Talk:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Latest comment: 17 days ago by CraigOfYorkshire in topic Wrong year for adidas deal
Former good article nomineeKareem Abdul-Jabbar was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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August 3, 2007Good article nomineeNot listed

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024

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Change “It contributed to his high .5595 field goal accuracy, making him the 21st most accurate scorer of all time,[156] as well as a feared clutch shooter” to “It contributed to his high .5595 field goal accuracy, making him the 23rd most accurate scorer of all time,[156] as well as a feared clutch shooter”

As described in the linked source. 69.248.136.218 (talk) 02:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done Updated, but reworked it to also include his rank at retirement, which is more notable as the game has evolved.—Bagumba (talk) 07:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2024

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Kareem did win Sporting News National Player of the Year (2x at that), in '67 and '69. But it is listed under his birth name at the time (Lew Alsindor). It has it right, in the Wiki article of the accolade itself, but not under Kareem's accolades. Maxilljabla (talk) 13:06, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 13:50, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ref error

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@Bagumba: please fill in a source for the ref you named "bbr". -- Fyrael (talk) 15:23, 19 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Oops. Done. Thanks. —Bagumba (talk) 15:33, 19 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Kareem’s charitable organization

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There is no mention of Kareem’s charitable foundation & donations, in particular, his Skyhook foundation. It seems that there should be some mention of this in his bio. For further information, see the below links: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kareem-abdul-jabbar-raises-2-8-million-for-his-skyhook-foundation-by-selling-rings-other-memorabilia/ https://skyhookfoundation.org/our-team/ https://skyhookfoundation.org/2023/05/kareem-abdul-jabbar-commits-to-improving-health-care-within-marginalized-communities/ Bdeneris (talk) 16:47, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wrong year for adidas deal

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Under legacy, it errorneously states 1978, and an article from SI is used as a citation. It is wrong, while many sources may also state 1971 as thw year the deal was signed, it was actually 1972, and was part of the adidas rebrand of that year that included the introduction of the Trefoil logo. Two correct articles can be cited here

https://www.soleretriever.com/news/articles/adidas-jabbar-hi-low-off-white-collegiate-royal-release-date-2024

https://www.soleretriever.com/news/articles/adidas-jabbar-low-off-white-dark-green-release-date-2024 CraigOfYorkshire (talk) 21:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply