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The result was keep.
✗plicit 14:36, 18 April 2023 (UTC)reply
An
WP:INDISCRIMINATE list of people who are in some way "iron men", and a diatribe of prose about various people who did the thing for a long time. Article seems to suggest that McGinnity was the first person to be given such a moniker, but the sources don't suggest that.
But these just refer to long-held records. Just because a term is used frequently, it doesn't make the concept itself notable. It has no real place of being different from, say
winning streak, or
losing streak (which, should probably be merged). It's just a streak set about by someone doing the thing consistently. How is this distinct from the idea of "Iron Man" that would cover the start of the DAB page? Lee Vilenski(
talk •
contribs) 15:10, 11 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Firstly, I disagree that "there is scope for a
WP:CONCEPTDAB." at either
Iron Man, which is an article about a fictional character (and you have referred to with this capitalization multiple times now), or
Ironman, which is a DAB which contains numerous entries including the aforementioned character and
Iron Man (song), neither of which have anything to do with the sports concept. What is covering the start of the DAB frankly, shouldn't be there as "Ironman" has
WP:NOPRIMARY and the list of people should be moved to a relevant section in that DAB page or removed entirely, since the link to this article exists in that DAB, too. Even within the Sports section,
Iron man match and
Ironman triathlon are entirely different concepts from this one.
Secondly, the concept is based heavily on "the thing", which is holding a record for most consecutive starts. It is not merely a simple winning or losing streak. MLB.com (which would need attribution in wiki-voice for this specific claim since it is talking about an MLB record) says that Ripkin's record "feels like one of the sport’s most unbreakable records", while Frontstretch says that Jeff Gordon's "won’t be on thin ice for a long, long time." after Kevin Harvick retires following this season.
The prose needs serious
WP:TNT, and the table could use some trimming to address your issue with
WP:INDISCRIMINATE (I cannot find anything describing Lewis Hamilton's record in my searches so far, for example). But I disagree entirely with your assertions here. ―"Ghost of Dan Gurney" (talk) 17:03, 11 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep Subject is notable, regardless of the current quality of the article. –
Muboshgu (
talk) 15:05, 11 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep per Ghost of Dan Gurney.
Walt Yoder (
talk) 17:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep it's a widely used term, Ghost of Dan Gurney said it well. »
Braytalk 19:09, 11 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep As the creator of the article, I'll defer to others judgement on the matter, but the idea regarding creating the article in the first place is that the concept of a sports "iron man" is widely regarded in many major sports and is notable in those circles, and commented on and newsworthy, which is significant and is of interest to many in the sports world, and written about quite a bit.
Stylteralmaldo (
talk) 12:40, 18 April 2023 (UTC)reply
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