Talk:BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

Proposed change to lead

I propose changing the lead from "achondroplastic dwarf Eleanor Simmonds" to "swimmer Eleanor Simmonds". This is a sports award, so the first thing I want to know is what sport she competes in, not what her disability is. The lead tells me that she has a disability from the fact that she competed in the paralympics, and I can go to her article if I want to know more about it. --Jameboy (talk) 00:26, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Diff I agree the information on being a swimmer should be there and have added it, whilst also keeping the previous information. I hope this is satisfactory. Many thanks Rambo's Revenge (talk) 13:15, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

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Sky Brown listed as Japanese?

Sky Brown has one Japanese and one British parent, and competes for Great Britain. In sporting articles, flags should represent the sporting country they represent, which is the UK. Notwithstanding the fact that all the other English flags for British athletes are nonsense too, how can you justify listing her as Japanese when she won the award by virtue of being a British athlete, as only British competitors can win this award? Also, this flag (plus almost all the other ones too) are in violation of MOS:SPORTFLAG: Flags should never indicate the player's nationality in a non-sporting sense; flags should only indicate the sportsperson's national squad/team or representative nationality. Brown, and most of the people on this list, represent Great Britain/UK at their sports events, so that flag should be used rather than English or Japanese flags. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:20, 9 February 2023 (UTC)