Talk:Akebono Tarō

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Contents 1 Ethnicity 2 YouTube links 3 Sources 4 Rating

[edit] Ethnicity

Is Akebono ethnically native Hawaiian, or is he a nisei or sansei of Japanese descent? Is he really the first non-Japanese sumo wrestler, or is he only labeled as that because as a nisei/sansei he's not regarded as truly Japanese? LordAmeth 22:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Is this a common speculation? I've not seen his ethnicity questioned before. Lainagier 23:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

akebono does not have one drop of ethnic japanese blood in him. he's hawaiian, irish and cuban.

[edit] YouTube links

This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally. Thanks. ---J.S (t|c) 07:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

I've tagged the article unreferenced - I'd really like to see some verifiable sources. For example, the events in the "Marital turmoil" section are contradicted as fiction in Mark Panek's Gaijin Yokozuna. Not that Panek is necessarily gospel, but the contexts necessary to judge such claims are missing here. Lainagier 23:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rating

Those wondering why this article is rated "B" in both biography & sumo but "Start" in wrestling - the rating only pertains to the wrestling section and that could use some work to meet project: Pro Wrestling's standardsMPJ-DK 11:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)