Talk:Sultan Kösen

message: Kosen is 5.78 cm shorter than 242 cm tall Zhang Juncai  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.208.17 (talk) 23:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Except Zhang Juncai has not been officially measured so that comment is unsubstantiated. 59.167.42.2 (talk) 01:21, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: One old ref referred to him as basketball player but that is not mentioned in the current media reports. The video does look like he would not be able to play anyway. Maybe he did play though when he was younger (the ref was from 2005 and might have referred back in time from then) and not as tall (his growth stopped in 2008). Maybe worth investigating once sources appear. Agathoclea (talk) 09:18, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basketball 

message: # - Basketball (see above section)
# - "Like most men in their twenties, Sultan enjoys such things as listening to music, playing computer games and watching movies." I hunted but couldn't find a ref to support this. Manning (talk) 00:57, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unverified claims 

message: The tallest man in the world actually has 10 inches on Sultan Kosen. His name was Robert Wadlow and he passed away in 1940. A link to an article listing him as the tallest man in the world (according to the Guinnes Book of World Records) is below.
http://www.sphere.com/2009/10/23/ten-unbreakable-guinness-records/?icid=main|aim|dl1|link2|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sphere.com%2F2009%2F10%2F23%2Ften-unbreakable-guinness-records%2F  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugarblue900 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the Living part of "Tallest Living Man" adequately explains the distinction between Wadlow and Kosen. Manning (talk) 00:03, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sultan Kosen is Not the Tallest Man the World Has Seen 

message: A lot of the article, especially the intro, is written with the past tense. He's still alive and (as far as I could ascertain) doing well. I'll fix it next time I'm awake and have time, or anyone else feel free to do so.
Rafaelloaa (talk) 10:40, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I've corrected the lead section. The past tense used in the rest of the article seems appropriate. I'm amazed that you can edit so well in your sleep. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:44, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect tense throughout article. 

message: In the article stands  Sultan Kösen Turk, but in reality he is  a Kurd from Mardin . You should mention this in the article. Especially since he chooses the pro-Kurdish party  HDP himself Avestaboy (talk) 09:36, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: A source for Kösen's political affiliations would be very useful. Do you have another source for him being described as "a Kurd", as we already have one? Perhaps it would be better to describe him in the lead as "a Turkish Kurd"? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:52, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: So I have now adjusted the opening sentence and have added :Category:Turkish Kurdish people. Looking forward to any source for his political affiliation. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:07, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

text: Are you suggesting that he is a firm supporter of HDP?, perhaps even an activist? If so, that could be added to the article, if you could provide a good source. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:28, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

text: Well he is already placed in  :Category:Kurds in Turkey and in :Category:Turkish Kurdish people. Looking at others there I see that Cigerxwîn has a nationality of Kurdish, while Aynur Doğan has both Kurdish and Turkish. What would be best here? Martinevans123 (talk) 19:31, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

text: I learned in college that Kurdish is a nationality. 67.164.18.219 (talk) 22:06, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

text: Following discussion from what the IP user suggested and from what has been suggested, I have described him as being a Turk and also mentioned his Kurd ethnicity in the lede section. I imagine that this would be a contentious subject and is probably one of the reasons why its locked. There doesn't seem to be any guideline or internal consistency regarding this though. Clear Looking Glass (talk) 01:55, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sultan Kösen is a Kurd 

message: It says he was born in 1982, but then that he lived with his family in 1970. 2601:18B:8280:C3E:491C:5CDB:F732:EF6F (talk) 04:13, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates Don't Add Up

message: He is ninth tallest human in history, not seventh.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by XeonityDust (talk • contribs) 14:13, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rank 

message: Sultan Kösen was born in Mardin Province, but in the town of „Derik“ not Mardin city. 2001:871:210:5595:8D15:B3B5:559E:4748 (talk) 20:50, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have source for that claim? Thanks.  Martinevans123 (talk) 21:03, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not born in Mardin 

message: Change "Kösen turned 40 years old on 10 December 2022. He celebrated his birthday a few days early by visiting the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Orlando, Florida, United States, and posing next to a life-sized statue of Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever, at 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 in)." 
to 
"Kösen turned 40 years old on 10 December 2022. He celebrated his birthday a few days early by visiting the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Orlando, Florida, United States, and posing next to a life-sized statue of Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever in recorded history, at 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 in)." Hannaqua (talk) 08:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: – I've used "ever recorded" rather than "ever in recorded history" for concision. Tollens (talk) 19:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2023