Talk:Valentino Rossi

message: "There are two theories as to why Rossi is entitled "The Doctor", one is Rossi adopted the nickname upon having earned a degree, which in Italy entitles one to use the title "Doctor". Another, as spoken by Graziano himself, "The Doctor because, I don't think there is a particular reason, but it's beautiful, and is important, The Doctor."
That's total crap, he called himself "The doctor" WAY before receiving that degree.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.3.50.164 (talk) 16:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also: "Rossi is a common surname for Doctors" is ridiculous: Rossi is a common surname for whatever profession: it is one of the most common italian surnames!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keith 64 (talk • contribs) 20:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

text: What is the point of detailing this on the talk page when you can amend the main article? --Falcadore (talk) 03:37, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Doctor 

message: The side box is confusing- it lists Rossi's 125/250/500/MotoGP stats together and seems to contradict the "Records" section.  It should be updated with only his premier class (500/MotoGP) stats or the heading in the box should be changed (and I can't figure out how to change the heading).
01:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sidebox 

message: It says on his page that he died today! OH MY GOD!
:Nah, he isn't dead...you've been tricked by a vandal. --Skully Collins Review Me! Please? 11:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  He's DEAD??? 

message: I do not care what anyone else says, rossi is the best! although he did not win the championship this year he got himself from 14th position to 2nd!!! that proves just how great he is! nicky hayden only won because he was on repsol honda, the greatest bike in the tournament,and rossi unfortunately fell. if nicky was on camel yamaha imagine where he would finish!!! Since the move to moto gp rossi has made great achievements: 7th reining world champion, a doctors award, he even proved, by the move from honda to yamaha that its the rider that makes it work, not the bike! he really is the greatest!! All you nicky hayden fans better watch out, next season rossi will be back and better than ever finishing the championship in 1st place and where will nicky be? Yes nicky hayden is a good rider but no where near as good as rossi! cant wait for the 2007 season to start....MISSIN YOU ROSSI XXXXXXX
Valesbigestfan 13:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  VALENTINO ROSSI 

message: just added the new zealand rally results, he finished 11th place, unsure whether or not i needed to link to a website with the results or not though. Aragami 16:00, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  rally results 

message: This article needs a good going over. The referencing style needs to be consistent, and the language needs some good copy editing. I'll aim to do this over he next few days so the article is better fitting a sporting legend. Ged UK (talk) 10:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made a start. Hopefully I'll get hold of his autobiog over the weekend which I hope will help get rid of some of the fact tags. Ged UK (talk) 19:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/02/12/motor.rossi/index.html?eref=rss_latest this article says he's paying $27.6 million, not 35.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.16.229.39 (talk) 17:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 35 million Euros, not dollars. Ged UK (talk) 18:21, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tax Evasion 

message: This needs a re-write. We all put our gloves and boots on this way, i.e. one after the other. It's extraordinarily difficult to do othwerwise. And then "he gets off the bike the same way"..er, as the gloves? 
"He also revealed in an interview with MotoGP.com that he always puts one boot on before the other, one glove on before the other, and he always gets on the bike the same way." Cthwaites (talk) 17:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. It's appalling and I've started a clean-up and identifying the many, many POVs in it, mostly harmless but needing facts.bigpad (talk) 23:03, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: According to the reference given, Rossi is 7th on the list of international sportsmen in terms of earnings, this fails to take into account the American athletes, which can be found by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
By looking at the 2 lists, Rossi is in fact twelfth.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecomicrelief (talk • contribs) 18:21, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The data has changed I think, as in it's been updated for a new year. Update the page, be bold! --Ged (talk) 18:53, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Well, welcome to wikipedia then :) --Ged UK (talk) 16:11, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in Earnings 

message: excuse me but he has not yet won this year's title, as it says in the box. simmer down eh? 121.91.15.44 (talk) 14:02, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: He has now.--Sooo Kawaii!!! ^__^ (talk) 22:19, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  8 wc not 9 

message: I note that Valentino Rossi holds a record for gaining most pole positions with 58...in Premier class! That's incorrect! Should be in fact 48. Afterall he certainly does hold a record for that in ALL classes in MotoGP! (125cc, 250cc and  Premier class.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hunterbfh (talk • contribs) 20:32, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, good point, I've taken it out, as I don't have Doohan's lower class info to hand (did he even ride in them?) GedUK  08:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Doohan went straight to 500cc from Australian Superbike (with a handful of World Superbike wildcard spots). Manning (talk) 09:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I thought. I glanced through his wiki page, but we all know Wikipedia's not a reliable source! GedUK  10:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I was speaking from memory, but a glance at an old copy of AMCN confirmed it. (AMCN = Australian Motorcycle News magazine). Also as the 125/250 cc culture never really ever got established here in Australia, most international riders come up through Superbike ranks (Stoner being the most obvious exception). Manning (talk) 13:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Similar in teh UK really; the current (excellent) crop of 125 riders are the first generation we've had for a while, compared to Superbikes and superstock etc.GedUK  21:01, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: All of Doohan's 58 pole positions were in premier class, this can be confirmed by searching the statistics in motogp.com statistics page and also from Doohan's motogp.com profile. Therefore this puts Rossi's 48 pole positions second in premier class pole positions, just behind Doohan. I also find this news from crash.net that support this fact, but this news item wouldn't be updated regularly, so there is no point to cite this page in the article as it's gonna be outdated when the next race completed. — Martin tamb (talk) 16:55, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  First in all time Pole positions in Premier Class?. 

message: Hi guys! Nothing about the accident that will cost him the chance of winning the 2010 title? 121.247.68.245 (talk) 00:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  June 2010 accident? 

message: Hi everyone. What the article tells at the moment are things which I really couldn't call superstitions. So, he watches the red lights in the 125cc start - I'd say thats an intelligent move for estimating when his own starting light will turn green. So, he has a special way of getting on and off his bike - That reminds me strongly of what I once read in a kyudo primer: You want to switch your mind into fully focused performance mode by a fixed ritual which symbolizes leaving the regular world behind for a while. This view also seems to me strongly reflected in Rossi's quotation. So, he does some strange stretching moves while going down pit lane - but the article itself says this is mainly for adjusting his leathers.
Unless someone can add any rites of a more unscientific or magical nature, I would suggest replacing "Superstition" with "Odd Ritual" or something along those lines. --BjKa (talk) 21:54, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Superstitions? 

message: It's getting rather long now, running to 80+kbs, which is more than recommended. I would suggest that we split out the statistics and records into another article, something like List of Valentino Rossi's results and records. I know this is quite unusual for a sportsperson, but Rossi's longevity and achievements are bigger than any other rider I can think of bar Ago. 
Roger Federer has separate articles List of career achievements by Roger Federer and Roger Federer career statistics (indeed he has separate articles Roger Federer in 2003, Roger Federer in 2004 through to Roger Federer in 2010 though I'm not suggesting we go that far as yet).
Thoughts? GedUK  12:44, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I don't think a split it is unusual for an exceptional sportsperson who has a lot of records and achievements. I've seen several basketball player articles has a separate page for career achievements (such as Michael Jordan). But I don't think there is an urgent need to split this article, because the "readable prose" size is still under 50kb (without the stats and the records). Michael Schumacher's article looks similar to this article. Combining a really long prose and a lot of statistics, but it still looks good and passed GAN. I think the problem with this article is the records section which is too long, messy and unreadable. Some records may even be outdated and some of them are unsourced. I've rearranged those records to a table, added references, and deleted the "second in .." entries which aren't really records that he holds. — Martin tamb (talk) 17:22, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a good idea, go for the split. The kb limit is designed to allow accessibility for readers with slow connections, you'd be doing them a favour. Brutal Deluxe (talk) 17:27, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think the records section is a bit weird. For example "consecutive championship titles with different constructors" is not really his record, Lawson did it first (1988 title with Yamaha, 1989 with Honda). "Championship titles with different engine displacement" IMO that's a bit of stretch, yes he won with the 3 different engine displacement but that was helped by the regulations changing. "Consecutive wins with Yamaha" 11 in 2005 and 2008? I am not sure what exactly does that mean in 2005 he won 5 consecutive races and in 2008 5 as well.  Dr. Loosmark  17:39, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry about the "Consecutive wins with Yamaha" record, I made an error there. About the shared records, there are notes explaining those, but they may not seem very clear. I agree that some records are weird and not really notable, but I just rewrote what's been there before. Feel free to delete any weird and non-notable records or to revert to the previous Records format. Anyway, we should really get back to the split idea rather than the records. Just to clarify, I don't oppose the split idea. I just think it is not really necessary at this point. — Martin tamb (talk) 18:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Schumacher's article is over 140k, which is way too big in my opinion, but that's a separate issue! I think the records table is a vast improvement on what was there before, though it's barely made any difference to the overall page size. I've made a test copy of the records page at User:Ged UK/rossirecords and it runs to 34 kb (with a lead etc to come) which would make this article 47-48 or thereabouts, which is better. GedUK  20:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll vote for a split. We can expect at least another two years of results and items, especially with rule changes due in 2012, splitting now would be sensible.  Ronhjones  (Talk) 23:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time to split the article? 

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message: I tried to add two official links (managed personally by Rossi), but a Bot has deleted them after three minutes. I listed them here:
https://twitter.com/#!/ValeYellow46
http://www.youtube.com/user/ValeYellow461
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replies: text: You should know that neither Twitter nor You Tube are acceptable as reliable sources. That's why they were deleted. And will most ikely be deleted again, even from this talk page. --Falcadore (talk) 11:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New External links 

message: I added a citation for the 2017 section, the whole paragraph was previously not cited. Eddingfieldjack123 (talk) 17:09, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: Punk Band Song Tribute to Valentino Rossi
http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/3755/punk-band-song-tribute-to-valentino-rossi  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.149.42 (talk) 10:30, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If the band were notable (e.g. if they had an article on Wikipedia) then it might be worthy of mention, but the band does not have a Wikipedia article and the song doesn't seem to have received much coverage. --Biker Biker (talk) 11:48, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punk Band Song Tribute to Valentino Rossi 

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message: Italy is not an Iberian country, as text says. The only two Iberian countries are Spain and Portugal. Probably author wanted to say: "two Mediterranean" contries.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michelangelo BC (talk • contribs) 17:36, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal life: mistake 

message: valintino rossi has also been in 4 movies hitting the apex, faster, fastest, and torrente 5. and in all 4 he appears more than 1 time. 
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message: How to protecting page Valentino Rossi?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alberto Navarro (talk • contribs) 09:44, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: You can request page protection at Requests for page protection. I doubt this would be protected, but depends which admin was patrolling (I wouldn't protect it personally, but others might). It's on my watchlist and if it gets back I'll protect if no-one protects. GedUK  09:59, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect the page 

message: There is information that is not cited in the 2016 portion of the article so I added a little bit of information to add to the very beginning of the paragraph. I plan to look for the information that is not cited and find a source for it and also add a photograph. §
Splitted paragraph Return to Yamaha before and after 2019. I have been fair with titles. Wispyrainon (talk) 10:02, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no point separating 2013–2020 into 2013–2018 and 2019–2020. It's the same team. Engr. Smitty Werben 10:04, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not the same rider. Wispyrainon (talk) 10:11, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  What are you talking about? You're being disruptive. Stop it. Engr. Smitty Werben 10:14, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career  

message: The nicknames section is missing the short form for Valentino, "Vale", which is pretty common for Rossi.  -- 64.229.90.53 (talk) 11:49, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Could not be done as nickname is not allowed for motorbike racers. Itcouldbepossible (Talk) (Contributions) (Log) 07:16, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Vale