Talk:Israel Adesanya

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Deleted in February 2016 under G8, but this time the article is sourced (if poorly, but there are sources). Schwede66 08:08, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Nationality of Adesanya

The UFC-registered nationality is not indicative of his actual nationality, as it is based off country of birth - he holds New Zealand citizenship and in all cases would be considered a dual national (if not solely a New Zealander, as reported in all Australasian media), apart from ones where only one nationality is required. I feel it's best to either list both nationalities (Nigerian-New Zealander) or none at all. Mrsmiis (talk) 22:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

I agree Mrsmiis, or either put the sentence accordingly 'is a Nigerian-born New Zealand mixed martial artist....' and list his nationality as a New Zealander. Kidsoljah (talk) 03:57, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

On second thought that actually may be the best option - anybody else have opinions on the matter? Mrsmiis (talk) 07:47, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

We have been getting several IPs coming in lately trying to change his "Nationality" (in the infobox) from "New Zealander" to "Nigerian, New Zealander". In each case I've reverted them, referring them to this Talk page. But perhaps they're correct - if Israel still holds Nigerian citizenship (as well as New Zealand citizenship). Does anyone know whether this is the case (with a reference, of course)? Ross Finlayson (talk) 15:54, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

I strongly disagree. He has a Nigerian flag beside his name in fights Amaekuma (talk) 10:37, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

He is Nigerian, he called himself a Nigerian in this video, talking about “the Nigerian spirit”. I don’t think you know him more that he knows himself, with all due respect.

Note: Wikipedia doesn’t allow posting a YouTube video general i think. Just search this video on YouTube “Nigeria’s UFC fighter Israel Adesanya shares his story”

Amaekuma (talk) 10:53, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

He denounced New Zealand. Stop forcing it. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/ufc-israel-adesanya-explains-why-he-wont-fight-in-new-zealand-again-ahead-of-ufc-276-title-defence/TAC5FQ4VT33N325DKTTK4MI4N4/ Amaekuma (talk) 11:58, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2019

Israel Adesanya's Nationality should be both Nigerian and New Zealander, he was born in Nigeria he grew up in Nigeria and being a Naturalized New Zealander doesn't change the fact that he his Nigerian. I find it really funny that people would only claim you when you are successful. I would appreciate it if whoever the editors of this page can but Nigerian-New Zealander on the nationality section for the page. OmoYoruba45 (talk) 01:33, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source that states that he has dual citizenship - Nigerian as well as New Zealand? If not, then his nationality should remain "New Zealander". Ross Finlayson (talk) 07:53, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Rsfinlayson and OmoYoruba45: As requested by Rsfinlayson (Ross) to comment on flag beside fighters' name on List of UFC champions on my talk page, I choose to answer here as the issue is specifically about Adesanya (Izzy).

What we know from many sources that Adansaya was born in Nigeria and migrated to New Zealand when he was 11 or 13 (depending which source one refers to) and spent some years in China as he is refereed as the " "Black Dragon" by fans..

• According to multiple citizenship-New Zealand - DUAL CITIZENSHIP: RECOGNIZED.
• According to multiple citizenship-Nigeria - DUAL CITIZENSHIP: RECOGNIZED. Exception: Dual citizenship is only recognized for Nigerian citizens by descent.

From the above, Adenasaya should have dual citizenship as supported by the sources below

Sources indicated he holds dual citizenship / indicated he is a Nigerian as below

1. "Proudly flying the flags of two nations." by MMA Today.com
2. "Nationality: Nigerian and New Zealander" by Married Biography.com
3. "The Nigerian put a final stamp on his victory, dominating the fifth round to lift the UFC middleweight interim belt, which many have tagged 'a fight of the year contender." by All Africa.com
4. "A Nigerian, Israel Adesanya, has emerged as the new the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC middleweight interim champion." by Premium Times Nigeria
5. "Nigerian MMA fighter Israel Adesanya earned himself a major title on Saturday, when he won the UFC 236 co-main event." by OkayAfrica
6. "I think, being Nigerian, that culture, we're not a shy bunch," he (Adesanya) said. "If I'm generalizing, when a Nigerian walks into a room, you'll know. We don't dim our shine or talk ourselves down for anyone. ... In Nigeria, we're very comfortable expressing our confidence and being passionate people." by Bleacher report.com.

Many editors would like to claim certain fighters' nationality as per the fighters' parents birth countries even sources and the fighters indicated otherwise. Some examples here: Nasrat Haqparast who was born in Germany and parents migrated to Germany from Afghanistan. David Teymur who was born in Sweden and have seen editor edited his infobox that his nationality is "Assyrian" (Assyria empire was formed 2500BC and ended in 610AD). Aleksandar Rakić who is an Austrian with Serbian heritage and editor claimed him to be a Serbian

• In Wikipedia, content needs to be supported by source for verification where "All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution". Do note "verifiability, not truth" and if the source indicated certain info wrongly, Wikipedia will only correct the info when the sources correct itself.

• WP:SPORTFLAG, which seems more relevant, says "Flags should never indicate the player's nationality in a non-sporting sense; flags should only indicate the sportsperson's national squad/team or representative nationality.", and "Where flags are used in a table, it should clearly indicate that they correspond to representative nationality, not legal nationality, if any confusion might arise." For most of the MMA competitions besides International Mixed Martial Arts Federation and other similiar competitions where by fighters' represent particular countries which is part of the requirements of the competitions, it is a individual sport or career. Fighters fight for the prize money and they dont represent a country (as that is not the requirement in the competition such as UFC) but where their birth country and citizenship are recognized for such I dont think this WP:SPORTFLAG applies here.

• WP:FLAGBIO says "Never use a flag for birth or death place, since doing so may imply an incorrect citizenship or nationality". This is a biography article so this guidelines does apply here and I believe this also apply in List of UFC champions.

For some fighters who have dual citizenship like Robert Whittaker who was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia after a the age of a month, would see himself more a Aussie instead of a Kiwi even though he claimed to represent both countries as he has the "Southern Cross" (represent AUS) inked on his chest and claimed his passport stated he is an Australian - see Here

For Adensaya, he has claimed he represent both countries, New Zealand and Nigeria- "“At the end of the day I am a black Kiwi (Kiwi=New Zealander). I’m the Kiwi that can fly, the Kiwi with the biggest wings.”, and at the same time he said "“I’m Nigerian and I don’t play football, I’m big and black and I can’t play basketball.", and at the same time, Adesanya is very much keep his root to his heart as he inked "Broken Ntive" coupled with a huge map of Africa across his chest serving as a reminder of his cultural heritage. and dancing to Nigeria "Shaku Shaku" and "Gwara Gwara" in this post fight celebrations.

Since the above indicated Adesanya has dual citizenship and which flag should be use? I would think the birth country flag instead of the adopted country unless the subject stated otherwise. I have yet to come across any guidelines in Wikipedia address this question (if anyone who read this come across the guidelines, pls post the link and let us know - thanks in advance). Comments are welcome. If no consensus agreement is achieved at the end of the day, pls address the issue to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 14:41, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

The UFC broadcast of the title fight had the Nigerian flag next to his name. Also if you didn't watch the fight, then please search the post fight interviews which stated that the Nigerian flag will be added to the middleweight legacy title in honor of Israel's title win. And finally, the flags next to the fighters names in the List of UFC Champions page represents their place of birth. It has always represented this. 2601:248:600:7D0C:A408:158F:D8AA:B6F8 (talk) 16:21, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

you guys do realize that this Ross Fingayson is just bias because he lives in new zealand, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:240:10E:E365:9F0:D122:6AC0:15AE (talk) 18:05, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

User:CASSIOPEIA wrote: I choose to answer here as the issue is specifically about Adesanya. No it's not! My question, on Talk:List of UFC champions was specifically about the flags on that page. The question is really quite simple. On the List of UFC champions page, do flags indicate the country of birth, or the country (or countries) of 'nationality' (whatever that means). I really don't care either way. (Yes, I'm a New Zealander, but I don't care whether or not Adesanya (or Whittaker) gets a NZ flag beside their name on the List of UFC champions page.) I just want a clear-cut rule that we can apply each time a situation like this arises, where we have lots of people who are proud of a champion's country of birth, even though he now resides/has nationality somewhere else. Ross Finlayson (talk) 05:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

References

 Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Izno (talk) 01:17, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2019

The UFC ranking system can be confusing for someone not familiar with the sport as they quite possibly may assume a #1 ranking indicates an undisputed champion. Therefore I suggest at least adding the word "contender" to the last sentence of the introduction changing "[...] he is ranked the #1 in the[...]" to "[...]he is ranked the #1 contender in the[...]" ArtemLundgren (talk) 15:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

 Done Give or take. "First" is better here regardless. Izno (talk) 01:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

OmoYoruba45 (talk) 17:42, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Ongoing dispute about how to describe his nationality. Can we get some consensus here?

Editors from Nigeria are continuing to dispute Israel Adesanya's nationality - both as listed in the infobox, and as described in the lead sentence. Currently, the infobox lists his nationality as "New Zealander", and the lead sentence describes him as "a Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and boxer". However, several editors wish to change his nationality to "Nigerian, New Zealander" or "Nigerian-New Zealander" (on the basis of a claim - though not yet confirmed with a reliable source - that he still holds Nigerian citizenship). A recent editor even disputed the lead sentence's description of him as "Nigerian-born New Zealand", preferring that it be changed to "Nigerian-New Zealand". These disputes are likely to continue, so it would be nice if we could come to some consensus about this here, so that we can point future editors to this. Ross Finlayson (talk) 18:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

It is difficult because Adesanya holds a dual-citizenship. Similar to Kamaru Usman, who became a U.S. citizen and is now listed as Nigerian-American. So technically Nigerian-New Zealander would fit best for Adesanya. Udar55 (talk) 20:42, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

"Adesanya holds a dual-citizenship". Once again, do we have a reliable source for this?? Ross Finlayson (talk) 21:04, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Well, he was born in Nigeria and lived there until he was 13 or so. So that automatically makes him a citizen there. After that, his family moved to New Zealand and multiple articles online state he is also a citizen of New Zealand. Udar55 (talk) 22:23, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

"So that automatically makes him a citizen there".! Being born in Nigeria might give him the right to get a Nigerian passport and claim Nigerian citizenship, but how do we know that he has done so? Once again, all we need is a reliable source that states that he has dual citizenship (i.e., has a Nigerian passport, as well as a New Zealand one). If, and only if, we have such a reliable source, then we can say that his nationality is "Nigerian-New Zealand", and thus satisfy the Nigerian fanatics. Ross Finlayson (talk) 02:10, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Ross Finlayson why are you being so difficult? was he stateless when he came to New Zealand or are you an illiterate for you not be able to comprehend the idea he couldn't have traveled out of Nigeria without a passport when he was 13. This matter his not as serious as you are making it seem. What source do you have that he applied for New Zealand passport he might not even be a New Zealand citizen for all we know he might just be a resident. Nigerian Nationality laws also said "Every person born in Nigeria after the date of independence (October 1, 1960), either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents belongs or belonged to a community indigenous to Nigeria." and if you dont know Isreal is from thr Yoruba tribe an indigenous tribe in Nigeria. right now is two people against one and I think you are just being difficult.OmoYoruba45 (talk) 18:00, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Ross Finlayson Do you have a reliable source that says Israel even applied to be a New-Zealand Citizen or are you just assuming because he lives in New Zealand? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OmoYoruba45 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Ross Finlayson I don't think you need a reliable source to tell you he his a Nigerian Citizen, I think you need common sense and logic to determine that. And I once again I want you to provide me source that says he applied to be a New Zealand Citizen because he can't be granted New Zealand Citizenship without applying.OmoYoruba45 (talk) 18:05, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

@Rsfinlayson and OmoYoruba45:, I advised both of you to hault reverting your dispute of the subject nationality and start discussion here.

• Rsfinlayson, communication is required as I have mentioned to you on your talk page before - see Wikipedia:Communication is required.
• OmoYoruba45, I understand you were blocked, for not understanding Wikipedia guidelines and policies, before for reverting more than 3 times on the same article within 24 hr - see WP:3RR / WP:Edit Warring, so pls do not do the same again to avoid a second lengthy blocked. Talking the discussion in the talk page is the right/normal way to settle the issue. Do write other editors talk about the same issue on the previous discussion in the this talk page. Third party
• Rsfinlayson and OmoYoruba45, Both of you have involved in WP:Edit Warring in the past from 30/31 May 2019 so pls discuss the issue here in the talk page and try to come up with a consensus agreement. Seeking third party opinion can be raised - see Wikipedia:Third opinion. If the matter could not be solved after some discussion then bring the issue to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard for administrator intervention. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 03:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Recent changes by Retrofan781

The article has been protected to prevent a continuation of this edit war. @Retrofan781:, @NEDOCHAN: this is an opportune time to discuss which parts of the disputed edit should or should not be added to the article. Good luck. SamHolt6 (talk) 03:17, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@SamHolt6 As I told you in my edit summary, the discussion can be found here. --Retrofan781 (talk) 03:51, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@Retrofan781, SamHolt6, NEDOCHAN, and El C: (note to admin who protected the page). Retrofan781 and NEDOCHAN the dispute is about the subject of article and discussion should be here (subject article talk page), and not on talk editors' talk page, so other interested editor could comment and joined. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 05:33, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Retrofan 781 did not start the discussion, I did. The article is clearly more concise and relevant now as it stands.NEDOCHAN (talk) 07:44, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN: Ok Nedochan and thanks for informing. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 08:58, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN and Retrofan781: Greeting. Since I was contact by Retrofan781, I will make my comment here. NEDOCHAN, this discussion in this talk page started by SamHolt6, and Retrofan781 replied with their comment. However, you did not instead you go to Retrofan781 page and continue with your comment today even after I gave note to you to discuss the issue here. With stated "There is no consensus for including the content. It's not relevant. No point continuing to discuss.NEDOCHAN (talk) 6:24 pm, Today (UTC)" . Pls do not do that again and communication is the key here. I have checked the info against all the sources provided by Retrofan781, and the info added is as per sources claimed, except "As for the difference in education, Adesanya noticed right away his schooling in Nigeria was miles ahead from his new classmates" need to reword as it is directly copied and pasted from the source. Also " Adesanya started training in kickboxing after being inspired by the Muay Thai film Ong-Bak" the source is "India MMA" and Retrofan781 providde the wrong source in the inline citation.

My take is that for MMA fighter page it is normal to have the background info to be included as per sources indicated. Although no all sources info should be placed in the content, but I see this is relevant to the subject background to be included as per WikiProject MMA 8.4 Early life or Background. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 11:52, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@CASSIOPEIA Although the wrong source wasn't put there by me, I would be happy to fix it and reword the direct quote once the admin protection is lifted. Thanks for the input. --Retrofan781 (talk) 16:56, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

While I initially was primarily concerned with spurring a discussion here (after having watchlisted the article after a previous debate over the subject's nationality), I can add to the discussion. Looking at the contested edit, I am inclined to support the majority of the changes, with several notes. For one, this citation could be reinforced with another, more traditional source, as though the YouTube channel appears to be reliable, community consensus remains iffy on whether YouTube itself should be seen as a WP:RS. The one change I definitely oppose is the information related to the disparity in education between Nigeria and New Zealand; for one, the information (though relayed via a reliable, third party source) is primary, and the current sentence is somewhat shaky synthesis of the subject's own words. It is also WP:UNDUE, unless it could be shown to have some sort of encyclopedic value. Looking at the change, it also seems one sentence ("At the age of 18,") has been repeated, and this should be removed. All of the other changes I would actually support implementing as they seem to be adding to the article.--SamHolt6 (talk) 23:22, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

By all means, if the respective parties have reached resolution, the article may be unprotected early. Let me know. Until then, you are free to submit edit requests. El_C 16:59, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@SamHolt6:Just thought I'd point out my initial edit that caused the editor to go to war was this. So as you might be able to guess I would agree with your comments above. NEDOCHAN (talk) 08:13, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

NEDOCHAN No war edited by the user as per your link [1] as info is relevant and sourced. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 08:20, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

The point I'm making is that SamHolt says 'The one change I definitely oppose is the information related to the disparity in education between Nigeria and New Zealand; for one, the information (though relayed via a reliable, third party source) is primary, and the current sentence is somewhat shaky synthesis of the subject's own words. It is also WP:UNDUE, unless it could be shown to have some sort of encyclopedic value. Looking at the change, it also seems one sentence ("At the age of 18,") has been repeated, and this should be removed.' If you look at my original edit, you will see that that is exactly what my edit did. NEDOCHAN (talk) 10:11, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

NEDOCHA If the statement from the source is from the subject himself then a "quote" template or Adesanya stated that "xxxxxxx (education NGR vs NZL) or anything he says in the source" can be used so no bias or of UNDUE of such statement is made. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 11:08, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

As per @SamHolt6: and my own concerns, I have removed the sentence that cannot be deemed relevant but maintained the bulk of the edit. I believe this represents a compromise. NEDOCHAN (talk) 13:50, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN The info is relevant and your concerns have been addressed here, here and here. --Retrofan781 (talk) 08:35, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

Please can you accept compromise? That is what wikipedia encourages. You have not established consensus. You are welcome to attempt to do so but as it stands you haven't. Seek consensus for inclusion. NEDOCHAN (talk) 10:27, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN Compromise on what? Adesanya moved to New Zealand to get better education, which he later found to be not the case. Are you disputing this? You have given no valid reasons why this info should not be included. I have already explained to you that WP:NPOV mandates its inclusion and is "non-negotiable, and the principles upon which it is based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, nor by editor consensus." --Retrofan781 (talk) 13:32, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

WP:COMPROMISE is what I am referring to. NPOV doesn't mean that you have to include everything that has ever been written about everyone. We had reached a compromise where the reason he left Nigeria was dealt with, as you quite fairly pointed out. So that bit stayed. My view is that was a good outcome and compromise was reached. As per WP:CONSENSUS all I am asking is that you seek consensus. I have started a discussion below this to help you seek it.NEDOCHAN (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

Inclusion of comparison between NZ and Nigerian education

Proposal: This information is irrelevant to the article and should not be included. (talk) 10:34, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

SUPPORT as proposer. WP:BALASP NEDOCHAN (talk) 13:44, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN Not relevant how? You're talking in circles again. See my response above. --Retrofan781 (talk) 13:37, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

I have rewritten the proposal, so it seems as if you should oppose.NEDOCHAN (talk) 13:44, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

OPPOSE User keeps removing NPOV info for no good reason (WP:IDONTLIKEIT, "not relevant" etc). Even after I reworded the sentence to remove any ambiguity/UNDUE and quoted the subject himself per your suggestion, user continues to delete it (It is a fact that Adesanya moved to New Zealand to get i) better education ii) which he later found to be not the case. According to user its fair to mention i, but not ii. This is clearly in violation of WP:NPOV as Adesanya stated the same thing on JRE this week. Retrofan781

Seek consensus for inclusion. Cass is not consensus and is no different from you or me. There is a proposal on the talk page. Oppose it and see who else agrees. Simple.NEDOCHAN (talk) 09:51, 13 November 2019 (UTC)"

"Copied message from Retrofan781 to CASSIOPEIA at CASS' talk page as below

Hi there, I would like to report the user NEDOCHAN for persistent edit-warring and bad faith per below:

1. User keeps removing NPOV info for no good reason (WP:IDONTLIKEIT, "not relevant" etc). Even after I reworded the sentence to remove any ambiguity/UNDUE and quoted the subject himself per your suggestion, user continues to delete it (It is a fact that Adesanya moved to New Zealand to get i) better education ii) which he later found to be not the case. According to user its fair to mention i, but not ii. This is clearly in violation of WP:NPOV as Adesanya stated the same thing on JRE this week.
2. User keeps talking in circles, and keeps bringing up concerns that have been already addressed before (1, 2, 3).
3. User keeps misrepresenting his unjustified removal as a "compromise" when a) that is exactly what he did in his original edit which he himself admitted to here) and b) he has already been made aware that NPOV is "non-negotiable" and cannot be "compromised" on.
4. User just created a 3rd discussion thread to further convolute discussion, as if 2 threads weren't enough.
5. User continues to obstruct and demonstrate bad faith, and this has been going on for over a month now. Please advise. --Retrofan781 (talk) 09:13, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Seek consensus for inclusion. Cass is not consensus and is no different from you or me. There is a proposal on the talk page. Oppose it and see who else agrees. Simple.NEDOCHAN (talk) 09:51, 13 November 2019 (UTC)"

@Retrofan781 and NEDOCHAN: Guys, Good day. As mentioned to both of you before, if there is a dispute on content/content inclusive, please take it to the article talk page for there might be other interested editors would like to participate in the discussion instead, both of your have partial of the discussion in article talk page and partial of the discussion in your talk pages.

Understand both of you are highly interested in the article content, however please keep clam and discuss on the content inclusive as per Wikipedia guidelines. Let us establish a few point prior dive into the discussion at hand (1) content needs to be supported by independent, reliable sources (2), content needs to be written in a neutral point of view. (3) Quote from the subject needs to be specified so reader would know it is the personal view point of the subject and not the view of of the sources listed either by He stated that "xxxxxxxx" or put it the direct quote box no no bias nor due weight need to be addressed. (4) Sourced content does not mean automatically inclusion, it needs to relevant to the subject which we view it is important to put it there.

My previous discussion was aim at the removed of a chunk of sourced content instead of just the "different of NZ/NGR educational standard" stated by the subject. At the current stage "In early 2001, he relocated to Ghana with his family for 10 months, but due to his parents wanting him to receive a well-recognised higher education, he settled in Rotorua, New Zealand at age 12 and attended Rotorua Boys' High School." looks fine to me. To state the reason why the family moved to NZ is relevant, but to stated the "As for the difference in education, Adesanya found the curriculum in New Zealand was "a lot easier." has not significant impact of the subject MMA career or any exceptional influence in his personal life, for such exclusion of this phase/sentence is reasonable if editor would like to opt it out. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 11:53, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

CASSIOPEIA I agree entirely. So, as per the proposal, which only removes the sentence about the curriculum comparison, is it fair to say you support it?NEDOCHAN (talk) 12:42, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

@Retrofan781 and NEDOCHAN: SUPPORT I support to remove the sentence about the curriculum comparison. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 12:45, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Noticed this issue has cropped up again. I will reiterate my support for the exclusion of the contested information—Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and so small a statement (easily construable as WP:UNDUE, and definitely WP:PRIMARY) need not be included in an encyclopedia article. SamHolt6 (talk) 23:24, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Search. “Israel Adesanya talks about his Nigerian root, experiencing racism as a kid and becoming a champ” on YouTube. You don’t know his roots more than he knows himself, with all due respect. This is out of the horse’s mouth himself. Amaekuma (talk) 11:01, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

How tall is he?

Recently we've seen several edits that keep changing his height. Part of the problem here is that sources differ about how tall he is. The Glory Kickboxing site [2] says 190 cm / 6'2" (actually, 190cm is closer to 6'3"). However, the UFC site [3] says 76.00 (inches), i.e., 6'4", which is 193 cm.

How do we resolve this? Ross Finlayson (talk) 05:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

He will have to tell us himself about his height. — Preceding unsigned comment added by U7uj7rtsz (talk • contribs) 11:16, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 March 2020

Israel Adesanya was born in Nigeria, therefore he is Nigerian. Alextutton (talk) 15:42, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: He is now a New Zealander, and I can't find anything saying he is a Nigerian-New Zealander.

Personal life

@Cassiopeia: Regarding this edit, how is the material about anime not relevant? His anime obsession is a major part of who he is; his nickname "The Last Stylebender" comes from the name of an anime cartoon and he even makes references to anime when he is in the octagon. It is also something several news outlets including ESPN have devoted entire articles to. I think including two sentences to the subject is quite reasonable and not "writing a book".--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 17:37, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Jamesy0627144 Apologies, I misread. self reverted. stay safe and best. Cassiopeia^(talk) 00:43, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Wording is important

I think you should change the wording from “world of mixed martial arts” to “sport of mixed martial arts”. MMA is a regulated sport, not a world. 2600:1702:2010:C780:B808:B594:C381:4D26 (talk) 06:52, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done: I just trimmed it instead, I don't think either of "in the world of" or "in the sport of" are necessary. --Volteer1 (talk) 09:26, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2021

Adesanya was also headliner for the following pay per view events; UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya and UFC 248: Adesanya vs Romero. 2600:1700:7FF0:47E0:41F4:D300:4D44:EF99 (talk) 19:12, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

 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. The PPV events are already mentioned and sourced in the article. Thanks, Heartmusic678 (talk) 17:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Category

Should be added to the Yoruba Sportspeople category .

Semi Protected Edit Request

• What I think should be changed: In the intro section, Israel's full name should be changed from Israel Mabolaji Adesanya to Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya. Under Early Life and Background, Israel Adesanya's Father's name should be changed from Oluwafemi to Olufemi.
• Why it should be changed: Israel's full name is missing names, and Israel's father's name is incorrect.
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): Source is directly from Israel's management team at Paradigm Sports. Supporting Evidence can be provided from Paradigm Sports.

45.48.10.48 (talk) 23:12, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done with found sources: [4], [5]. Heartmusic678 (talk) 14:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2022

in the last line of the Professional mixed martial arts career section change "Israel Adesanya" to "Jared Cannonier" 51.6.9.170 (talk) 22:39, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

 Done. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 06:22, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2022

• What I think should be changed: Review of the paragraph in "Professional mixed martial arts career" > "UFC Middleweight Championship" that discusses his bout with Paulo Costa. Removal of the "controversial" right-breast gynecomastia comment and the "anal sex" comment. To a lesser extent, possibly reviewing the controversies section.
• Why it should be changed: Undue weight/inconsistent with other MMA fighter articles. Adesanya is known in online communities such as reddit/Twitter/Instagram to be both loved and hated by MMA fans, with many being happy to point out possible signs of PED usage and mild "controversies", especially the "anal sex" gesture, when mentions of possible PED usage and controversial gestures and quotes are absent from most fighter pages barring actual PED positive test results and more major controversies respectively.

2601:646:9080:1ED0:D418:2133:FFAC:CFE6 (talk) 01:02, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

References

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Aaron Liu (talk) 11:32, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Loss?

Is anyone going to fix this since it is locked lol 2606:9400:949F:F340:DC49:D253:BE65:E718 (talk) 06:03, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

First Prime Hydration Athlete along with Alex Volkanovski

https://twitter.com/PrimeHydrate/status/1665391559171244032 BoxingGuru1203 (talk) 21:16, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Twitter is an unreliable source. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 05:47, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Nationality

Someone putted that he is Chinese, can you prove it? Latinoo603 (talk) 15:02, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2023

The opening paragraph states that Adesanya has won multiple championships in MMA, Kickboxing and Boxing. Adesanya has never won a Boxing championship Artisanfanboy123 (talk) 14:31, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

 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. Please be more precise on which and where the exact paragraph and/or the exact sentence that you want the changes to be made is located. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 15:00, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Kickboxing record

@Cassiopeia Might I ask why you removed such a large chunk of Adesanya's kickboxing record? The majority of the results are cited in the "Professional kickboxing career", so it seemed quite self-evident that the bouts took place. It seems redundant to cite the same sources in his kickboxing record as well.

As for the remaining results, either video or results articles exist for them, which likewise makes it self-evident that they took place. Kickboxing does not have a record keeping website like Sherdog or Boxrec, so both Khonda and I went to great lengths to make sure some proof of the fights exists, even if we don't add them as they don't meet the criteria to be included in the body of text for the article.

Kind regards. GameRCrom (talk) 19:26, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

GameRCrom Good day. I removed them because they are unsourced. I know that kickboxing does not have an international database on fighters' fight records and I know Konda has been doing a lots of work on kickboxer edits in Wikipedia. If any bouts that can be cited, pls do (sources can be in any languages), however, videos on utube can not be the sourced as they are considered not reliable or not independent. If you guys want to add it back then pls add the unsourced tag on the section. Thank you for your contribution and happy new year. Cassiopeia talk 00:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Brass knuckles event and general negative bias

Including yet another controversy here that was inconsequential gives undue weight to his "controversies", not consistent with similar pages of other MMA fighters. Per the NY Post:

“Israel was handed a gift by a fan, which he put in his luggage,” Simpson reportedly said in the statement. “When flagged at the airport, Israel quickly disposed of the item, and cooperated with authorities. Simpson said Adesanya, 33, had already been released later Wednesday and was en route to New Zealand where he lives.

So he was stopped and released the very same day.

Also I want to point out that in general, Adesanya is not well-liked online (which is apparent to any fan of the sport who uses social media or YouTube), and his article will continue to suffer from biased negative brigaders unless something is done about it. 2601:646:9080:4CA0:5AD4:2F33:1558:B99C (talk) 12:09, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 January 2024

Remove "brass knuckles" incident in controversies section. Per NY Post:

“Israel was handed a gift by a fan, which he put in his luggage,” Simpson reportedly said in the statement. “When flagged at the airport, Israel quickly disposed of the item, and cooperated with authorities.

Simpson said Adesanya, 33, had already been released later Wednesday and was en route to New Zealand where he lives.

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Ultimately Adesanya was detained for having the gift in his possession, cooperated, and was released the same day. This incident adding to his "controversies" gives undue weight to this section which is already longer than those of more popular fighters/lesser-known fighters with inconsistent standards for what qualifies as a controversy worth putting in their articles. 2601:646:9080:4CA0:5AD4:2F33:1558:B99C (talk) 12:14, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The New York Post is not a reliable source, and you haven't even provided the link to the supposed article. The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 16:42, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

The same is reported in the same article that is used as source 109: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/11/ufc-281-news-israel-adesanya-arrested-metal-knuckles-jfk-airport

"“Israel was handed a gift by a fan, which he put in his luggage,” Simpson said. “When flagged at the airport, Israel quickly disposed of the item and cooperated with authorities. He has complied accordingly. With that, the matter was dismissed and he’s on his way home.”" 2601:646:9080:4CA0:2931:A682:6D59:FB08 (talk) 01:59, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Zoophilic Controversy

I feel like the videos showing him doing inappropriate things to his dogs should be mentioned in controversies. Its difficult to provide sources on this since it is mostly tabloid drama articles but you could def use some of this:Sean Strickland Post-Fight Interview | UFC 293 | UFC

Israel Adesanya dog: Fans slam UFC's Israel Adesanya after he retweets old video of touching his dog inappropriately (sportskeeda.com) McWrinkle (talk) 13:44, 16 February 2024 (UTC)