Talk:Abhinav Bindra

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 Shobhit102 | talk  07:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: IOC says he was born in 1982 and that should be the end of the discussion. Σαι ( Talk) 07:36, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Building consensus 

message: Born: October 29, 1983
Ht: / Wt: 5'8 / 143 lbs
The following biographical information was provided by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).
Historical Results
Note: A complete explanation of data type and depth can be found in the Additional Information section of the biographyRank Event Year Venue Result Olympic Games 7 10m Air Rifle 2004 Athens, GRE 694.6 World Championships 1 10m Air Rifle 2006 Zagreb, CRO 699.1 Asian Championships 4 10m Air Rifle 2005 Bangkok, THA 695.3
General Interests
Marital status: Single Club name: Ranjitgarh Rifle Club: India Coach: Gaby Buehlmann, Sunny Thomas [national] (ISSF 13/02/04) Handed: Right (ISSF 13/02/04) Additional information: When and where did you begin this sport? He began the sport at the age of 15 in India. (Athlete 14/09/00)
Why this sport? He was attracted to guns and got into the sport because he liked the idea of fame. (Education Sify 28/02/02)
Training Regime He does seven hours of shooting and two hours of stretching and jogging per day. (Education Sify 28/02/02)
Most influential person in career His parents. (Athlete 01/02/00)
Sporting philosophy / motto "For a shooter, all skill lies in concentration." (Education Sify 28/02/02)
Awards and honours He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2001, India's highest national recognition for sportsmen and women. (Tribune India 01/04/06)
He received a K.K. Birla Foundation Sports Award for 2000/01. (Tribune India 19/03/02)
He was awarded the Diploma of Honour by the International Sports Shooting Federation in 2000. (Nriol 28/06/01)
He received an Arjuna Award for 2000, India's second highest national recognition for sportsmen and women. (Tribune India 01/04/06)
General EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION In the 50m rifle 3-position pairs event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, he suffered an early equipment malfunction and was forced to borrow the weapon of teammate Anjali Bhagwat to continue. He ended up shooting a score of 1444, one more than his partner Gagan Narang, as the pair claimed the gold medals. "Shooting is 99 per cent luck and one per cent training," he said afterwards. (Delhi2010 20/03/06, IBN Live 24/03/06)
YOUNGEST COMPETITOR He was the youngest shooter to compete at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and also became the youngest person to represent India at an Olympic Games. (Dimdima 26/02/02)
FAMILY FUNDED His father's financial status provides him with the best competition and training equipment available. "I have an air-conditioned shooting range with a totally computerised Target Transportation System of international standards," he said. "I am also equipped with around seven guns, ammunition, jackets and other shooting paraphernalia." (Education Sify 28/02/02)
The following results are included in the Competition Highlights field. There can be small discrepancies due to the lack of sources for certain results. Note that the results are sorted on rank within a competition.
Results in Last Olympic Cycle: - All Placings at 2004 Olympic Games - All Placings at 2007 World Championships (Olympic events only) - Top 8 at other World Championships (Olympic events only) - Top 8 at Continental Championships (Olympic events only) - Top 3 at World Cup competitions and World Cup Final
Historical Results (before OG 2004): - Top 8 at 2000 Olympic Games - Top 3 at other Olympic Games - Top 3 at World Championships (Olympic events only, from 1997)
Language spoken: English  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.0.250 (talk) 07:49, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Much of it is trivia such as language spoken, most influential person etc. and cannot be included. The rest however can modified and rephrased into neutral prose, while citing reliable sources. Blogs are not reliable sources of information. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More About Abhinav Bindra 

message: What's the proof that abhinavbindra.blogspot.com is his blog, and not a spam site?
:It is removed now. WP does not consider blog sites as notable. --GDibyendu (talk) 08:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It hardly adds any value to the article. Next time it props up again, please delete it again. --GDibyendu (talk) 08:46, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I shall do. I was also avoiding 3RR.--SkyWalker (talk) 10:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This article validates it. No harm in having it under external links, IMO. Tintin 03:21, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the link. IT's ok now. 202.54.176.51 (talk) 04:17, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blog 

message: I wanted to take a moment to applaud all those people who put in significant effort in upgrading the page. To compare, these are the changes in the page since this morning after he won the gold. 
The page has moved from a stub class article to a start class article. --192.8.222.82 (talk) 13:03, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  great going 

message: Is he a BBA or an MBA? According to The Statesman, he is an MBA. According to The Telegraph and The Tribune, he is a BBA. His young age suggests that he is a BBA, not an MBA. Also which specific school of the University of Colorado did he attend? That information has to be updated on the list of alumni page of that university as well. 
GhanaDa (talk) 08:29, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Academic qualifications

message: The article says "Bindra scored his highest of the finals - 10.8 (A Bullseye)" . As per 10 m Air Rifle, the maximum score is 10.9. Can someone explain this. If not, I'll wait for a day and remove the "bullseye". Tintin 14:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for removing it. His max was 10.8 in finals. And Bullseye is 10.9. --GDibyendu (talk) 18:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Max points 

message: It is alleged that Abhinav's and Gagan's gun was fiddled with during the competition. Can some one create a separate section on the same.BalanceΩrestored Talk 07:53, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Source?. --SkyWalker (talk) 08:47, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already posted the references from Times of India. http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bindras_gun_was_fiddled_with_before_final/articleshow/3361598.cms
BalanceΩrestored Talk 09:57, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

text: That's the goodness of Abhinav Bindra that he's not giving the controversy lot of weight. BalanceΩrestored Talk 09:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding Olympic Controversy

message: How are they? There's another one :Image:Abhinav Bindra 2.jpg. Use it if needed. Cheers Σαι ( Talk) 02:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I find some of the content of this section quite redundant. What has the fact that his parents are promoters of so-and-so group got to do with his early years. Furthermore, his (or his father's) business's turnover is irrelevant. Facts about his schooling are good--perhaps we may expand on that. Also, the part of him being discovered by Lt. Col Dhillon could go into this section. gnusbiz (talk) 18:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As such, it does not look important. But if they were doctors, then nobody would have objected against this info. Turnover of the company is also apparently redundant, but (though it is not mentioned yet in the article) Bindra's father made Personal Training facility using his own money. And Turover also supports 'affluent' from the first sentence. --GDibyendu (talk) 18:52, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early years 

message: The guy's name is Abhinav, his sister's name is Divya, his family speaks Hindi, he wasn't born in Punjab, and nothing about him whatsoever would lead one to believe he is a Punjabi Sikh other than him saying so, even one that is none too religious. The fact that he is a so-called "Sikh" seems to be overblown. Just look up any interview with his family regarding his Olympic win, if you think this stuff is made up. He doesn't represent Punjabis in the slightest. Calling oneself Sikh doesn't make it so.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 3swordz (talk • contribs) 09:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I totally agree with you. The problem is that this is a gross misrepresentation of the Sikh community. A very bad example for the next generation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IntrepidSoldier (talk • contribs) 14:20, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some doubts 

message: I am responding here due to a request made at Requests for Editor Assistance. There appears to be an ongoing content dispute between user Rationalist22 and anonymous users 69.119.26.131 and 146.121.21.2 over content provided in the "Early life" section, specifically a reference made to Bindra being a Sikh.
# I have re-added the content as supported by the information found in the cited third-party articles.
# Discussion and debate on who is actually a Sikh does not belong on Wikipedia. Users have presented a number of reliable sources that claim Bindra to be a Sikh and that information can be included until somebody provides a source that says otherwise. If a source provides information contrary to an editor's beliefs, that does not mean that the source can be dismissed as unreliable.
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If there are reliable sources that claim that Bindra is in fact not a Sikh, then please provide links to those sources here so that the article's content can be discussed. Thank you. -epicAdam(talk) 15:51, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit war 

message: Is 700.5 supposed to be the sum of 596 and 105.5? Because it isn't. Which of the three numbers is wrong? Shreevatsa (talk) 22:21, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. Bindra's final score was 104.5, I'll fix it right away. —JAO • T • C 07:24, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arithmetic 

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message: Scorpio. As he is born on October 29th the starting days of Scorpio are October 24th to November 13th. 2001:DF7:4B80:E3C:75CA:6CC3:A566:48C2 (talk) 11:38, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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