Talk:James Blake

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Sean123123, Welcome to Wikipedia. Something you may not be aware of: Images posted to Wikipedia, like the Blake ones you posted, must be free of copyright restrictions. They will be removed if not. You should also give caption and source information when uploading. Read Wikipedia:Image use policy. Bbpen 00:01, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Girlfriend 2 References 3 Photo needed 4 JBLOCK 5 Removal of "literary success and controversy over racial ambivalence" section 6 Playing Style 7 Playing Style

[edit] Girlfriend

Is he really dating Heather Mitts? I tried to find anything about it on the internet (I mean really tried; can you imagine, Heather Mitts? Amazing!), and I found one person mentioning it today in a tennis web forum (probably in response to the wikipedia article). Then again, it got added to the article today, so maybe it hasn't come out yet? Jairuscobb 05:14, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, SI decided to pick it up (if warily), so I'm sold on it. Jairuscobb 07:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

This article is pretty comprehensive, and moving along nicely. But, it is in serious need of references. I've added a couple, but it still needs a lot of work.--Esprit15d 20:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Ditto on the references part. For example, need reference for statement that Blake thought Hewitt's remark racist. Good luck. As I remember his answer to the press, he handled it classily without pretending that he can read other people's minds. This article ditches the responsibility for that judgement onto him, so quote him then.

Racial "ambivalence"? What's wrong with being half black and half white? Or did you mean to accuse him of being partly racist and partly not racist? Or is that just a pejorative code-word for failing to say that racism is plaguing his life and so on and so on?

Furthermore, the headline takes a side. And where is all this assumed racism in tennis? Citations of evidence, please.

"Should of" is not a verb! Ken2849 01:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo needed

The image referenced did not exist, so I deleted it. Someone needs to upload a non-copyright photo of James Blake. unfutz 04:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, I add photo. I think he is really cute there.Aishe

[edit] JBLOCK

No mention of the J-Block?

I am not sure if balding took place for him to shave his hair, im sure it was for charity....may there be an answer or clarification

Hair balding

I demand clarification becuase i believe that blake shaved his hair for charity, but within that i may be subdued to believe the elementry fact that he may of seen balding and shaved for charity but in those segments of my question i would indulge in some clarification of this matter....?

I think that mention of the J-Block would be worthwhile to include in his bio but not sure how to work it in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfs3 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of "literary success and controversy over racial ambivalence" section

I removed the bulk of the section and moved the part about his book into the introduction, since his book made the best-seller list and few tennis players have written best-selling books. I'd be fine with someone moving the book into a different section though.

The section I removed was riddled with errors--for one, Toure doesn't say that Blake has psychological issues caused by being black. He quotes several people as saying this and then says "Apparently, the feeling that’s held Blake back has held back many." Toure also doesn't "criticize" Blake for not focusing on race: he merely mentions it. The part about Hewitt "humiliating" Blake is speculation. Blake could have been saddened, or angered, or some other emotion, so without a quote from Blake about his feelings we should leave it out.

link to Toure review: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/books/review/Toure-t.html?ex=1189051200&en=97ecc563ad4aac26&ei=5070

The review from Toure might be notable, but the present form of the synopsis of that review was innacurate enough to justify deletion. MrVibrating 18:54, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Playing Style

How about adding a playing style section to the article. Playing style essentially summarizes the player.

[edit] Playing Style

How about adding a playing style section to the article. Playing style essentially summarizes the player.Leonidas1982 (talk) 03:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)