Talk:Derek Boogaard

message: http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/1571              = 6'7
http://wild.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8469647        = 6'8
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=50621   = 6'7
The most reliable source is hockeyfights.com, the wild site and NHL are overextending heights, hockeyfights is a neutral source  --Something12356789101 (talk) 20:17, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Overextending heights?" Says who? hockeyfights.com and hockeydb.com are not reliable sources per Wikipedia policy - WP:RS. Wikipedia looks for reliable sources, not neutral sources. NHL.com is the official site of the NHL, his listed height there should be used over third party, unofficial sites like hockeyfights.com that don't have the ability or capacity to check their facts. --Quartet 23:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: By the way, edit warring on this is not the way to go. A consensus that goes across all hockey player bios should be reached instead of wasting time constantly reverting disruptive edits from anonymous users. User:Something12356789101 if you insist on joining Twister18's group of IP sockpuppets in disruptively changing heights and weights of enforcers throughout Wikipedia, you'll be blocked as they are. Instead let's work towards a site-wide consensus so that all hockey player bios use the same sources for their heights and weights. --Quartet 19:42, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You can make your case here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ice_Hockey#Height_and_Weight --Quartet 19:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree - Hockeyfights.com is not a reliable source. It's a site run by David M Singer, and relies on user contributed content. They do not disclose where they get their information on heights and weights from or how they check their numbers for accuracy. Same with Hockeydb.com. There are basically 3 options here - official NHL player pages, NHLPA players pages, or a reliable third party source like ESPN.com, TSN.ca, Sportsnet.ca, CNNSI.com etc. etc. --Yankees76 (talk) 20:25, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just so you know hockeydb.com has been deemed a reliable source because it provides a bibliography and this has been held up in numerous Feature Article requests. That being said for heights and weights we usually go with NHL.com if its available, and if not we use hockeydb.com. -DJSasso (talk) 04:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well they list Boogaard as being an inch shorter and a pound heavier than his NHL.com page, and they're an inch taller than his NHLPA page. If they're a reliable source, they're no help here. --Quartet 04:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh I know, was just making a general statement. The NHL.com page is the way to go in this situation and those of current players. -DJSasso (talk) 13:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I re-worded that in the WikiProject Ice Hockey page. I'm pretty sure you're not the same user, though reverting back to a blocked users edits is never a good idea. Anyways, I've created the discusssion above, hopefully so users site-wide can contribute and we can sort this out. --Quartet 20:53, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height 

message: Can anyone check this flickr set of a January 2011 Rangers practice session and identify which one is Boogaard? Most likely it's this one. Andrewlp1991 (talk) 06:31, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Or the first guy (from left to right), although he probably is the same. Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 07:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In both photos, that would be Kris Newbury. Echoedmyron (talk) 14:11, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Actually, at the time of that practice, Boogaard was already on the disabled list, and wasn't at that practice. Echoedmyron (talk) 14:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What about this image? Thanks.--Mo Rock...Monstrous  (leech44) 14:49, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Newbury again! Echoedmyron (talk) 15:32, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

text: That one still says non-commercial, though.  A note to the photographer and he might change it though.  Canada Hky (talk) 17:54, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo? 

message: He only was 27 years old. He hadn't birthday this year. --91.56.194.248 (talk) 17:55, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: He would have been 29 in June, he was born in 1982.  Canada Hky (talk) 17:58, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age (Death-section) 

message: Should May 13th be changed to unknown?  He was found dead, but until autopsy results are released, we won't know the date.  The fact that his family entered his apartment make me think he was un reachable for some time and had been dead a while.  That's just me speculating, but like I say we don't know he died the 13th. Lagerhog (talk) 17:11, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Time of Death

message: The 'Death' section says he was found dead. Then it says found unconscious.60.161.248.217 (talk) 15:19, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: The intro needs to mention the death. I wrote "He died at age 28 due to an accidental drug and alcohol overdose." That wording might need to be changed, but surely the irregular death of a 28-year-old is important enough to be highlighted in the intro. Omc (talk) 19:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention death in Intro 

message: Paracetamol, acetaminophen, was what killed him more than the alcohol or opiates. It's poison  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.36.107 (talk) 03:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Umm ... so what's your point? We wouldn't be engaging in this sort of speculation in any event. Daniel Case (talk) 03:36, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of death 

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