Talk:Tony Parker

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Contents 1 Capitalization 2 Racist? 3 France...no, U.S...no France...no, U.S. 4 Dunking? 5 Early Years 6 French in the NBA 7 Why is Trivia section called Other Information? 8 His debut album

[edit] Capitalization

I also agree the sections don't need to be capitalized, according to Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style on Headings section.

"Capitalize the first letter only of the first word and of any proper nouns in a heading, and leave all of the other letters in lowercase". Aree 10:41, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Racist?

Is racist the right adjective to describe Longoria's supposed remarks? I would generally prefer to find another word to describe racially derogatory remarks made by somebody about their own group, although I'm not sure what would be appropriate. john k 19:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah calling someone a Mexican bike cop when you yourself are Mexican is borderline. Also it was such a minor event. Quadzilla99 06:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] France...no, U.S...no France...no, U.S.

This article says Dominique Wilkins was born in France, but is a U.S. citizen by birth. Isn't this contradictory? To be a U.S. citizen by birth you have to be born in the U.S.

If one is the children of U.S. nationals, one can be a U.S. citizen by birth in certain contexts, even if one is not born in the U.S. john k 21:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Since his father is American, wouldn't he be French-American?

[edit] Dunking?

Is it really "popular belief" that he can't dunk? Is there a source for that? Crumbsucker 05:22, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early Years

Is it true that he's related to the Parkers of Parker Brothers fame? I would like to see some kind of citation with regards to this.

I also have a hard time believing he's related to famed injury attorney Larry H. Parker, presumably on his father's side. I'd like to see that attested to as well.

I'm going to remove the information since it's likely untrue. If someone wants to find a citation for it and re-add it, then by all means. --WHSTalk 07:31, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] French in the NBA

The article states that TP is the second french national to play in the NBA. That is not true. The second Frenchman to play in the NBA was Jerome Moïso. But I can understand why he's been forgotten.

[edit] Why is Trivia section called Other Information?

Is that in an attempt to make it more encyclopedic sounding? Renaming isn't going to make it more encyclopedic. Harvey100 14:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Gone now. Tayquan 02:16, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] His debut album

will be released March 26th in France. http://www4.fnac.com/Shelf/article.aspx?PRID=1951280&OrderInSession=1&Mn=1&SID=96868119-43b3-7d27-4996-1ef496d2ecc5&Origin=FnacAff&Ra=-28&To=0&Nu=1&UID=11061C68D-833A-391C-5428-D75831FE343B&Fr=0