Talk:Viktor Axelsen

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Too many Danish sources

There are too many Danish sources in the career section. Please try to replace them with English sources. Thank you! Timothytyy (talk) 05:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Axelsen's 'one of the greatest of all time' sources:

The use of the "widely" nomenclature is inappropriate to describe how people view Axelsen's career, whilst I accept that he is considered to be one of the greatest, the sources cited are as follows:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20240805-viktory-axelsen-enters-legend-with-consecutive-badminton-golds-for-denmark -> does not mention once about Axelsen being the greatest of all time.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240805-king-axelsen-emulates-lin-dan-in-retaining-olympic-badminton-crown -> keyword of "suggestions of greatest of all time" in no way does it appear as "widely" but can be deemed as somewhat appropriate given the context

https://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2024/08/06/into-the-league-of-legends/ -> does not mention Axelsen being the greatest of all time but rather, the only mention of "GOAT" is when Axelsen refers to Lin Dan.

https://english.news.cn/20240806/32bf8b6586c649a992ae1a58b64d04e3/c.html#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20his%20Tokyo,weeks%20as%20world%20No.%201. -> 1. Is this source acceptable or regarded valid? 2. It again, does not mention Axelsen being one of the greatest of all time.

It appears only the second source is valid, and wanted to see an other thoughts, or if anyone else had any other sources they'd like to contribute. As Wikipedia's rule isn't to extrapolate information, as this previous editor has very clearly done. DarkPhantom23 (talk) 14:25, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]