Talk:Zion Williamson

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Need updated profile image with Pelicans jersey

So we still don't have a usable and legal image of Zion Williamson in a Pelicans jersey? His Duke days are over. I suppose we still don't have an image donor? I feel like for all active players, the profile image should always reflect their current team.

age

Somebody keeps chaning his birth year to random years centuries ago — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:F720:1901:1001:137:110:37:180 (talk) 18:18, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Zion Williamson/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 13:51, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

I've started a look at this, will post a review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 13:51, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Initial review

Infobox

• The height listed here (6ft 8in) is different to the lead (6ft 7in).

Early life

• "When he was 5 years old", MOS:NUMERAL states that numbers lower than ten should be spelled out instead of using digits.
• "Then 9 years ago, at age 9", drop the nine years ago. Definite time spans like this are discouraged as they will become out of date and will very likely be forgotten about. The numeral issue above applies to nine here too.
• 5:00 a.m. > 5 a.m., I don't think the minutes are necessary if they are 0.

Early years

• "On August", either there's a date missing from here or it should read in August.

Junior season

• "the Bojangles Bracket", I'm not sure what this means. Is it just a sponsor?
• "On January 15, 2017, rapper Drake wore Williamson's jersey in an Instagram post.", I think this could do with more explanation as to why it is notable. Even if it's just something along the lines of "Williamson received nationwide publicity after..."
• "High school sports website named him", what website?

Recruiting

• "and the number one player in the 2018 class by recruiting service 247Sports", I think somethings missing from this sentence. "was ranked the number one..." perhaps?

College career

• R.J. Barrett is linked in the opening paragraph but is also linked in the previous section. WP:OVERLINK states that repeat links like this should be avoided.
• Same as above with Clemson in the second paragraph.

Personal life

• Could this section not be merged into the early life section? All of the info here is either parentage or schooling and occured before his basketball career really starts.

References

• Ref 42 returns a server error for me, is the source working for you?
• Other than that, I can't find any issues with the references. Very well formatted.

A nice article overall, not too many issues to sort. The biggest is the personal life section issue I mentioned. Copyvio check comes back clean, only a quote pushes the percentage up, placed on hold for now while issues are addressed. Kosack (talk) 21:00, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Kosack: I have addressed all the issues brought up. However, Ref 42 works for me. Also, I kept the early life and personal life sections separate, because the former only includes personal information relevant to his childhood, while the latter includes information about siblings, his parents' backgrounds and careers, etc that doesn't necessarily relate to his childhood. I have made some additional changes to better reflect this. Wisestork (talk) 22:48, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

That's fine about ref 42, I had issues with some refs trying to access them from outside the U.S. so I assume it's related to that. In regards to the personal life section, I would typically regard an early life section to contain anything prior to the start of the following section (which usually is about the career that grants the player notability, i.e. his basketball career) and the personal life section to be anything non-sport related that occurred after this point. I would say this is the format supported by FA rated articles, including basketball players. The best comparison I can find would be Juwon Howard which features a substantial amount of info on his parentage. Other FA rated basketball articles generally follow suit although not many have much information included in this at all. Kosack (talk) 08:33, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

@Kosack: I have made changes so that the "early life" section only includes information about Williamson's early sports experience. The rest has been moved to the "personal life" section. Let me know if this is OK. Wisestork (talk) 16:58, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

I would still say both sections could be merged but they are well separated topically now and I wouldn't regard this as an obstacle towards GA status. Promoting, nice work. Kosack (talk) 21:50, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 April 2019

Under "Career highlights and awards," ACC Tournament MVP (2019) should be added. 2600:1004:B023:B03C:496B:C753:4CB7:B67C (talk) 20:43, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. NiciVampireHeart 22:22, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 April 2019

Under "Career highlights and awards," ACC Tournament MVP (2019) should be added. 2600:1004:B023:B03C:496B:C753:4CB7:B67C (talk) 20:44, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 July 2019

3rd sentence in "Early Life" section states: "At age nine, Williamson began waking up every morning at 5 a.m. to go to the train." It should instead say: "At age nine, Williamson began waking up every morning at 5 a.m. to train." since he was not literally going to a train but rather training. Tommy on wiki (talk) 22:33, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:07, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2019

Listed height in nba profile says 6´7 (201 cm) 165.225.34.64 (talk) 10:40, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done: see Special:Diff/922358912. Thanks! NiciVampireHeart 17:09, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 June 2020

Zion Verified height 6'7 Mongol2491 (talk) 05:53, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Zion Williamson is 6'7 Mongol2491 (talk) 05:54, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: Not a relevant detail; apparently already in the article anyway per the above RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:50, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2020

He is 20 years old 2001:4640:441E:0:5C55:5F81:5171:2D9C (talk) 19:38, 12 June 2020 (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. --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 20:02, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2021

change listed height on google from 6'6 to 6'7 according to NBA site: https://www.nba.com/player/1629627/zion_williamson and ESPN site:https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson 72.85.46.138 (talk) 19:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: Please see: "In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken." Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 21:15, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Awards

On 24. January 2021, a digital NBA Top Shots collectors card was sold for USD $100000. 2A02:2455:460:2400:1D42:F9B2:D01:A1C8 (talk) 19:06, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2021

Change the aa to a in the second paragraph of the "professional career" section:

In his first eight games, Williamson scored at least 20 points in four consecutive games, the longest streak by any rookie of the season; he also tied the longest streak in the Pelicans franchise history, scoring at least 20 points in six of his eight games, and tying the record for the seventh-most among all rookies (fellow rookie Ja Morant had the most with 19) after aa 125–119 win over the Chicago Bulls on February 7. 38.79.154.30 (talk) 10:12, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:55, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2022

His weight isn’t 320 pounds.

He’s 285 and in very much game shape. 2607:FEA8:68DD:4900:8034:158:15E3:4F64 (talk) 02:15, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done Cannolis (talk) 03:10, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit request: '2022–23 season: Contract extension and season-ending injury'

In the last sentence of this section, "[...]Williamson sat out the Pelicans appearance in their play-in game against the Chicago Bulls[...]", Chicago Bulls should be changed to Oklahoma City Thunder. NotADubliner (talk) 16:00, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done Spencer^T•C 19:28, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

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