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== Am I eligible to be added on Wikipedia? ==
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Hello,

I would like some guidance regarding creating a Wikipedia article about my badminton career. I am a former international badminton player and currently a coach.

Brief background:

* Former world-ranked badminton player (BWF ID: 8874)  
* West Asia No.1 in 1997 in men’s singles and doubles  
* National champion in Iran for 10 years  
* UAE national champion for 10 years  
* Competed and won multiple tournaments in the United States  
* Former coach of the Iran Junior National Team  
* Former coach involved with USA Junior National Team players  
* Faculty member/instructor at George Mason University  
* Founder of two badminton clubs in the United States (Virginia 7 courts and California 27 courts)

Coaching achievements:

* Coached players who reached the Junior World No.1 ranking  
* Coached Tanisha Crasto, currently a world No.7 ranked player and Olympian  
* Coached Rian Mahalan, Asian junior champion  
* Coached several competitive players in the United States who compete in national and international tournaments, including Don Averie, Aadya Pitani, Diya Shetty, Sasha Suman, Akshaj Donthi, and many others

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I would like to understand whether this background meets Wikipedia’s notability requirements and how I can properly create or submit an article with reliable sources.

If there are experienced editors who can guide me or review a draft, I would greatly appreciate the help.

Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-15685-02|&#126;2026-15685-02]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-15685-02|talk]]) 02:07, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:Hi, @[[User:~2026-15685-02|~2026-15685-02]]. I appreciate your curiosity and willingness to learn, but it is [[WP:COI|highly discouraged]] to write an article about yourself. The reason is because Wikipedia can ''only'' summarize what reliable sources say, meaning you need to essentially ignore everything you know about the subject of your article and just say what the sources say, in your own words. As you can imagine, this is especially difficult if you’re writing an article about yourself. In addition to that, people will tend to write quite highly of themselves, which conflicts with our policy on writing in a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]].
:As for your question about whether your career meets notability requirements, let me just say that what people typically mean when they say ‘notable’ is very different from what we mean when we say ‘notable.’ It doesn’t matter how much money you have or how many famous people you know personally or how famous you are. What matters is how many [[WP:RELIABLE|reliable]] [[WP:SECONDARY|secondary]] [[WP:SOURCE|sources]] have written about you ''in detail''.
:If you can find enough sources to support a full article, great! You have Wikipedia notability, and an article about yourself is justified (though you’re still not supposed to write it yourself). If you can’t, you’re not notable and can’t have an article. It’s as simple as that. (And it may be worth mentioning that an article about you [[WP:PROUD|is not always a good idea]].)
:Cheers, <span style="font-family: Sans; padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px;">[[User:Shadestar474|<span style="color: #AB60FF">Shadestar474</span>]] (they/he) [[User talk:Shadestar474|<span style="color: #4A46FF"><sup>(talk)</sup></span>]]</span> 02:34, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:See [[WP:NATHLETE]] for the notability guidelines specific to athletes and sportspeople, and [[WP:NPERSON]] for broader notability standards for people. You must satisfy one of these to qualify for an article, though Shadestar474 provides excellent advice above which you should consider before deciding.[[User:SnowyRiver28|<span style="font-family: calisto;border: 2px solid white; background-color:navy; color:white; padding:2px">SnowyRiver28</span>]] [[User talk:SnowyRiver28|(talk)]] 07:51, 12 March 2026 (UTC)