Talk:List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions

message: Why have the "not played" columns here and in Wimbledon champions (Ladies' Singles) been removed ? Jay 17:43, 9 October 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: No, he'd think they've been missed out and go looking for them. Why assume things anyway. I reframe my question to : Whats the advantage in blanking out the "not played" information as opposed to keeping it ? Jay 07:40, 20 October 2003 (UTC)

text: Done. Jay 11:55, 8 November 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: Maybe it'd be better to reverse the order of the table, i.e. most recent winners being first.. As in List of Wimbledon Doubles champions. I can do it myself, any objections? Dorinw 2005-07-03
:I prefer that you please reverse the order of the table in List of Wimbledon Doubles champions, if you have time. Avia 6 July 2005 07:10 (UTC)
::Most recent winners first would be more useful. Paulgush 16:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of Table 

message: Surely it's not correct to have the Irish winners (and runners-up) from the late 19th/early 20th century with the flag of the Republic of Ireland, when at the time it was still part of the UK?
I changed the South African flag to the pre-1994 flag by Kevin Curren's name, I hope that's ok.  I don't know if there's a policy about flag use in Wikipedia, but I noticed since the Soviet flag was used for USSR players, then it only followed to use the old South African flag since the country went through such as sea-change in 1994.  Bruxism 21:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would point out that the Soviet Union and Russia are vastly different in size (ie, the soviet football team was mostly ukranians), whereas the same could not be said for either south africa or germany.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.242.247 (talk) 20:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flags 

message: Adding columns for the seedings of the champions and runners up would be useful. Paulgush 16:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seedings 

message: On this article he is South African but on the article for main article for the 1985 Wimbledon Championship he has an American flag next to his name. Which is he? JimmyMac82 10:17, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Kevin Curren

message: There's a problem with display of US 48 & 50 star flags and Germany, both display as blank in IE and text in Firefox. As I can't see why hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to figure it out.
And why is St Patrick's Cross shown for Irish players pre 1900 (presumably someone changed it from the Irish Republic Flag seeing the comment above), can we have some consistency, either use the Union Flag for them (as they were part of the UK at the time) or change the English winners to St George's Cross (likewise for Scottish/Welsh winners if there are any, I didn't check all the entries). 
Unless I see some dissent I'll make the change to the Union Flag in a week or so.
Antsnest 21:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag Problems

message: When Dobry played in 1949 he playes for CSSR. After that in the year 1949 he decided to start for egypt.--87.139.66.168 (talk) 16:00, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Jaroslav Dobry and the Egyptian and Tcheoslovakian Flag

message: Why is the St Patrick's Cross used for Irish players pre-independence? Shouldn't it be the UK flag, given that we don't use the English, Scottish and Welsh flags for the same time period. Look's like a violation of "do not rewrite history". Could also consider removing any flags for the Irish players, so as not to confuse people. YeshuaDavid • Talk • 17:14, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually looking at the history if any flag is to be used for that period it should be the The Standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1801-1922), since it was sometimes used as the official Irish flag under British rule. Fyunck(click) (talk) 17:55, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe, it doesn't seem to be used in any other sporting articles though. YeshuaDavid • Talk • 18:58, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite the attitude of the time - see Peter O'Connor in 1906 ClemMcGann (talk) 14:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland flag 

message: Shouldn't there be less images in the champions section so the statistics section wouldn't be broken?--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 14:41, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the repeated Laver image, is that any better?  If not, I'd be bold and remove one of the others if I were you. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good now, thanks for the change.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 14:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries.  I'm browsing on Safari so sometimes I get a very different view of the internet than most of the rest of the world! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:57, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many images problem  

message: Are the Stadium images relevant to this list? They're not in any of the tables and the captions don't seem that relevant to the singles winners.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 15:01, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think they are.  Centre court (although perhaps not mentioned) is clearly relevant and a photo of the 2008 final seems fine too.  If it isn't messing up the format and it has some level of relevance I see no major problem with them. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:03, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevancy of the Stadium images 

message: Do we really need the name abbreviation next to the flag icons? There was talk awhile back of removing the flag icons completely (which I disagreed with) but adding even more to the columns seems unneeded and cluttering to me. If you mouse over the flags the country name comes up so there is really no need to add even more info like the country abbreviation. The flag icon should be enough. Making a sortable separate column is ok but make it <flagicon> not <flag> Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to ensure that, in whatever way you use flags, you comply with WP:MOSFLAG as this is a featured list... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:04, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I see. I do think it's wrong to use the name but according to mosflag the preferred method is: first time use "flag" and subsequent use "flagicon".....that would look even worse! So if the only choices are always "flag" or first time use "flag" then the former is better. But these articles are worse off for it being that way. Thanks for the clarity and I will let this issue be. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:19, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag Icons

message: "This event was won in straight sets during the Open Era only once in 1976 by Björn Borg." Not sure what this means. The table shows it has been won many times in straight sets since it went open.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.28.253.175 (talk) 21:53, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It means over the course of the whole tournament, all 7 matches, only Borg won it without losing a set. Fyunck(click) (talk) 00:07, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Straight Sets Victory 

message: Andy Murray nationality needs to be changed from Scottish to British 
Summlard (talk) 18:46, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Already listed as British. NiciVampireHeart 12:26, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 7 July 2013 

message: In the 'Champions' section there is an image of Roger Federer serving and beneath it a caption which reads: 'Roger Federer won seven Wimbledon championships of the nine finals he reached.'  This clearly implies that he did not win the other two finals he reached.  This may prove to be incorrect.
31.52.23.255 (talk) 04:52, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inappropriate for Wikipedia to predict a winner 

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