draftspace yet seems a little silly. I'd say that once the move is done, that's when we restrict it to only your "fourth category removals". casualdejekyll 16:42, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    My concern is that will be gamed, and as the criteria for inclusion is the list is so conservative gaming it will be easy to do.
    I don't believe there will be any harm caused by requiring that the restoration criteria is met to remove articles from the list, but I think there will be disruption if we allow the selection criteria to be used to remove articles from the list. BilledMammal (talk) 17:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • BilledMammal is repeatedly reverting when I remove entries with SIGCOV – see here, here and here. Pinging those who have talked about these matters (besides me and BilledMammal) prior for their opinions: @
    Casualdejekyll, Rlendog, and Chipmunkdavis:. BeanieFan11 (talk
    ) 18:12, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    Why not just leave the list as-is and revisit whatever changes should be made to it after the RfC is over? JoelleJay (talk) 18:45, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    @JoelleJay: Because the proposal is for drastic mass-removal of 1,000 articles that is an exception to normal processes. Given the concerns I raised in my support vote, I am willing to support the proposal in this unique case. However, it should only apply to articles that plainly fit the scope, i.e., zero SIGCOV and based only on databases. If there is SIGCOV and sourcing beyond such databases, the articles should be dealt with using normal AfD processes. Cbl62 (talk) 19:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    I absolutely do not support mass draftification of articles like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter). Such close cases should be dealt with at AfD if someone wishes to challenge them. Cbl62 (talk) 19:04, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    This proposal allows five years for anyone to do what Beanie is doing (BEFORE searches of 1,000 articles). No one claimed to have done BEFORE searches of all 1,000 prior to starting this RFC. The articles on the list met the criteria when the RFC was launched. There is no point in somebody going through the list during the RFC to pull articles out of it. To do that damn near 100 times is disruptive. And even if 100 articles are pulled out, there would still be like 800 or 900 left. It's not even a significant portion of the total. Removing articles one by one is purely disruptive, it accomplishes no constructive goal. At the very least, Beanie could just give BM a list of articles that were expanded during the RFC in the event this proposal passes, and BM can take those off the final list. Levivich (talk) 20:01, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    Yeah, that's what I had in mind. The list can be amended before implementation, but constantly editing it entry by entry during the RfC is disruptive. It would be clear GAMING if someone was to invalidate inclusion of items on the list by making 200+-byte fluff edits or by adding trivial non-database sources; I don't see how other edits that fail to meet list removal criteria are any different. Even if the list was draftified without amendment, if Beanie shows some individuals do meet GNG they can be moved back to mainspace immediately; if for some of them he can only find one SIGCOV source then he can userfy or work with a wikiproject to incubate the drafts in projectspace. If some NEXIST-notable subjects whose pages no one visits continue to not be visited in draftspace, and no one is interested enough to write a new article on them from scratch in five years, then so be it. JoelleJay (talk) 20:37, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    Improving articles is the antithesis of "gaming" the system nor is it "disruptive". I support the proposal but articles like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) are no longer in scope and should be removed from the list. Mass draftification is an extreme measure and should be limited to those that are clearly' within scope. If 25 of the 1,000 articles get improved while the proposal is pending, that's a good thing! Cbl62 (talk) 20:44, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    He can improve them all he wants, I'm just saying we can revisit whether they meet list inclusion criteria after the RfC but before implementation. JoelleJay (talk) 21:03, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    If someone wants to challenge the notability of Spitzer and Greene, they are free to do so but such challenge should folow regular AfD procedures. Articles that include SIGCOV should absolutely not be part of this extraordinary mass removal. 21:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbl62 (talk • contribs)
    Nobody is opposed to the articles being expanded/improved, and of course nobody thinks articles that include SIGCOV should be part of the mass draftification (or redirection). The point is, we don't need to remove them from the list during the RFC. It's not like just because they're on the list means they're automatically going to be draftified if the proposal passes. We can remove the expanded ones from the list after the RFC (if it passes), and people can still go along expanding them during the RFC, just don't need to be making 25 edits removing them one by one from the list day after day. It has nothing to do with the articles, it's about not spamming this page. Levivich (talk) 21:11, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    So long as there is agreement that improved articles like Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) are not going to be draftified as part of this proposal. @Levivich: @BeanieFan11: Is that agreed? Cbl62 (talk) 04:11, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Even if they are drafted, individual articles that have been edited to show sigcov can always be easilymoved back to the mainspace or recreated. This proposal is specifically designed to make that painless. CMD (talk) 04:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    If a second independent/secondary/significant source is provided, yes. BilledMammal (talk) 06:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    @BilledMammal: You're avoiding the question. Do you agree, as Levivich suggests, that Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) should not and would not be draftified under your proposal? Cbl62 (talk) 06:44, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Any that plausibly meet GNG would be removed; it would be helpful if editors provide a list of articles they improve, but I will also do my own checks. BilledMammal (talk) 06:52, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    Still avoiding the question which is about Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter). Cbl62 (talk) 07:26, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
    @
    WP:SPORTSBASIC #5 (one significant/independent/secondary source) will be removed from the list. However, it would be preferable if they are removed as a group at the end, to avoid clogging watchlists. This would include the two you mention. BeanieFan11, rather than removing items immediately after improving them, can you create a list of articles you have improved, perhaps on the drafting talk page? BilledMammal (talk
    ) 01:18, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Don’t think these two meet that though. Tvx1 01:35, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    If and when Roland Spitzer and Edward Greene (sport shooter) are removed from the proposal, I will restore my support vote. Cbl62 (talk) 02:04, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    What's wrong with the assurance they'll be removed after the RfC is over? JoelleJay (talk) 02:08, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    What's wrong with removing them now? Others have been removed. Why not these two? Cbl62 (talk) 02:09, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    FWIW, I am not saying that Spitzer and Greene meet GNG. They may or may not survive an AfD, but they clearly do not fit the scope of this extraordinary mass-removal proposal and should be dealt with under regular procedures. Cbl62 (talk) 02:13, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    I don't want to keep getting notified every time the list is amended, and allowing any user to unanimously remove entries at any time based on their personal interpretation of SIGCOV is obviously untenable. I guess if @BilledMammal wants he could ok the removal of those two specifically now, but future proposed changes would have to be held in a separate list in another subsection/userspace for editors to discuss if the proposal passes. JoelleJay (talk) 02:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Nor should it be based on your personal interpretation of SIGCOV. It should be based on whether the articles are within scope of the proposal. Also, who appointed you to issue a ruling that "future proposed changes would have to be held in a separate list in another subsection/userspace"? The RfC opened with the premise that it could/would be amended to eliminate articles that are not within scope, and the rules of the RfC should not be changed midstream. Many who supported the RfC may have done so on the premise that this would continue to be respected. Cbl62 (talk) 02:34, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    I don't read the RfC as opening with that premise. It reads to me as here is the quarry, here is the list of articles that quarry generated. Changes to the question mid-RfC are extremely unusual and generally discouraged, while changes to content under
    WP:RfC is explicitly discouraged, so I doubt commentators made their comments under the expectation that these usual practices would not be followed. CMD (talk
    ) 03:18, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    It shouldn't be based on anyone's singular personal interpretation of SIGCOV! I am saying entry removals should be assessed by more than one person, and that won't happen if everyone is editing the list themselves. The proposal criteria were based on the history/status of the articles up to this point, before there was the incentive to make edits to the entries just to invalidate their inclusion. If editors claim they added SIGCOV sources, we should verify entries actually do now meet at least SBASIC #5 before removing them, otherwise the RfC will get bogged down by edit-warring on the list and it will become harder to track which entry removals had some agreement and which ones derived from one person's GAMING or erroneous interpretations of NSPORT. We clearly agree that the object of these criteria is to identify the stubs that are most likely to be on non-notable people; the quarry heuristic BM is using is merely a proxy for this, not definitional. Therefore removals that actually reflect the article now containing ≥#5 sourcing are acceptable, but forcing an entry out by making it fail a technical quarry parameter is GAMING that goes against the spirit of the proposal. The only way we can distinguish good-faith additions of plausible GNG sources from users inserting 200 bytes of contentless text is through multiple people evaluating the edits, and how would we do that when someone changes the list without comment? JoelleJay (talk) 03:39, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

UTC)

  • If you want, go ahead and remove those two. However, please add future removals to a list instead. BilledMammal (talk) 23:24, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    And if I do wait until the end and show you a list, how do I know you won't just be like "screw you, I don't feel like removing them"? I'm not sure I trust you, considering you have absurd interpretations of notability and do not like me. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:37, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    Would a pinky swear be sufficient? Levivich (talk) 03:36, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    How about this: rather than remove them one-by-one, I remove them at three-to-five at a time. I will not wait until the end and show you a list. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:31, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    OK how about this: if you agree to stop messing with the list, you can remove 20 articles from the final list for any reason, no questions asked. Levivich (talk) 23:29, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    If I don't accept that, I feel I could find more than that amount of notable ones with sigcov to be removed. How about this, I only remove entries from the list at most once per day (starting the day after acceptance if accepted), and only if the amount of notable ones that I've found is at 5 or more, and can only revert a re-addition at most one time, with me being allowed to remove 18 articles from the final list, no questions asked. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:49, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
    How about you just leave the list alone until the end of the RFC and we evaluate then if any need te removed, should the proposal to draftify be successful? Tvx1 07:47, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
    WP:AGF
    , and I don’t dislike you; I dislike some of your actions, but not you. Even Lugnuts I didn’t dislike and unsuccessfully argued against ArbCom banning him.
    However, I think it is reasonable to allow other editors to review the articles you restore, so I would ask that you create a list rather than removing them yourself; for example, the coverage of Walter Bowler is lacking. BilledMammal (talk) 23:21, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Alternative: Redirection targets

This list is to allow discussion of the proposed alternative of redirecting articles to the relevant country and year article rather than draftifying them; the requirements to convert the redirect to an article would be the same as the proposed requirements to move an article out of draft space. Note that some of these articles have multiple possible targets; those are marked in bold.

List of redirect targets
Article Redirect target
Achille Morin
 France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Adamo Bozzani Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Adjutant Lemoine France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Adolf Schmal (sport shooter) Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Adolf Tannert Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Adolph Weber Germany at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Adolphe Rouleau France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Aladár von Farkas Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Albert Bechestobill United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Albert Gauthier
 France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Albert Hawkins (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Albert Johnstone South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Albert Rose (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Albert Stüdemann Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Albert Taylor (diver) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Albert Whittingstall Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Albert Wyatt Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Aleksandr Akhyun
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Aleksandr Tillo
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Aleksey Selikhov
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Alexander Beckett
 Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alexander Duncan (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alexander Martin (Canadian sport shooter) Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alexandre Bergès France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Alexandre Chantelat France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Alexandre Fayollat France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alexandre Guillemand France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Alf Davies (swimmer)
 Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alfons Brehm Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alfonso Sánchez (athlete) Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Alfred Banbrook Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alfred Black (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Alfred Goddard Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alfred Hodges Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alfred Keene Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alfred Keene Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Alfred Nau France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Alfred Syson Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Alfred Yeoumans Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alphonse Eggremont France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Alphonse Moquet France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Alvin Kritschmann United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Amilcare Beretta Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Amilcare Beretta Italy at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Amédée Aubry France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Anastasios Antonopoulos
 Greece at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Anastasios Koutoulakis Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Anatoly Jakovlev
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Anders Møller (wrestler) Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Anders Tamminen Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Andor Horvag Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Andreas Asimakopoulos Greece at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Andreas Asimakopoulos Greece at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Andreas Asimakopoulos Greece at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Andreas Kempf (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Andreas von Flotow Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Andrew Neu United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
André-Marie Rabel France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
André Angelini France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
André Barbillat France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
André Duprez Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
André Labat France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
André Mercier France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
André Mercier France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
André de Romilly France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Antal Lovas Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Antal Lovas Hungary at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Anthony Jahnke United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Antoine Costa France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Antoine Costa France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Antoine De Buck Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Antonie de Gee Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Antonio Cotichini Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
António Pereira (wrestler) Portugal at the 1924 Summer Olympics
António Pereira (wrestler) Portugal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
António Pereira (wrestler) Portugal at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Archibald Murray (fencer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Archibald Sharp Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Archie Taylor (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Aristide Pontanani Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Armand Viguier France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Armas Laitinen Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Arne Højme Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Arthur Gould (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Arthur Havemeyer United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Arthur Lord United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Arthur Maranda Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Arthur Seward United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Arthur Smith (sport shooter) South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Arthur Sundbye United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Arthur Wallis (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Artúr Baján Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Arvid Beckman Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Arvo Laine Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Asmund Enger Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Aubrey Coleman (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
August Ehrich Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
August Jokinen Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
August Meesen Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
August Placke United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Axel Frank Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Axel Frank Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Axel Haglund Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Axel Kristensen Denmark at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Axel Larsson (Danish wrestler) Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Axel Wiegandt Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Aäron Lelie Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ben Chimberoff United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Benjamin Sherman (athlete) United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Benjamin Sherman (athlete) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Bernard Berg (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Billy Grantham Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Bob Reynolds (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Bruno Heckel Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Bruto Buozzi Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Burt Sansom Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Béla Darányi Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Carl-Johan Sund Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Carl Ebert (field hockey) Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Carl Hansen (wrestler) Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Carl Körting Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Carl Saunte Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Carl Wiegand Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Carlo Bonfanti Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Carlo Bonfanti Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Carlo Marchiandi Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Casimir Semelaignes France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Cecil McKaig Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Avrillon France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Bersin France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Charles Broadbeck Switzerland at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Charles Churcher Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Cléry France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Charles Cresson United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Charles Dellert United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Charles Eng United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Charles Garnier (rower) France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Charles Hall (athlete) United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Jeffers United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Loizillon France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Charles Marty France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Charles Morard France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Schwartz (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Charles Smith (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Sorum United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Charles Stevens (wrestler) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Charles Vestergaard Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Charles de Béthune-Sully France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Charlie Clark (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Christian Carlsen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Christian Deubler United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Christian Sperl United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Christian Tauson Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Clarence Lidington United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Coen van Veenhuijsen Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Colin Lewis (swimmer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Constant Dulau France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Cyril Brown (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Daniel Flynn (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Daniel Lavielle France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Daniel McMahon (sport shooter) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
David Karlsson (wrestler) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
David McGowan (archer) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
David Noon (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
David Robertson (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Davide Baiardo Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Davide Baiardo Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Decio Pavani Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Dezső Orosz Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Dimitrios Muller Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Dimitrios Triantafyllakos Greece at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Dino Diana Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Douglas Godfree Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Douglas Godfree Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Désiré Hudelo France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Eddie Fitzgerald (athlete) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Edgar Dyson Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edmund Aspinall Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edmund Pueschel United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Edoardo Alaimo Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Edvard Jansson Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Edvin Lönnberg Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Edward Clough Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edward Cooke (swimmer) Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edward Gould (golfer) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Edward Greene (sport shooter) United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edward Leader Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edward Newitt Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Edward Tickell Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Edward Tritschler
 United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Efraim Harju Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Einar Hermann Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Einar Møbius Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Elard Dauelsberg Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Elis Holmer Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Elías Yáñez Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Backenius Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Bömches Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Fabritius Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Gustafsson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Jand Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Nylund Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emil Rothe United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Emil Rotong Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Emile Jurgens Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Emile Jurgens Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Emmanuel Andrieu France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Emmanuel Boislèvé France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Enrique Deichler Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Erich Schultze Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Erich Seidel (swimmer) Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Erik Odelberg Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Erik Öberg Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ernest Blount Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ernest Gignoux United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ernest Gignoux United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Ernest Larner Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ernie Fearman Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ernst Frigast Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ernst Johansson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ernst Kovács Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ervin Barker United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Erwin Kurtz Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Erwin von Sigel Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Eskil Wedholm Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ettore Massari Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Eugen Fürstenberger Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Eugène Lesieur France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Eugène Plisson Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Ewald Persson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fabio Maioni Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Federico Mueller Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Felix Kwieton Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fernand Boulmant France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Fernand Castille France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fernand Semelaignes France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Fernand Steens Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fernando Cavallini (fencer) Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Flaminio Bottoni Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Francesco Pietrasanta Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Francis Sabourin France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Frank Collings Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frank Denby Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frank Ihrcke United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Frank McGurk (boxer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frank Montaldi United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Frank Morris (sport shooter) Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frank Shore South Africa at the 1908 Summer Olympics
František Souček Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Franz Diederichsen Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Franz Schuh (swimmer) Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
François Bonnet (cyclist) France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
François Brun-Buisson France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
François Celis Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
François Delibes France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
François Elichagaray France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
François Nidal France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
François de Boffa Switzerland at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Fred Davis (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fred Grinham United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Fred Hussman United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Fred Koenig (wrestler) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Fred Sanderson (tennis) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Frederick Ferguson (wrestler) Canada at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Frederick Knight (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frederick Osborne (boxer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frederick Tomkins Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Frederik Hansen (wrestler) Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Friedrich Scharrer Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Friedrich Uhl Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Friedrich von Grote Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Friedrich von Oesterley Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Frigyes Gráf Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fritz Bøchen Vikke Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fritz Danild Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fritz Danner Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Fritz Fleischer Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fritz Krombholz Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fritz Lange (wrestler) Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fritz Larsson Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fritz Möding Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fritz Reiser Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Fritz Sauer Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Fritz Scheider Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Fritz Weinzinger Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Fyodor Zabelin
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Félicien Lekim France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Félix Alegría Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Félix Ghysels France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Gabriel St. Laurent France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gaston Aspa France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gaston Bullier France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Gaston Dreyfus France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gaston Dutertre France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Gaston Koëger France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gaston Renard Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gaston Van Laere France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gaston de Trannoy Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gaston de Trannoy Belgium at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Gastone Calabresi Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Geoffrey Burton (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georg Andersen (wrestler) Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Georg Erdmann Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georg Hax Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georg Karth Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georg Kröder Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Georg Peterson Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Anderson (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Aschenbrenner United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
George Bailey (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Barber (jumper) Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Buff Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Cameron (cyclist) United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Faulkner (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Godfrey (swimmer) South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
George Innocent Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Innocent Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
George Jessup Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Mastrovich United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
George Meade (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Patching
 South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
George Pinchard Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
George Powell (golfer) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
George Rowe (sport shooter) Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Saunders (British wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Schroeder
 United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
George Stapf United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
George Summers (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Webster (swimmer) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
George Webster (swimmer) Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Georges-Louis Bézy France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Augoyat France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Coindre France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Daussy France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Donnet France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georges Dubois (hurdler) France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georges Lefèvre France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Leroy France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Perrin France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georges Perrin France at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Georges Pinault France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges Redeuil France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georges de Zogheb Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Georgios Drosos Greece at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Georgios Louridas Greece at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Georgius Damen Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Georgy Zakyrich
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gerald Bradshaw Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gerard van den Bergh
 Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gerard van den Bergh
 Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Gerhard Topp Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gerrit Duijm Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Giacomo Stratta Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Giannetto Termanini Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gino Ciabatti Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gioacchino Vaccari Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Giulio Cagiati Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Giunio Fedreghini Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Grigory Dyomin
Russia at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Guido Cristofori Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gunnar Bolander Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gunnar Nilsson (athlete) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gunnar Wingqvist Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gustaaf van Hulstijn Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gustaf Ljunggren (athlete) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gustaf Lyman Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gustaf Pelander Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gustaf Stiernspetz Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gustaf Westerberg Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gustav Aurisch Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gustav Betzén Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gustav Collin Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Gustav Hämmerlin United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Gustav Mueller (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Gustave Charmoille France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gustave Fahy France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Gustave Masselin France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Gustavo Taddia Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Guy Reyntiens Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Guy Schwan Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gyula Iványi Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Géza Kövesdi Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Hans Bredmose Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Hans Tronner Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Harald Agger Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Harald Ekwall Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Harold Bartlett United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Harold Goodworth Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Harold Heiland United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Harold Simpkins United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Harry Baillie Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Harry Challstorp Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Harry Hansen (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Harry Larsson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Harry Prinzler United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Harry Sprenger Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Harry Warnken United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Haswell Wilson Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Heinrich Rauß Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Heinrich Siebenhaar Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Hendrik Johansen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Hendrik Rasmussen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Baumler France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Coquelin France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Cunault France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Davids Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Delamaide France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Fréteur France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Gutierrez France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Jean Début France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Leclerc (equestrian) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Nielsen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Pantin France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Plommet France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri Sauveur Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henri Yvon France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henri le Marié France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Henry Barker (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henry Field (athlete) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Henry Foskett Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henry Hiatt Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Henry Koeder United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Henry Kraft United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Henry Munday Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henry Weyland United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Henry Witherall Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Henry Wittmann United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Herbert Putnam (athlete) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Herbert Wetter Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Herbrand Lofthus Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Herman Nyberg (sport shooter) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Herman de By Netherlands at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Hermann Buchfelder Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Hjalmar Saxtorph Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Holger Baden Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Horace Chenery Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Hugh Maguire (athlete) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Hugo Cužna Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Hugo Johansson (wrestler) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Hugo Svensson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Hugó Hoch Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Hvitfeldt Hansen Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Imre Wampetich Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ingvardt Hansen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ioannis Loungitsas Greece at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Ioannis Santorinaios Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Iraklis Sakellaropoulos Greece at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Iraklis Sakellaropoulos Greece at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Iraklis Sakellaropoulos Greece at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Isaac Myrans Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
István Jeney Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ivan Ivanovitch (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
J. Nelson Le Fevre Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jack Taylor (British swimmer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jack Warner (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jacob Hergenhahn United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Jacob Laan Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jacob van Westrop Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jacobus Lorenz Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jacques Droëtti Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jacques Holzschuch France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jacques Léauté France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jacques Nivière France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jacques Pinchart Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jacques de la Chevalerie France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jalo Autonen Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jalo Autonen Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics
James Bollinger United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
James Cotterell Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Cotterell Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics
James Cowan (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Dwyer (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
James Freeborn Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Graham (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Greene (swimmer) United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Milne (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Mitchell Baker South Africa at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Murphy (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James O'Connell (athlete) United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Reid (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Reilly (swimmer) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
James Steele (sports shooter) Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
James Webster (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jan Sint Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jan Sint Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Jan Sint Netherlands at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Jean-André Hilleret France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean-Marie Borringes France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean Bouffechoux France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jean Boulège France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean Depassio France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jean Hauptmanns Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jean Jeanvoix France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean Lafoucrière France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean Madelaine France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jean Michel (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean Mikorski France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jean Rodier France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jean Taillefer France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jean Van Benthem Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jean Weill Switzerland at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jenő Apáthy Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jenő Várady Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jindřich Jirsák Bohemia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johan Andersson (wrestler) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johan Ekman Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johan Lindqvist Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Johan Praem Denmark at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Johan Praem Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johan van Schreven Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Johann Martin
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johann Martin Estonia at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Johann Trestler Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johannes Eillebrecht Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johannes Eillebrecht Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Johannes Kolling Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johannes Ussing Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Johannes van Spengen Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Barnard (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Brandt United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
John Butler (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Cardwell (wrestler) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
John Cox (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Densham Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Goodwin (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
John Hoy Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Krug United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Laichinger United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
John Lloyd (boxer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John McKenzie (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Murray (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Sellars (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Somers (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
John Watters (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
John Wolf (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
John Wussow United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Josef Stejskal (wrestler) Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Josefa Kellner Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Joseph, Marquis de Saint Brisson France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph-Auguste Métais France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph-Marie Rosé France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph Campot France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Joseph Charles (tennis) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Joseph Cook (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph Dilg United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Joseph English (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph Fontaine (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph Geens Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph Guyader France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph Kinchin Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph Lavielle France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph Mallet France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph Marais
 France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Joseph Merkle Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Joseph Rodrigues France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph Sénat France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Joseph White (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Josiah Bowden Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics
José Torres (cyclist) Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jules Ducret Switzerland at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jules Fehr Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Jules Ringnet France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jules Roffe France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jules Rossignol France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jules Wuyts Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Jules de Pradel France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Julien Boullery France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Julius Jørgensen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Julius Nuninger Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Julius Schaefer United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
János Antal Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
János Nyisztor Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
József Fabinyi Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
József Haluzsinsky Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
József Maróthy Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
József Téger Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Kai Jølver Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Barl Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Borchert Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Karl Hack Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Julius Jensen Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Kangas Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Lind Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Åberg Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Knud Gøtke Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Knut Lindberg (wrestler) Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Kolbjørn Kvam Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Konrad Stein Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Kálmán Szabó (gymnast) Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Kálmán Szathmáry Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Károly Rémi Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ladislav Jiránek-Strana Bohemia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Lajos Haraszthy Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Lajos Horváth Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Lajos Ludinszky Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Lancelot Stafford Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Langford Lloyd Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Laurent Gerstmans Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Laurent de Champeaux France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Lauri Haapanen Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Laurids Kjær Denmark at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Lauritz Christiansen (athlete) Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Leander Keim United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Leander Keim United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Lee Jones (golfer) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Leendert van Oosten Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Len Richardson (athlete) South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Len Richardson (athlete) South Africa at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Len Richardson (athlete) South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Lennart Lind (wrestler) Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Leo Hunger United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Leo Larson United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Leon Hazelton United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Leopoldo Palma Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Lewis Moist Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Lionel Cornish Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Louis Constant France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Louis Coudurier France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis Garnoty France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis Gauthier (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis Haller France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis Kniep United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Louis Lafite France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Louis Midelair France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis Rathke United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Louis Roche France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis Thomaturgé France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Louis Weintz United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Louis d'Havrincourt France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Louis du Douet de Graville France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Lucien Hansen Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Lucien Largé France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Lucien Millet France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Lucien Renard Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Ludovic Laborderie France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Luigi Colombo (cyclist) Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Luigi Pinelli Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Luis Antonio de Guadalmina Spain at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Luis Maria Heyden Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
László Hauler Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Léon Coeckelberg Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Léon Gingembre France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Léon Hecht France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Léon Maisonnave France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Léon Tétart France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Léopold Ramus France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Magnus Nilsson (athlete) Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Marc Texier France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Marcel Boulanger (fencer)
 France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Marcel Dubois (wrestler) Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Marcel Lévy France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Marcel Montuel France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Mariano Ciai Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Marie-Joseph Gabriel France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Marie-Louis Damotte France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Marius Delaby France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Martin Ludwig (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Mary Langford Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Matthias Triantafyllidis Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Maurice Barry (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Maurice Fleury France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Maurice Jay (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Maurice Jéhin France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Maurice Monniot France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Maurice Robion du Pont France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Maurice Terrier France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Max Dwinger (fencer born 1870) Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Max Rodrigues (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Max Thomas (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Maxime Piaggio France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Mellor Clay Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Michael Collins (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Michael Dineen Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Michael Lang (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Michel Bettenfeld France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Michel Filippi France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Michel Meerz France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Mihály Antos Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Mikhail Yekimov
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Mikko Holm Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Miklós Orosz Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Miklós Todoresku Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Murray Carleton United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Márton Endrédy
 Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Nicolai Philipsen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Niels Laursen Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Niels Laursen Denmark at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Nikolajs Fārnasts
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Nikolaos Kouloumberdas Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Nils Klein Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Oliver Olsen (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olivier Collarini Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Oluf Landnes United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Orazio Santelli Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Oreste Arpè Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Oreste Muzzi Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Oscar Lemming Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Oscar Lemming Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Oskar Forsman Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Oskar Näumann Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Oskar Wiklund Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ossian Jörgensen Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Otto Bauscher Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Otto Boehnke United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Otto Götze Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Otto Knerr United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Otto Nagel (wrestler) Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Otto Niemand United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Otto Roesner United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Otto Thomsen United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Otto Wiegand (gymnast) Germany at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Pablo Eitel Chile at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Patrick Fee Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Paul Beulque France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Paul Carrichon France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Paul Convert Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Paul Fournelle Luxembourg at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Paul Gebauer Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Paul Legrain France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Paul Leroy (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Paul Rosso France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Paul Stendel United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Paul de Saint-Léger France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Pavel Kushnikov
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Pavel Lesh
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Pavel Pavlovich
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Per Olaf Olsen Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Percy Cockings Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Percy Cockings Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Percy Whitehead Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Peter Jones (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Peter Jones (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Peter Nielsen (sport shooter) Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Peter Oehler Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Petros Pipiles Greece at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Philip Plater Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Philip Plater Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Philipp Ehrenreich Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Pierre Alvarez France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Pierre Hostein France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Pierre Mazior France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Pierre Perrier (sport shooter) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Pierre Peyrusson France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Pierre Rosenbaum France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Pierre Saintongey France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Pierre Samiac France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Pierre Seginaud France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Pierre Selderslagh Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Pierre Strauwen Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Pieter van Waas Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Pietro Sarzano Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Poul Holm (sportsman) Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Poul Liebst Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Pál Pajzs Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Pál Rosty Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ragnvald Berg United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Ragnvald Gullaksen Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ralph Harrison (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Raoul Bideau France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Raphaël Diaz France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Raphaël Perrissoud France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Rasmus Friis Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Raulino Galvao Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Raymond Cabal France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Raymond Havemeyer United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Regina Kari Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
René André France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
René Doudelle France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
René Raynaud France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
René de Quincey France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Reuben Povey South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Rezsõ Újlaki Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Richard Gregory (rower) Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Richard Manuel (water polo) Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Richard Mayer (rower) Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Richard Piggott (athlete) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Richard Rösler
 Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Richard Sanford (runner) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Richard Tritschler
 United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Richard Villepontoux France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Risdon Couch Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Badman Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Bonney (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Brown (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Hanley (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Hassell (swimmer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Hawkins (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Herrmann (gymnast) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Robert Jolly
 Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Jonsson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Robert Löfman Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Robert Marc (fencer) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Robert Pascarel France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Patterson (sport shooter) South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Robert Phelps (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Robert Thach United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Roberto Nardini Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Roland Spitzer United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Buchfelder Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Keyper Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Krupitzer United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Rauch Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Rauch Austria at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Sam Blatherwick Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Samuel Filler United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Samuel LaVoice United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Samuel Stevenson Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sander Santesson Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Semyon Kulikov
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Sherman Hall (fencer) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Sidney Domville Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sidney Domville Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sidney Parvin Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sidney Peake Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sidney Willis Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sigmund Muenz United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Silva Smedberg Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Spyridon Mostras Greece at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Stan François France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Steen Rasmussen (athlete) Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Stefanos Kountouriotis Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sydney Brown (sport shooter) Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sylvain Lézard France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Sándor Kleckner Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sándor Török Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ted Studier United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Teofil Savniky Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Theo Koppen United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Theodor Zeilau Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Theodore Gross United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Thomas Caldwell (sport shooter) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Thomas Dick (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Thomas Downing (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Thomas Lilley United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Théophile Fras France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Tuomas Pukkila Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ugo Di Nola Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ugo Savonuzzi Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Valdemar Christoffer Nielsen Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Verner Hetmar Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Victor Dubois France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Victor Polidori France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Victor Robert (sport shooter) Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Victor Robert (sport shooter) Belgium at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Victor Robert (sport shooter) Belgium at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Viggo Petersen Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Viktor Baranov (diver)
Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Viktor Franzl Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Vilhelm Laybourn Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Vilhelm Lehmusvirta Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Vilhelm Lindgrén Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Viljam Johansson Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Viljo Lietola Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Villiam Nieminen Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Vincent Dargein France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Vincenzo Blo Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Vladislav Chalupa France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Väinö Heikkilä Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Wallace McCurdy United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Walter Real United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Walter Schachlitz Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Walter Bowler Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Wilfred Bleaden Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Wilfred Edwards (swimmer) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Wilfred Holroyd Great Britain at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Kaufmann Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Lemke (gymnast) Germany at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Zabel United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Wilhelmus Braams Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Will Davis (cyclist) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Willard Schrader United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Willem Molijn Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Willi Steputat Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William Andelfinger United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Berewald United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Bowman (fencer) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William Clarke (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Cox (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Davies (sport shooter) Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William Dove Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics
William Fergus Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Friedrich United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Hennessy (wrestler) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Henson (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Herzog United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Hill (sport shooter) Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Hoare (gymnast) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Horschke United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Jones (British wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Kramer (athlete) United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William Kruppinger United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Lower (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Lupton Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William McClure Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William Ruff Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Ruff Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
William Schaefer (wrestler) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Shepherd (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Smith (golfer) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Tagg Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Traband United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Tritschler
 United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Valentine (archer) United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Watt (athlete) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William Watters Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
William West (wrestler) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Willie Magee (cyclist) Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Winslow McCleary
 Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Yevgeny Zamotin
Russia at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Yrjö Vuolio Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Zeno von Singalewicz Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Zoltán Jelenffy Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Édmond Dharancy France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Édouard Fouchier France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Édouard Geynet France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Édouard Martin (wrestler) France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Édouard Poty Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Élie Dufraisse France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Émile Bouard France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Émile Dubois (cyclist) France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Émile Lafourcade-Cortina France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Émile Maréchal France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Émile Vadbled France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Étienne Lesbats France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Ödön Toldi Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Survey (Alternative: Redirection targets)

  • Support redirects. For reasons outlined in my comments above, I support both creation of redirects and draftification. The two proposals are not mutually exclusive. Cbl62 (talk) 18:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirects on general principle, everyone agrees that in normal circumstances BLAR-ing articles with no discussion is allowed, whereas draftifying or deleting them is not. There's no need for unprecendented procedure breaks when the problem can be dealt with while still following procedure. I also see some errors in the table: you listed the same article twice for
    George Patching and George Pinchard are bolded despite not conflicting. * Pppery * it has begun...
    23:48, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
    Thank you, fixed- duplicates were handled manually and I appear to have made a couple of mistakes. BilledMammal (talk) 00:32, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirects per Cbl and Pppery. I agree this and the draftification are not mutually exclusive. Levivich (talk) 00:06, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose with a similar rationale for opposing the other proposal. These should be discussed on their own merit. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:08, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    These really should be discussed individually – some are very clearly notable, some may not be. We should not be getting rid of them all at once when its been shown that many are notable, especially considering that no harm at all is done by leaving them as they are. I think its more harmful to mass get rid of articles, some of which may not be notable, but at the expense of many very clearly notable ones than leaving them as they are and discussing them by their own merits – as they should be. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:42, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirects per my comments in the previous section. I agree something must be done but have reservations about draftifying. Pawnkingthree (talk) 00:24, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Since this appears to have turned into a !vote, Support as second choice per my comments in the previous section. BilledMammal (talk) 00:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Also support, as long as it's clear the same requirements for returning to mainspace are enforced. JoelleJay (talk) 00:37, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose
    WP:TRAINWRECK. --Rschen7754
    01:27, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support As noted, the two ideas are not mutually exclusive. North8000 (talk) 02:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong support, send the readers somewhere with information that has hopefully been looked at with some due diligence and might have wider context. No objection to drafting still happening, although I don't think it has much purpose at that point. CMD (talk) 03:02, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong support per my comments in the above section. BLARing is much more reasonable as it maintains page history, while also being semi-useful. Curbon7 (talk) 03:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Weak support [only choice], per what I wrote in a couple places above. Opposed to draftification; very weakly preferred to just leaving them alone. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 04:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support I am not sure exactly what problem the OP is trying to solve. Stubs, per se, are not a problem. I do not think we are dealing with the additional considerations of
    WP:GNG in their current state, I struggle to see the harm to the project if these articles are left alone and nominated for deletion through normal channels. --Enos733 (talk
    ) 05:52, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
@Enos733: Are you supporting or opposing this proposal to redirect all the Olympians? You said "support" but your comments (stubs ... are not a problem ... I do not think we are dealing with the additional considerations of living people ... while many of these articles may not meet WP:GNG, I struggle to see the harm to the project if these articles are left alone) seem to say the opposite. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:29, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
My thoughts are similar to what Rhododendrites says above. I prefer redirects to draftification/deletion. - Enos733 (talk) 21:18, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support Per my comment in the main survey. -Ljleppan (talk) 06:25, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support.—S Marshall T/C 08:55, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose - Per Harry Oppenheim, which is shining example of where the urge to redirect everything in all cases rather than delete "to preserve the edit history" is misguided. These redirects simply serve to cast in stone the erroneous methodology and bad sourcing used to mass-create these articles in the first place.
    Harry Oppenheim was someone who literally didn't exist under that name, the real name of the non-notable Austrian footballer was Heinrich Oppenheim, but we already have an article about a different Heinrich Oppenheim who is actually notable. There are also multiple other real Harry Oppenheims which a searcher is just as likely to be looking for (a news paper owner, and art-collector, a South African magnate etc.) because they are equally as (non) notable as the Austrian footballer, but for bizarre reasons we redirect searchers to a list of Austrian footballers who played a tiny number of games for the Austrian national team, with no real explanation as to why they land there, rather than just giving them the search results they would get for all the other Harry Oppenheims mentioned on Wikipedia which would obviously be of more interest to them. FOARP (talk) 09:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose per FOARP. The solution to disruptive mass creation is to simply delete the whole batch without looking twice (or if that's not possible, draftify it). The redirects can be recreated from scratch when appropriate, and the ones that are not should certainly not be kept around for sake of preserving trivial edit histories full of low-effort useless information and cosmetic edits.
    Avilich (talk
    ) 22:14, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose per my comment in the previous section; these should be dealt with on an individual basis. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 06:27, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Weak support as second choice. I have many reservations about this, as explained elsewhere, but it's still better than doing nothing. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 12:04, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirecting. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • It's complicated, but redirection is so obviously a better option than creating a tonne of drafts - and is way more efficient technically. I would want, as per my comments below, to be sure that the sources already in the article have been checked for significant detail by a human being - this takes 20 seconds each article and in a 30 minute sample period threw up around 38% of articles as having prose sources already present and which suggest (strongly in around 20% of cases) other sources exist. We need a balance between throwing out everything and reducing the number of stand alone articles. That can be done. Blue Square Thing (talk) 13:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Strongly Oppose - I don't support the idea or support lumping them all together.KatoKungLee (talk) 16:22, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment while my personal preference would be to keep the stubs as they are, I admit it's a personal preference and I can't back it up with Wiki policy. Of the two other options, I think redirecting is the better option, although I would like to make a suggestion that we hold off on redirecting the articles which could go to two possible Olympics, because I suspect those people are likely to be easier to find additional sources for (but I could be wrong). Red Fiona (talk) 17:05, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose on principle, since we shouldn't be making bulk editing on so many articles (either to delete, redirect or draftify). If there is a consensus to bulk change these, redirecting is better than the other options, but checking them all properly is the vastly superior option to applying handwaving principles to batches of articles like this. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:09, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
    @Joseph2302: These articles were created through bulk editing. If you oppose bulk editing on principle would it not make sense to make an exception to allow the undoing of problematic examples of bulk editing? BilledMammal (talk) 16:43, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Qualified support - I would support redirecting those that do not meet SIGCOV. If SIGCOV is met, those should be excluded from the mass redirect and evaluated on their own merits. Rlendog (talk) 17:15, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support I wish this was a more acceptable answer to both sides of the argument. Redirecting articles can be undone without the lose of any article history as and when SIGCOV sourcing is found, and it doesn't have the time constraints that making drafts does. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 22:18, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirectsif draftification does not find a majority.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 05:41, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support redirects since draftification is essentially a delayed deletion. We should only redirect those in which other sources cannot be found to improve these stubs. Abzeronow (talk) 19:26, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose, per FOARP. I'm not at all confident that systematic determination of the redirect target can be trusted. If redirection is the best outcome for any number of these stubs, it can be determined by manual assessment of the draft. XAM2175 (T) 12:49, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as a way of serving the readers and maintaing the history for any editor who wants to try to recreate an article. Valereee (talk) 11:57, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support over draftification, would also support deletion but as per
    WP:REDIRECTSARECHEAP (and redirects can be deleted in the future) so I wouldn't let that stop us proceeding wiht redirecting them JeffUK
    14:45, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose per my oppose in the main proposal. Anarchyte (talk) 11:22, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per my comment last section. Each should be individually surveyed to a greater degree before redirection however: sometimes a dab, deletion, or a different target would be preferable. J947 † edits 06:13, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion (Alternative: Redirection targets)

One issue with this alternative that needs to be resolved is what to do with the articles like Alfred Keene, which could be redirected to either Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics or Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Are there any suggestions on how to do so? BilledMammal (talk) 03:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

In my view, this is a major problem that must be resolved before the proposal can be seriously considered. The sheer number of articles we have on the Olympics would make it a major chore to figure out what should be redirected where. As an example of the scope of the problem, there are actually six plausible targets for Alfred Keene: Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre, Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics, Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics, and Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre.
The same problem exists even for the articles not bolded in BilledMammal's list. Carl Wiegand only competed in one Olympics, but should his article be redirected to Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics, Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, or List of Olympians killed in World War I? A third example: plausible targets for August Ehrich include not only the national article and the event article, but also List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Germany. Reasonable people can (and probably will) disagree over which of these targets is more suitable, so unless we want to end up discussing every article case-by-case, I think anyone arguing for redirection should also indicate how they think we ought to go about it. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 08:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
One solution would be to redirect to the first (or last, or even random) Olympics they participated in, and then let normal editing processes handle it from there. Another would be to say "there is no obvious redirect target, so let's draftify for now" and let normal editing procedures figure it out from here. Both are far from perfect, but perfect is the enemy of good. Ljleppan (talk) 09:45, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Draftify first. Unintentionally, I'm sure, this issue of having to redirect has simply acted as a barrier on anything being done at all. FOARP (talk) 11:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Someone above made the explicit suggestion of COUNTRY at the YEAR SEASON Olympics as the most logical option. I'd be happy with that and it's clear and easy to use - see my point below for which one we use where someone has been to more than one games. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Agree with Sojourner in the earth above - And yes, this is a problem generally for nearly all these redirects of non-notable sportspeople: there is a multitude of possible redirects, each as bad as the other. Returning to the "Harry" Oppenheim case discussed in my !vote above, Heinrich Oppenheim played two games for the Austrian national team but he also played at club level in Austria so why are we highlighting their very brief career on the Austrian national squad. Indeed, why are we highlighting them with a redirect at all when other Harry/Heinrich Oppenheims existed? FOARP (talk) 11:36, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
    That's a good point about other people with the same name. If we didn't have an article on the Olympian Alfred Keene, then the painter Alfred John Keene would be the primary topic, and should therefore be the target of the redirect. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 18:55, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Firstly I'm not even sure I'd be trying to do anything with Alfred Keene before doing a quite intensive search of The Times and the London Gazette - the notes on his Olympedia page suggest strongly to me that there's very likely to be something to allow us to develop a decent article about him.
In terms of where to redirect - in some cases it'll be obvious because someone will have had one relatively successful games, in which case the redirect should probably go there (Sidney Domville for example, although again the notes in Olympedia suggest he's worth a look as a keeper). In other cases it won't be so clear - I'd probably suggest their first games in that situation, but I could live with the last. It's just slightly easier for modern people to use the first (and bear in mind that stuff like shooting means people can have really quite long Olympics careers. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
My plan, if there is a consensus to create redirects, to redirect to the country article for the first Olympics they played in. I'll also provide a list of the articles covering sportspeople who played in multiple years to WikiProject Olympics, so that interested editors may easily alter the target if desired. BilledMammal (talk) 16:22, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
BilledMammal - but then why redirect at all? With the redirect the user is taken to a single page. Without it, the user sees all mentions of that name on Wikipedia in their search results, including all the events and teams on which that name is listed, but also all the other people of that name who are equally as likely to be of interest - isn’t that better? FOARP (talk) 06:02, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I agree, and have argued extensively for that position in the past, but I believe a few inconvenient redirects are an improvement over leaving these articles in mainspace, and if there is a consensus for the proposal only on the basis of redirection I don't believe it would be appropriate to omit a few. However, I would be happy to provide you with a list of articles with multiple appropriate targets, and can probably generate a partial list of clashes with other articles - you can then bring them as a group to RfD? BilledMammal (talk) 06:12, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
That seems very arbitrary and potentially unhelpful, eg. if someone is reading about the 1912 Olympics, searches an athlete's name and is taken to an article on the 1908 Olympics, with no indication of where they can find the information they're looking for. It might do as a stop-gap measure, but if consensus is to make these articles into redirects, my preferred solution would be to merge them all into List of Olympic athletes (1896–1912). That would be a lot more work, obviously. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 12:00, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
That would be a lot more work, obviously. Depending on what information you believe should be included in that list, it might not be. What information do you believe should be included in it?
My concern would be that the list would be very long (
WP:LSC), and that it wouldn't fully resolve the issue as some athletes who competed between 1896 and 1912 also competed after 1912; I think that can be corrected by creating "List of Olympic athletes: A", "List of Olympic athletes: B", etc. BilledMammal (talk
) 12:20, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
It also doesn't deal very well with people who appeared in 1912 and then in the 1920s, for example. Blue Square Thing (talk) 13:04, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
What information do you believe should be included in it? For the list to be useful, I think at a minimum it would have to contain birth and death dates, Olympic years and events participated in. This information would have to be checked against the sources, though, to make sure we're not propagating errors. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 14:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
We can check against the sports-reference source automatically; would that be sufficient?
If we are going to do this I think it will need further and separate discussion; both to determine what information to include, and to determine whether such a creation would be appropriate. BilledMammal (talk) 15:30, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Perhaps it would be easier than I thought, then. I'm completely ignorant about what kind of things can be accomplished with technology. I agree that more discussion would be needed. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 20:53, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
That applies to something like 5% of articles. So I would suggest we redirect those that are unambiguous automagically; and the rest can simply be left for people to redirect, AFD or improve as they see fit. (Or we can agree separately what to do with those)
It's a hell of a let better to only have 5% to work through 'manually'.
JeffUK 14:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion (other article-sets which need addressing)

If this motion passes some serious thought should be given to sub-sets of other extreme-low-quality articles mass-created on Wikipedia. Off the top of my head:

  • The 19th-century and early-20th-century cricketer/footballer articles made by Lugnuts.
  • Dr. Blofeld's mass-created Bangladesh/Burmese "village" articles created using only GEOnet Names Server (GNS), a deprecated source for this purpose. Dr. Blofeld has indicated that they are OK with these articles being dealt with in some way in the past.
  • The Antarctic geological feature articles created based only on GNIS, a deprecated source for this purpose.
  • Carlossuarez46's Iranian/Azeri "village" articles, created based on GNS/the Iranian census (both deprecated for this purpose - the Iranian Census because it includes wells/pumps/farms/houses etc. as "villages").
Of course the process would be the same as here, and the search used to highlight it having similarly very low criteria for escaping draftification. FOARP (talk) 10:00, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes, the problem for me is permastubs which can't be expanded or ever become a useful start class article. I think you'll find most stubs created by me can be expanded, but the "xx is a village" approach using a database, even with a population figure in many of them was a poor way to approach it. I'd be happy to delete all database type stubs from the site which can't be significantly expanded, or merge them into lists were appropriate. Carlos's Iranian stubs for instance, I think we'd be better off merging a lot of the smaller settlements into lists by district. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:32, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
I think this discussion will need to be split off, but I've created two lists of articles created by Carlossuarez46 on locations in Iran and Azerbaijan. These lists attempt to include every article they have created, so they will include articles that would not be considered for draftification like Hadrut; filtering can be done later, if there is a consensus for this proposal and when we decide how we want to filter the articles. They also may not be complete; I am not certain yet what article or talk page categories are best suited to generating a complete list, and suggestions are welcome.
I am wondering, though, if these creations were fully automated; I'm seeing several articles with identical names disambiguated only by coordinates, and I don't believe that even an inattentive human using a semi-automated process would not realize that those are probably the same location. BilledMammal (talk) 17:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC

Alternative proposal to draftification and redirection: create an Olympic stub cleanup project

I have what I believe would be something much more beneficial, at least a hundred times more helpful to the encyclopedia, than the two above proposals (redirection and draftification): start a project dedicated towards expanding and cleaning up Olympians. I have found many people from this list above that are notable, some very highly notable (examples which I have expanded:

WP:DYK criteria – one barnstar; improve three further – one more barnstar; then one additional barnstar for every time someone does five more (I've thought of different types of barnstars and awards that could be designed for this). I feel this would be much more benefifical to the project than just mass throwing out huge amounts of Olympians, when many are notable. BeanieFan11 (talk
) 15:55, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

  • Support as nom. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:55, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
    An Olympic stub cleanup project sounds like a great idea, but I don't see why this is an alternative to draftification. The stubs can easily be worked on in draftspace. Contrary to the claim that keeps cropping up that draftification is being used as a backdoor to deletion, I very much hope that the majority of these articles can be rescued and restored to mainspace. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 17:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
    Also, BeanieFan, I'm afraid I have to add my voice to those who feel that your behaviour at this RfC is (unintentionally) disruptive. Removing
    Otto Feyder from the list in order to nominate it for AfD, where you propose to turn it into a redirect – a proposal already under consideration in this discussion – is only wasting the time of volunteers. You're doing some good work on these articles but it would really be so much easier for everyone if you would wait until the RfC is over. Regardless of the outcome, none of these articles are going anywhere for at least another five years. Sojourner in the earth (talk
    ) 17:40, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
    Apologies about Feyder, I see now that that action didn't make sense. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:50, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Support - I would be interested in contributing to this. No rewards needed for me.KatoKungLee (talk) 16:41, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment I support this, but this can also be done from draft space. On the rewards I believe some more general award for the article expanders could be thought of. Organize "backlog" drives etc. Then also, the Lugnuts olympic stubs are just a start. There are likely tens of thousands similar ones that could need an expansion if sources exist.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:52, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - at least as an alternative. Experience has shown that these articles just won't be dealt with. Wikipedia just doesn't have that many truly-active editors that it can waste the time of ~100 or so of them for months sorting through Lugnuts' articles. There is a clear DELREASON for these articles as they currently stand. No opposition, of course, to anyone doing this ON TOP OF the remedy of draftification. FOARP (talk) 14:04, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose as alternative. Concur entirely with FOARP. XAM2175 (T) 12:53, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
  • As an additional strategy for dealing with this, great idea. You can start that today without an RfC. As an alternative, Oppose. Valereee (talk) 12:03, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per proposal or as a way of formalising the efforts already-present at the Olympics WikiProject. In this way, I also have to say that FOARP's reasoning doesn't ring true in this case - Experience has shown that these articles just won't be dealt with may be correct in many cases, but there has been a conceited effort to rescue Olympic bio stubs going for over a year as I recall already, so experience regards this shows they will be dealt with. I would also challenge FOARP and Valereee's views that (while a commendable additional method) doing this should not be an alternative: there is no harm in going slower about this, and we are more likely to reach a solution that adds to the encyclopedia if we do. Kingsif (talk) 23:58, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Support as per my comment above. This seems the most productive path forward. It may appear immediately easier to draftify, but though this is longer term, it adds more quality to the encyclopedia. --Nerd1a4i (they/them) (talk) 06:34, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Discussion (general)

Perfection is the enemy of progress. We're talking about an immense amount of stubs that the creator spent perhaps 1 minute each creating. Any plan which requires a special discussion and decision-making process for each one (perhaps 1 hour of volunteer time for each) will not actually get implemented and would be an insult to volunteer time. Some way of efficiently moving forward on this is needed, even if imperfect. The potential downside of an efficient system potentially having non-optimal handling of some exceptions is easily fixed and not big. North8000 (talk) 16:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Frankly my preference is for straight-deletion of failing articles that were created en masse, and the recreation of that part of them which may be notable as actual articles. The proposed process does at least eventually achieve that result so I am in favour of it.
Opponents are essentially admitting that even given years of lead-time, they are not going to fix these articles, in large part because many/most of them cannot be fixed. FOARP (talk) 05:54, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Well, I"m not sure that that's necessarily true.
I just took a strict 30 minutes - timed - and clicked through the first 163 articles on the list of 960 above (17%) - working in the order they were presented, i.e. alphabetically by forename. For each one I checked the Olympedia article to see if it had anything substantial to say about the person. If there was anything relatively in depth that made me think there might well be further sources available I recorded it as "Definitely worth a look"; if there were a few personal details or details about their career I recorded "Possibly worth looking at"; if there were only passing details, such as the club they represented or their performance just in the Olympics I didn't record anything. On average it took less than 20 seconds per article, including recording.
Of those 163 articles, I recorded "Definitely worth a look" 31 times and "Possibly worth looking at" 32 times - so, 63 of the 163 had something on the Olympedia article which gave me significant pause for thought (38.7% - with 19% clearly, in my view, worth a proper look).
That's a much higher proportion than I was expecting.
This might be because the majority of those with detail on were British or American - more likely British fwiw. The 1908 London and 1904 St Louis games almost certainly mean that there are more of those articles - if the set had been 1912 to 1928 then I imagine the proportions would have been lower.
Obviously this is partially subjective. I tried to be as clear as possible and only record when there was clearly something that caught my eye, but at the same time was working quickly and there may be some blurring. I was focussing on the likelihood, in my experience of using newspaper reports from this sort of era, of other sources existing - after all, that's almost certainly where the Olympedia writers got their information from. In some cases there wasn't much in the way of information but hints that there must surely be more (Daniel McMahon (sport shooter), for example), whilst another cases there is already a significant amount of information (Daniel Flynn (cyclist), for example).
The set I looked at is here along with my notes. I took out most of BilledMammal's columns for simplicity.
Why is this "important"? It's reasonable to make the assertion that stubs can act as seeds for articles. I think it's also reasonable to assert that stubs in mainspace are more likely to be developed than redirects or drafts. I have absolutely no quantifiable evidence to back up that assertion, but I'm sure I've seen other people make it in the past and I don't think it's an unreasonable thing to say.
So what? The query is good at identifying possible articles that might be dealt with. And by my book, 60-odd percent of these could probably be dealt with somehow. But my only request is that we look at the sources actually present first. For the list of 960 that's, what, less than four-person hours (20 seconds per article is easily doable over 30 minute bursts). Think how much time has been wasted on this process of discussing alone over the last couple of years. At least part of that - and a substantial amount of the opposition to the proposals - is people pointing out that some of the articles on lists which have been presented as clearly notable (Bill Huddleston was on one list for example, yet already contains a substantial prose source because the methodology assumes, as with these lists, that the sources included in the article are only databases). The discussions above have already thrown up plenty of other examples beyond the first 163.
Yes, let's do something. But let's not delete everything without even having the courtesy to spend 20 seconds on each article. Blue Square Thing (talk) 11:33, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I think it's also reasonable to assert that stubs in mainspace are more likely to be developed than redirects or drafts. I have absolutely no quantifiable evidence to back up that assertion, but I'm sure I've seen other people make it in the past and I don't think it's an unreasonable thing to say. I have quantifiable evidence to say the opposite; see my essay Wikipedia:Abandoned stubs. Articles are much more likely to be expanded by their creator than by anyone else. BilledMammal (talk) 11:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I don't think that's quite the same thing though, is it? And, interestingly, your 35% figure having been developed is quite close to my 39% figure for items on that list where there's a fairly significant flag that I can raise that says, hang on a minute, we need to look at this properly. Which is my main request here. Blue Square Thing (talk) 13:03, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Not quite, but it is the best evidence we have or can get without an experiment that would violate
WP:NOTLAB. BilledMammal (talk
) 13:47, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I don't think there'd be anything disruptive involved would there? Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:26, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
the methodology assumes, as with these lists, that the sources included in the article are only databases This isn't accurate. The method assumes the source has been used as a database, which is not the same thing. (And apparently used in a way that generates the wrong birth dates in some instances, somehow.) CMD (talk) 13:22, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I take the specifics of your point, but my point is that the way that the list that Huddleston was on was created using a query to produce a set of articles that are presumed to be inadequately sourced, which is often taken to mean sourced only to databases (see any number of discussion around the sourcing of articles about sports people).
The assumption behind that is that the sources, in that case CricketArchive, are assumed to be purely a database source. In the case of Huddleston that source contained a decent sized prose article about him as well as the standard data tables and so on. The same is sometimes true of articles sourced only to CricInfo - a point I've made a number of times elsewhere.
In the case of the list of 960 articles presented here, the assumption seems to be that articles sourced to Olympedia will simply have data tables rather than any reasonable prose that could act as a seed for article development. In around 40% of the 163 cases I've looked at so far I don't think that assumption is reasonable to make. Of course, identifying the 60% that don't have that and doing something with them would make the task of figuring out exactly what to do with the 40% much easier, and, with caveats, I support that. Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:26, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I don't see where that assumption is being made; I don't even think anyone has suggested Olympedia is a poor source. Whatever it (and Cricinfo) could be used for, it has instead been used to procedurally generate two sentences on each subject. Whatever is done to those sentences, Olympedia and its seed information would remain for those interested in the 40%. CMD (talk) 15:44, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Given the history of this subject area and discussions such as those at
WP:SPORTCRIT, I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to make given the point in the selection criteria section which says Referenced only to Olympedia or Sports Reference. As I say, I take your specific point about the way that they have been used in these articles at present, but my point here is that Olympedia clearly contains some detailed prose on some of these articles - as do CricInfo and CricketArchive. Not on all of them, but on enough to make it necessary to manually inspect the sources before we chuck stuff out that we should be eventually improving. Blue Square Thing (talk
) 20:53, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I don't know whether I was involved in those various discussions you point to, but this proposal is specifically designed to provide time for people to manually inspect the sources and develop the articles. CMD (talk) 02:18, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Leaving aside that no one will do that if they're difficult to find drafts, rather than much easier to find main space articles, they can then move it back to mainspace when it contains sources that plausibly meet WP:GNG. Which getting on to 40% of my survey ones already do... Blue Square Thing (talk) 10:55, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
GNG requires multiple sources. In some cases, Olympedia might count as one (although many of the blurbs are too short to plausibly be
WP:SIGCOV), but sports-reference never does. BilledMammal (talk
) 11:05, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Blue Square Thing - The prose sections on Olympedia are not clearly reliably sourced. If you believe they are reliably sourced, you need to go beyond "I haven't seen any instances of them being wrong". I have, actually - Francis English was listed on Olympedia as having died in 1984 but clearly lived beyond that, Olympedia was corrected after the Wikipedia article was redirected but this just goes to show that they are relying on Wikipedia to do their fact-checking. You have to explain who actually wrote them and whether there is any actual rigorous editorial process, because as far as I can see the answer to that question appears to be that they are Wiki-like content written by the volunteers who maintain those databases, and include material e.g., sent in by the families of those listed. I also agree with BilledMammal that most/all of this prose content does not rise to the level of SIGCOV. FOARP (talk) 09:18, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
The point isn't to draftify them in the hopes that someone outside of NSPORT editors will find them organically, it's to draftify them specifically so that the editors who insist there must be sources can work on them outside of mainspace and we don't have to go through hundreds of AfDs. Given their lack of attention over the last decade, no one outside of the usual sports editors/blanket inclusionists care about these stubs (and even that's just wanting them to exist for completion's sake), much less would notice they were gone, so I highly doubt draftifying would make any difference to their expansion prospects. JoelleJay (talk) 00:21, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
Blue Square Thing, your study was responding to / responsive to a particular post but IMHO not to the main reasons for the main question here. IMO the main premise of the proposals is "if someone makes a real article out of it fine. If not, then it goes. In a way commensurate with how they were created....en masse rather than requiring an hour of volunteer time to delete each article that took one minute to create. North8000 (talk) 18:33, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
How are these not "real articles"? Many articles in paper encyclopedias (that some of us remember, and Wikipedia is supposed to emulate) only consisted of one short sentence. "Joe Bloggs competed in the quadrathlon at the 1971 summer Olympics" tells the reader more than nothing.
Phil Bridger (talk
) 19:54, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
When a paper encyclopedia says just one sentence about something, that's called an "entry", not an "article." No one is arguing against "Joe Bloggs competed in the quadrathlon at the 1972 summer Olympics" being an entry in the article about the 1972 Summer Olympics, but we shouldn't have one-sentence articles because those aren't what articles are. Semantics aside, if we have one sentence to say about something, it makes almost no sense to put that one sentence on its own web page, alone. It makes a lot more sense to move that one sentence to some other web page that already has other sentences on it. Levivich (talk) 20:05, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

In draftspace no one can hear you scream - they could be there for 5 years without anyone improving them, yet many of these articles have been in mainspace for longer and have only drawn any interest once they have been threatened with draftification. The subjects may be notable, there may be sources available, and there is the argument that they should be kept because if left long enough someone else may do something to improve them. These stubs do not establish notability, they have few sources and yet they are still here when better quality drafts would be rejected by AFC. It seems that editors agree that something should be done, but not what? An option could be to run an Olympian WP:De-stub-athon that would cover the listed articles but as part of a larger improvement drive, rather than specifically honouring or condemning any individual creator. There are 133,000 articles classed as stubs by the Olympics wikiproject (including those listed here and many others created by Lugnuts). Afterwards the option will still be there to discuss what to do with anything on the list that editors have not been able to improve, but maybe the situation would be clearer. EdwardUK (talk) 16:06, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

From a couple of things raised here and what I came across with the Arthur/Alexander Martin case, I've grown seriously concerned that Olympedia is not the reliable source some think it to be. I also don't understand why all those articles seem to rely nearly solely on that for information and don't even cite the Olympics own official site's profiles on the people in question. In any case, a serious vetting of the sourcing is required.Tvx1 20:09, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Operating under the assumption that users self-sort into WikiProjects of personal interest, it seems unlikely that these stubs could be handled by a dedicated project. WikiProject Olympics reports 190K articles under their purview and only 5.5K are assessed as C quality or above. Thus, if only 2.9% of its articles have reacted a threshold of substantial content over 20yrs after the project's founding, it seems unlikely that a further fork of their labor will attract the necessary support to resolve the stubs BluePenguin18 🐧 ( 💬 ) 03:11, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Comment As of now and as to my count it was 63 support to 27 opposes to the draftification. Off course I can err but the supporters are very likely in the majority.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 16:25, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

And because consensus is determined by someone uninvolved evaluating the strength of the arguments, not by counting noses, that is irrelevant. Thryduulf (talk) 17:09, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
I hope this would be always like this. Mostly Often it's just counting votes. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 20:08, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Ludicrous talking shops like this are among the main reasons for this site's headlong plunge into a permanent downwards spiral. Why delete only the Olympians? The best solution for such a farcical mess of a site is to delete everything. 2.99.210.156 (talk) 13:46, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Comment Some other solution for the micro biostubs would be migrating the stubs to something like a directory of people. This would also be quite a boost for the closure of the gender gap I believe.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 18:05, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

For what it's worth, virtually all initiatives to improve the gender gap (e.g., Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red) focus on increasing Wikipedia's coverage of women, not on decreasing the coverage of men. This would narrow the gender gap on a numbers level but would do nothing for the broader aim of fixing the under-coverage of women, which is the entire point. Gnomingstuff (talk) 23:17, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Notes

  1. ^ This excludes many mass-created microstubs, but it keeps the number of false positives extremely low
  2. ^ "Significant contributions" is defined as "larger than 200 bytes, excluding edits that are reverts or were reverted"
  3. WP:GNG
    is met on the basis of those sources.
  4. ^ This option is provided to support editors who may determine that some of the articles on this list would be more useful as redirects than drafts.
  5. ^ Nominating 500 articles a month would increase by a third the number of articles going through AfD, and conservatively assuming that only half of Lugnut's creations have notability issues would take almost eight years

Close appeal

This close of this discussion is being appealed at

WP:AN; the discussion can be found here. BilledMammal (talk
) 21:17, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

As a result of the appeal discussion, Bradv has vacated their close (Special:Diff/1152079957). XAM2175 (T) 11:02, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
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