Talk:Leonid Stadnyk

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Stadnyk certainly is not 8 feet 4. He's probably closer to 7 feet 4.

Well that's nowhere near the record. Something's amiss. Uhh, why is the biologist stub there? Is a veterinarian a biologist now? That's a bit like saying a mechanic is an engineer, or a tailor is a fashion designer...

Contents 1 Tallest man - living 1.1 Fraud alert 2 My independent photographic analysis of Stadnyk's height 3 Name is incorrect

[edit] Tallest man - living

Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), measured 7 ft 8.95 in (2 m 36.1 cm) as a result of six measurements taken on January 15, 2005, at Chifeng City Hospital, Inner Mongolia, China.

Beating the previous holder Radhouane Charbib (Tunisia) by just 2 mm (0.07 in), Xi Shun claims that his height was normal for his age until he was 16. As a comparison, his father stood at 5 ft 10.8 in (1.8 m) and his mother was 5 ft 2.8 in (1.6 m) tall.

Source [1] الثاقب (WiseSabre| talk) 06:28, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Look at the photos carefully of Stadnik. He is most certainly 8ft 4 or even more by now. He absolutely towers over normal people. He is unofficially recognized by Guinness as the tallest man. A Guinness representative in the Ukraine measured him at that height.

[edit] Fraud alert

Stadnik has been making a living out of his claim for years but always refuses measurements. As someone over 7 feet tall myself and looking at him next to people in photos and in reference to the doorways and household objects I would say he is anywhere from 7' 0" to 7' 6" and probably right around my heaight of 7' 3". He most definitely is nowhere near 8' 4".

Not if Ukrainian doors are the same size as a standard door in my country. It's a dumb thing to stand next to if you are exaggerating your height. Osomec 04:59, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

You're 7 ft 3? wow, shouldn't we be discussing your height in the Guinness Book aswell?

[edit] My independent photographic analysis of Stadnyk's height

I came to the conclusion that Leonid Stadnyk, though not 8 feet 4 inches tall, is still "probably" about as tall as Charbib and Xi Shun are.

I was able to get a photo of Stadnyk standing next to a Mr. Gerd Klopper (German)who is (178cm)5 ft 10 inches in his shoes. based on pixle height and cm height ratios,and after 5 careful measurements I arrived at a stature of around 242 cm (7 ft 11) for stadnyk in his shoes. If we subtract 2.5 inches from the heel, (he wears big soles)than Mr. Stadnyk is probably 7 ft 8 to 7 ft 9 inches tall, without shoes on.

[edit] Name is incorrect

I've just realised that his name isn't Leonid Stadnik, It's Leonid StadnYk. This article will have to have all the names changed to this spelling and make a redirect leading with this spelling to the current article unless the page is moved.

ok, but it doesn't matter what you think, because you're the only person who thinks he's not 8'4", while all of the news casts and even the Guiness Book of World Records know his height, but he refuses to be included in the book.

A foot doesn't make as big a difference as you think, at that height anyway.

It makes a *HUGE* difference - yes, even at that height. 67.170.176.203 08:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

--Tuscaloosa11 08:32, 10 February 2006 (UTC) Guinness World Records have doubts about his alleged height aswell. Stadnik may verywell be 8ft 4, but until scientificly proven measurements are observed and published, all I do know for sure is that he is apparently equal or greater than 7 ft 6.

One subject at a time, please. Who says the spelling is incorrect? Why was the page moved? Guiness give his name as Stadnik. His own website gives it as Stadnik. Surely the only empirically correct spelling is Стадник? Now we have an article called Leonid Stadnyk about a man called Leonid Stadnik. This is silly. Please justify the spelling and change spellings throughout the article, or move it back to Leonid Stadnik. TheMadBaron 15:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)