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page do not replace the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>. They are intended only to stop an article from being quickly deleted when there is very strong reason to believe that significant, independent, non-routine, non-promotional <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SECONDARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SECONDARY">secondary coverage</a> from multiple <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a> is available, given sufficient time to locate it.<sup id="cite_ref-OriginalRfC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OriginalRfC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GNG-June2011_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNG-June2011-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GNG-October2011_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNG-October2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GNG-Feb2013_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNG-Feb2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wikipedia's standard for including an article about a given person is not based on whether or not they have attained certain achievements, but on whether or not the person has received appropriate coverage in reliable sources, in accordance with the general notability guideline. Also refer to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BASIC">Wikipedia's basic guidance on the notability of people</a> for additional information on evaluating notability.</div></div> <div id="Q2" class="faqrow mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r902545367"> <div class="faqrow-title">Q2: If a sports figure meets the criteria specified in a sports-specific notability guideline, does this mean they do not have to meet the general notability guideline?</div> <div class="faqrow-body mw-collapsible-content"><b>A2:</b> No, the article must still eventually provide sources indicating that the subject meets the general notability guideline. Although the criteria for a given sport should be chosen to be a very reliable predictor of the availability of appropriate secondary coverage from reliable sources, there can be exceptions. For contemporary persons, given a reasonable amount of time to locate appropriate sources, the general notability guideline should be met in order for an article to meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion. (For subjects in the past where it is more difficult to locate sources, it may be necessary to evaluate the subject's likely notability based on other persons of the same time period with similar characteristics.)</div></div> <div id="Q3" class="faqrow mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r902545367"> <div class="faqrow-title">Q3: If a sports figure does not meet the criteria specified in a sports-specific notability guideline, does this mean they do not meet Wikipedia's notability standards?</div> <div class="faqrow-body mw-collapsible-content"><b>A3:</b> No, it does not mean this—if the subject meets the general notability guideline, then they meet Wikipedia's standards for having an article in Wikipedia, even if they do not meet the criteria for the appropriate sports-specific notability guideline. The sports-specific notability guidelines are not intended to set a higher bar for inclusion in Wikipedia: they are meant to provide some buffer time to locate appropriate reliable sources when, based on rules of thumb, it is highly likely that these sources exist.</div></div> <div id="Q4" class="faqrow mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r902545367"> <div class="faqrow-title">Q4: What is considered a "reasonable amount of time" to uncover appropriate sources?</div> <div class="faqrow-body mw-collapsible-content"><b>A4:</b> There is no fixed rule, as it may differ in each specific case. Generally, though, since <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DEADLINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DEADLINE">there is no fixed schedule to complete Wikipedia articles</a>, given a reasonable expectation that sources can be found, Wikipedia editors have been very liberal in allowing for adequate time, particularly for cases where English-language sources are difficult to find. For a contemporary sports figure in a sport that is regularly covered by national media in English, less leeway may be given.</div></div> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;font-size:110%">Proposing revisions to Notability (sports)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:4px; font-size:105%;"> <div id="Q5" class="faqrow mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r902545367"> <div class="faqrow-title">Q5: I want to create a new sports-specific notability guideline or revise an existing one. What approach should I take?</div> <div class="faqrow-body mw-collapsible-content"><b>A5:</b> Consider what criteria that, if met, means that the sports figure is highly likely to have significant, independent, non-routine, non-promotional <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SECONDARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SECONDARY">secondary coverage</a> from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a>. Test your proposed criteria by trying to find persons who meet them but do not have appropriate secondary coverage. It's best to keep your criteria fairly conservative, since for most contemporary persons, establishing notability via the general notability guideline is straightforward enough and the additional buffer time provided by a sports-specific notability guideline isn't needed, so trying to draw a more liberal line isn't worth the effort. <p>Many discussions on rules of thumb start with, "This league/championship is important," or "This sport is popular in country X." While these arguments provide indirect evidence, a much better way to reach an agreement is to double-check if everyone meeting the proposed criteria has appropriate sources meeting the general notability guideline. For example, for an individual championship, you can list everyone who has won the championship and, for each person, the corresponding sources that show they meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion. </p><p>Subsequent to the discussion at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Sports_notability" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Sports notability">Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Sports notability</a>, proposing a guideline for the notability of an athlete purely based on their participation in a non-championship final or non-Olympic event is likely to meet opposition. </p> Note the "nutshell summary" and the "Basic criteria" section are high-level descriptions of the type of criteria used by each sport. This does not mean that any criteria that fit these descriptions are suitable. You must demonstrate that the proposed criteria are effective as a way to determine if a subject meets the general notability guideline.</div></div> <div id="Q6" class="faqrow mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r902545367"> <div class="faqrow-title">Q6: What constitutes "non-routine" secondary coverage for sports?</div> <div class="faqrow-body mw-collapsible-content"><b>A6:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ROUTINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROUTINE">Routine news coverage of sporting events</a>, such as descriptions of what occurred, is not considered to be sufficient basis for an article, following <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTNEWSPAPER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTNEWSPAPER">Wikipedia's policy of not being a place for routine news coverage</a>. There should be significant coverage directly related to the subject. In addition to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">Wikipedia's guidance on reliable sources</a>, also see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">Wikipedia's guidance on biographies of living persons</a> for more information.</div></div> <div id="Q7" class="faqrow mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r902545367"> <div class="faqrow-title">Q7: But these athletes have won championship X; surely that makes them notable?</div> <div class="faqrow-body mw-collapsible-content"><b>A7:</b> For better or worse, discussions in Wikipedia use the term "notable" as a shorthand for "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">meets Wikipedia's standards for inclusion in the encyclopedia</a>". As a result, there are many subjects that can meet the everyday meaning of notable, yet fail to meet Wikipedia's standards for having an article.</div></div> </div></div> <p><b>References</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OriginalRfC-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OriginalRfC_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Request for Comments discussion that established the sports-specific notability guidelines: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)/Archive_4#RfC:_Promote_Notability_(sports)_to_a_guideline" title="Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 4">Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 4 § RfC: Promote Notability (sports) to a guideline</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GNG-June2011-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GNG-June2011_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Discussion in June 2011: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)/Archive_8#Applicable_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 8">Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 8 § Applicable policies and guidelines</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GNG-October2011-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GNG-October2011_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Discussion in October 2011: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)/Archive_9#Relation_to_GNG_(again)" title="Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 9">Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 9 § Relation to GNG (again)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GNG-Feb2013-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GNG-Feb2013_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Discussion in February 2013: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)/Archive_16#Second_sentence" title="Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 16">Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)/Archive 16 § Second sentence</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> 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href="/wiki/Sports_league" title="Sports league">sports league</a>/<a href="/wiki/Professional_sports_league_organization" title="Professional sports league organization">organization</a> (amateur or professional) is likely to meet the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>, and thus merit an article in Wikipedia. <b>The article should provide reliable sources showing that the subject meets the general notability guideline.</b> </p><p>If the article meets the criteria set forth below, then it is likely that sufficient sources exist to satisfy <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Notability">the inclusion criteria</a> for a stand-alone article. Failing to meet the criteria in this guideline means that notability will need to be established in other ways (for example, the general notability guideline, or <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_notability_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines">other, topic-specific, notability guidelines</a>). </p><p>Please note that the failure to meet these criteria does not mean an article <i>must</i> be deleted; conversely, meeting any of these criteria does not mean that an article <i>must</i> be kept. These are merely rules of thumb which some editors choose to keep in mind when deciding whether or not to keep an article that is on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">articles for deletion</a>, along with relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Wikipedia:Verifiability</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Applicable_policies_and_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Applicable_policies_and_guidelines"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Applicable_policies_and_guidelines"></span>Applicable policies and guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Applicable_policies_and_guidelines"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Applicable policies and guidelines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All information included in Wikipedia, including articles about sports, must be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiable</a>. In addition, the subjects of standalone articles should meet the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>. The guideline on this page provides bright-line guidance to enable editors to determine quickly if a subject is likely to meet the general notability guideline. Information about living persons must meet the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">more stringent requirements</a> for those types of articles. </p><p>Subjects who do <i>not</i> meet the sport-specific criteria outlined in this guideline may still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline or another <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SNG">subject specific notability guideline</a>. </p><p>Any athletic entertainment event at which the results are at least partially predetermined or scripted is <i>not</i> covered by this page. For participants in such events (for example, <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a>), see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ENTERTAINER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ENTERTAINER">WP:ENTERTAINER</a>. At this time there is no consensus that <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a> participants are covered by the criteria of this guideline.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Obsolete_criteria"></span> Sports which are not listed on this page should defer to the <a href="#Basic_criteria">§ Basic criteria</a> for guidance. This includes both those which were never listed, and those which were but have since been removed, most recently following an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Sports_notability" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Sports notability">RfC from January–March 2022</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Basic_criteria" data-mw-thread-id="h-Basic_criteria"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Basic_criteria"></span>Basic criteria<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Basic_criteria"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Basic criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Wikipedia:Notability</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BASIC">Wikipedia's basic criteria for the notability of people</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPORTCRIT"></span><span id="WP:SPORTBASIC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPORTCRIT&redirect=no">WP:SPORTCRIT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPORTBASIC&redirect=no">WP:SPORTBASIC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>A person is presumed to be <b>notable</b> if they have been the subject of significant coverage, that is, multiple published<sup id="cite_ref-note2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> non-trivial<sup id="cite_ref-note5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">secondary sources</a> which are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable</a>, intellectually independent,<sup id="cite_ref-note3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and independent of the subject.<sup id="cite_ref-note4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guidelines on this page are intended to reflect the fact that sports figures are likely to meet <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BASIC">Wikipedia's basic standards of inclusion</a> if they have achieved success in a major international competition at the highest level. </p> <ul><li>Trivial coverage of a subject by <a href="/wiki/Secondary_source" title="Secondary source">secondary sources</a> may be used to support content in an article, but it is not sufficient to establish notability. This includes listings in database sources with low, wide-sweeping generic standards of inclusion, such as <a href="/wiki/Sports_Reference" title="Sports Reference">Sports Reference</a>'s college football and basketball databases.</li> <li>Fan sites and blogs are generally not regarded as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Reliable source">reliable sources</a>. Team sites and governing sports bodies are not considered independent of their players. Although statistics sites may be reliable sources, they are not sufficient by themselves to establish notability.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_source" title="Primary source">Primary sources</a> may be used to support content in an article, but they do not contribute toward proving the notability of a subject.</li> <li>Some sources must be used with particular care when establishing notability, and should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Local sources must be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INDEPENDENT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INDEPENDENT">independent</a> of the subject, and must provide reports beyond <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ROUTINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROUTINE">routine game coverage</a>. Listings of statistics must clearly satisfy the requirement for significant coverage.</li> <li>Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources. Meeting this requirement alone does not indicate notability, but it does indicate that there are likely sufficient sources to merit a stand-alone article.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Professional_sports_people" data-mw-thread-id="h-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Professional_sports_people"></span>Professional sports people<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Professional_sports_people"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional sports people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Athletics/track_and_field_and_long-distance_running" data-mw-thread-id="h-Athletics/track_and_field_and_long-distance_running-Professional_sports_people"><span id="Athletics.2Ftrack_and_field_and_long-distance_running"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Athletics/track_and_field_and_long-distance_running-Professional_sports_people"></span>Athletics/track and field and long-distance running<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Athletics/track_and_field_and_long-distance_running-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Athletics/track and field and long-distance running"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NTRACK"></span><span id="WP:NATH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NTRACK&redirect=no">WP:NTRACK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NATH&redirect=no">WP:NATH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for athletes who compete in the field of <a href="/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics (sport)">athletics</a> if they meet any of the criteria below:</b> </p> <ol><li>Finished top 8 in a competition at the highest level outside of the Olympic Games and world championships. Individual events in these championships must contain either several heats or extended fields (e.g., <a href="/wiki/European_Athletics_Championships" title="European Athletics Championships">European Athletics Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Athletics at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a>, or any of the 6 <a href="/wiki/World_Marathon_Majors" title="World Marathon Majors">World Major Marathons</a>).</li> <li>Finished top 3 in any other major senior-level international competition (this includes prestigious small field meets, e.g., <a href="/wiki/IAAF_Diamond_League" class="mw-redirect" title="IAAF Diamond League">IAAF Diamond League</a>/<a href="/wiki/IAAF_Golden_League" title="IAAF Golden League">IAAF Golden League</a> meets, less-prestigious large-scale meets, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Athletics at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a>, and any <a href="/wiki/IAAF_Gold_Label_Road_Races" class="mw-redirect" title="IAAF Gold Label Road Races">IAAF Gold Label Road Race</a> that is not explicitly mentioned above)</li> <li>Have won an individual <a href="/wiki/Gold_medal" title="Gold medal">gold medal</a> at the <a href="/wiki/IAAF_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics">IAAF World Junior Championships</a>, or <a href="/wiki/IAAF_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics" title="IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics">Youth World Championships</a>.</li> <li>Have won their country's senior national championship, with the exception of those who have never been ranked in the top 60 on the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Athletics_Federations" class="mw-redirect" title="International Association of Athletics Federations">IAAF</a> world leading list at the end of a given calendar year</li> <li>Have won the elite division of multiple notable* road races (including the same race multiple times), or have established a history of highly competitive, non-winning performances in many notable races (at least 10 top-threes)</li> <li>Have at any time held a world or continental record (including world junior records, world youth bests, and masters age-group world records) ratified or noted by the relevant official body</li> <li>Owns a mark that placed the athlete in the top 12 in the world for that calendar year in a non-relay event contested or admitted to the senior <a href="/wiki/IAAF_World_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="IAAF World Championships">IAAF World Championships</a> or <a href="/wiki/Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics">Olympics</a>, or an equivalent performance over a closely matching <a href="/wiki/Imperial_units" title="Imperial units">imperial distance</a></li> <li>Have a non-relay mark listed on the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Athletics_Federations" class="mw-redirect" title="International Association of Athletics Federations">IAAF</a> senior all-time list or equivalent list</li> <li>Have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Track_and_Field_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Track and Field Hall of Fame">National Track and Field Hall of Fame</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Road_Runners_Club_of_America" title="Road Runners Club of America">Road Runners Club of America</a> Hall of Fame.</li></ol> <p><b>To non-athletes associated with the sport (or athletes whose main claim to notability is non-athletic activity), significant coverage is likely to exist if they meet the following criteria:</b> </p> <ol><li>Coaches who have coached many notable athletes, including at least one non-relay <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the Summer Olympics">Olympic medalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Championships" title="World Athletics Championships">World champion</a>, or senior World Record holder during the time of the athletes' notable accomplishments.</li> <li>Coaches who have been the official head coach of an Olympic track and field team for a country with multiple medalists.</li> <li>Coaches who introduced a notable technique or training method, and are widely credited as the originator.</li> <li>Clubs that have received major international coverage for their successes and have a résumé composed of many successful Olympians over a long period of time (for example, <a href="/wiki/Irish_American_Athletic_Club" title="Irish American Athletic Club">Irish American Athletic Club</a>). If a club's success is mainly due to one coach, then only the coach is notable.</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a road race if it meets any one of the following criteria:</b> </p> <ol><li>It has an international elite (as defined by the IAAF standards for that year) field of at least 5 different nationalities.</li> <li>It receives broadcast or cable television coverage beyond the local market (if coverage is through the internet, the site must be independent of the sport, for example <a href="/wiki/Universal_Sports" title="Universal Sports">Universal Sports</a>).</li> <li>It is a directly competitive meeting between several notable performers (at least 5).</li></ol> <p><b>The following criteria may also be used to satisfy road race notability, but does not count towards the notability of athletes who compete in these races:</b> </p> <ol><li>It has been the site of exceptional performances or records (bests).</li> <li>It regularly has more than 5,000 competitors.</li> <li>It has been held over a unique course or distance consistently over a period of 25 years.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Badminton" data-mw-thread-id="h-Badminton-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Badminton-Professional_sports_people"></span>Badminton<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Badminton-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Badminton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NBADMINTON"></span><span id="WP:NBAD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NBADMINTON&redirect=no">WP:NBADMINTON</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NBAD&redirect=no">WP:NBAD</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for athletes in <a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">badminton</a> if they meet the following criterion:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have had a podium finish at tournaments of the <a href="/wiki/BWF_Grand_Prix_Gold_and_Grand_Prix" title="BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix">BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix</a> (until 2017) or the <a href="/wiki/BWF_World_Tour" title="BWF World Tour">BWF World Tour or Super 100 level</a> (from 2018 onwards).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball" data-mw-thread-id="h-Basketball-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Basketball-Professional_sports_people"></span>Basketball<span id="HOOP"></span><span id="HOOPS"></span><span id="hoops"></span><span id="Hoops"></span><span id="NHOOP"></span><span id="NHOOPS"></span><span id="NHoops"></span><span id="Nhoop"></span><span id="Basket"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Basketball-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NBASKETBALL"></span><span id="WP:NHOOPS"></span><span id="WP:NBBALL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NBASKETBALL&redirect=no">WP:NBASKETBALL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NHOOPS&redirect=no">WP:NHOOPS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NBBALL&redirect=no">WP:NBBALL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for basketball figures if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Were selected in the first two rounds of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a>.</li> <li>Have won an award or led the league in a major statistical category of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association" title="Continental Basketball Association">Continental Basketball Association</a> or <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">NBA G League</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boxing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Boxing-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Boxing-Professional_sports_people"></span>Boxing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Boxing-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Boxing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NBOX"></span><span id="WP:NBOXING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NBOX&redirect=no">WP:NBOX</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NBOXING&redirect=no">WP:NBOXING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:NBOX" redirects here. For horizontal navigation templates placed at the bottom of pages ("navboxes"), see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NAVBOX" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NAVBOX">WP:NAVBOX</a>.</div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a boxer if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have been ranked in the world top ten of any weight class by the <a href="/wiki/International_Boxing_Federation" title="International Boxing Federation">IBF</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Association" title="World Boxing Association">WBA</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Council" title="World Boxing Council">WBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Organization" title="World Boxing Organization">WBO</a>, or <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ring_(magazine)" title="The Ring (magazine)">The Ring</a></i> magazine.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cricket-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cricket-Professional_sports_people"></span>Cricket<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cricket-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NCRIC"></span><span id="WP:NCRICK"></span><span id="WP:NCRICKET"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCRIC&redirect=no">WP:NCRIC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCRICK&redirect=no">WP:NCRICK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCRICKET&redirect=no">WP:NCRICKET</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a cricket figure if they:</b> </p> <ul><li>Have played at the international level for a <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket#Teams_with_Test_status" title="Test cricket">Test-playing nation</a></li> <li>(for umpires) Have been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Elite_Panel_of_ICC_Umpires" title="Elite Panel of ICC Umpires">Elite Panel of ICC Umpires</a></li></ul> <p>Additionally, cricketers who have played at the highest domestic level or in the lower levels of international cricket may have sufficient coverage about them to justify an article, but it should not be assumed to exist without further proof. For both of these, a detailed listing of which leagues or competitions are more likely (or not) to have such coverage is maintained by the cricket wikiproject: see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OFFICIALCRICKET" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OFFICIALCRICKET">WP:OFFICIALCRICKET</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cue_sports_(snooker,_pool,_billiards)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cue_sports_(snooker,_pool,_billiards)-Professional_sports_people"><span id="Cue_sports_.28snooker.2C_pool.2C_billiards.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cue_sports_(snooker,_pool,_billiards)-Professional_sports_people"></span>Cue sports (snooker, pool, billiards)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cue_sports_(snooker,_pool,_billiards)-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cue sports (snooker, pool, billiards)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>See</i> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cue_sports/Notability" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Cue sports/Notability">Wikipedia:WikiProject Cue sports/Notability</a>, which covers players and other persons, as well as governing bodies, manufacturers, periodicals, tournaments, rulesets, equipment, and venues. It is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROJPAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROJPAGE">WP:PROJPAGE</a>, explaining how <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">WP:Notability</a> applies to the topic area and outlining what is likely/unlikely to be found notable, rather than setting rules or attempting to establish any variances from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NBASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NBASIC">WP:NBASIC</a> and NSPORT in general. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Curling" data-mw-thread-id="h-Curling-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Curling-Professional_sports_people"></span>Curling<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Curling-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Curling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NCURL"></span><span id="WP:NCURLING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCURL&redirect=no">WP:NCURL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCURLING&redirect=no">WP:NCURLING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a curler if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have won a <a href="/wiki/World_Curling_Tour" title="World Curling Tour">World Curling Tour</a> event or participated in a <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_of_Curling" title="Grand Slam of Curling">Grand Slam of Curling</a> event.</li> <li>Have won a medal at one of the following <a href="/wiki/World_Curling_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="World Curling Federation">World Curling Federation</a> sanctioned events: the <a href="/wiki/World_Junior_Curling_Championships" title="World Junior Curling Championships">World Junior Curling Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Senior_Curling_Championships" title="World Senior Curling Championships">World Senior Curling Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Curling_Championships" title="European Curling Championships">European Curling Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Mixed_Curling_Championship" title="World Mixed Curling Championship">World Mixed Curling Championship</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Pacific-Asia_Curling_Championships" title="Pacific-Asia Curling Championships">Pacific-Asia Curling Championships</a>.</li> <li>Have won a medal at the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships" title="Canadian Junior Curling Championships">Canadian Junior Curling Championships</a>.</li> <li>Have won the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship" title="Canadian Mixed Curling Championship">Canadian Mixed Curling Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Senior_Curling_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Senior Curling Championship">Canadian Senior Curling Championship</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Trials" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials">Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials</a>.</li> <li>Are a member of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Curling_Hall_of_Fame" title="Canadian Curling Hall of Fame">Canadian Curling Hall of Fame</a> or the <a href="/wiki/WCF_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="WCF Hall of Fame">WCF Hall of Fame</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycling" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cycling-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cycling-Professional_sports_people"></span>Cycling<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cycling-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cycling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NCYC"></span><span id="WP:NCYCLING"></span><span id="WP:CYC/N"></span><span id="WP:CYCLING/N"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCYC&redirect=no">WP:NCYC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCYCLING&redirect=no">WP:NCYCLING</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CYC/N&redirect=no">WP:CYC/N</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CYCLING/N&redirect=no">WP:CYCLING/N</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a male cyclist if he:</b> </p> <ol><li>Won a <a href="/wiki/UCI_World_Tour" title="UCI World Tour">UCI World Tour</a>;</li> <li>Won (a stage, or an overall individual classification) a <a href="/wiki/Grand_Tour_(cycling)" title="Grand Tour (cycling)">Grand Tour</a> or finished on the podium of a <a href="/wiki/Cycling_monument" title="Cycling monument">Monument</a>;</li> <li>Won the <a href="/wiki/UCI_World_Championships" title="UCI World Championships">UCI World Championships</a> or <a href="/wiki/UCI_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UCI World Cup">UCI World Cup</a>;</li> <li>Won gold at an <a href="/wiki/Category:Cycling_at_multi-sport_events" title="Category:Cycling at multi-sport events">international multi-sport event (games)</a> (also includes races like the <a href="/wiki/World_University_Cycling_Championship" title="World University Cycling Championship">World University Cycling Championship</a>);</li> <li>Won a <a href="/wiki/UCI_category" class="mw-redirect" title="UCI category">UCI category</a> race (minimum classification 1.1 / 2.1, including Continental and <a href="/wiki/National_road_cycling_championships" title="National road cycling championships">National Championships</a>).</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a female cyclist if she:</b> </p> <ol><li>Won the UCI World Championships or UCI World Cup;</li> <li>Won a UCI category race (including Continental and National Championships);</li> <li>Won gold at an international multi-sport event (games) (also includes races like the World University Cycling Championship).</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a team if it:</b> </p> <ol><li>Is a men's road team in the 1st (UCI WorldTeam), 2nd (UCI ProContinental), or 3rd (UCI Continental) tier;</li> <li>Is a UCI team (including <a href="/wiki/UCI_Women%27s_Teams" class="mw-redirect" title="UCI Women's Teams">UCI women's team</a>, UCI track team, UCI mountain bike team, UCI cyclo-cross team, etc.).</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a race if it:</b> </p> <ol><li>Is <a href="/wiki/UCI_race_classifications" title="UCI race classifications">ranked</a> with the UCI (WT, 1.Pro, 1.1, 1.2, 2.Pro, 2.1, 2.2, CDM, JO, CM, GT, CC, CN, .HC);</li> <li>Is part of an <a href="/wiki/Category:Cycling_at_multi-sport_events" title="Category:Cycling at multi-sport events">international multi-sport event (games)</a> (also includes races like the World University Cycling Championship);</li> <li>Has received significant recognition (for example, <a href="/wiki/Parel_van_de_Veluwe" title="Parel van de Veluwe">Parel van de Veluwe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Choice Classic">People's Choice Classic</a>).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equestrian_sport" data-mw-thread-id="h-Equestrian_sport-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Equestrian_sport-Professional_sports_people"></span>Equestrian sport<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Equestrian_sport-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Equestrian sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NEQUESTRIAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NEQUESTRIAN&redirect=no">WP:NEQUESTRIAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>This section does not encompass notability issues for individuals in <a href="/wiki/Rodeo" title="Rodeo">rodeo</a>, which is addressed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NRODEO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NRODEO">WP:NRODEO</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">horse racing</a>, which is covered at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NHORSERACING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NHORSERACING">WP:NHORSERACING</a>. </p><p><i>Equestrians competing at the highest level of international competition are not always "professionals", some earn money and some do not, but most have sponsors or receive money to support their activities. Both professionals and non-professionals have been put in the professional sports category for convenience.</i> </p><p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for individual people and horses who are involved in <a href="/wiki/Equestrianism" title="Equestrianism">equestrian sport</a> if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have medaled at the <a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Games" title="Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a> as a rider, driver, or official team coach</li> <li>Have medaled at the <a href="/wiki/FEI_World_Equestrian_Games" title="FEI World Equestrian Games">FEI World Equestrian Games</a> (WEG) as a rider, driver, or official team coach</li> <li>Have medaled individually or were on a team that won gold, silver, or bronze at the <a href="/wiki/Eventing_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Eventing World Championship">Eventing World Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Show_Jumping_World_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="Show Jumping World Championships">Show Jumping World Championships</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Dressage_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Dressage World Championship">Dressage World Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Combined_driving#World_Champions" title="Combined driving">Combined Driving World Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/Endurance_riding#Domestic_and_international_competition" title="Endurance riding">Endurance World Championships</a> or <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_vaulting#Competitive_vaulting" title="Equestrian vaulting">World Vaulting Championships</a></li> <li>Have won an <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Equestre_Internationale#World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Equestre Internationale">FEI World Cup</a> competition.</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is also likely to exist for persons or horses associated with equestrian competition who do not meet the criteria outlined above if they are or have been:</b> </p> <ol><li>A coach or <a href="/wiki/Horse_trainer" title="Horse trainer">horse trainer</a> who worked with many competitors (human or animal) considered notable by the criteria above, including at least one individual Olympic medalist or World Equestrian Games champion.</li> <li>Individual inductees into a major equestrian-oriented national hall of fame dedicated to sports with international-level competition, such as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Show_Jumping_Hall_of_Fame" title="United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame">United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame</a>.</li> <li>Heads of national and international federations, for example, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Equestrian_Federation" title="United States Equestrian Federation">United States Equestrian Federation</a>, <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Equestre_Internationale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Equestre Internationale">Fédération Equestre Internationale</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Horse_breeding" title="Horse breeding">horse breeder</a> who was the breeder of record for many notable horses including the mounts of at least one Olympic medal or World Equestrian Games championship competitor.</li> <li>A horse notable for being a parent or ancestor of a major competitor.</li> <li>Some but not all winners of national-level championships, particularly those considered the highest honor within a particular discipline or <a href="/wiki/Horse_breed" title="Horse breed">horse breed</a> competition (especially where there is no significant international championship level).</li> <li>Individuals who made major contributions to the equestrian industry such as veterinarians, researchers, artists, and inventors.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Figure_skating" data-mw-thread-id="h-Figure_skating-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Figure_skating-Professional_sports_people"></span>Figure skating<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Figure_skating-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Figure skating"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NSKATE"></span><span id="WP:SKATER"></span><span id="WP:FIGURE/N"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NSKATE&redirect=no">WP:NSKATE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SKATER&redirect=no">WP:SKATER</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FIGURE/N&redirect=no">WP:FIGURE/N</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for figure skating figures if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have won a medal at an international senior-level event or the <a href="/wiki/World_Junior_Figure_Skating_Championships" title="World Junior Figure Skating Championships">World Junior Figure Skating Championships</a></li> <li>Won their country's <i>senior</i> <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_championships_in_figure_skating" class="mw-redirect" title="List of national championships in figure skating">national championships</a>, with the exception of those countries that do not regularly send multiple skaters to the Olympic Games (consult this <a href="/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_Olympic_Games#Participating_nations" title="Figure skating at the Olympic Games">Olympic athlete tally</a> to check whether the country qualifies).</li> <li>As coach or choreographer, have worked with many notable skaters, including at least one Olympic medalist or senior World Champion (for example, <a href="/wiki/Pam_Gregory" title="Pam Gregory">Pam Gregory</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Wilson_(figure_skater)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Wilson (figure skater)">David Wilson</a>)</li> <li>Have been the head of a national and international federation.</li> <li>Are a member of the <a href="/wiki/World_Figure_Skating_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Figure Skating Hall of Fame">World Figure Skating Hall of Fame</a>, or a major national figure skating hall of fame, such as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Figure_Skating_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame">U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf" data-mw-thread-id="h-Golf-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Golf-Professional_sports_people"></span>Golf<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Golf-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NGOLF"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NGOLF&redirect=no">WP:NGOLF</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for golf figures if:</b> </p> <ol><li>They have competed in the <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presidents_Cup" title="Presidents Cup">Presidents Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solheim_Cup" title="Solheim Cup">Solheim Cup</a>, or similar international competition</li> <li>They are enshrined in one of golf's recognized Halls of Fame (example: <a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Golf Hall of Fame">World Golf Hall of Fame</a>)</li> <li>They have won at least one professional golf tournament (examples: <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a>, <a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Tour">LPGA Tour</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a>, <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_Champions" title="PGA Tour Champions">PGA Tour Champions</a>)</li> <li>They have won at least one recognized amateur golf tournament at the national or international level (examples: <a href="/wiki/U.S._Amateur" title="U.S. Amateur">U.S. Amateur</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Amateur_Championship" title="The Amateur Championship">British Amateur</a>)</li> <li>They have made the cut in one of the four <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Men's major golf championships</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">Women's major golf championships</a> (past or present), or one of the <a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior major golf championships</a> (past or present)</li> <li>They have competed as a professional on the PGA, LPGA, European, or Champions Tour for at least one full year</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gymnastics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Gymnastics-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Gymnastics-Professional_sports_people"></span>Gymnastics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Gymnastics-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Gymnastics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NGYMNASTICS"></span><span id="WP:NGYMNAST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NGYMNASTICS&redirect=no">WP:NGYMNASTICS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NGYMNAST&redirect=no">WP:NGYMNAST</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for <a href="/wiki/Artistic_gymnastics" title="Artistic gymnastics">artistic gymnasts</a> if they meet any of the criteria below:</b> </p> <ol><li>Won a senior individual medal at an elite international competition (see below)</li> <li>Won their country's senior all-around or individual event finals national championship while competing for a country that qualified a full team into the most recent Olympics or senior <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_World_Championships" title="Gymnastics World Championships">World Championships</a></li> <li>Have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_Gymnastics_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Gymnastics Hall of Fame">International Gymnastics Hall of Fame</a></li></ol> <dl><dt>Significant coverage is likely to exist for junior gymnasts if they meet any of the criteria below</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ol><li>Won an individual gold medal at the junior national championships for any of the following countries: USA, Russia, China, Romania (females only)</li> <li>Won an individual gold medal, in the junior division, at an elite international competition (see below)</li> <li>Won an individual medal at the Youth Olympic Games or <a href="/wiki/Junior_World_Gymnastics_Championships" title="Junior World Gymnastics Championships">Junior World Championships</a></li></ol> <dl><dt>Significant coverage is likely to exist for coaches if they</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ol><li>Have coached many notable athletes, including at least one individual Olympic medalist or world champion</li> <li>Have been the official head coach of an Olympic or World Championship team</li></ol> <p>An elite international competition is any competition with considerable international <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">WP:GNG</a> coverage between at least eight notable athletes. Examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Gymnastics at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Gymnastics at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Women%27s_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships">European Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Rim_Championships" title="Pacific Rim Championships">Pacific Rim Championships</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horse_racing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Horse_racing-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Horse_racing-Professional_sports_people"></span>Horse racing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Horse_racing-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Horse racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NHORSERACING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NHORSERACING&redirect=no">WP:NHORSERACING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><i>Notability for people involved in <a href="/wiki/Sport_horse" title="Sport horse">sport horse</a> disciplines other than horse racing are covered at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NEQUESTRIAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NEQUESTRIAN">WP:NEQUESTRIAN</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NRODEO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NRODEO">WP:NRODEO</a></i> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For notability essay for all horse racing-related subjects, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Horse_racing/Notability" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing/Notability">Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing/Notability</a>.</div> <p><small>Not all participants in horse racing are athletic "professionals", particularly owners and breeders, but due to purse money and profit motive throughout the sport they are put in the professional sports category for convenience.</small> </p><p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">horse racing</a> figures, including horses and/or their human "connections" (<a href="/wiki/Horse_trainer" title="Horse trainer">horse trainers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jockey" title="Jockey">jockeys</a>, or horse owners and <a href="/wiki/Horse_breeding" title="Horse breeding">horse breeders</a>) if they have accomplished any of the following:</b> </p> <ol><li>Individuals who win a US Grade I/Group I <a href="/wiki/Graded_stakes_race" title="Graded stakes race">graded stakes race</a> or the equivalent level in their respective nations. (Horses, due to their relatively short careers, at least once; humans best to have done so more than once)</li> <li>Individuals who have won multiple significant US Grade/Group 2 or 3 graded stakes races or the equivalent level in their respective nations.</li> <li>Individuals who have won year-end championship titles, such as the <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_Award" title="Eclipse Award">Eclipse Award</a>.</li> <li>Members of a national racing hall of fame.</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is also likely to exist for horses or persons associated with horse racing who were not competitors or do not meet the criteria above, if they meet any of the following:</b> </p> <ol><li>Individual humans who were significant for new advancements or trailblazing achievements (examples: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Beyer" title="Andrew Beyer">Andrew Beyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florence_Nagle" title="Florence Nagle">Florence Nagle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Crump" title="Diane Crump">Diane Crump</a>).</li> <li>Horses that may not have raced to any significant degree (usually due to injury), but had multiple significant progeny, such as <a href="/wiki/Tapit" title="Tapit">Tapit</a>.</li> <li>Horses who are ranked the leading sire or broodmare for a given year in their respective nations (again, see <a href="/wiki/Tapit" title="Tapit">Tapit</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stud_farm" title="Stud farm">Breeding farms</a> or farm owners that do not race many horses themselves, but have produced or currently stand horses who became notable winners. (<i>i.e.</i>, <a href="/wiki/Adena_Springs" title="Adena Springs">Adena Springs</a>)</li> <li>Agents, race track announcers (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Larry_Collmus" title="Larry Collmus">Larry Collmus</a>), racing journalists (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Steve_Haskin" title="Steve Haskin">Steve Haskin</a>), venue owners (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Frank_Stronach" title="Frank Stronach">Frank Stronach</a>) and other business professionals with a significant connection to horse racing.</li> <li>Horses and individuals involved in highly publicized thefts or other crimes, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Shergar" title="Shergar">Shergar</a>, scandals, or other nefarious activities, such as substitution scams, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Fine_Cotton" title="Fine Cotton">Fine Cotton</a>.</li> <li>An individual person with a connection to a notable horse is not presumed notable for that reason only, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO1E" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BIO1E">WP:BIO1E</a>, though if the individual's role is a large one, a significant connection to a single notable horse might justify a spinoff article (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sweat" title="Eddie Sweat">Eddie Sweat</a>, groom of <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)" title="Secretariat (horse)">Secretariat</a>). Conversely, a horse is not presumed notable just because the owner is famous – of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rome" title="Jim Rome">Jim Rome</a>'s racehorses, <a href="/wiki/Shared_Belief" title="Shared Belief">Shared Belief</a> is notable, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gallatin%27s_Run&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gallatin's Run (page does not exist)">Gallatin's Run</a> is probably not.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ice_hockey" data-mw-thread-id="h-Ice_hockey-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Ice_hockey-Professional_sports_people"></span>Ice hockey<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Ice_hockey-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NHOCKEY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NHOCKEY&redirect=no">WP:NHOCKEY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for ice hockey players if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Achieved preeminent honors (all-time top-10 career scorer, first-team all-star) in the <a href="/wiki/Mestis" title="Mestis">Mestis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga" title="Deutsche Eishockey Liga">Deutsche Eishockey Liga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Extraliga" title="Slovak Extraliga">Slovak Extraliga</a>, <a href="/wiki/HockeyAllsvenskan" title="HockeyAllsvenskan">HockeyAllsvenskan</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_League_(ice_hockey)" title="National League (ice hockey)">National League</a>, or <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a>;</li> <li>Achieved preeminent honors (all-time top-10 career scorer or first-team all-star) in the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian Hockey League">Eishockey Liga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Extraleague" title="Belarusian Extraleague">Belarusian Extraleague</a>, <a href="/wiki/DEL2" title="DEL2">DEL2</a>, <a href="/wiki/GET-ligaen" class="mw-redirect" title="GET-ligaen">GET-ligaen</a>, <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elite_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Elite Ice Hockey League">Elite Ice Hockey League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Hockey_League" title="Ontario Hockey League">Ontario Hockey League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Major_Junior_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec Major Junior Hockey League">Quebec Major Junior Hockey League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League" title="Western Hockey League">Western Hockey League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elite.A" class="mw-redirect" title="Elite.A">Elite.A</a>, or <a href="/wiki/BeNe_League_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="BeNe League (ice hockey)">Beneliga</a>;</li> <li>Achieved preeminent honors (all-time top-10 career scorer or <a href="/wiki/List_of_Division_I_AHCA_All-American_Teams" title="List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams">first- or second-team All-American</a>) in the men's play versions of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Hockey" title="Atlantic Hockey">Atlantic Hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="Central Collegiate Hockey Association">Central Collegiate Hockey Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/ECAC_Hockey" title="ECAC Hockey">ECAC Hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hockey_East" title="Hockey East">Hockey East</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Hockey_Conference" title="National Collegiate Hockey Conference">National Collegiate Hockey Conference</a>, or <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_independent_schools_(ice_hockey)" title="NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)">NCAA Division I independent</a>; or</li> <li>Were a first-round draft pick of the <a href="/wiki/NHL_entry_draft" title="NHL entry draft">NHL entry draft</a>.</li></ol> <p>For <b>coaches</b> or <b>managers</b> of ice hockey teams, substitute "coached" or "managed" for "played" in the player guidelines.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="The word "played" does not appear in the player guidelines. (August 2024)">specify</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>For participants in defunct leagues who satisfy any of these achievement standards, please see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NHOCKEY/LA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NHOCKEY/LA">the ice hockey league assessment</a>, maintained by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ice_Hockey" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey">Ice Hockey WikiProject</a>. <i>For leagues still in existence, only those listed above satisfy the specified criteria.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kickboxing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Kickboxing-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Kickboxing-Professional_sports_people"></span>Kickboxing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Kickboxing-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Kickboxing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NKICK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NKICK&redirect=no">WP:NKICK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a kickboxer if they:</b> </p> <ul><li>Have been ranked in the world top-10 by one, preferably two, major independent publications that meet the definition of a reliable source, or</li> <li>Have been a <a href="/wiki/Lumpinee" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumpinee">Lumpinee</a> or <a href="/wiki/Rajadamnern" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajadamnern">Rajadamnern</a> champion.</li></ul> <p>Kickboxers who have an amateur background exclusively are not notable under this guideline unless they have been the subject examined in detail (more than a single paragraph) in several reliable third-party sources (at least four), excluding local publications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mixed_martial_arts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mixed_martial_arts-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mixed_martial_arts-Professional_sports_people"></span>Mixed martial arts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mixed_martial_arts-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Mixed martial arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NMMA"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NMMA&redirect=no">WP:NMMA</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ol><li>Have been ranked in the world top 10 in their division by either <a href="/wiki/Sherdog" title="Sherdog">Sherdog</a> (sherdog.com) or <a href="/wiki/Fight_Matrix" title="Fight Matrix">Fight Matrix</a> (fightmatrix.com).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motorsports" data-mw-thread-id="h-Motorsports-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Motorsports-Professional_sports_people"></span>Motorsports<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Motorsports-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Motorsports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NMOTORSPORT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NMOTORSPORT&redirect=no">WP:NMOTORSPORT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a motorsport figure if they are:</b> </p> <ol><li>A driver or rider who has qualified for any of the following events: <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> World Championship Grand Prix or a 500cc/<a href="/wiki/MotoGP" class="mw-redirect" title="MotoGP">MotoGP</a> World Championship motorcycle Grand Prix.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>A driver or rider who has competed for at least one full season in any of the following series: <ul><li>Any primarily-professional single-class series of significant international importance, such as the <a href="/wiki/Superbike_World_Championship" title="Superbike World Championship">Superbike World Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Formula_E" title="Formula E">Formula E</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/World_Touring_Car_Championship" title="World Touring Car Championship">World Touring Car Championship</a>.</li> <li>Any category of a multi-class series of significant international importance in which there is not a requirement to run "amateur" or <a href="/wiki/Pay_driver" title="Pay driver">"gentleman" drivers</a>, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/LMP1" class="mw-disambig" title="LMP1">LMP1</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/LM_GTE" title="LM GTE">GTE Pro</a></i> classes of the <a href="/wiki/FIA_World_Endurance_Championship" title="FIA World Endurance Championship">FIA World Endurance Championship</a>, or as a manufacturer entry in the <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">World Rally Championship</a>.</li> <li>A top-level feeder series to Formula One or MotoGP, such as the <a href="/wiki/GP2_Series" title="GP2 Series">GP2 Series</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Moto2" class="mw-redirect" title="Moto2">Moto2</a> World Championship.</li> <li>The modern-era (1972 or later) <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="NASCAR Cup Series">NASCAR Cup Series</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>A driver or rider who has finished on the <em>overall</em> podium of any of the following events: <ul><li>Any round of a series in the previous category, if the driver or rider in question did not complete a full season.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_24_Hours" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans 24 Hours">Le Mans 24 Hours</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bathurst_1000" title="Bathurst 1000">Bathurst 1000</a> Kilometres, or a pre-World Championship <a href="/wiki/Grande_%C3%89preuve" class="mw-redirect" title="Grande Épreuve">Grande Épreuve</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>A driver, rider, or co-driver who has won any of the following events <em>overall</em>: <ul><li>A round of any primarily-professional series of significant national importance, such as the <a href="/wiki/British_Touring_Car_Championship" title="British Touring Car Championship">British Touring Car Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stock_Car_Brasil" class="mw-redirect" title="Stock Car Brasil">Stock Car Brasil</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Super_GT" title="Super GT">Super GT</a>.</li> <li>A high-profile international rally as a driver (such as the <a href="/wiki/Dakar_Rally" title="Dakar Rally">Dakar Rally</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coupe_des_Alpes" class="mw-redirect" title="Coupe des Alpes">Coupe des Alpes</a>, or non-world championship editions of the <a href="/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="Monte Carlo Rally">Monte Carlo</a> or <a href="/wiki/RAC_Rally" class="mw-redirect" title="RAC Rally">RAC</a> rallies), or a round of the <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">World Rally Championship</a> as a co-driver.</li> <li>A non-championship national Grand Prix (including the <a href="/wiki/Macau_Grand_Prix" title="Macau Grand Prix">Macau Grand Prix</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_(auto_racing)" title="Gordon Bennett Cup (auto racing)">Gordon Bennett Cup</a>) for cars or motorcycles.</li> <li>Various major road races, such as one of the high-profile inter-city races of the 1890s and 1900s, an <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT" title="Isle of Man TT">Isle of Man TT</a> event, the <a href="/wiki/Targa_Florio" title="Targa Florio">Targa Florio</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Mille_Miglia" title="Mille Miglia">Mille Miglia</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>A driver or rider who has won any of the following championship titles: <ul><li>The overall championship title of any series in the previous category without winning a race (a relatively common occurrence in series whose points-scoring systems favour consistent finishes over inconsistent victories).</li> <li>A <em>major</em> championship in which a large number of the competitors are amateur "gentleman" drivers or privateers, such as the <a href="/wiki/European_Le_Mans_Series" title="European Le Mans Series">European Le Mans Series</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_GT_Challenge" title="Intercontinental GT Challenge">Intercontinental GT Challenge</a>, or <a href="/wiki/European_Rally_Championship" title="European Rally Championship">European Rally Championship</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Any driver who does not meet the previous criteria who has received an <a href="/wiki/FIA_Drivers%27_Categorisation_(Platinum)" class="mw-redirect" title="FIA Drivers' Categorisation (Platinum)">FIA platinum driver categorisation</a>. Significant coverage is likely to exist for Drivers who have received an <a href="/wiki/FIA_Drivers%27_Categorisation_(Gold)" class="mw-redirect" title="FIA Drivers' Categorisation (Gold)">FIA gold driver categorisation</a>, although a minority of drivers in this group may not meet the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>.</li> <li>A current or former owner or team principal for a team in a major racing series (Formula One, the World Rally Championship, MotoGP, Formula E, <a href="/wiki/IndyCar_Series" title="IndyCar Series">Indycar</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Touring_Car_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="German Touring Car Championship">DTM</a>, Super GT, the NASCAR Cup Series, <a href="/wiki/V8_Supercars" class="mw-redirect" title="V8 Supercars">V8 Supercars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Championship_Auto_Racing_Teams" title="Championship Auto Racing Teams">CART</a>, or top-level <a href="/wiki/International_Motor_Sports_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="International Motor Sports Association">IMSA</a>) for a full season or more. This includes Cup Series <a href="/wiki/Pit_stop#NASCAR_pit_crew_roles" title="Pit stop">crew chiefs</a>.</li> <li>Enshrined in any notable motorsports hall of fame.</li> <li>A current or former holder of significant motorsports record, such as a <a href="/wiki/Land_speed_record" title="Land speed record">land speed record</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orienteering" data-mw-thread-id="h-Orienteering-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Orienteering-Professional_sports_people"></span>Orienteering<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Orienteering-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Orienteering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for an athlete who competes in the field of <a href="/wiki/Orienteering" title="Orienteering">orienteering</a> if they meet any of the criteria below:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have finished top 3 in the <a href="/wiki/World_Orienteering_Championships" title="World Orienteering Championships">World Orienteering Championships</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_Orienteering_Championships" title="European Orienteering Championships">European Orienteering Championships</a>, the overall <a href="/wiki/Orienteering_World_Cup" title="Orienteering World Cup">Orienteering World Cup</a> at the end of a season or the <a href="/wiki/Orienteering_at_the_World_Games" title="Orienteering at the World Games">World Games</a>.</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for an orienteering club if it meets any of the criteria below:</b> </p> <ol><li>Has won a major relay (according to the criteria below, which mean presently <a href="/wiki/Tiomila" title="Tiomila">Tiomila</a> (both the Tiomila relay and the women’s relay, since 1970 when the number of team became so large that it could not anymore be organized from point A to point B) and the <a href="/wiki/Jukola_relay" title="Jukola relay">Jukola relay</a> (both Jukola, from 1972, and Venla).</li> <li>Has been represented by ten runners who fulfill the criteria above.</li></ol> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for an event apart from the championships mentioned above if it meets all the following criteria:</b> </p> <ol><li>It has an international elite field.</li> <li>It regularly has more than 5,000 competitors.</li> <li>It has been held over a period of 25 years.</li></ol> <p>Presently that means <a href="/wiki/O-Ringen" title="O-Ringen">O-Ringen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiomila" title="Tiomila">Tiomila</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Jukola_relay" title="Jukola relay">Jukola relay</a>. In addition, an event is also likely to receive significant coverage if it is a competition for developing elite athletes; this includes the <a href="/wiki/Junior_World_Orienteering_Championships" title="Junior World Orienteering Championships">Junior World Orienteering Championships</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_University_Orienteering_Championships" title="World University Orienteering Championships">World University Orienteering Championships</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_Youth_Orienteering_Championships" title="European Youth Orienteering Championships">European Youth Orienteering Championships</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rodeo" data-mw-thread-id="h-Rodeo-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Rodeo-Professional_sports_people"></span>Rodeo<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Rodeo-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rodeo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NRODEO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NRODEO&redirect=no">WP:NRODEO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for individuals who participate in the sport of <a href="/wiki/Rodeo" title="Rodeo">rodeo</a> if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have been inducted into a national or international rodeo hall of fame such as the <a href="/wiki/ProRodeo_Hall_of_Fame" title="ProRodeo Hall of Fame">ProRodeo Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pro_Rodeo_Hall_of_Fame" title="Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame">Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum" title="National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum">National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Rodeo Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Cowgirl_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame">National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Bull_Riding_Hall_of_Fame" title="Bull Riding Hall of Fame">Bull Riding Hall of Fame</a>.</li> <li>College rodeo athletes in <a href="/wiki/National_Intercollegiate_Rodeo_Association" title="National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association">NIRA</a> competition will follow <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NCOLLATH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NCOLLATH">NCOLLATH</a> and younger rodeo competitors will follow <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NHSPHSATH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NHSPHSATH">NHSPHSATH</a>.</li> <li>Significant coverage is likely to exist for named animals participating in rodeo, such as bucking horses and bucking bulls, if they have been named to a rodeo hall of fame such as those noted above.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sumo" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sumo-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sumo-Professional_sports_people"></span>Sumo<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sumo-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sumo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NSUMO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NSUMO&redirect=no">WP:NSUMO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Significant coverage is likely to exist for sumo wrestlers if they have been ranked in either the top (<span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Makuuchi" title="Makuuchi">makuuchi</a></i></span>) division or second-highest (<span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Juryo" class="mw-redirect" title="Juryo">juryo</a></i></span>) division. Significant coverage is not likely to exist for wrestlers who have only appeared in lower divisions, as they have not reached fully professional status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennis" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tennis-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tennis-Professional_sports_people"></span>Tennis<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tennis-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NTENNIS"></span><span id="WP:TENNIS/N"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NTENNIS&redirect=no">WP:NTENNIS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TENNIS/N&redirect=no">WP:TENNIS/N</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a tennis player if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Are a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Tennis Hall of Fame">International Tennis Hall of Fame</a>, either in the <i>contributor</i> or <i>player</i> category</li> <li>Have competed in the main draw in one of the highest-level professional tournaments: <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> tournaments (the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a>, the <a href="/wiki/French_Open" title="French Open">French Open</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/US_Open_(tennis)" title="US Open (tennis)">US Open</a>).</li> <li>Men: <a href="/wiki/ATP_Tour" title="ATP Tour">ATP Tour</a> tournaments (the <a href="/wiki/ATP_Finals" title="ATP Finals">ATP Finals</a>, <a href="/wiki/ATP_Tour_Masters_1000" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP Tour Masters 1000">ATP Tour Masters 1000</a>, <a href="/wiki/ATP_Tour_500" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP Tour 500">ATP Tour 500</a>, or <a href="/wiki/ATP_Tour_250" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP Tour 250">ATP Tour 250</a>).</li> <li>Women: <a href="/wiki/WTA_Tour" title="WTA Tour">WTA Tour</a> tournaments (the <a href="/wiki/WTA_1000" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA 1000">WTA 1000</a>, the <a href="/wiki/WTA_500" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA 500">WTA 500</a>, the <a href="/wiki/WTA_250" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA 250">WTA 250</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/WTA_Finals" title="WTA Finals">WTA Finals</a>).</li></ul></dd></dl></li> <li>Have won at least one title in any of the <a href="/wiki/ATP_Challenger_Tour" title="ATP Challenger Tour">ATP Challenger</a> tournaments.</li> <li>Have won at least one title in any of the <a href="/wiki/ITF_Women%27s_World_Tennis_Tour" title="ITF Women's World Tennis Tour">ITF Women's $40,000–$100,000+</a> tournaments, or any of the <a href="/wiki/WTA_125" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA 125">WTA 125</a> tournaments. (From 1978–2007 it was a $25,000 tournament, and 2008–2022 it was a $50,000 tournament, roughly based on the lowest payout for a men's challenger tournament in the same year).</li> <li>Hold a tennis record recognized by the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation" title="International Tennis Federation">International Tennis Federation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals" title="Association of Tennis Professionals">ATP</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association" title="Women's Tennis Association">WTA</a>.</li></ol> <p>Significant coverage is likely to exist for junior players if they have won at least a junior <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> title, have been in the top-3 of the <a href="/wiki/ITF_Junior_Circuit" title="ITF Junior Circuit">junior ITF</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/rankings/player-rankings.aspx">world rankings</a>, or can be shown to meet the wider requirements of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NBASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NBASIC">WP:NBASIC</a>. </p><p>This guideline applies equally to singles and doubles players. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Triathlon" data-mw-thread-id="h-Triathlon-Professional_sports_people"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Triathlon-Professional_sports_people"></span>Triathlon<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Triathlon-Professional_sports_people"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Triathlon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NTRIATHLON"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NTRIATHLON&redirect=no">WP:NTRIATHLON</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a triathlete if they:</b> </p> <ol><li>Have had a podium finish at the <a href="/wiki/Triathlon_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a>.</li> <li>Have had a top-ten finish in the final <a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Triathlon Series">World Triathlon Series</a> standings (or in the final <a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Cup" title="World Triathlon Cup">World Triathlon Cup</a> standings, prior to 2009).</li> <li>Have had a top-ten finish in an <a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon" title="World Triathlon">World Triathlon</a> sanctioned championship event.</li> <li>Have an elite level podium finish at an <a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon#International_structure" title="World Triathlon">World Triathlon Continental Championship</a>.</li> <li>Have had a professional division top-ten finish at the <a href="/wiki/Ironman_World_Championship" title="Ironman World Championship">Ironman World Championship</a> or at the <a href="/wiki/Ironman_70.3" title="Ironman 70.3">Ironman 70.3</a> World Championship.</li> <li>Have had a podium finish at the <a href="/wiki/XTERRA_Triathlon" title="XTERRA Triathlon">XTERRA Triathlon</a> championships.</li> <li>Have won an event that has a starting pro/elite field of at least 15 male or 10 female competitors.</li> <li>Have set a record for a <a href="/wiki/Triathlon#Standard_race_distances" title="Triathlon">standard distance</a> event or leg.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Amateur_sports_persons" data-mw-thread-id="h-Amateur_sports_persons"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Amateur_sports_persons"></span>Amateur sports persons<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Amateur_sports_persons"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Amateur sports persons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_athletes_and_coaches" data-mw-thread-id="h-College_athletes_and_coaches-Amateur_sports_persons"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-College_athletes_and_coaches-Amateur_sports_persons"></span>College athletes and coaches<span data-mw-comment-end="h-College_athletes_and_coaches-Amateur_sports_persons"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: College athletes and coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NCOLLATH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NCOLLATH&redirect=no">WP:NCOLLATH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>A college athlete or coach is likely to have been the subject of non-trivial media coverage beyond merely a repeating of their statistics, mentions in game summaries, or other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ROUTINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROUTINE">WP:ROUTINE</a> coverage if they: </p> <ol><li>Have won a national award (such as those listed in <a href="/wiki/Template:College_football_award_navbox" title="Template:College football award navbox">Template:College football award navbox</a> or the equivalent in another sport), or established a major <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> record.</li> <li>Were inducted into the hall of fame in their sport (for example, the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>).</li> <li>Gained national media attention as an individual, not just as a player for a notable team. Very rarely, a player may gain national media attention despite not being on a notable team, such as <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Hill_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lauren Hill (basketball)">Lauren Hill</a>.</li> <li>Have won multiple <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> national championships as an individual in an <a href="/wiki/Individual_sport" title="Individual sport">individual sport</a>.</li> <li>Served as a full-time (as opposed to interim) head coach for NCAA Division I/University Division football (since the establishment of divisions in 1957), men’s basketball (since 1957) or women’s basketball (since 1982). Other college coaches in other divisions and/or other sports may also meet notability guidelines via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NBASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NBASIC">WP:NBASIC</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaelic_games" data-mw-thread-id="h-Gaelic_games-Amateur_sports_persons"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Gaelic_games-Amateur_sports_persons"></span>Gaelic games<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Gaelic_games-Amateur_sports_persons"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Gaelic games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NGAELIC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NGAELIC&redirect=no">WP:NGAELIC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Significant coverage is likely to exist for a <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association" title="Gaelic Athletic Association">GAA</a> figure if they are or have been a: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic footballer</a> who has played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(Ireland)" title="National Football League (Ireland)">National League</a> or at senior inter-county level in the Championship</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_handball" title="Gaelic handball">Gaelic handballer</a> who has won at senior inter-county level</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurler</a> who has played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hurling_League" title="National Hurling League">National Hurling League</a> or at senior inter-county level in the Championship</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_school_and_pre-high_school_athletes" data-mw-thread-id="h-High_school_and_pre-high_school_athletes-Amateur_sports_persons"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-High_school_and_pre-high_school_athletes-Amateur_sports_persons"></span>High school and pre-high school athletes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-High_school_and_pre-high_school_athletes-Amateur_sports_persons"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: High school and pre-high school athletes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NHSPHSATH"></span><span id="WP:YOUNGATH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NHSPHSATH&redirect=no">WP:NHSPHSATH</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:YOUNGATH&redirect=no">WP:YOUNGATH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>High school and pre-high school athletes are notable only if they have received, as individuals, substantial and prolonged coverage that is: (1) independent of the subject; and (2) clearly goes beyond <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ROUTINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROUTINE">WP:ROUTINE</a> coverage. The first clause excludes all school papers and school websites that cover their sports teams and other teams they compete against. The second clause excludes the majority of local coverage in both news sources and sports specific publications. It especially excludes using game play summaries, statistical results, or routine interviews as sources to establish notability. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability" data-mw-thread-id="h-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span id="Organizations.2C_venues_and_games_notability"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Organizations, venues and games notability<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Organizations, venues and games notability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teams_and_clubs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Teams_and_clubs-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Teams_and_clubs-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Teams and clubs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Teams_and_clubs-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Teams and clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NTEAM"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NTEAM&redirect=no">WP:NTEAM</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>This guideline does not provide any general criteria for the presumed notability of sports teams and clubs. Some sports have specific criteria. Otherwise, teams and clubs are expected to demonstrate notability by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>. </p><p>Since notability is not inherited, the notability of an athlete does not imply the notability of a team or club, or vice versa. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Olympic_Games"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games" data-mw-thread-id="h-Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Olympic and Paralympic Games<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Olympic and Paralympic Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOLYMPICS"></span><span id="WP:NOLY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOLYMPICS&redirect=no">WP:NOLYMPICS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOLY&redirect=no">WP:NOLY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li>Significant coverage is likely to exist for an athlete in any sport if they have won a medal at the modern <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympics</a> (since 1896) or the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympics</a> (since 1924), e.g., <a href="/wiki/Ian_Thorpe" title="Ian Thorpe">Ian Thorpe</a>, or have won a medal at the <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Laurentia_Tan" title="Laurentia Tan">Laurentia Tan</a>, unless the athlete competed in an event with fewer than four competitors or teams (<i>i.e.</i>, when all participants received a medal). Other exceptions may be listed at sport-specific guidelines.</li> <li>Significant coverage is likely to exist for nations participating at an individual Summer or Winter Olympic or Paralympic Games, e.g., <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics">United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a> or <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2002_Winter_Paralympics" title="Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics">Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics</a></li> <li>Significant coverage is likely to exist for sports at individual Summer or Winter Olympic or Paralympic Games, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Archery_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics">Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Paralympics" title="Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics">Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics</a></li> <li>Significant coverage is likely to exist for events at individual Summer or Winter Olympic or Paralympic Games, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_individual_road_race" title="Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race">Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race</a> or <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s" title="Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's">Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's</a></li></ul> <p>For details on suggested content for the above article types see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Olympics/Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics/Manual of Style">Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics/Manual of Style</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_seasons" data-mw-thread-id="h-Individual_seasons-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Individual_seasons-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Individual seasons<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Individual_seasons-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Individual seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NSEASONS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NSEASONS&redirect=no">WP:NSEASONS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Individual season articles for top-level professional teams are highly likely to meet Wikipedia notability requirements. If the article is not for a top level professional team (such as for a college team) weigh both the season itself and the sport (for example, if a US college or university's football and fencing teams enjoy the same level of success, the football team is likely to receive a significantly greater amount of coverage): </p> <ul><li>A national championship season at the top collegiate level is generally notable.</li> <li>A national championship season at a lower collegiate level <i>might</i> be notable</li> <li>A season including a post-season appearance (or, if there is no post-season competition, a high final ranking) in the top collegiate level is often notable.</li> <li>For programs considered elite in a sport (for example, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball">Kansas</a>, in men's basketball; <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Lady_Volunteers_basketball" title="Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball">Tennessee</a> and <a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn</a> in women's basketball; <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a>, <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_football" title="USC Trojans football">USC</a> in football, etc.) many or all seasons might be notable regardless of the outcome (the amount written by reliable sources on a weekly basis for some of these programs is enough that almost anything or anyone having any relation to them is likely to meet the General Notability Guideline).</li> <li>In cases in which the individual season notability is insufficient for an article, multiple seasons may be grouped together in a single article. This grouping might be based on head coaches, conference affiliation, or any other reasonable standard that results in sufficient coverage for the period to warrant an article.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_games_or_series" data-mw-thread-id="h-Individual_games_or_series-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Individual_games_or_series-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Individual games or series<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Individual_games_or_series-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Individual games or series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPORTSEVENT"></span><span id="WP:NSPORTSEVENT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPORTSEVENT&redirect=no">WP:SPORTSEVENT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NSPORTSEVENT&redirect=no">WP:NSPORTSEVENT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (events)">Wikipedia:Notability (events)</a></div> <p>Regular season games in professional and college leagues are not presumed notable. To be notable, games should be extraordinary and have a lasting impact on the sport; news coverage should be extensive (e.g., outside of the week of its occurrence and in non-local newspapers). </p><p>Some games or series are likely or almost certain to be considered notable, including but not limited to the following: </p> <ul><li>The final series (or single game when there is not a series) determining the champion of a top league, e.g., <a href="/wiki/2009_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2009 Stanley Cup Finals">2009 Stanley Cup Finals</a>, or <a href="/wiki/2009_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final" title="2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final">2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII" title="Super Bowl XLIII">Super Bowl XLIII</a>, or <a href="/wiki/2006_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="2006 UEFA Champions League final">2006 UEFA Champions League final</a></li> <li>College bowl games (not limited to <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> or <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> bowl games, e.g. see <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NCAA_football_bowl_games" title="2009–10 NCAA football bowl games">2009–10 NCAA football bowl games</a>).</li> <li>All-star or similar exhibition games, e.g., <a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a></li> <li>A game that is widely considered by independent reliable sources to be notable, outside <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ROUTINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROUTINE">routine coverage</a> of each game, especially if the game received front page coverage outside of the local areas involved (e.g., The <a href="/wiki/Malice_at_the_Palace" title="Malice at the Palace">Malice at the Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Republic_of_Ireland_v_France_football_matches" title="2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches">2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match" title="Blood in the Water match">Blood in the Water match</a>)</li></ul> <p>Articles about notable games should have well-sourced prose, not merely a list of stats. </p><p>For a game or series that is already covered as a subtopic in another article, consider <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AVOIDSPLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AVOIDSPLIT">developing the topic in the existing article first</a> until it becomes clear that a standalone article is warranted. Although a game or series may be notable, it may sometimes be better to present the topic in an existing article on a broader topic <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOPAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOPAGE">instead of creating a new standalone page</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries" data-mw-thread-id="h-Rivalries-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Rivalries-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Rivalries<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Rivalries-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NRIVALRY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NRIVALRY&redirect=no">WP:NRIVALRY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Sports rivalries are not presumed notable. Articles on sports rivalries, such as <a href="/wiki/Yankees%E2%80%93Red_Sox_rivalry" title="Yankees–Red Sox rivalry">Yankees–Red Sox rivalry</a>, should satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arenas,_stadia_and_other_athletic_venues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Arenas,_stadia_and_other_athletic_venues-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"><span id="Arenas.2C_stadia_and_other_athletic_venues"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Arenas,_stadia_and_other_athletic_venues-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span>Arenas, stadia and other athletic venues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Arenas,_stadia_and_other_athletic_venues-Organizations,_venues_and_games_notability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Arenas, stadia and other athletic venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NARENA"></span><span id="WP:NSTADIUM"></span><span id="WP:NVENUE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NARENA&redirect=no">WP:NARENA</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NSTADIUM&redirect=no">WP:NSTADIUM</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NVENUE&redirect=no">WP:NVENUE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>As with teams and clubs (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NTEAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NTEAM">WP:NTEAM</a>), sporting arenas, stadia and other venues do not have presumed notability, and are expected to demonstrate notability through meeting the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guideline</a>. Since notability is not inherited, neither the notability of a sports team nor of competitions played there imply the notability of a venue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Research_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Research_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Research_links"></span>Research links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Research_links"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Research links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives" title="Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives">Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives</a></div> <p>The following are some potential places to look for sources to establish sports notability: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/">Chronicling America</a> <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, historic newspapers from 1836–1922 (free)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.google.com/news/advanced_news_search?as_drrb=a">Google news search</a> (mostly free)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://search.la84foundation.org/search?site=default_collection&client=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&proxycustom=%3CHOME/%3E">LA84 Foundation</a> Digital archive of the <a href="/wiki/LA84_Foundation" title="LA84 Foundation">LA84 Foundation</a> research library; digitized books, periodicals, and magazines on sports (free)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newspaperarchive.com">Newspaper archive</a> Digitized newspapers, broad coverage (free search, paid access)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_action=keyword&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_queryname=4000&s_home=home&s_sources=location&p_clear_search=&s_search_type=keyword&s_place=&d_refprod=NewsLibrary">NewsLibrary</a> Digitized newspapers, broad coverage (free search, paid access)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newspapers.com/">Newspapers.com</a> Digitized newspapers, broad coverage (free search, paid access)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)&oldid=461851999#Statement_to_exclude_Esports_from_this_guideline">Statement to exclude Esports from this guideline</a>" discussion, October–November 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note2_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">What constitutes a "published work" is deliberately broad.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note5-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note5_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Non-triviality is a measure of the depth of content of a published work, and how far removed that content is from a simple directory entry or a mention in passing that does not discuss the subject in detail. A credible 200-page independent biography of a person that covers that person's life in detail is non-trivial, whereas a birth certificate or a 1-line listing on an election ballot form is not. Database sources such as <a href="/wiki/Notable_Names_Database" class="mw-redirect" title="Notable Names Database">Notable Names Database</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Internet_Adult_Film_Database" title="Internet Adult Film Database">Internet Adult Film Database</a> are not considered credible since they are, like <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wikis</a>, mass-edited with little oversight. Additionally, these databases have low, wide-sweeping generic standards of inclusion.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note3-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note3_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sources that are pure derivatives of an original source can be used as references, but do not contribute toward establishing the notability of a subject. "Intellectual independence" requires not only that the content of sources be non-identical, but also that the entirety of content in a published work not derived from (or based in) another work (partial derivations are acceptable). For example, a speech by a politician about a particular person contributes toward establishing the notability of that person, but multiple reproductions of the transcript of that speech by different news outlets do not. 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