Talk:Sam Newman
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I cannot believe I spelt weeks as weaks... :( Gregory.currie 09:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Images
Image:Sam pussypunch.jpg
This image is almost certainly a copyright violation and the justification on the pics page is definitely incorrect. I suspect there may be issues with other images on this page. Lumberjack Steve 01:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- It's clearly not a sports poster, which is how it was tagged. I've marked it as having no licence information, and arranged for it's deletion. -- Longhair 05:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
This does not conform with biographies of living people. It is far too lenient. There is not sufficient mention of the street talk segment in which the presenter ridicules and demeans the intellectually disables for laughs. This segmant has significant cultural resonance, and is now the dominant discourse in intellectual disability rights in australia. citation needed.202.137.86.29 13:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Media career=
This section is now getting out of control. The controversial antics are being increased regularly and are not really that notable. I would like to see this restrained to only include items which reach wider media attention such as the black face incident or the Shane Crawford dacking. Lumberjack Steve 10:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] general points
first of all, sam newman is a widely known and talked about australian media celebrity. if anything, his media 'stunts' are lacking. i can think of no other retired AFL footballer who garners so much attention for his exploits. just recently he had botox performed by a doctor on himself on the AFL Footy Show, surely this is wiki-worthy. anyway, i'm not sure about the list of women he has supposedly been involved with. i mean, imogen bailey, paris hilton, give me a break. i cant be bothered, and which in itself is naughty, to check the links, but i will go off on a limb to say that it is illegitimate speculation.
Sam's footy career, for a life member of the GFC, is lacking.
Other than that, general grammatical errors and not-so-perfect wordings are all that is lacking. cheers.Lucastheory 06:33, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sam Newman's height and weight
Is he really only 189cm and does he really weigh as much as 94kg?
I'm not from an AFL state, NSW, but he always looked quite tall and fairly skinny to me? like 6'3" atleast and I'm even more surprised about the weight of 94kg ... he has skinny legs and not a big body, how could he weigh that much?
[edit] of all the crappy biographies....
on wiki, this is the crappiest I have read yet. If wiki wants to be taken seriously, there has to be more effort put into articles than this. Please try a bit harder, the credibility of this enterprise is on the line. Newman played 300 games of football and has had a media career for over 25 years, and surely has a family life, has given interviews etc. Do some research!!
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Newman Age.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Move out controversy
I propose to move the 'controversy' section of this biography into its own article. It's a bit unwieldy to have it in a biography. Plus, if anyone thinks it's non-notable they can AfD it.
I'm pretty sure the text about Sam Newman controversies is notable, since it has repeatedly been front-page news. - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
