Talk:Abdullah the Butcher

message: The birthdate is listed as 1941 - this is inline with his age at debut  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karthikaya (talk • contribs) 11:06, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you've ever seen any of his matches (or even clips from his matches), you'd notice that he often bleed during his matches (with typically large amounts of blood).  Blading that much over such a long period of time (six decades) is bound to leave some scars. Jeff Silvers 23:17, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

text: However, it wasn't just blading, it was also getting jabbed in the forehead with pencils and forks and whatever else was available.--Darren Jowalsen 15:31, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I wonder what Abdullah's actual height is.  I have heard that wrestlers are always billed as being taller than they really are.  There is a long, unending discussion on the Andre the Giant page about Andre's height.  I just downloaded an old match where Andre and Abdullah faced off.  If Abdullah really was 6'1", then I can see how Andre could have been 7' or taller.  If Abdullah was less than 6'1", then I can believe more easily those people who claim Andre was no more than 6'10" - or an absolute maximum of 6'11".  70.54.127.227 16:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actual height? 

message: Okay, so the intro states "knows a minimal amount of judo and karate", while the career part states he "eventually earning the title of seventh-degree grandmaster". Now what? I will now remove the deprecatory "minimal amount" part of the intro and added a "citation needed" to the other remark. Tierlieb (talk) 21:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Karate and judo knowledge 

message: Quote : "Consequently, he was often brought into a territory as a hired gun to destroy a popular fan favorite, and his appearances usually sparked local interest since others." Since others what? Enquiring minds would like to know. Also "A sadistic and bloodthirsty hardcore wrestler in history has established a legacy." Just abysmal grammar. I don't know enough about Abby to fix the whole page, but surely he deserves a better article than this?VonBlade (talk) 22:35, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: I see that a war seems to have broken out between some wanting to remove the photo, and others insisting it remain there. It's been deleted and then brought back twice now I believe. The complaint is that it is too graphically violent. For certain it is a great horror shot. Marty55 (talk) 19:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  War over photo 

message: The photo being used blatently exposes professional wrestling. You can clearly see he's blading the guy. --
User:Lawrence142002  —Preceding undated comment added 05:25, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Look At The Photo

message: * Too much of the article in general is essay-like.
* The most recent edit was a deletion due to "unsourced negative information."  While the deleted content doesn't provide a specific cited source, it does refer to Maclean's (though misspelled in the article).  To claim or imply that Maclean's is not a reliable source would be rather foolish.  On the other hand, the article's lead contains the following: "The scars in his forehead are said to be a result of frequent blading...However, New Jack claimed in his RF Video shoot interview that the grooves in Shreve's head were surgically implemented."  Two issues here.  First, the cited source is a YouTube page.  Not only is YouTube widely regarded on Wikipedia as not being a reliable source, but that particular video has since been pulled by request of RF Video.  Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, it's probably safe to say that New Jack was in elementary school back when Abdullah was wrestling in main events with deep scars in his forehead.  How can New Jack possibly be considered an authority on this matter?  The continued existence of that content in the article breaks all sorts of conventions.
::I've removed it for those reasons. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:10, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: While this seems to be true, from what I've seen of Japanese wrestling (a fair bit), it does somewhat smell of original research. I've left it, but don't totally condone it. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:10, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll look into this. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:10, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article issues 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084600/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_16  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.29.101.115 (talk) 18:14, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  He was in a Japanese movie once, if anyone wants to integrate that information into the page... 

message: I noticed a minor snafu when talking about Abdullah's debut. It mentions that he was first discovered by Jack Britton, which is true, but it's not the same Jack Britton that the hyperlink suggests. The welterweight boxer Jack Britton is NOT the wrestling promoter Jack Britton, two different people with the same name. Tydrin (talk) 00:52, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack Britton 

message: You look at the facts in the way he acts 2600:1016:B024:7C1D:0:45:74C4:F501 (talk) 17:28, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think he had something to do with Bruiser Brody's death 

message: In this article, it says that he's half African American and half Blackfoot First Nations. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-06-na-abdullah6-story.html SpaceboundRocket (talk) 01:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  He's not actually Sudanese