# Talk:Craig Bellamy

I've just reverted an anon edit that his birthday is 13 January, which is what uk.sports.yahoo.com says. On the other hand the preponderence of sites (Norwich City FC, icnewcastle, officialplayersites.com etc) back up our long standing assertion that it's the 13th July. -- Arwel  22:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A young player wasn't considered experienced enough to merit travelling with the first team on a pre-season tour. I don't see why this warrants a place in an encyclopaedia.82.17.202.62 11:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Agreed.  I've removed the sentence. 81.159.181.64 20:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

As he's just moved to my club (Liverpool) I clicked the link to have a look at his page and have tidied it somewhat, including adding the infobox. My problem is that I'm not entirely convinced by the accuracy of the information I've put there - mostly the Newcastle part. aLii 21:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry, I added his jersey number based on the Liverpool FC page, but then that got reverted to TBA as well.  I should have checked it against an outside source.
71.205.94.195 19:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)User:JelloSheriffBob

Do we only count Premiership appearances and goals? I would have thought that european competition and the charity shield would have counted?--Wikipediatastic 09:14, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

At the bottom of the infobox it states:
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
If you want to add all the goals Bellamy has scored you can do it by adding a statistics table like this one. aLii 10:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
he did not score in the charity/community shield

Craig Bellamy never played for Rhyl, he came through the youth system at Norwich City. The details and statistics for this period of his career are obviously fictional. This is confirmed by all the external links cited at the bottom of the page.
(RadioClash86 17:21, 24 January 2007 (UTC))

Absolutely. If you'll pardon my French, the Rhyl section is complete bull***t. I can't believe it took more than two months before anybody noticed. I'm changing it back. --Badmotorfinger 00:49, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

This is now mentioned under "International career".  It's woth mentioning, but it might be better under another headline, and as of now it's poorly written.  I personally care for neither soccer nor football, but maybe someone else could rewrite it?
--80.202.212.184 15:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to contest the accuracy of the nickname, "Craig 'The Baby Eater' Bellamy." Is there something in the article I missed, or is this just a bit of a laugh at Bellamy's, ahh, temper? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.251.147.57 (talk) 04:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

I think there's a mistake with the ages of his kids, as it says the eldest was born in 1988, but that can't be possible unless Bellamy had the kid when he was 9. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by David3001 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC).

That was put in by the most recent edit, by Raymisterio, which I've reverted. -- Arwel (talk) 21:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Bellamy has publicaly anounced that he would like to move back to celtic fc in the summer of 2007.

Is there a source for this or is it just a transfer rumour? Without a somewhat trustable source, I don't think it's right to have it here.
--Manuanya 22:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if this can count as a source, but it's true. See here for the source. I'm going to update the article slightly in light of this. --Rypoll 10:59, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

There is no such thing as an SPL losers medal and I suspect that was added by a Rangers fan who thinks he is ever so funny. I'm going to remove it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.11.50.156 (talk) 03:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC) 
I dont think "the taig" is his nickname.A taig is a derogotory name for an Irish Roman Catholic,or in Scotland ..any Roman Catholic.I would assume that this has been added by some deluded bigoted Rangers fan .As Craig is known for his intense dislike of Rangers.cheers Richiebhoy1888
He is also FIT!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.42.67 (talk) 14:18, 17 February 2010 (UTC) 

I've removed the badly-written edit that says Bellamy has moved to Liverpool after falling out with Mancini.  This hasn't happened yet (if at all) and relationship with Mancini is largely speculative. Mongoletsi (talk) 15:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Is it right that the lede has no mention of the fact that he's been arrested for assault multiple times (including for hitting women), but mentions that he's spared about a month's salary over the course of many years to give to charity? I'd edit this, but I don't want to be accused of character assasination without checking that there are no objections...212.124.225.66 (talk) 15:56, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Check out WP:UNDUE. A mention of his personal troubles in the lead would be inappropriate, in my mind.--Giants27(T|C) 16:03, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

plays for liverpool
Nickyboy82 (talk) 21:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

 Already done — Bility (talk) 23:58, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to one external link on Craig Bellamy. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10335~2877395,00.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.
Y An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 03:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to one external link on Craig Bellamy. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10335~2125334,00.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.
Y An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 16:23, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 3 external links on Craig Bellamy. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added {{dead link}} tag to http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=322837&type=story
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100203234029/http://www.rumneyhighschool.cardiff.sch.uk:80/ to http://www.rumneyhighschool.cardiff.sch.uk/
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120501180205/http://www.walesonline.co.uk:80/footballnation/football-in-wales/2012/01/13/bellamy-junior-called-up-forwales-development-squad-91466-30113370/ to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-in-wales/2012/01/13/bellamy-junior-called-up-forwales-development-squad-91466-30113370/
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100313164045/http://www.craigbellamyfoundation.org:80/league/ to http://craigbellamyfoundation.org/league
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).
Y An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 11:10, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Craig Bellamy. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110926031523/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv:80/news/latest-news/bellamy-signs-for-lfc to http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/bellamy-signs-for-lfc
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).
This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 22:40, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 14 external links on Craig Bellamy. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/cardiff-city/cardiff-city-fc/2010/10/18/craig-bellamy-prepared-for-hot-coventry-reception-91466-27490380/
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071215040716/http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid%3D15436726%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D106694%26headline%3Ddrunken-bellamy-in-text-rant-at-shearer-name_page.html to http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid%3D15436726%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D106694%26headline%3Ddrunken-bellamy-in-text-rant-at-shearer-name_page.html
Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20050427/ai_n14603084
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070713061128/http://www.whufc.com/news/?page_id=9271 to http://www.whufc.com/news/?page_id=9271
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20121015213713/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2009/01/17/craig-bellamy-set-to-be-43m-man-for-spurs-91466-22712726/ to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2009/01/17/craig-bellamy-set-to-be-43m-man-for-spurs-91466-22712726/
Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10335~2125334%2C00.html
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110622034331/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2011/06/19/craig-bellamy-pleading-with-manchester-city-for-a-free-transfer-91466-28904236/ to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2011/06/19/craig-bellamy-pleading-with-manchester-city-for-a-free-transfer-91466-28904236/
Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/bellamy-signs-for-lfc
Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10335~2877395%2C00.html
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20101022182245/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Wales-captain-Craig-Bellamy-plans-to-lead-Germany-revolt-article53399.html to http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Wales-captain-Craig-Bellamy-plans-to-lead-Germany-revolt-article53399.html
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20101005082202/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2010/10/03/bellamy-return-leaves-wales-boss-flynn-with-egg-on-his-face-91466-27389183/ to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2010/10/03/bellamy-return-leaves-wales-boss-flynn-with-egg-on-his-face-91466-27389183/
Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.rumneyhighschool.cardiff.sch.uk/
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090501231349/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-in-wales/tm_objectid%3D17175242%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50082%26headline%3Dwedding-bells-for-bellers-name_page.html to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-in-wales/tm_objectid%3D17175242%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50082%26headline%3Dwedding-bells-for-bellers-name_page.html
Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-in-wales/2012/01/13/bellamy-junior-called-up-forwales-development-squad-91466-30113370/
Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2012/12/08/cardiff-city-star-craig-bellamy-divorced-by-wife-for-unreasonable-behaviour-91466-32389609
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140325043210/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/martial-arts-cardiff-city-captain-1837629 to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/martial-arts-cardiff-city-captain-1837629
Corrected formatting/usage for http://craigbellamyfoundation.org/league
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:43, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 3 external links on Craig Bellamy. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140225152621/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/craig-bellamy/39 to http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/craig-bellamy/39
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100312075623/http://www.craigbellamyfoundation.org/ to http://www.craigbellamyfoundation.org/
Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100312075623/http://www.craigbellamyfoundation.org/ to http://www.craigbellamyfoundation.org/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 17:02, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Craig Bellamy/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Willbb234 (talk · contribs) 19:58, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Comment: apologies for the delay - the article is rather long. Should be done tomorrow though. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 19:23, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
Lead sufficiently covers the article. Written immaculately - I only found one typo, and those can't be avoided.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism): 
A large number of suitable references. The ones I checked clearly mentioned the information written by author.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
Stays focused and covers pretty much everything.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 
Currently stable. Edit war on 20 June 2019 - appears to have been resolved.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 
Suitable used with good captions. Appropriate credit given to author. Could do with a few more images, but sufficient for criteria.
Overall:
Pass/Fail: 
Very well written, sufficiently verified covering the player's career. Well done!

Craig Bellamy’s family includes his three children, his two brother ( Mathew bellamy and Paul bellamy) his nieces and more 139.130.34.234 (talk) 06:17, 18 August 2025 (UTC)