Talk:800 metres world record progression

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Rick Wohlhuter

How is it that Rick Wohlhuter was recognized as a world-record holder in the 800 metre race when Marcello Fiasconaro's time from the previous year was faster? Myasuda 02:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will remove the row-entry for Wohlhuter since, according to USATF Hall of Fame: Rick Wohlhuter, the 1:44.10 time is technically an 880 yard world-record. Myasuda 10:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rudolf Harbig

In my opinion, I don't think Rudolf Harbig should be included in these records. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.25.51 (talk) 21:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What is your basis for this opinion? Josef Horáček (talk) 16:36, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re-open merge request

Masters M50 800 metres world record progression should be merged with the main article 800 metres world record progression – there is no need to have tiny separate articles for each age and/or sex class. This is a renewed request, because the two articles were not properly merged: the first one was simply turned into a redirect that was reverted afterwards, thus cancelling the "merging". The two should be merged for real, including their histories. Thank you 176.128.237.169 (talk) 03:01, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The issue was not the fact that the merger was not properly implemented, but rather that there is an entire Category:Masters athletics world record progressions. Therefore it was felt that merging a single page into 800 metres world record progression did not make much sense. Felix QW (talk) 19:49, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ex nihil: This is not quite the same problem. @Felix QW: I didn't see this whole category, obviously it would make no sense to merge a single article. But there's still the same problem: a huge collection of hardly developable tiny articles that could be gathered into fewer larger articles – I do not say only one of course, but some merging could be made, for example all age and/or sex categories for each discipline in one article. 176.159.12.72 (talk) 13:59, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The articles were properly >>>merged here<<<. (I know this, because I did the merging.) The merger was, however, reversed. That is allowed. You need to gain consensus to continue this tac. It needs to be worked out locally before placing at the Merge Request board again. Also: This is the page where this request should be placed, to preserve the discussion. Thanks, GenQuest ^"scribble" 16:24, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]