Talk:List of humans with gigantism

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This was not previously deleted, This is about people with gigantism, a medical condition, not about people who are tall or whatever. As a list it was already a part of the article on gigantism. I just separated it out, that's all. This is not taken from any of the tall people lists.--T. Anthony 11:05, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Neither Angus MacAskill nor Kamehameha I suffered from gigantism, this is just a reworded tall men listing. –– Lid(Talk) 11:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
It's from the gigantism article. Check the article on Gigantism before my recent edit. I have the tallest men in the tall men list in an old version of a talk archive and it's not this list. I can show you the difference. Gigantism article on February 2 (go to List of notable "giants") versus Talk:T. Anthony/Archive 7#Stuff.--T. Anthony 12:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I took out some names though as they aren't in the category of people with gigantism. If you take off the speedy deal it can maybe be moved to "List of people with gigantism" and become like anything else in Category:Lists of people by medical condition.--T. Anthony 12:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Different enough that it is not a G4 candidate. If notability is in doubt, please send to XfD. Thank you. -- Avi 18:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Giants

This should be about the very tall, as a 'giant' does not necessarily suffer from gigantism. If we are restricting it to those with gigantism, it should be at List of people with gigantism (which redirects to here, currently). Proto::► 22:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I intended this to be a List of people with gigantism and would be fine with moving it there. It had the "notable giants" name because that was at the gigantism article.--T. Anthony 00:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Cool. I'll make it so. Proto::► 07:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Should I add people from Category:People with acromegaly or is that different enough I shouldn't?--T. Anthony 08:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Do people with acromegaly automatically suffer from gigantism? If so, then yes. If not, then no. Also, would this be better as a category? Proto::► 12:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
There is a category for gigantism. I just thought with a list I could mention a bit about their lifespan as that seems relevant to a medical condition.--T. Anthony 13:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough. Is it better to order them by height, or alphabetically? Proto::► 14:26, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm thinking I might go chronologically by date of birth as that seems kind of relevant with a medical condition. I should probably work on the dwarfism one someday as I relate more closely to that. I didn't create that one though so I'm a bit more worried about stepping on toes.--T. Anthony 04:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
(deindent) Chronologically sounds good. Proto::► 11:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Glen Jacobs/WWE Kane

Why is Glen Jacobs, the man who portrays WWE's Kane, on this list? Since Jacobs suffers from none of the obvious symptoms of acromegaly/giantism, and his entry in this article is unsourced I am removing him from the list. Manssiere 19:46, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pier Gerlofs Donia and Wijard Sybrens Donia

I added Pier Gerlofs Donia and Wijard Sybrens Donia to the list. These were medievel Frisian freedom fighters and pirates who fought for the independence of Fryslan province. The both men stood at at least 7 ft tall and showed all signs and characteristics of obvious gigantism. They were notable and suffered from gigantism, so I added them to the list. Hope you people approve this! Thanks in advanche, -The Bold Guy- (talk) 16:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)