Talk:Obafemi Martins

message: Almost all the article seems to have been copied from , or could it be the other way around, beaing in mind this is a Nigerian paper and not the UK Sun? I was going to re-write the article because of this, should I go ahead??Stev17 14:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright

message: During discussion surrounding Obafemi's transfer to Newcastle, rumours started to surface that instead of Obafemi being only 21 that he was actually 25 or even 26. Oba the age limit? However, this rumour was confirmed as untrue by the Nigerian FA, who were the root of the rumours originally when they had a clerical error on his birth date (which stated he was born in 1978) when they first called him up to the national team eventhough his passport and Birth Certificate stated he was born in 1984. There are also rumours that Martins played with Celestine Babayaro (27) in the Nigerian youth team, this was deemed untrue though as Martins never played for the Nigerian youth team and only ever played for his hometown club FC Ebedei while in Nigeria at the age of 15. Martins is unbelievably quick, and celebrates with incredible somersaults when he scores, Surely the hallmarks of a young man. However, Martins refused to take a bone-test which would have revealed his correct date of birth and this led to people inquiring why he wouldn't take it if he isn't hiding anything.
okay i removed this section because i believe it is totally p.o.v. driven, also as this has actualy been cleared up by Newcastle, Inter and the Nigerian F.A. i believe it doesn't actually need too be in the article, Luke Out Crabman123 22:46, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Age Rumours

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Although Martins' date of birth on his passport states 28 October 1984, the website of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) said he was born on 1 May 1978.
I'm going by passport age, and someone put 1942 has it dob so i've reverted that too. Toge 10:26, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only his 4th season on the first team - nothing special. Also saying he "looks" over 21 isn't verifiable and encyclopedic. Does Ole Gunnar Solskjær look like he's 32? Anyway, until the major sources (BBC, Yahoo, etc.) release a major story confirming the whole age thing (so far it's only speculation in The Sun), it should stay with the other value. ugen64 16:55, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Martins Age 

message: The transfer section needs to be removed, with the bare details held in this section regarding his move to Newcastle being incorporated into the Newcastle section.
Niall123 14:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transfer Section 

message: Remember that only domestic appearances and goals are counted in the info box for football players. So his two goals last night against Levadia Tallin don't get counted. --Wikipediatastic 08:59, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we really need describe every goal Oba scores for Newcastle against "x" team in his biography?... It should just say he has an impressive overall scoring ratio so far, and pin-point the most significant goals. - Deathrocker 03:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Agreed. It was okay to describe his first few goals for Newcastle, but if every single goal he scores is going to be mentioned then it's going to end up being a very long article indeed.Bababoum 18:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've done a bit, see what you think.Stev17 17:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goals/Appearances 

message: Just to clarify, Martins can not be included as a part of the team that won the Intertoto Cup for Newcastle because he didn't compete in the competition, despite helping them advance to the latter stages in the UEFA Cup. Please stop adding this to his honours list. Bababoum 15:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honours 

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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Obafemi Martins]] 

message: I removed "Amongst his childhood friends and teammates are the likes of Ifeanyi Emeghara and Stephen Makinwa" as it doesn't have a source. Feel free to add it back in once one is found.--DFS454 (talk) 12:36, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Childhood Friends 

message: I dispute the age he claims to be!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.109.100 (talk) 14:37, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obafemis Actual Age 

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