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[edit] Playing style?

as a top 10 player I think he deserves a playing style section like the other top players, can anyone better than me take care of this? Habibko 13:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Impressions

I think this deserves a mention —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.236.237 (talk) 15:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

They were added here but they were reverted, most likely because the information OR. Anyone wondering about this can see Djokovic's impressions at http://www.usopen.org (currently on the highlight reel). -- Yano 17:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)´
It could be mentioned under "personal." But definitely not by creating a trivia section with subjective evaluations of his impersonations.--HJensen, talk 21:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion about his citizenship

Novak Djokovic's mother is Croatian and his Father is from Monte-Negro. So he is a Croat, he doesnt even live in Serbia but in Monte Carlo! greets.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.17.113.228 (talk • contribs) 15:23, September 11, 2007 (UTC)

He is a citizen of Serbia and plays his tennis for Serbia. He is Serbian. K. Lásztocska 16:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

It's obviously he is Serbian. Some Croats are jelous,since their best sportsman are Serbs. So please, take no aspect to such nonsense talking. Look at picture --90.157.200.224 11:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] article

Instead of wasting time arguing about the article title, why not put that energy in actually improving the article contents? // laughing man 02:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Because Wikipedia policy is worth following, and because making articles easy to find and understand is as important as improving article content. --Tkynerd 02:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
There are many redirects. We can make more if you think it's hard to find. In the first sentence, there is an explanation that he is called Djokovic in some English media. We can make it even more easy to notice if you think people won't notice it. --GOD OF JUSTICE 05:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
I prefer HJensen's version. That way readers know up-front that they're getting a dollar's worth of accuracy at the cost of millions in practicality. -- Yano 19:32, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Moving it to the correct title would be an improvement to the article, if WP policies and guidelines mean anything at all. (I do sometimes wonder.) Though, cleaning up the rampant use of peacock terms would be a good step, too. (I'm tempted to speculate that both issues in fact have similar sources.) Alai (talk) 06:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] .ogg

It seems that when the .ogg file is played when you want to listen to the pronunciation of Novak Đoković, you only hear Novak, and not the surname. I recorded a new clip, and it's still the same. This is only if you play it on Wikipedia, but if you open the file with an external player, you hear the whole thing. Can we fix this somehow? --GOD OF JUSTICE 18:10, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

It would immediately appear as if Wiki only "accepts" a certain length of a clip. I had similar problems with some music clips I made, where they are cut short of what I prepared. But then I just checked a "featured music clip" that was 2+ minutes, so it cannot be due to some general wiki principle concerning length. I am puzzled.--HJensen, talk 18:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Addition: I just tried to upload a revised version of your file here [1] (I just fiddled with the equalization to make a different file), just in order to check whether something weird had happened. But the problem persists. So, indeed, something weird is happening.--HJensen, talk 18:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Someone else mentioned this on my talk page recently. If you actually download the file, it plays fine. (Goto vorbis.com, and download the codec for your platform if necessary). There's definitely a problem with commons java applet player "Cortado". Can you guys try with codec please? // laughing man 19:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
(Codecs didn't make a difference for me.) I have temporarily "solved" the problem by "brute force". Since it appears that endings of soundfiles are cut off, I have simply added a second's silence to the file. Now it works. So I have now linked to this new version of GOJ's original file. God of J: Could you please replace it with yours on the Commons when you have the time? (I don't have a commons account.) Thanks!--HJensen, talk 22:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Y Done --GOD OF JUSTICE 00:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tournament finals tables - background coloring

I can not understand how some people don't see how confusing it is to color backgrounds of one table in one scheme, and the next one with same (or very similar) colors, that have a different meaning. Please respond, and let's fix this issue. Jdjerich 18:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean more precisely? All the BG coloring was discussed, I think, last summer. There must be some on the talk archives on the Tennis Project page. Haven't time to check today -sorry.--HJensen, talk 08:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
In section "Career statistics", table shows runner-up Grand Slam finals, and just few lines below you can see legend for table colors that shows the same color as one used for Tennis Masters Cup finals. Do you get it? Sorry for not being present when the discussion was underway, but confusion is still present, by my opinion. Jdjerich 12:56, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Politics

Novak has expressed quite a few pro-Yugoslav opinions in his public interviews (particularly in interviews since his reaction at the Montreal Open where he was announced as a Croat). Obviously he is not a politician but these comments are quite significant because he is the among the few (very few) popular figures to express such sentiments since the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 90s. Is it worth noting this in his wikipedia bio? (JBT 15:42, 26 October 2007)

Yes, I would think that it is. Please find some good references and add the text to the article :-) --GOD OF JUSTICE 00:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok I found this, which unfortunately isn't in English http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/sports/tenis/2923307/index.do
appropriate? (JBT 22:01, 26 October 2007)
I think it's appropriate, yes. Vecernji.hr is a reliable web-site. --GOD OF JUSTICE 01:56, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:2007-8-13-djokovic in montreal.jpg

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[edit] Ranking

There seems to be a contradiction in the article. In the intro, it says "His highest ranking on the ATP Tour is World Number 2", but on the right side, player stats it says: "Highest ranking: No. 3 (July 9, 2007)". I am unsure which is correct, but I don't recall Nadal ever dropping from #2, even briefly, however, I may be wrong. (Neosystems (talk) 23:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC))

EDIT: Resolved (Neosystems (talk) 16:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC))

The difference between the two is Djokovic has reaching a career high ATP Ranking of 3, but the ATP Tour has both a Ranking and a Race position which are two different ranking systems. As of January 28, 2008 Djokovic has reached a ATP Ranking of 3 and an ATP Race position of 1. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.137.102 (talk) 23:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Weight

Novak is 80 kgs in weight, which converts to 176 lbs. But, on hear the infobox convertor converts it to 180 lbs. How can this be fixed? --Criticalthinker (talk) 21:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem; this is an effort to avoid spurious precision. Novak is not an ingot, which would be precisely 80 kg, or 176.4 lb; his weight should vary by some kg over the course of a day.
If we wanted to do something about this non-problem, we could take out the template and state the conversion by hand. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
That was unnecessarily rude and immature. Grow up. --Criticalthinker (talk) 03:39, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I regret having appeared to be rude; but on rereading, I don't see how: This is not a problem, and there is a straightforward fix for anyone who disagrees with me and thinks it is. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
No, you don't regret it. If you did really regret it you wouldn't have added that last part. I hate false apologies. Anyway, I've fixed it to my liking.

[edit] Kosovo

Novak Djokovic is very proud of his family connections to Kosovo and is a part of the Kosovo is Serbia campaign; he visits the Kosovo Serb enclaves from time to time and has even opened a tennis school in Zvecan for the local Serbs. --PaxEquilibrium (talk) 20:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Are there any reliable sources for that? Per WP:BLP things claimed on talk pages can warrant sources. --HJensen, talk 22:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

:I could swear that I added an article from Time, which said that he supports Kosovo is Serbia movement. As for every other claims, I don't know. Was it removed? мirаgeinred سَراب ٭ (talk) 03:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, misread. мirаgeinred سَراب ٭ (talk) 03:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speaking in front of 700.000. people on "Kosovo is Serbia" relly

He addressed the people through the video-link on 21.february 2008. in Belgrade.

BBC,CNN and others reported it...Its not hard to check...It should be added

89.216.101.61 (talk) 03:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

It was there, but has been removed. I couldn't see why from the edit history (sorry if I have missed a valid argument). I have inserted it, as I think it is a rare political action from a professional top athlete. So I think it is worthy of inclusion (although the reference does not support the 700.000 crowd, but that is immaterial as I do not mention any number). --HJensen, talk 08:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
If it's not so hard to check, why doesn't the anon add it himself? мirаgeinred سَراب ٭ (talk) 23:59, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Just to clarify, I included it yesterday. :-) --HJensen, talk 10:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion concerning this article

Although this article already conforms to Wikipedia's Naming Conventions, there is a discussion that may affect the spelling of the player's name on other tennis-related articles. It is ongoing here. Please voice any opinions or concerns on that page. After the discussion concludes, the instances where the player's name is mentioned may be altered to conform to the standards of the English language and Wikipedia's Naming Conventions. Thank you, Redux (talk) 06:07, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name presentation - Script order

I'd like to raise the following issue: I wish for it to be known that I wholly oppose this new measure which is aiming to remove diacritics from the names of articles in English. The "reasons" are pathetic and all down to sheer stupidity and ignorance. However, seeing as "backward" is "forward" on English Wikipedia, I am compelled to accept this. It now opens a new can of worms, that being the presentation of the individual's names. Since the popular choice is the remove diacritics so as to present the article as it would appear in tabloid and other subhuman media, it needs to be realised that you (who supported the removal of diacritics) have unwittingly shifted the name of the individual in question to the position of an exonym, though not in the technical sense I know. Still, where there is variation between English exonym and the autonym, it warrants a requirement for the local language spelling. So far, we are all agreed. Now the age-old policy for presenting names based on Serbian is to place the Cyrillic first, followed by its Latinic counterpart, a practice which one would expect with Arabic, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Persian, Ukranian and all other languages whose primary alphabet is non-Roman. If the Serbian Latinic name needs to be listed, it comes second; furthermore, there is no requirement for the "Gaj's alphabet" presentation. One clicks on Serbian language, and all of the information is there. The practice is to use the standard print for the Cyrillic, and immediate italics for the transliteration. Examples for subjects with parenthesised Serbian variations for one reason or another are as follows: Sylvester Levay, József Kasza, András Ágoston, Félix Lajkó and Magdolna Rúzsa; as well as Timişoara, Democratic Party (Serbia), Republika Srpska, Impure Blood (film), Tito and Me, Belgrade, Red Star Belgrade. The list is endless, there really is absolutely no reason why the two transliterations have to be listed by their page names, any more than for the follwing non-Serbian articles: Arben Xhaferi, Gülhan Şen, Pomaks and Macedonian Muslims. The diacritcs have been rejected, now no part of the local language name belongs to English, and therefore it is presented as a translation. As such, it follows the procedures as laid down elsewhere: no reason to give titles to the variations, and definitely no reason ever to place Latinic first except in cases where that Latinic name is still being used for the actual article (in which case, one can mention Serbian Cyrillic if one so wishes, eg. Vojislav Šešelj, Milo Đukanović etc.) The only other time Latinic can come first is when it is not placed by the title, but where it forms a part of the English speaking text (actual example: -cracy, from the ancient Greek krateín (κρατείν), meaning to govern). So please bare this in mind. Nobody would contemplate presenting Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria with the following translation: Latin: Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya, Cyrillic: Граждани за европейско развитие на България. It is sloppy, misleading and irrelevant. Also, I ask Admiral Norton not to remove the second romanised name "Djoković", as indeed it is perfectly acceptable in every strand of society among persons who choose to write in the Roman script to use "Dj" instead of "Đ", it is not a practice confined to persons using old imported typewriters which could not produce the relevant diacritics; if it had been, the other letters would have had alternate forms. The point is that some even favour "Dj" in handwriting. Just check the search engines for articles where "Dj" plus the other diacritics are used in the same text and you'll find that there are millions of them. Evlekis (talk) 13:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Maybe you should read WP:CIVIL again. Tennis expert (talk) 15:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Also, please keep in mind that this is the talk page for the article on the tennis player Novak Djokovic. It is not the appropriate place to share personal sentiments on general issues. --HJensen, talk 15:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
To Tennis Expert. My statement was in no way supposed to be uncivil. I accept that it was long-winded and opinionated in parts in a negative manner but I assure you that I was not attacking any one individual. I'll bare this in mind when I make future points, such as now: to HJensen, you're right that this is not the page to discuss other issues. But I was only using them as examples rather than discussing them, examples for the presentation question hanging over this page too. Naturally, this type of discussion at the moment has no centralised page, and so I mentioned the points here. My ideas for resolving this are actually positive. I know you have your reasons for wishing to present Novak's name as you did and I'm happy to read them. Thinking about it, I believe there is a third way in which we can all be happy if this present one does not please you. Evlekis (talk) 07:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
The centralized discussion of article-naming concerning tennis subjects took place here. Tennis expert (talk) 07:19, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name (again, again)

The name for this article has undergone intense discussion on the talk page; see Talk:Novak Đoković/Archive 1 and Talk:Novak Đoković/Archive 2. Eventually, consensus was reached that the English spelling "Djokovic" should be used, not the Serbian spelling "Đoković". Obviously, by WP:CCC things are not set in stone forever, but making unilateral changes against consensus as, e.g., User:Pokrajac has been doing recently using arguments as "per all Serbian names" and "please stop depressing Serbian language, is not in accordance with WP:CONS. --HJensen, talk 05:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Again Again - yes

Tell me, HJonson!!

Do you agree do change the existing article names :

Søren Kierkegaard into Soren Kierkeegard

Niels Jørgen Cappelørn into Niels Jorgen Cappelorn

Jeppe Aakjær into Jeppe Aakjaer

Martin Andersen Nexø into Martin Andersen Nexø

according to the WP:UE

--Anto (talk) 20:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know whether this question is directed towards me, but I can nevertheless briefly offer my opinion on a case-by-case basis, even though this is the talk page on the Djokovic article, and not some random Danish writers. So any continued discussion should proceed at the relevant talk pages:
Søren Kierkegaard into Soren Kierkeegard
If Soren Kierkeegard can be verified as common usage in English, I am for it (however, I have never seen the "ee" spelling before).
Niels Jørgen Cappelørn into Niels Jorgen Cappelorn
If Niels Jorgen Cappelorn can be verified as common usage in English, I am for it.
Jeppe Aakjær into Jeppe Aakjaer
If Jeppe Aakjaer can be verified as common usage in English, I am for it.
Martin Andersen Nexø into Martin Andersen Nexø
That is not a suggestion for change.
--HJensen, talk 12:40, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


Random Danish writers- yes, this is not page about them.

With names containing letters "ø , æ " and other characters with whom are familiar only the speakers of North Germanic languages - but not English speakers! Like other non-English letters.

It is easy provable that writers about these persons usually prefer not to use them. Especially not in the title and especially not if they are amateurs.

So , herr Jonson , that is "commons English usage" as for Danish, Icelandic ,Spanish names. I saw there was a similar attempt on Kimi Räikkönen-but failed.


So ,the question what are those universal criterias which character are acceptable and which not??

But I am sure that you will figure something else as excuse not to obey WP:UE in this case. :(( --Anto (talk) 19:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Did you read my comment at all? I favored your (in a few instances peculiar move proposals - one was a no change proposal) if common English usage are in accordance with what you suggested (after all, this is the English wiki). Furthermore, "I'll figure out nothing", as that would be WP:OR which is not allowed. Why would I want to disobey WP:UE? Frankly, I am not so nationalistic that I get all heated up over a few letters. I actually feel a bit sorry for people whose national identity apparently resides in letters. Never mind, what are you actually trying to discuss here? --HJensen, talk 22:03, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, herr Jonson, I have read your comment completely-although it was nothing new that you might say. As you have ignored the fact that there cca 100 thousand of biography article with title that contains non-ASCII character (So automatically they are "common English names" -because anglophones use no diacritics-usually! ) As for Serbian sport people, Danish writers, Mexican singers.... It is the common practice using originaly name spelling for every person in all the Latin-script based wikipedias. Including this -English . And nobody protested .Until recently, when some people decided to become "bigger catholics than Pope himself"  :((
"I'll figure out nothing"-that is what you say. Now! WP:OR has no connection to this article. His name spelling is something verifiable-you can see it in legal documents! His anglified spelling has no any legal background as well its transliteration into Japanese or Hebrew script.
What you presume about somebody's identity is not matter of any discussion-epecially not this one. So, keep it for self, please!

--Anto (talk) 15:35, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

What does "What you presume about somebody's identity is not matter of any discussion-epecially not this one. So, keep it for self, please!" actually mean? I mean, I have no presumptions about anybody's idendity. As for legal backgrounds, I find nothing of that in WP:UE, so I am unsure of what to do about that. So what are you trying to argue for here? --HJensen, talk 16:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)