Talk:Maria Sharapova

No personal life section

Who she dated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.150.123 (talk) 00:45, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

What to do with the Career history fork content?

This article was too detailed, and I and others trimmed it down. Tennis expert objected, so I created the Career history fork from a prior version of the article to keep him placated. The fork was deleted and reinstated. Not understanding why it was reinstated (albeit as a redirect), I started rewriting the Career history into bullet form (so as to avoid duplication with style and content of main article) when Chidel re-established the redirect while I was working on it. Would anyone care to start a discussion on what should be 'merged' back? Ohconfucius (talk) 15:52, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Biography - Early life

What's the point of the "Early life" sub section? there are no other sub-sections, so I think it should be removeded. Agreed? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 07:11, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Ma-REE-ya YU-rye-vna Sha-RA-po-va

Why is there a pronunciation guide for her name? What's the point of this? It's all fairly phonetical. Why are English-speakers not expected to understand how to pronounce the name "Maria"? It's quite childish. I think it should be deleted. Agreed? EttaLove (talk) 23:26, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

The key point is Sharapova, which the TV announcers consistently mispronounce. I have never understood why they do this — it's forgivable to give an approximate pronunciation to a name that's actually difficult to pronounce in your own language, but there's nothing difficult for Anglophones about putting the stress on the third-to-last syllable, so the telly-critters' "Sha-ra-POH-vah" is just weird.

(On the other hand, putting the stress on the fourth-to-last syllable, as in Kournikova, is indeed tough for English speakers, so that one is more comprehensible.) --Trovatore (talk) 21:57, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Anyway, I think that according to Slavonic names pronumciation, shouldn't it be SHA-ra-po-va? Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 01:48, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

No. --Trovatore (talk) 03:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I've added the IPA transcription of her name, to be so much more precise (and accurate, for that matter), and also so that the article doesn't look ex-TREE-mly AM-u-tyuh. Note, however, that I'm not Russian, so the IPA might be slightly incorrect. 79.67.246.166 (talk) 15:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC) If Sharapova does indeed have the second syllable stressed, then the name would be pronounced Sha-RA-pah-vah. In Russian, the vowel O is always pronounced Ah unless it is in the stressed syllable. In which case, the pronunciation guide in the article needs to be corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hagi2000 (talk • contribs) 22:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Maria Sharapova's current weight

A 6'2" tall, large framed and physically well developed woman cannot possibly weigh a mere 130 pounds. According to a modeling web site I visited recently Maria Sharapova weighs 68.5 kg. That sounds about right, and that is why I edited her page, which stated her weight at 59kg. However I cannot now find the website for verification. So, we will just have to rely on common sense! Victoroyer (talk) 19:51, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

• We constantly have editors and vandals altering the weight stats of prominent sports personalities that I no longer have faith in any of the figures people put in here. Anyhow, it's fairly trivial detail and subject to change, so there really is no justification to giving a weight within one decimal place, if at all. I see two approaches to the problem: either we insist that this information be cited from a recent source, or we should remove the data altogether. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 01:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

http://www.celebrityshack.com/view/celebrities/sports-female/Maria-Sharapova/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.206.55.203 (talk) 23:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

there is absolutely NO way Sharapova is 59kg at 6"2. come on guys, thats ridiculous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.226.110 (talk) 07:49, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Maria Sharapova may have weighed 130 lbs. five years ago, but anyone who sees her now can clearly see she weighs 30-40 pounds more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.53.222.149 (talk) 12:34, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

• You think she's 170 pounds? KellanFabjance (talk) 22:28, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation ('pro-NUN')

I'm not going to revert another edit, but the 'pro-NUN' should not be on the page. Only an idiot could think that the word 'Sharapova' was English and WP:PRON states clearly that IPA should be used, and as the sole transcription, for pronunciation of foreign, viz Russian words. Don't add the 'pro-NUN' just because you as a user don't understand the IPA; learn it! Also, if you're going to ignore guidelines, do it properly. 79.67.246.166 (talk) 20:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

The correct English pronunciation has the stress on the second syllable. We should give the correct pronunciation in a way people can understand. Otherwise readers who don't know IPA will not see the difference from the erroneous pronunciation used by TV announcers. --Trovatore (talk) 22:07, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 69.59.78.162, 16 December 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Change Los Angeles Lakers to New Jersey Nets, for Sasha Vujacic

69.59.78.162 (talk) 23:35, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Done, sort of. I see Sharapova's fiance Vujacic has moved from the LA Lakers to the New York Nets. But "New York Nets guard" is kind of cryptic for an international encyclopedia, so I've instead changed it to "NBA basketball player". Thanks, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 15:08, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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Picture

Someone remove that horrid picture that was obviously put up by a troll. Dreadful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.188.205.66 (talk) 03:25, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

2012?

Not sure if it's just me but I can only view 2012 section when I am logged in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OgiBear (talk • contribs) 14:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Problem seems sorted for now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OgiBear (talk • contribs) 14:49, 22 January 2012 (UTC)