Talk:List of heaviest people

message: August 2013 - [http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Saudi+man+weighing+96+stone+airlifted+to+hospital Saudi man weighing 96 stone airlifted to hospital his name is Corey Mcpherson he is fat
]. If that weight is confirmed then we have a new No. 2.  92.29.18.107 (talk) 15:18, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: New entry for the Top 3

message: All of the conversions to kilograms are incorrect, 1 lb=0.45359237 kg. And yes, various unconfirmed cases have been included; starting with Carol Yager, who's weight has never been verified by Guinness World Records – though they did recognize an earlier weight of 1,189 lb (539 kg) for her.
Shouldn't there be separate categories for men and women, with different minimum weights?
Well done Goveli (talk) 20:07, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Conversions

message: This was a large block of text deleted from the article. It has no reference material but still could be useful if verified. --The_stuart 17:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Walter Hudson already has his own article.  Maybe the deleted info could be incorporated into that? Roaming27 21:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted info 

message: Comment via Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of the heaviest people. I voted Keep, but 1000 lbs seems rather arbitrary and modern-biased. Particularly, it excludes the famously obese Daniel Lambert. Tearlach 01:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Threshold

message: The guy who lost the most weight!! Check it out!! He didn't even make 20 and he lost 500+lbs; the rest, apart from the very most excessive, seemed to have broadly average lifespans (50-70+ years)
Dieting is worse than being even THIS fat?!!!
:If you're referring to lifespan, yes, sometimes... despite the inherent health risks of being massively obese, crash dieting can be even worse... you'll note many stories of the mega-obese where they end up dying due to complications with losing the weight, rather than ccomplications caused by being that weight in the first place.  Moral of the story I guess is it's better to avoid getting there in the first place, but be careful about how yo go about losing it.  75.70.123.215 (talk) 06:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  And the shortest lifespan? 

message: Probably should include this: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070720210958.nxif5zgw&show_article=1. - MSTCrow 02:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For the record -- link is to Manuel Uribe -- now included. - Fayenatic (talk) 17:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  1,234 pound Man 

message: Where is T.J. "Fat" Albert Jackson?  He was Guinness Record holder for most obese alive for many years. I understand he lost weight, though, and got himself under 600.--Scottandrewhutchins 18:14, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[T.J. Albert Jackson]]

message: First of all, Janice Johnson did NOT weight 1000 lbs! She was some smokin hot, skinny bassist!
And second, I found a complete chart of 1000-pounders. http://valuewiki.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/fatlist.png
Savvy10 (talk) 18:48, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancies 

message: Apart from the Mexican Manuel Uribe, it is worth noting that every individual on the list is from the USA. Speaks volumes about our diet. In fact, Uribe's weight increase accelerated when he came to live in the USA. He moved back to Mexico to change his diet, but it was too late.
:It is notable that these people are mostly quite recent.  Unfortunately there are far more grossly obese people now than ever before. Even only 50 years ago, such obesity was virtually unknown. But to get back to a proper topic for a talk page, are there any records of larger people from previous centuries?203.184.41.226 (talk) 05:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: American Diet

message: I remember seeing him featured on a TLC obesity show, and the doctors estimating his weight to be 1400 lbs.  I found mention of him in two articles:
Is he mention-worthy for the list? Johnbiggs (talk) 21:25, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mark Minch

message: For the "number one" person here it says that the Peak weight is not confirmed.  If that is so, why the hell do we have this person listed AT ALL???  This seems like a horrible WP:BLP trainwreck to me, I don't care if some of the people are living and some are not.  This is still horrible.   JBsupreme (talk) 09:15, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it should be removed if the weight was unconfirmed. 64.229.176.75 (talk) 18:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Her weight of 1,200 lb is confirmed, so I restored her entry there. Her article still mentions the higher alleged weight, but with proper context of the source of that number. --AmaltheaTalk 19:24, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Peak weight not confirmed

message: Unsurprising I suppose. Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 08:41, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like 10 of 11. I see I wasn't the only one to notice this. 71.248.115.187 (talk) 22:26, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Were they really all American? 

message: Why are Billy and Benny McCrary, Edward Bright and Daniel Lambert all listed under "See Also?"  All of their weights seem to be verifiable and over 500 pounds, so why aren't they actually included in the list itself?  Esprix (talk) 16:46, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "See Also?"

message: John "big Mac" Johnson 1983 - present Pheonix Arizona 2,012 pounds
72.198.61.143 (talk) 23:25, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Rivertorch (talk) 08:30, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 5 December 2012 

message: The link below describes her peak weight at 1,100lbs, and the documentary about her shows her weighing in at over 1100lbs as well.
http://www.crushable.com/2012/09/21/entertainment/tlc-half-ton-killer-true-story-mayra-rosales-obese-crush-nephew-facts-275/
Also, what about Carol Haffner at 1,023lbs? 
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-03-01/features/9503010120_1_oxygen-tank-north-carolina-hospital-bed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.149.122 (talk) 19:25, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mayra Rosales and Carol Haffner 

message: Twenty-two years old Khalid Mohsen Shaeri, weighing 610-kilogram, had to be extracted from the second floor of an apartment building with the use of a forklift. He was then flown to Riyadh on board a special plane, accompanied by a special medical team, and taken to the King Fahd Medical City (KFMC) for treatment.
http://www.arabnews.com/news/461794  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ar.makkawi (talk • contribs) 00:38, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed... there's a video over here, too. Esn (talk) 16:30, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed No. 2 for the list 

message: Impossible to know, but the author of this blog might be one of the heaviest women who ever lived.  I was unable to determine her full name or much about her, except a first name of Alison and a location of Plymouth, England, and an age of approximately 25 if she is still alive.
http://alisonsgut.blogspot.com/
Chutznik (talk) 00:55, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Alison

message: According to this article, Catrina Raiford weighed 995 pounds before her weight loss surgery. (I think there may be many people that weigh this much that go unknown.)
http://www.gofundme.com/7my5x8  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1000:B00A:1B5B:B997:923A:854F:3424 (talk) 12:41, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Catrina Raiford? 

message: I have heard of a woman called Renee T. Scarfa who is said to have weighed 1800lbs. She passed away in 2008 at the age of 49. She is mentioned in several internet sources that I have listed below.  I have no idea how accurate the listed sources are but if they are reliable she deserves to be at the top of the list. 
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-420658
http://www.ask.com/q?q=Who-is-or-was-the-world's-heaviest-woman&o=2218&l=dir&page=1
http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66150
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_or_was_the_world's_fattest_woman<ref>
<ref>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_or_was_the_heaviest_woman_in_the_world_and_what_was_her_weight
Femalefeeder (talk) 18:20, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renee T. Scarfa 1800lbs? 

message: He's listed as number 1 in this ranking based on one source (Weekly World News). The source is highly questionable, and I can find no other mention of Buster's existence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:1F80:6E3:58C4:960:A74C:D3AF (talk) 06:38, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buster Simcus 

message: There's a succession box at :Jon Brower Minnoch which currently shows Francis John Lang preceding Minnoch as "Heaviest person ever recorded" and lists Minnoch as "Heaviest person ever recorded 1941-1983", 1941 being when he was born. Perhaps editors watching this page can help. I've opened a new talk-page section at Talk:Jon Brower Minnoch#Succession box. NebY (talk) 11:23, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Succession box at [[:Jon Brower Minnoch]] 

message: Lindsay mendeleson  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.24.128.170 (talk) 15:32, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 October 2015 

message: From a recent TLC program. He was weighed in hospital. Seems legit.
www.examiner.com/article/my-600-lb-life-takes-viewers-on-sean-s-story-on-tlc
Dyaimz (talk) 07:51, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sean Milliken (Max 1003lb) 

message: Death date not entered into list, but on personal page.
Jesswuvs2laf (talk) 03:01, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patrick Deuel 

message: Abdul Jabbar
38 years old
weight: 490 KG
Nationality: Pakistani
City: Karachi
Reported on ARY News Pakistan on 1st September 2016  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.245.204.73 (talk) 07:48, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Entry in the list 

message: The lead says "(970 lb; 69 st 4 lb)." What is 69 st 4 lb.?? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: A stone is a unit of weight, equal to 14 pounds. Maproom (talk) 08:20, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

text: For interest, Anna, Stones have been a common unit of human weight in the UK (and, consequently, elsewhere in what is now the Commonwealth) for very many years. Despite the recent introduction of Metric weights, middle-aged and older Brits like myself invariably think of our weight in stones and pounds, and would have to stop and do mental arithmetic to convert to pounds only, while most of us probably have no clue what our weight in kilos is. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.212.15.178 (talk) 11:58, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange numbers and letters 

message: Can someone please fix this? This seems to be a protected article.
159.153.4.51 (talk) 22:42, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eman Ahmed is a woman - check the article! 

message: Currently, Eman Ahmed is listed as "1100 lbs; 100 st 0 lb," but 1100 lbs is actually 78 st 8 lb. Since this article is protected, can someone look into fixing this, please?
Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.223.105.106 (talk) 19:09, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eman Ahmed Incorrect Information 

message: Should this be moved to "List of heaviest people"?
Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:21, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The Fattest Man in Britain needs to be corrected in this sentence: Barry Austin and Jack Taylor, two obese British men documented in the comedy-drama The Fattest Man in Britain. 2600:1702:1690:E10:9C40:1339:5A58:3BD4 (talk) 22:44, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also (fix/format)  

message: Jon Brower Minnoch is listed as having lost 419 kg, the largest weight loss ever recorded, despite that the very next person, Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, is stated to have lost 542 kg.
Dimeirex (talk) 05:27, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obvious weight loss discrepancy 

message: You German speakers can’t differentiate languages. Matatias (talk) 13:28, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 16: it’s Portuguese, not Spanish. 

message: I would like to change the fact that Jon Brower Minnoch is not the heaviest person to have ever lived.
I have sufficient evidence that a man called Luke Newcombe is heavier than Jon by 22kg. Ringworm seducer (talk) 04:22, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. After seeing your vandalism on List of tallest people I'm not holding my breath. Meters (talk) 04:44, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2020 

message: Kelsey Kasher should be added she weighs 677 lbs Juliaborny (talk) 05:07, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. JTP (talk • contribs) 05:24, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2020 

message: Maybye there should be another column, called weight at death, where it would list people weight at death, because some people lost their weight, until their death.
Also where Is Khan Baba 5.173.129.208 (talk) 12:14, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weight at death 

message: I am not an expert in this subject... I just happened upon this page while doing some googling, but I believe the LosPollosTV entry is vandalism. The notes just say "Burger King." 198.135.172.27 (talk) 02:01, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "LosPollosTV" ??? 

message: Arbab Khaizer Hayat, is a Pakistani wrestler, known for his weight, known as 'Khan Baba', or 'Pakistani Hulk'. He claims to be 436kg (961 lbs), or according to some even 441kg (981 lbs)
Source:
https://broscience.com/khan-baba/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.231.63.57 (talk) 15:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arbab Khizer Hayat 

message: Change the age at death for Andrés Moreno from 45 to 38. Coldrainwater (talk) 23:39, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: ARandomName123 (talk) 16:23, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2022 

message: 2601:44:201:68F0:5047:B5EB:B8BC:3DC5 (talk) 18:27, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 19:26, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2023