Talk:Yu Darvish

message: It is incorrect to refer to the official language of Iran - Persian - as Farsi when writing in English. "Farsi" (an Arabic adaptation of the word "Parsi"), is the indigenous name of the Persian language. Just as the German speaking people refer to their language as 'Deutsch', the Greek 'Ellinika' and the Spanish 'Espanol', the Persians use 'Farsi' or 'Parsi' to identify their native form of verbal communication. Recognising this, it has been Wikipedia's policy (based on Wiki:Correct; Wiki:Verifiability; Wiki:Naming conventions (languages); Wiki:Official names) to consistently use the term Persian (language) instead of Farsi.
Therefore, I will change the following sentence:
"Darvish knows some words in Farsi but does not speak it."
To:
"Darvish knows some words in Persian but does not speak it."
Thanks
NuturalObserver (talk) 03:21, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Early life

message: I chose to delete the section that was titled "Further reading" for the following reasons: While I'm all for having such a section as part of the article when it lists (print) sources that are relevant to the subject matter, the only source it listed was (as far as I could tell, please correct me if I'm wrong) a photo album of celebrities and athletes, many of them posing nude. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with listing such a book in and of itself, but frankly I doubt Making of Superstars 
qualifies as either "reading" or a "source relevant to the subject matter". Moreover, while it might have some value if it was quite a popular or well-known book, this seems questionable, too. A quick Google search on "Making of Superstars" and  "Darvish" (or even "Making of Superstars", "Kee", and "Leslie") returns only this Wikipedia page itself and some versions of the same article in other languages (along with some mirror pages on other sites). I have no doubt the book exists, but if the only mention you can find of it anywhere is on this page, does it merit being listed? It's neither relevant, informative (that is, provides factual information), nor well-known/prominent/popular enough to warrant inclusion. If anyone differs and thinks it should be stuck back in, please let me know your thoughts on this matter. Tech77jp (talk) 11:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance of "Further reading" section 

message: The article says that his father played for the Iranian national football team. As far as I know and based on the records no one with his fathers name or various spellings of it ever played for the national team. This needs to be checked.Nokhodi (talk) 05:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: His father

message: The source cited for Darvish's name in "Persian" (which should really read "Farsi", as that seems to be the convention here on WP) is sourced to an ESPN article that does not include that information (It has his legal surname in English, which is Darvishsefad). MSJapan (talk) 17:40, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there's been some back-and-forth over the full name, none of it well sourced, I've removed it altogether. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 17:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overextension of source... 

message: Yu has been pitching for a little while during Spring Training and from what I have been hearing he is doing pretty astonishing. Should this be added or wait until later when things are set further into motion?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by NovemberEnd (talk • contribs) 20:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spring Training 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Player was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers today. 204.239.11.6 (talk) 21:05, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Trade is awaiting confirmation by both MLB and teams involved. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:14, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2017 

message: The deal is official now 67.86.57.10 (talk) 21:19, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: per above. According to WP:MLB, trades aren't official pending review by the league and confirmation by the teams involved. Please do not jump the gun. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:26, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2017 

message: The opening paragraph begins with Mr. Darvish's current role with the L.A. Dodgers, followed by mention of his 2008 appearance in the Olympics as a member of the Japan national team, moves forward to his 2009 World Classic pitching as a member of the Japan national team, and closes with his time on the Rangers, 2012-2017. There is a better way to tell this opening story. I tried but failed to find it. Can someone help? Rainbow-five (talk) 01:23, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: How's this? – Muboshgu (talk) 02:00, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph needs smoothing 

message: He is right-handed, but one photo in the article has him as a left-handed pitcher. --2604:2000:E010:1100:4152:36B5:22D4:7880 (talk) 07:21, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Right-handed 

message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :Yu Darvish's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "auto1":
From Brad Wieck: 
From Zach Davies: 
From Japan: 
From Steve Carlton: 
From Hiragana: Walter & Walter 1998.
From Memorial Day: 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Yu Darvish]] 

message: This Darvish article states: Prior to the 2006 season Darvish's "go-to" pitch was a screwball, and he tends to rely more on his off-speed pitches than his fastball. After injuring his shoulder in an exhibition game start against the 2006 World Baseball Classic Japanese national team in February 2006, because of the strain the screwball had gradually been putting on his shoulder, he took the pitch out of his in-game repertoire and worked to develop his splitter until it became an equally effective pitch that would replace the screwball.
However, in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwball, it states: "Contrary to popular belief, the screwball is not particularly stressful on a pitcher's arm.[14] The pronation of the forearm allows for the protection of the ulnar collateral ligament, which is replaced during Tommy John surgery.[citation needed]"   ....That reference [14] directs to https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/magazine/the-mystery-of-the-vanishing-screwball.html.
Would it be best to interpret this through the eye of the beholder?  In other words, Darvish is the only person who can judge his condition or the source of strain.  If Darvish stated that the screwball indeed induced HIS shoulder pain, then I would suggest inserting a reference where he reports this (rather than outside assumption by others). Gprobins (talk) 04:39, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screwball - Stressful? 

message: Darvish was traded to Padres pending medical eval as of 12/28/20 98.191.253.15 (talk) 20:17, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , because he is a WP:PRIMARY source and the secondary sources do not yet say this reported trade has been completed. It took Blake Snell a few days. Be patient. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:56, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traded to Padres