# Talk:Abou Diaby

The picture - it looks a lot like Kerrea Gilbert to me. Anyone agreee?Slumgum 19:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

According to the page it's been lifted from [1], it's actually of Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, and I'm inclined to agree with them, though the poor quality of the pic makes it hard to tell. In any case, it's mistakenly labelled as public domain when it's actually a copyvio so I've tagged it for deletion. Qwghlm 00:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
On second thoughts, it doesn't look that much like Kerrea Gilbert!Slumgum 00:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Utinsh (talk) 10:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

The team's coach at the time, Christian Henna, described Diaby as a "very good technician, elegant, and quick"; reference needed for quote
I found the source the original user who added this used. See here. Problem is I can't access the page, not even though archiving, so I just removed it. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Diaby, however, did not receive a winner's medal due to not making any appearances in the competition; Needs a reference.
I can't find a source stating he did not receive a winner's medal, but he didn't make any appearances in the competition, which going by Coupe de France rules, means he wouldn't have received a winner's medal. I posted a source showing him having not made any appearances in the competition the year Auxerre won the competition. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, uncomfortably close to being original research, maybe better to leave the silverware he didn't actually win out of the article? Utinsh (talk) 21:15, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Gotcha. –J10S Talk 20:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
In April 2011 Diaby scored his second goal, thumping a Robin Van Persie pass into the top corner for 0-1 against Blackpool; Do we really need to note his second goal? Unnecessary, unreferenced detail.
Agreed and removed. Unless the goal is really really notable like, say, Maradona's goal against England at the 86 World Cup, then it should be discussed in detail. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Arsène Wenger describes him similarly stating ""He (Diaby) is more of an offensive player; Typo.
Was it the extra quotation? If so, removed. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Yes, it was the extra quotation mark. Sorry for not pointing it out clear enough, just looked very obvious to me. Utinsh (talk) 21:15, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
"Stalwart" is a dab link
Done. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Blackpool and Robin Van Persie linked twice
Removed. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Reference 96 is dead
Removed. –J10S Talk 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I'll promote the article when these issues are resolved.Utinsh (talk) 10:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Please provide a proper source. Chensiyuan (talk) 15:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
He is 1.90m, not 1.88m. I can be sure about this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.34.55.223 (talk) 14:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC) 

Please provide a proper source. Chensiyuan (talk) 15:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

It's just wrong. Look e.g this: http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40243  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.255.236.2 (talk) 09:01, 16 May 2012 (UTC) 

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It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

The article has an "update needed" orange banner. I only found a few sources about his post-retirement career, but there is a lot of analysis of his injury and unmet potential. Does this cause the article to be incomplete?
There are some uncited statements, and BLPs are held to a higher standard of sourcing, so this should be rectified.
There are some short, one sentence paragraphs that should be merged together.
Should this article go to WP:GAR? @Bearian: since you added the "needs update" orange banner, would you like to bring this to GAR? Z1720 (talk) 18:20, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm busy this month with the Unreferenced articles drive. Bearian (talk) 21:09, 4 November 2025 (UTC)