Talk:Stefi Cohen

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 21:56, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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Stefi Cohen in 2019

• ... that powerlifter Stefi Cohen (pictured) went down a weight class to get to 25 world records?

• Source: https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a30777669/stefi-cohen-deadlift-squat-powerlifting-world-records/ "Cohen was the lightest she's been in years, weighing in at just 114.2 pounds for the event (she usually lifts in the 123 pound weight class). She had deliberately cut 15 pounds, in order to be able to compete in a slightly lower weight class and grab some more world records. She immediately set about crushing the competition, deadlifting an unprecedented 205 kgs (456 pounds), squatting 202.5 kgs (446 pounds), and bench pressing 102.5 kgs (226 pounds), for a record-breaking lifting total of 510 kgs (1,124 pounds). This brings her number of all-time world records in strength sports up to 25."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rhythm Heaven Groove
  • Comment: Technically she's since also gone up a weight class and set yet another world record, https://fitnessvolt.com/stefi-cohen-185-kg-raw-squat-ipl-world-record-2025-ipl-olympia-pro/?nowprocket=1, but that reference doesn't explicitly say 26 world records in three weight classes...

Moved to mainspace by GRuban (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 51 past nominations.

GRuban (talk) 21:20, 16 December 2025 (UTC).

• New enough, easily long enough, well written, and well sourced throughout. There is some negative BLP material in the article but it is properly sourced within WP:BLP rules. Interesting hook, in rules and properly sourced; source verified. QPQ done. Earwig found no problematic copying. Image is legible at thumbnail size, informative, and properly licensed. Good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:53, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

  @GRuban and David Eppstein: My highlighting script is flagging a few instances of EssentiallySports, which was desginated as unreliable by WikiProject Video games per this discussion (yes, it's a local consensus, but the points made seem to be worth addressing). Are these articles good enough to be used here? (please mention me on reply; thanks!) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 05:12, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

  @TechnoSquirrel69: Eh. Unfortunately The New York Times does not write as much about powerlifting as I would have hoped. There are 4 uses: references 12, 40, 41, 44. 40 and 41 are citing that her writing is reprinted on the site, which I think can be WP:ABOUTSELF; but I can remove 12 and 44 if you like, neither of them are the only citation for the sentence they are used to back. --GRuban (talk) 05:25, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

  Man, the NYT really needs to get their act together, huh? Noted on the ABOUTSELF point, that seems fine, and if there are better-quality sources supporting the other statements it seems prudent to trim those citations. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:39, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

"Dropped" legal issues

Really? There wasn't another section title to make it sound even more obvious that a sock/meatpuppet or the person herself wrote the article? ~2026-36235-0 (talk) 05:00, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't think that language is helpful, but this page does appear to be written by the page's subject. Not sure what can be done about that. Starsandfrost (talk) 01:25, 23 March 2026 (UTC)