Talk:List of tallest people

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Yao might be taller, especially as height can diminish with age, but this is far from confirmed. In addition the claim she's taller was unsourced and done by anonymous IPs. I've found sources that say she is taller, but they're mostly blogs and one uncertain Chinese site. In a case like this Chinese sites might be unreliable. By the same token I'll try to look for non-US sites on Allen.--T. Anthony (talk) 20:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

On finding more non-Chinese sources I've decided to move Yao up, but Sandy Allen still belongs in the former section.--T. Anthony (talk) 20:53, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I added Zeng Jinlian (she's on Wikipedia, but that brings the total number over eight feet to 13, whereas other sources list it as 12) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.211.148.73 (talk) 01:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

She was in the original version and on March 9 she was in the over eight-foot section. However in every tall/tallest list people seem to remove her. I don't know if it's because of her scoliosis or her failure to be either European or American. (There's a bit of a Americentric/Eurocentric thing on Wikipedia)--T. Anthony (talk) 07:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
"because of... her failure to be either European or American" -- Oh please! That must be one of the silliest suggestions I've encountered in months.
GeneCallahan (talk) 13:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Primo Carnera??

He's not the tallest boxer, not evern the tallest Heavyweight champion. GoodDay (talk) 19:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Therefore, I've removed him from the article. GoodDay (talk) 21:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Good call. I was skeptical of that one, but I didn't know enough about boxing to say.--T. Anthony (talk) 18:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pier Gerlofs Donia

Pier Gerlofs Donia was the tallest (self declared) monarch, standing at 7 ft 5, and thus I added the last king of Fryslan to the list. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 16:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

But what is he doing on the "Tallest living in various nations" list? Also, his article makes it perfectly clear that there's no conclusive evidence on his exact height. --Anshelm '77 (talk) 16:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation

This was not "List of tall humans" for a reason. We do not have lists of merely "tall" things or beings. (List of tall ships is referring to a kind of ship not its height) In addition see the results of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of short men (2nd nomination). However "List of tallest" are allowed. A featured example of this is List of tallest buildings in Providence.--T. Anthony (talk) 11:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tallest NFL player

According to pro-football-reference.com, Richard Sligh--who played two games for the Oakland Raiders--stood 7 feet tall. That would put him ahead of Morris Stroud as tallest NFLer ever. The espn.com article used as the citation, incidentally, makes no mention of Stroud holding the NFL height record--just that he was 6'10". PeteF3 (talk) 02:13, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Good catch, thanks.--T. Anthony (talk) 07:35, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Sultan Kosen

Why isn't Sultan Kosen in the list of people over 8 foot tall when he is mentioned to be taller than this in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.223.126 (talk) 20:51, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

That section originated with the deletion of Category:People over eight feet tall. I just put all the names in it to the list. Kosen was not in the category at that time. Also I think there's some dispute on his height.--T. Anthony (talk) 09:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Patrick Connor

This page says he's American, while his own page says he's Irish. GeneCallahan (talk) 13:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)