Talk:Anna Kournikova

message: Reference 6, cited by the first sentence of the third paragraph is completely unrelated to Anna Kournikova's back injury. I think it needs to be replaced by a new correct reference.
The quality of the "article" linked as reference 6 is also sub-standard and the whole reference should probably go away.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annakour (talk • contribs) 19:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useless and inappropriate reference 

message: Some one changed the picture of Anna to a nude one. I just shrunk it down, before I realized what they uploaded. I tried to revert it to the old image, though I am not sure I did it right. Can some one else please double check that I did it right, thanks.--Azathar 04:18, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks to me to be reverted correctly. I'll delete the topless one. (not relevant for article, and has a .com logo in corner) Tristanb 02:54, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nude Picture 

message: I changed 
Kournikova was born in Moscow, Russia to 
Kournikova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union (Now Russia) 
I did this because the USSR had not broken up in 1981 but did so ten years later.
--hoshie
: I note this has been changed back.  Russia was the name for the Russian Federation even when it was one of the fifteen "full" Soviet Republics so it is not necessary to put this.  Dainamo 13:10, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth place change 

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message: "In a feature for Elle magazine's July 2005 issue, Kournikova stated that if she were 100% fit, she would like to come back and compete again."
She looks pretty fit to me!! Damiancorrigan 14:18, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kournikova's fitness

message: Does anyone think that the article should mention the Anna Kournikova computer virus, which spread around the globe through e-mail and would infect user's computers if they clicked on a link promising pictures of her?  Obviously the virus maker had to choose someone with worldwide popularity, and their choice of Anna I think is significant.
:No. Utterly irrelevant. --kingboyk 15:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems related to the sentence on Google in the introduction if you ask me... EditorInTheRye (talk) 16:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Anna Kournikova computer virus

message: Would the number of Google hits prove that she is/was the best-known woman tennis player in the world?  Let's face it, anytime we say that something is the "best-known" in the world, we're at least verging on POV.  (Is Christianity the world's best-known religion?  Was John F. Kennedy the best-known U.S. President?  Is Coca-Cola the world's best-known product?  These are certainly the conventional wisdom, but all unprovable IMO, and probably Western-biased, as would the number of Google hits be.)  This is not like we're talking about something objective, like whether Mt. Everest is the highest mountain on earth, or Russia the world's largest country in area.  Rlquall 21:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation for "best-known" 

message: From the opener:
* Based on their looks, Hingis and Kournikova  facetiously referred to themselves as the "Spice Girls of Tennis".
From "Media publicity":
* She has not posed topless or nude for any publications, but nude photos taken by paparazzi during a Caribbean vacation do exist.
I've removed these two statements, which were marked unsourced, in accordance with the Biographies of living persons policy.
These can be restored to the article if sourced. --Tony Sidaway 14:59, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One other comment I'd like to have considered removed is ""Kournikova" is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, English speakers sometimes mistakenly put the accent on the 3rd syllable."   There is no formal pronounciation in English as far as I can find.  This also seems a bit out of place.  Perhaps it can be changed to say "In the origin language, Kournikova is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable."  or best yet, just rely on a pronounciation key at the start of the article.  Thoughts? --67.124.90.59 (talk) 23:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed some marked unsourced statements

message: I'm interested to know if there is information regarding how much Kournikova earned in endorsements and other non-tennis activities.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaedglass (talk • contribs) 04:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endorsements 

message: The accent in Russian names causes a lot of problem for English speakers, as they are not predictable, they need to be known or told. See how the surnames of some Russian female tennis players have inconsistent accent: Kúrnikova (Kou-) (Курникова) , Kuznetsóva (Kou-) (Кузнецова)), Deméntieva (Дементьева), Sharápova (Шарапова). Some commentators check the correct name pronunciation before using them but many don't. I think it's important to pronounce correctly. Apart from that the "Kour-" (or Kur-") is not pronounced as "cur" in "curtain" but as [Koo-rr-] --Atitarev (talk) 22:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: One other comment I'd like to have considered removed is ""Kournikova" is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, English speakers sometimes mistakenly put the accent on the 3rd syllable."   There is no formal pronounciation in English as far as I can find.  (This article being in English.)  This also seems a bit out of place.  Perhaps it can be changed to say "In the origin language, Kournikova is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable."  or best yet, just rely on a pronounciation key at the start of the article.  Thoughts? --67.124.90.59 (talk) 23:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed the unsourced statement for now.  If something is added back, it should be a simple pronunciation key and have a source sited; without making unnecessary and unverifiable comment regarding English speakers. Fcsuper (talk) 14:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Can I just get a feel for whether people think the caption for her picture in the infobox is worthwhile or not? Do you think the article's better with or without it?--Jeff79 (talk) 14:40, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption for Photo in infobox 

message: It's Ace-Queen   not Ace-King, the initials have nothing to do with it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vujaa De (talk • contribs) 14:48, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That shouldn't even be in the article in the first place since it's not encyclopedic.  Anyone who plays poker knows that "Big Slick" is the far more common nickname for AK.  Another alternate nickname for AK is "Walking Back to Houston" but you wouldn't put that in the article for the city of Houston.  68.45.109.14 (talk) 03:34, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Poker Hand

message: She was on the graham norton show last night, and she made it sound like her parents were not as passive as this article makes them out to be. I know most of the stuff about her parents is in quotes, but it sounds like she was just being nice about it. In the interview i am talking about, she said that her parents made her practice from a very young age (not just for fun), and that she had to support the entire family as the moved from Russia. I don't have any sources, but it seems relevant if anyone else does!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.246.217 (talk) 21:15, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  childhood 

message: If a citation can be added that says that her career ended prematurely that would certainly help matters. --Malerooster (talk) 23:26, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like she was a pro for 8 years? Probably longer than most, but again, that would be original research and subjective without sources, ect. --Malerooster (talk) 23:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Show me at least a handful other pro athletes, whose career ended at 21 or younger; in other words, show me where this is not premature. Hearfourmewesique (talk) 01:02, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Common on, you should know better than that. The owenous is on you because you want to include this subjective material. There are plenty of atheletes that never made it past 20, but that is neither here nor there. She played 8 years as a pro? Plenty of pros have had much shorter careers, but that is also neither here nor there. We relie on what reliable source say and what their determinations say, not what you or I think. Again, if you have a citation for this material, that would help. --Malerooster (talk) 01:13, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Since in general, most sports figures have careers well into their 30s, "prematurely" is not an objective description. I have, however, found a source and inserted it into the article. Hearfourmewesique (talk) 02:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it is. Not sure that a non notable writer blog posting in the opinion section is the best source, but better than nothing I guess. --Malerooster (talk) 02:55, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

text: I've been waiting for quite some time for someone to come up with the verifiable date that her career should have ended, so that we can confirm that it did indeed end "prematurely".  I certainly am surprised that this information has not been forthcoming.  Perhaps, as I argued a year ago, to say that a career ended "prematurely" is simply a point of view which contains no encyclopaedic information and adds absolutely nothing to the article.  Why, then, is it still in the article?  81.133.23.70 (talk) 18:07, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Still waiting. 75.98.19.140 (talk) 12:36, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't give you much, but there's an article here that discusses the increasing longevity of tennis players.  Specifically: "Today's top 10 women average 25.1 years in age. That's up from 22.0 in 2002".  It doesn't answer the question directly, but it does indicate that the top players, on average played beyond 22.  In any case, data seems scarce, and the assertion questioned ("premature"?) is almost certainly too vague to directly support or refute. Speed8ump (talk) 20:25, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career ended when it ended. 

message: Could anybody help "improve" this section by providing more reliable sources and copy editing it? I removed some unsourced material that had been around awhile, but it could use a lot more attention. Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 01:21, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal life section could use citations 

message: How the info on spelling of AK's last name fits into a paragraph about lifestyle is unfathomable.  It also is not an accurate statement of Russian phonology or transliteration. For examples, U is not an accurate transliteration for Russian cyrillic Y.  There are also no R, no N, no I, and no V in the Russian cyrillic name.  However, the grounds on which I deleted the info is it lacks a valid (or any) source citation.  The info about the family sometimes using the alternate spelling IS relevant to the article.  If s.o. who wants it in the article has a valid source to cite for the info, please place that cite along with the info in a place where the info belongs, if necessary a new section or subsection. (If s.o. adds back this section in an appropriate place with citations, it might also be instructive to explain in a sentence or two why her name has an a at the end, unlike her dad's. Paavo273 (talk) 21:16, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleting questionable, poorly-placed info on WP enforceable grounds of missing cites

message: They separated in October 2013, after almost 12 years together. http://hollywoodlife.com/interstitial/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fhollywoodlife.com%2F2013%2F10%2F09%2Fanna-kournikova-enrique-iglesias-split%2F
Ekthelifeguard (talk) 02:45, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. It's doubtful that hollywoodlife.com meets our reliable source guidelines. If you do find a reliable source, feel free to reopen this request and propose the exact change in wording you'd like to see. Rivertorch (talk) 21:07, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the personal life section with regards to long-time boyfriend Enrique Iglesias. 

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message: This page needs to decide when she retired. It says, "Kournikova's professional tennis career ended prematurely at the age of 21," which would be 2002 or 2003. Later it says, "She continued to be the most searched athlete on the Internet through 2008 even though she had retired from the professional tennis circuit years earlier." However, the information bar on the right says "Retired May 2007," which doesn't seem to be consistent with either of those statements. 74.71.90.153 (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did she retire? 

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replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Topher385 (talk) 10:00, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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message: Why is there no mention of her pregnancy and giving birth to twins?
They reportedly split in October 2013 but have since reconciled. The couple welcomed twins, Nicholas and Lucy, on Saturday, 16 December 2017, at South Miami Hospital.http://people.com/babies/enrique-iglesias-girlfriend-kept-their-pregnancy-completely-secret/
2601:645:4300:B100:C073:DB63:2322:1FAE (talk) 08:55, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Pregnancy

message: This article has been tagged for over 7 months.  Yet a talk section has never been added.  The edit that added the tag  has nothing in the edit summary.  Since it is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given, I am removing the tag.---- Work permit (talk) 00:55, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The neutrality of the style of writing 

message: Not disputing her American citizenship, but I thought only sport nationality was supposed to be identified at the top Scf1985 (talk) 22:12, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead nationality 

message: The paragraph about her relationship with Enrique Iglesias verges on incomprehensible.
"She has consistently refused to directly confirm or deny the status of her personal relationships"- this is unsourced; surely a source saying something along the lines of "Kournikova prefers to keep her personal relationships private" or whatever exists?
"In June 2008, Iglesias was quoted by the Daily Star as having married Kournikova the previous year and subsequently separated"- this is some actual useful information, but surely ought to be rephrased incorporating the later details of their children to something like "In June 2008, Iglesias was quoted by the Daily Star as having married Kournikova the previous year and subsequently separated; they later reunited [or "resumed their relationship", or something] and have three children: twins Nicholas and Lucy, born on 16 December 2017, and a daughter born, 30 January 2020." It stands to reason that their relationship obviously continued given that a decade after their "separation" they had children together, but the current flow of details is not clear enough.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.71.133 (talk) 23:17, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Relationship with Iglesias