Talk:Scottie Pippen

message: In describing his athleticism, someone referred to Pippen having long arms and a “74 inch wingspan.” This is about average for a person 6'2, and very short for someone 6'8. Is 74 inches correct?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.33.226.231 (talk) 20:44, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: 74 inch Wingspan

message: The man did a few things outside of his nba career like Slam City perhaps a section should be created, or the retirement section be changed to a more general purpose headline.Atirage 13:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Outside of NBA

message: There's nothing about his family life, parents, siblings, wedding, or where he lives now.Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Family life?

message: I'm changing the language regarding point forward, and Pippen's role.  While he is a fine example of the position, the term was widely used to describe Paul Pressey long before Pippen ever enjoyed the NBA.  Before Pressey, Rick Barry has point forward duties.  One could even argue for Magic Johnson as a point forward (if for no other reason due to height)--making the Lakers unusual for being a 1-guard, 3-forward team.  On D, it was usually Byron Scott who guarded the other team's PG, not Magic; with Kareem in the middle blocking shots, the Lakers could afford to cheat on defense in this manner.
--EngineerScotty 21:38, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I'm removing "point forward" from his official position (it's not an official position anyway - it's a avid basketball fan's term, if anything (in other words, a little too esoteric for the common reader)). It is an anachronistic term that did not exist during Pippen's heyday. Having said that, I should stress that Pippen's style of play is discussed further in the article. --Downwards 04:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Point Forward 

message: lol, I love how the picture came from his mugshot :D Armyrifle 18:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: So is there anyway that someone could find actual sources for the material under Pippen without Jordan?  That and it could use a serious re-write.  Much of it is needlessly melodramatic and very little of it is sourced to anything.  The tone, the content and the structure all reads more like a blog than an article of any kind.  There's only a couple mentions to anything substantive that Pippen did during those two seasons.  Most of it just consists of overly exaggerating language and flowery prose about a couple of supposedly controversial anecdotes which aren't sourced to anything.  It apparently is just the writer's rambling about his/her impressions of those incidents.  It's just really, really sloppy.  Maybe if I have time later I'll try to re-write some of it, but it's pretty shoddy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdlund (talk • contribs) 20:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm actually in favor of changing the name of the section to something more neutral, like "Pippen Post Jordan"  or "Pippen after Jordans retirement". Pippen without Jordan just has a negative tone/vibe. Any thoughts on this? EliteArcher88 (talk) 22:45, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Pippen without Jordan

message: Cleanup is needed as the same slam dunk episode over Patrick Ewing is mentioned at length twice within the article, in the "Pippen without Jordan (1993—1995)" and "Legacy" sections. Much of the two anecdotes are the exact same copy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.166.231 (talk) 14:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate copy 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Under "Personal Life," change "Pipped" to "Pippen" in the third paragraph. Kerpow99 (talk) 04:45, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done—Bagumba (talk) 05:26, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2020 

message: Change stavig to staving 71.218.64.58 (talk) 17:23, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done RandomCanadian (talk | contribs)  17:42, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2020 

message: Can someone show me how to fix this? So I can do it myself next time?  Dr. Universe (talk) 20:13, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Green missing from career statistics for 1997-1998 

message: In 2021, Pippen introduced his own Bourbon whiskey release called Digits in partnership with Savage & Cooke Distillery.  Weknowwhiskey (talk) 14:15, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
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 and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:12, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2021 

message: :
I don’t really think this belongs here.  You could probably make that claim about most celebrities or rich people. Viriditas (talk) 11:53, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: See #Outside of NBA (above). It seems the argument is that WP:WEIGHT is met.—Bagumba (talk) 16:18, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I read it before I made the comment.  I don't believe the material is relevant, and like I said before, this is a common claim made about most wealthy people and celebrities.  It's not notable and non-encyclopedic.  Most rich people are lousy tippers.  Should we add that to every celeb bio?  I don't think so.  Furthermore, anyone who has ever worked a service job knows for a fact that the best tippers are non-celebrities and people who are working to middle class.  This appears to surprise a lot of people whenever it is brought up.  Rich people did not get rich giving away their money and they certainly don't respect the non-rich, given their general philosophy and political positions on this matter.  There's also a lot of supporting literature on this subject.  The fact is, the wealthy do not pay their fair share across the board; they think they got theirs and everyone can fuck off.  This isn't interesting, notable, or encyclopedic in a bio about someone who has a net worth of $20 million.  However, it would cross that threshold if Pippen has directly addressed it, talked about it, or written about it. That would make it notable, IMO. Viriditas (talk) 10:24, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tipping