Talk:Jonah Lomu

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[edit] Using 'Jonah'

I see that User:Grstain has replaced most occurrences of 'Jonah' in the text with 'Lomu'. I preferred using 'Jonah' occasionally to add variety to the text. Also, in New Zealand everyone over 14 knows who Jonah is, without reference to the surname. ~~ Papeschr 07:49, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

He is the best...
It sounds more encyclopaedic if it has his surname....

[edit] Latest revision

Nice work, fellow Wikipedians. This article has come a LONG way in the last year!! Compare it with version 31579393 ~~ Papeschr 06:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Jonah, as great as he was back in the day, was one of the worst defenders I've ever seen. Teams would just drop the ball in behind his corner and he would have no clue what to do with himself (once I think the ball rebounded off his head when he was attempting to catch it <vs france i think>) - neways I think this is a good article... - Poppa quirke

[edit] References appear problematic

The references that cite websites appear to have a mistake An example ^ Jonah Lomu. kidzworld.com. Retrieved on 2007 July 22.

Well the article exists but the 'Retrieved on' is kind of problematic given that is sometime in the future

No biggie. Very well written otherwise --Tiucsib 06:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

It looks fine to me....--Cometstyles 15:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
OK I must be missing something. Here is a cut and paste of the 1st four references at the bottom of the article. I have marked them in bold. They show a Retrieved on Date that is in the future.
  1. ^ Jonah Lomu. kidzworld.com. Retrieved on 2007 July 22.
  2. ^ Jonah Lomu's rugby journey. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007 July 22.
  3. ^ a b c d Jonah Lomu. allblacks.com. Retrieved on 2007 July 22.
  4. ^ Jonah Lomu. abc.net.au. Retrieved on 2007 July 22.
  

--Tiucsib 21:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re

Ehh..here is mine copy and paste
 # ^ Jonah Lomu. kidzworld.com. Retrieved on July 22, 2006.
 # ^ Jonah Lomu's rugby journey. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on July 22, 2006.
 # ^ a b c d Jonah Lomu. allblacks.com. Retrieved on July 22, 2006.
 # ^ Jonah Lomu. abc.net.au. Retrieved on July 22, 2006.
  • Maybe something is wrong with the date (clock) on your computer, try to see if the same thing applies for any other article such as Daniel Carter..--Cometstyles 10:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I checked. For Daniel Carter and I still get 2007 but the dates are in the past
References
  1. ^ All Blacks crush Boks. sport.iafrica.com (2006-08-23). Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  2. ^ "Daniel Carter To Buy World's First Microsoft Windows Vista PC And Auction It For Charity", News Wire, Newswire.co.nz, 2007-01-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  
So I dig deeper. It's not the clock, I checked that 1st.
So what is different between mine and yours
  • I use Vista
  • I use Firefox - I checked Jonah Lomu in Internet Explorer and it reads 2006 and not 2007
Therefore it looks like the function does not work in Firefox. Alternatively it is a Firefox/Vista combo problem
On Internet Explorer (Vista)
References
^ Jonah Lomu. kidzworld.com. Retrieved on 22 July 2006.
^ Jonah Lomu's rugby journey. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 22 July 2006.
^ a b c d Jonah Lomu. allblacks.com. Retrieved on 22 July 2006.


So in all likelihood there is a bug in that function to make it fail on Firefox
--Tiucsib 11:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

hllo81.145.240.73

Does anyone have any objections to removing the references to certain numbers of men 'hanging off' Lomu? This is hardly a quantifiable remark and not something that should appear in the article. That he was hard to tackle is undeniable, but there's no need to get schoolboy on the descriptions. -- Ghostreveries 23:36, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] RL

Manukau Magpies club * [1]Londo06 17:56, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Style

I think this article needs a lot of grammatical work. dunno how it got GA... me no grammatist unfortunately.Boomshanka

Do you have any examples or is this just a general feeling? If you see something to fix, feel free to edit it yourself. Other editors will review it. Also, a tip: sign your comments with four tildes, like this: ~~~~. Cheers, Ropata 13:17, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References and polishing

More references are needed. Some sentences needing them are:

  • At one time Lomu was considered 'rugby union's biggest drawcard'
  • Will Carling told reporters
  • After the game, Carling was quoted as saying

And sentences like Lomu's physique was particularly suited for rugby as he is beast like in size, lightening quick, and as strong as an ox - qualities he augments with aggression, skill, and an intimidating presence on the field. are almost poetic but not encyclopedic. -- ReyBrujo 04:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I have fixed most of those things. I'll work on it more later when I have time. It's not going to take much work to fix up I don't think. I have not referenced "rugby union's biggest drawcard" yet but that is certainly not controversial. I'll do it eventually though. - Shudde talk 05:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)