Talk:Roberto Clemente
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Reassessment
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GA Reassessment
- This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Roberto Clemente/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.
- I notice that a lot of material has been added since the GA revision, most of it since my last edit to the article. I can do my part, but will need an additional week to do so due to the size of the article. Also, if concrete examples could be listed that would be very helpful. - Caribbean~H.Q. 02:28, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Specifics have been highlighted on the talk page, GAR, and the use of some tags have been implemented into the article. The largest issues revolve around issues pertaining to WP:NPOV and WP:Words to avoid. Additionally, issues with over-tagging. Haven't seen much progress on the issues highlighted within the past week, so if you're willing to plunge forward, more power to you. Zepppep (talk) 02:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- The article has been delisted as a GA. With the significant issues in the "Baseball career" section and lingering POV issues (and NPOV tag), and interest from editors shown but edits not materialized, there was no other choice (I made personal pleas to the top 5 contributing editors (excluding Muboshgu, who had already raised issues)but hopefully the article will one day again become a GA! The article is still very strong in other sections but it can no longer (and should no longer) be used as a model for other editors in trying to ascertain what GA means in the real sense. Zepppep (talk) 00:31, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- Specifics have been highlighted on the talk page, GAR, and the use of some tags have been implemented into the article. The largest issues revolve around issues pertaining to WP:NPOV and WP:Words to avoid. Additionally, issues with over-tagging. Haven't seen much progress on the issues highlighted within the past week, so if you're willing to plunge forward, more power to you. Zepppep (talk) 02:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Baseball career
The article's biggest weakness is GA point number four. WP:NPOV issues raised more than one month ago have not seen improvement. "Campanis later claimed," "Campanis did not forget," "having achieved some measure of vindication against the team that let him get away," etc. The article suffers fails in 1(b), as there is an abundance of peacock and ambiguous terms ("rookie sensation", "young phenom," "field day," "Wrigley Field residents," etc.). There are minor MoS issues, such as "bio" instead of "biography", improper spacing and "i.e.". There are also formatting minor errors in some references. Zepppep (talk) 22:54, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Lefty Gomez
Lefty Gomez is from California, not Latin America, and it is racist to say otherwise. 216.39.233.22 (talk) 01:48, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
- Nowhere in the article does it say Lefty Gomez was born in Latin America. It does say he was Hispanic, which is true. He was Hispanic in exactly the same way Ted Williams was -- one parent of full Hispanic blood. 2603:8001:3BF0:ED0:3D84:ECD7:2A51:32F0 (talk) 05:25, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
Ted Williams was of Hispanic descent
Ted Williams, whose mother was Mexican-American, is widely regarded as the greatest Hispanic-American player in MLB history. He was inducted into the HOF in 1966, 6 years prior to Lefty Gomez and 7 years prior to Roberto Clemente. As such, this entry should note that Clemente was the 3rd Hispanic player to be inducted into the HOF.⁹ 2603:8001:3BF0:ED0:C588:C833:D2E1:A457 (talk) 03:21, 10 July 2025 (UTC)
correction
in "overview," clemente's name features his "walker" surname twice ~2026-57297 (talk) 10:44, 19 January 2026 (UTC)