Talk:Manu Ginóbili

message: Why is Ginobilli appearing in the article of ?, and here on his page profile there is nothing about his american citizenship. Frank
Somebody (probably a Suns fan) edited this Ginobili page and has totally slandered him. Not just in the first paragraph but also throughout the whole article. There's a mention of him in there as having an "autisim title" and winning a "gay award". There's nothing funny about that. It also says his older brother is Leandro Barbosa. This is not true. I would watch this article closely at least during the playoffs. Suns fans are getting upset and taking it out on Wikipedia!  Chris F.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.24.153.194 (talk) 22:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  American citizenship?? 

message: Manu Ginobili's Wikipedia site states that the 2004 Olympic team was the first non-American team to win the gold medal in 16 years.  Wikipedia defines American as "a person or attribute of the Americas."  Last I checked--and according to this definition--Argentina is just as American as the good old U-S-of-A. Americans that live within the fifty United States do not have exclusive rights to the term "American."  To call Argentines non-American is the same as calling Nigerians "non-African." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.21.95.222 (talk • contribs) 
:Fixed. --Mariano(t/c) 11:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Argentine National Team 

message: what is his salary right now?  How about in previous years? Funkyj 19:23, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
If you're wondering about salaries, this website might be able to help you. [] 
Dknights411 02:59, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
:or you can check out basketball-reference.com. Chensiyuan 12:59, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salary? 

message: This page needs us to keep an eye on it. Someone keeps trying to make it a fan page. 
Antonio's Got It by Basketballrama Martin
:I personally did not have a problem with POV issues on this page until I saw the chages made.  When I have time later today, I'll NPOV the whole page.Dknights411 14:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: fixed. Chensiyuan 07:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: okay the long awaited nomination has taken place (page largely modelled after team mates Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Bruce Bowen!). please refrain from pushing POV in the article, or adding frivolous details, thank you! but of course, there's no stopping of good edits to the article. for the reviewer: if you put the article on hold and i'm not responding to your queries expeditiously enough, i would be grateful if you would leave a message on my talkpage, thanks. Chensiyuan 07:04, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: echoing what Jaranda has said (see edit history of article), GAs with a bloated trivia section are really few and far between. in fact, efforts have already been made to incorporate aspects of Ginobili's personal life into the article (family section). the replication of the information in a latter trivia section is unwarranted. moreover, i believe it was a case of copy-and-paste from nba.com. Chensiyuan 02:41, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

text: re: phrasing of the part on sixth man and degree of role, that is fixed now -- previous version omits contributions of Bowen for e.g. Chensiyuan 02:54, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: the national team section is a little bare at the moment; would appreciate any external links that can help expand the section. Chensiyuan 03:00, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Have re-arranged the sections a bit but the content is exactly the same. Also added a quotebox. Chensiyuan 15:02, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Good article nominee

message: please note that there are two footnotes with the same title name "at a glance", but they are not the same references. one refers to the 2004 playoffs and the other 2005 thanks. Chensiyuan 13:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: No footnote replication

message: You did an excellent job responding to my GA on hold concerns below.  The article looks great.  I am going to pass it now.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM)  14:45, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA nomination 

message: Who is Marie Orono? i've searched other sites and i never came across this Marie Orono. What's your source?
Silencedangel 05:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ref says Many, not Marie, so I've changed it. Not sure how it became Marie. Chensiyuan 05:52, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, that's what NBA.com says. Chensiyuan 07:06, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marie Orono? 

message: The vandal who adds "Ginobili is a flopper" has used all these IPs:
122.3.11.211: talk 
119.94.0.238: talk
96.247.37.46: talk 
119.94.12.16: talk
119.94.3.120: talk
119.94.0.250: talk
122.144.118.160: talk
58.69.106.184: talk 
Editor437 (talk) 14:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Would take action if persistent. The v edits were during playoffs after all. Chensiyuan (talk) 22:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandal's IPs

message: Is Emanuel David Ginóbili really better known as Manu? He was always called Emanuel before going to NBA where he was nicknamed Manu, like many other non-American players with 'long' and 'strange' names, uncommon to native viewers and fans. I suggest the first sentence being re-written.
88.222.53.221 (talk) 10:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: K'd. Chensiyuan (talk) 10:58, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He was known as Manu way before the NBA (I think from a brother not being able to pronounce Emanuel properly when they were kids). The Spanish article has "Manu" all over the place. Mariano(t/c) 11:01, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Better' known as Manu?

message: Obi Wan Ginobili redirects here, but there is no mention of that name in the article. SkyDot (talk) 03:34, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Is that supposed to be his nickname? Well I've been maintaining this article for a few years and I've never seen the Obi-wan reference before. Chensiyuan (talk) 03:39, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obi Wan Ginobili 

message: I am not a sports sort of person; however, I saw a story this morning that is worth mention.
I saw the  bat swat   batsketball  video a few times, I cannot see the connect; however, ostensibly, it is there.
Someone should add it.
Thank You,
 hopiakuta  Please do   sign  your  communiqu%c3%a9 .%7e%7eThank You, DonFphrnqTaub Persina. 15:20, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[ Emanuel_David_Gin%c3%b3bili ]] [[ all_Hallows'_Eve ]] 

message: It says in the 'Player Profile' section that Ginobili is a late bloomer because he didn't enter the NBA until aged 25 - which is incorrect. He's became a professional basketball player before age 20, which is not a 'late bloomer' by any stretch of the imagination. Not playing in the NBA until 25 does not mean late bloomer. Just because one league is rated higher than another doesn't mean that somebody's time spent in a 'lesser' league simply didn't happen. This suggests that he didn't start playing professional basketball until coming to the NBA, which is, of course, wholly untrue. ericxpenner (talk) 23:59, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Late Bloomer? 

message: He is mentioned as cultural refence in Neal Stephenson's book "Reamde" (2011). Not sure how to add this 86.134.37.247 (talk) 00:55, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reamde 

message: --Steffaville (talk) 14:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manu 2012 

message: Hi people! He isn't more a free agent. The new contract is for only year. This is his official twitter advice (in spanish) "Contento de anunciar que seguiré siendo un Spur un tiempo más! #gospursgo #la20aunnosecuelga.".
His twitter is https://twitter.com/manuginobili (official and verified).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.250.17.24 (talk) 21:40, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manu is of the Spurs 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Manu Ginóbili. 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/20090219212308/http://www.nba.com/games/20050623/DETSAS/recap.html to http://www.nba.com/games/20050623/DETSAS/recap.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 14:33, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 3 external links on Manu Ginóbili. 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/20070929101846/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA061105.1S.BKNspurs.ginobili.3009da155.html to http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA061105.1S.BKNspurs.ginobili.3009da155.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070524235536/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/emanuel_ginobili/bio.html to http://www.nba.com/playerfile/emanuel_ginobili/bio.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090829125432/http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=570008612 to http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=570008612
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:48, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 4 external links on Manu Ginóbili. 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/20100620153605/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/05/17/ginobili.kids.ap/index.html to http://www.nba.com/2010/news/05/17/ginobili.kids.ap/index.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140504225453/http://www.ksat.com/sports/Spurs/manu-ginobili-wife-welcome-third-baby/25581580 to http://www.ksat.com/sports/Spurs/manu-ginobili-wife-welcome-third-baby/25581580
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070620132918/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/emanuel_ginobili/career_stats.html to http://www.nba.com/playerfile/emanuel_ginobili/career_stats.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160504125334/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/11/03/manu.rabies.ap/ to http://www.nba.com/2009/news/11/03/manu.rabies.ap/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 07:10, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Is this a real award? It was added to the article as part of these recent edits, but I've never seen any indication that this award is formally awarded at the Olympics. Maybe the team itself gives an MVP award...? I don't know what Javier Gancedo is talking about here. Zagalejo^^^ 16:22, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reply. After doing some digging, I also found this. Interestingly, 2004 is the only year that shows an MVP. Can anyone offer some more context for this award? Is there a FIBA press release about it anywhere? Zagalejo^^^ 00:25, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

text: There are no MVPs in Olympic basketball, at least the IOC doesn't award one. ESPN also handed out similar awards in 2012 but no MVPs either. –HTD 03:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with HTD. Various media sources might anoint an Olympic MVP, but it’s not an official thing and should not be in the lead of the article in my opinion. Also, Ginobili has had such a distinguished career that I think it cheapens the article to put this in the lead. Rikster2 (talk) 04:10, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

text: The above ACB source from Aug 28, 2004, is the most compelling:   Presumably it means FIBA issued the award, but it wasn't specific.  The same article also says Lisa Leslie was named MVP for women's, but I was unable to verify that.  At best, this was a one-time award, which I don't think merits being in the lead.—Bagumba (talk) 09:30, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I still don't think it belongs in the lead, but the National Post in 2008 also wrote that he was "Olympic tournament MVP in 2004". No details here either of who issued the honor.—Bagumba (talk) 16:29, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

text: the award existed, the web has some documented source of it, some of which were presented here. But the most relevant of all is that it is endorsed by FIBA ​​itself, the association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide this. Beyond the particularity of being the only MVP award of the Games, we must respect that FIBA ​​counts it. It is a documented award earned in good law within the field that Wikipedia must recognize. Mtin76 (talk) 20:42, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Olympics MVP 

message: The IPA pronunciation for English that we currently give in this article,  /ˈmænuː dʒɪˈnoʊbli/, is not well supported. The cited source, nba.com's "International NBA Players - Pronunciation Guide", is relevant, but unfortunately not easy to use because its pronunciations are not in IPA, or even in a consistent alternative transcription system, and there is no key. What the source actually says is "MAN-u gi-NOB-blee". It is far from clear that "NOB" here corresponds to /ˈnoʊb/ as opposed to /ˈnɑb/ (with the American English "lot" vowel)—compare the "rod" and "MON" in "Vladimir Radmanovic VLAD-a-meer rod-MON-o-vich". It seems like it would be ideal to get an alternative source for the pronunciation; I don't see how an IPA transcription can be justified on the basis of the current ambiguous source.--Urszag (talk) 18:06, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation is not supported by source