Talk:Mario Balotelli

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The page has been protected for 1 week due to edit-warring. Please use this time to discuss the contentious issues here, on the talk page, and reach a consensus. If you reach consensus before the week is up, you can go to WP:RFPP to request unprotection sooner. MastCell ^Talk 20:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name

The player is always been referred as Mario Balotelli, not Mario Barwuah. A Google search for "Mario Balotelli" returns over 15,000 results [1], whereas "Mario Barwuah" has only 9,000 results [2]. Per WP:COMMON, I am going to move this to Mario Balotelli, as he used to be referred as Balotelli. He calls himself as "Mario Balotelli" in his own website! [3]. And, as you can see from the photo [4], it is quite untrue he wears Barwuah on the back of his shirt. So, do not start an edit war regarding this, please. --Angelo 21:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

If he is most commonly known as Mario Balotelli, then that is what the article about him should be called. - PeeJay 21:39, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

As can be seen throughout the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football and the Renaming and deletion archives of the project, the most commonly used name is used. The person in question uses this name on his own page and Inter fans list him as Balotelli see[5]. The guidelines at WP:COMMON state that the most commonly used name should be used. As such it should be moved to Balotelli.

(For transparency: here after a request for comment on the WP:FOOTY page.) Woodym555 21:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

By his own website, he clearly calls himself Balotelli, and I presume Inter and the FIGC do too, so (on top of everything else) that should definitely stick. ArtVandelay13 21:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you all, now I know I am not the only one thinking Mario Balotelli is correct under WP:COMMON, so I can move it back. --Angelo 22:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

can we change his flag from Ghanian to italian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hairdev (talk • contribs) 02:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

No. He has no Italian citizenship yet. --Angelo (talk) 08:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This sentence

"Despite been born in Italy and growing up there, Barwuah does not have Italian citizenship and is technically completely Ghanian."

Belongs in the intro, because it is 100% true and depicts fairly reality. Barwuah wanting to be an Italian and not mentioning the word "Ghana" on his website does not take away from what he is. His parents are both Ghanian and he has neither Italian citizenship nor does he have any Italian blood. If that is not completely Ghanian, then what is he? though as the sentence say, he is born in Italy and lives there, he certainly is not Italian by law yet is he. One day he might become an African Italians, but not today he is just Ghanian. - Ordinaria (talk) 00:52, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

The issue is already explained in detail in the article, if you look at it, and IMHO it cannot be simplified with a single short phrase due to the complexity of the issue itself. --Angelo (talk) 08:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Can we add his nicknames "Super Mario" and "Turbo Mario" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.5.133.46 (talk) 06:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)