Talk:Shaquille O'Neal/Archive 2

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Shaq's team

He currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The trade transferred Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, the 2nd round draft pick, and $500 thousand in cash from the Phoenix Suns to the Cavaliers in exchange for rights to Shaquille O'Neal.

Per WP:CRYSTAL, we only change roster details after a transaction has been completed. This trade has yet to be finalized and won't received league approval until sometime Thursday at the earliest. --Madchester (talk) 12:10, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Number 33

I was trying to find why Shaq couldn't use #33 as a rookie, since I remember him being introduced in the Draft with a #33 jersey but switched to 32 before the beginning of the season. I finally had to go to the Wiki page for Terry Catledge to find it: "In 1992, while a member of the Magic, Catledge refused to give up his jersey number #33 so that new teammate Shaquille O'Neal, who at LSU also wore the same number, could wear it. In the end, O'Neal settled with #32." Maybe this could be added? Merrrlo (talk) 09:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Cavs Trade

Shaq was traded for Pavlovic, Wallace and a second round pick in 2009 draft, not 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.227.215.155 (talk) 13:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Shaq dead?

Shaquille O'Neal was NOT found dead on July 6, 2009 (I tried to delete the erroneous paragraph, but I couldn't because I'm not a registered member). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.161.193 (talk) 08:19, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I removed that about two hours before you posted here. Are you looking at an old version of the page? Zagalejo^^^ 18:41, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Raw

He's WWE Raw's guest host for 7/27/09 that hasn't been added —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.57.122 (talk) 03:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

In this reference there is a link to "the big show" but it should in fact be a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wight, im not sure how to do this yet but the wrestlers character name is "the big show" but that is a disambiguation page which references the wrestler by his real name of paul wight.--Thenikola (talk) 07:20, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Mistake

It is listed that Shaq and the Magic beat Jordan's Bulls, but The Houston Rocket's two championships came while Jordan was "retired" after the death of his dad (That is also the time that jordan was playing baseball as referenced in the movie Space Jam). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.201.95.97 (talk) 10:15, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

No, the text is correct. Jordan came back in the middle of the 1994-95 season. In the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Bulls lost to Shaq and the Magic. Zagalejo^^^ 18:47, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Shaq was on the NBA 2nd All-defensive team in 2000, 2001, and 2003.

Please add that to his profile. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.58.205.30 (talk) 17:51, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Shaquille O'Neal is not an Undergraduate member of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated.

Brother Shaquille O'Neal is a member Of Omega Psi Phi fraternity incorporated in good standing. He was born into Omega Psi Phi in the 12th district (the state of california). He was read in as a professioanl Athelete currently working for the Los Angeles Lakers at the time. The Louisiana State University is in the ninth district and has no record of him available. He was "read in" with other "Famous men" as a Tail Dawg( tallest man on line). His year and line number are correct. It should be correctly noted that he is a graduate member who joined our wonderfull organization as an adult, not a child. For the brothers who did join and in some cases die(Large numbers of brothers are ROTC-and die in wars-navy-army and marines- upon graduating but before joining graduate chapters.)He is not a member who pays any sort of dues in the ninth district. He is a member from California.

Shaq VS. is a show on ABC per www.abc.com

Deanswan (talk) 09:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)deanswan

ABC's Shaq Vs. 2

It has been announced on www.shaqattaq.net that Shaq vs. 2 is in the works, a sentence about it may want to be put after the article about Shaq vs season 1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aduncan8434 (talk • contribs) 23:11, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Superman Feud Don't you guys think there should be a section about Shaq's feud with Dwight Howard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DA Fernandez (talk • contribs) 21:14, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from GaryD1945, 18 April 2010

{{editsemiprotected}}

REMOVE "On Friday, February 25, 2010 O'Neal suffered a severe right thumb injury while going up for a block against Glen Davis against the Boston Celtics."

REPLACE WITH "On Friday, February 25, 2010 O'Neal suffered a severe right thumb injury while attempting to go up for a shot against Glen Davis of the Boston Celtics."

SOURCE http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E6DA143CF936A25750C0A9669D8B63

The Cavaliers were in possession of the ball. O'Neal was attempting to go up for a shot from the right side of the Celtics' basket when defending Celtic Glen Davis aggressively hacked O'Neal on the wrist area to prevent the shot attempt.

GaryD1945 (talk) 16:17, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Done --Darkwind (talk) 17:07, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Personal Life

It's stated: "They also have maintained a residence in Windermere, Florida, a northwest Orlando suburb."

Windermere is southwest of Orlando, not northwest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.119.41.16 (talk) 18:48, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

You're correct. Since the sentence wasn't sourced anyway, and may be out of date, I just removed it entirely. Zagalejo^^^ 20:25, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

plays for cavs

Shaq plays for the Cavs now not the Suns.

--- And along those same lines, couldn't you have some pictures of him in a Cavs uniform? Like maybe for his main picture? --- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.213.12.138 (talk) 16:11, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Shoes

Why dont they have a picture or wikipedia of his shoes?They are pretty nice! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.164.170 (talk) 02:10, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Anon, 10 June 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} It is "impossible" for Shaq to be 4.5% 3P shooting for his career when he only attempted 3P shots during one season in which he was 50% (.500) on. Someone needs to research this and fix either: #1. The percentages for the seasons, or #2. The career percentage. I think maybe the formula used to determine career percentages does not take into account seasons with no 3 point shots attempted which should not factor in as 0%. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.105.250.23 (talk) 01:58, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Actually I did some research, he took about 20 or so in his career, however he only made the 1 that season (1 for 2 that year) and was like 0 for 18 the other seasons which would put him around 5% so the statistic appears to be correct. The edit is not needed.70.105.250.23 (talk) 02:07, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Pending changes

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Free Agent

The Page doesn't note that shaq is currently a free agent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocker368 (talk • contribs) 16:37, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

First stages of career pics

Shouldn't the profile picture be of the Lakers Shaq? He spent the longest tenure there, won the most championships and averaged the best stalines. Also, there are no pictures of him from the Magic, nor any in-game pictures from the Lakers section. Are pictures of him from before 2007 that hard to find? Atari2 (talk) 17:59, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

He Was a Military Kid but the Article Doesn't Mention it

Did he move a lot growing up? A lot of military kids did move quite a lot growing up. I notice part of his childhood was in Newark NJ, but what happened after that period? It says he went to a San Antonio Texas High School. There were probably a lot of military bases that he lived at in between those places.

His early life section should be filled out to show the military aspect too. A lot of us grew up that way, but nobody recognizes it. The military childhood is always so invisible, but it shouldn't be like that.

Shaq is listed in the "Famous military brats" ("Military brat" is not an insult-- it's a term of affection in the military) section of the Military brat (U.S. subculture) article.

98.245.150.162 (talk) 04:54, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

It says that in 1995, shaq and the magic handed MICHAEL and the bulls one of his opnly playoff losses of the decade. Michael was not on the team that year, he was playing baseball with the birmingham barons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.2.69.48 (talk) 02:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Jordan came back in 1995 Bagumba (talk) 02:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

The caption for the free throw pic

It's hilarious. Captain Skank (talk) 10:34, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Shaq was very fat and ate to many hamburgers that is why he now weighs 500 pounds —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.222.172.18 (talk) 21:39, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Kpg001, 11 April 2011

At the end of the section Los Angeles Lakers (1996-2004) it says that the San Antonio Spurs won their first National Title and I think it should say they won their first NBA Championship or NBA Title or NBA Finals. National Title is a college basketball term, I don't think it's appropriate. Thank You

Kpg001 (talk) 01:22, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Good idea. Fixed. Zagalejo^^^ 03:49, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 76.89.175.33, 30 May 2011

76.89.175.33 (talk) 21:57, 30 May 2011 (UTC) O'Neal is not a muslim, his step-father is but his mother is a Baptist. He has not commented.

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.

I've removed all references to his religion. We never had a good source that said he was a Muslim. All we had was that vague quote regarding him and Turkoglu. Zagalejo^^^ 03:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Retirement

The Score has picked up on his retirement video posted here: http://www.tout.com/m/9944wo . Appears to be legit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.34.131.254 (talk) 19:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

ESPN also listed the news, [1].—Chris!_c/t 19:04, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

music

shaq was in vanilla twiglight music video for owl city — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.147.122 (talk) 23:00, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Glenn Davis

...referenced here, now plays for Orlando not Boston — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.214.222.226 (talk) 01:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

I only see one mention of Davis, and in that context, it is correct to describe him as a Celtic. (We're talking about something that happened in 2010.) Zagalejo^^^ 01:51, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Wait, never mind; I see what you're talking about. (I was searching for "Glen Davis", not "Glen 'Big Baby' Davis".) Fixed, thanks. Zagalejo^^^ 01:54, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit request - Acting Section

In the acting subsection of the off-court section it mentions he has voiced himself in several productions - then lists the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny as one of those. This is false, the Ultimate Showdown is just a goofy internet flash movie that has no voices aside from the singer of the song, while humorous it is hardly worth mentioning in a Shaq article. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.231.226.189 (talk) 20:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Did Jordan not play in 1995. 1995 they won against the bulls 1996 they had no chance against Jordan's Bulls? No big deal, but should be edited :). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.115.39.200 (talk) 04:47, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 30 April 2012

Can I edit the page for Shaquille ONeal.I know lots of things about him like hes in WWE 50.105.28.74 (talk) 00:19, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. — Bility (talk) 21:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Editing subject line to reflect doctoral degree?

Shaq's name has changed.

He is now Shaquille O'Neal, Ed.D. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TurboV8 (talk • contribs) 04:08, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Whether a name change or some other mention, it's appropriate that this article recognize his academic achievement. He received his doctorate in May 2012, how long does it take to update the page? Here's a reference http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/05/2784914/shaq-becomes-dr-oneal-graduates.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.91.132.64 (talk) 00:41, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

The article does mention the degree (in the "Education" section). But I don't think we need to change the first sentence to reflect that. It doesn't seem to be a common practice to mention such degrees in that manner. See Harold Bloom, to pick a random example. Zagalejo^^^ 05:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Masonic Affiliation

I have "undone" the "undo" of my previous edit, and added a source to confirm his Masonic affiliation. And if you're wondering...yes, the "Freemasons for Dummies" blog should be considered a credible source. Or more importantly, the owner of the blog Christopher Hodapp should be considered a credible source.

As to the claim that it's "not notable except as trivia," the section it appears in is "Personal Life." It's not any less notable than any other part of his personal life...unless you believe a professional athlete's former girlfriend and his religion are somehow more notable. I'd be interested to hear the reasoning behind that. There are a lot of biographies on this site that include Masonic affiliation, I don't see why Mr. O'Neal's biography should be any different. It's an important part of his public life.Gotham77 (talk) 18:51, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

His girlfriends are at least covered by multiple independent reliable sources, while his Masonic affiliation does not appear to be. Three sentences on one trivial detail, based on amount of coverage, seems WP:UNDUE. I would say remove, or alternatively one brief sentence at best.—Bagumba (talk) 19:49, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Let me ask you guys this, would it be ok to replace "O'Neal became a Freemason" with "O'Neal became a member of the Prince Hall Freemasonry" to clarify the exact sect of Freemasonry that he is a member of. IMHO simply putting that he is a freemason would be confusing. I understand that the majority of African Americans join the Prince Hall lodge but that is not to say that in UGLE sanctioned i.e. mainstream Grand Lodges there are not any non-Caucasians because actually there are. Is what I'm saying make sense? Should and is it ok to change this minor wording. Please LMK. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 04:55, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Further Reading Section

This section listed two of his books so I added his other books. I'm not sure why his books are listed here, since "further reading" does not convey that these are his books. It seems to me that his 5 published works/autobiographies would be at least as significant or relevant as his law enforcement activities, and could possibly be included in the "off court" section of the article. Just a thought! --Applespeachespumpkinpie (talk) 06:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering about that section myself. At the least, it could use a different section header. Zagalejo^^^ 00:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

09/23/2013 O'Neal is set to join the new ownership group of the Sacramento Kings, led by Vivek Ranadive, per Sam Amick of USA Today. The minority ownership share is to be formally announced at a press conference on September 24, 2013 in Sacramento. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.203.133.46 (talk) 13:04, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 February 2014

Add a mention of O'Neal's cameo appearance in The Lego Movie to the "Acting" subsection. 98.250.7.156 (talk) 02:59, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Done: Added to Acting and to Filmography. Thanks, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 02:01, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Cole jersey retirement

This should be added. Source: http://www.expressnews.com/sports/high_school/high_school_boys_basketball/article/Jokes-nostalgia-flow-at-Cole-for-O-Neal-s-jersey-5299020.php#/0 Bye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.34.209.254 (talk) 16:48, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Shaq Ed.D

The man earned the title, and did so with some acclaim. Why don't we recognize Dr. Shaquille O'Neal?209.159.204.223 (talk) 08:04, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

They generally are not combined with the person's name per WP:CREDENTIAL and WP:POSTNOM. His degree is mentioned at Shaquille O'Neal#Education.—Bagumba (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2015

fix typo: nationa to national.

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• Done Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 08:33, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Shaq's Religion

Article incorrectly gives the impression that Shaq is not muslim. Please see his interview in the link below. He makes frequent use of islamic terminology (insha'Allah, Asalamualikum, etc) and says that he is planning to go to Hajj, the compulsory muslim pilgrimage that is performed in a sanctuary that is forbidden for non-Muslims to enter. He also calls calls Hakeem Olajuwon , "another muslim brother".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNK4rc_gxU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.11.244.84 (talk) 22:11, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

See WP:BLPCAT. Erring on the side of caution, we usually look for a public statement where original research is not needed. Looking at Shaquille_O'Neal#Personal_life, he seems to have avoided publicly labeling himself—Bagumba (talk) 22:23, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2016

On October 5th, 2015 The San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2016 to include both Shaquille as both an individual and the 1989 Cole High School Class 3A Championship basketball team. Astrojetson21 (talk) 21:36, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

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Esports ventures?

I don't see anything about Shaq's esports ventures. He's owner of NRG Esports (with teams in Counter-Strike and League of Legends) and has done Counter-Strike commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrtEJiP27Rs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.255.54.180 (talk) 10:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2016

I would like to contribute any useful info to this page. Requesting permission to edit. NilesDean (talk) 05:09, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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Early life: O'Neal credits the Boys & Girls Club of Newark

Please change "O'Neal credits the Boys and Girls Club of America in Newark" to "O'Neal credits the Boys & Girls Club of Newark" ...After the name of the organization is changed, then please change the hyperlink on this page to the Boys & Girls Club of Newark's webpage https://www.bgcn.org.

Here's the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAEM2imL624. Each Club is operates independently as a franchise.

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Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2016

The following lines are unnecessary:

O'Neal remains estranged from his biological father; he and Toney have never spoken, and O'Neal has expressed no interest in establishing a relationship.[8] On his 1994 rap album, Shaq Fu: The Return, O'Neal voiced his feelings of disdain for Toney in the song "Biological Didn't Bother", dismissing him with the line "Phil is my father."

I'm sure why the entire first body paragraph of an awesome guy's Wiki is quite sad to read...

Thank you.

Shaquille took the role as himself in Season 2 Episode 3 of "Fresh Off the Boat". Add this in under Television Section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.136.189.160 (talk) 14:30, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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Oops, my mistake

Ok, sorry, I had to correct myself.

I imagined I had come across the NBA-guide which said O'Neal was a 12-time all-star (instead of 15 times). So I checked basketball-reference.com. O'Neal was an all-star in the following years: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009. He did not play due to injury 1997 and 2001. This makes 13 times.

Walmaul (talk) 06:17, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2017

Instead of "He ranks 7th all-time in points scored..." the article should state "He ranks 8th all-time in points scored...".

Clicking on the link leads you to the all time scorer list. Note that Lebron James has passed Shaq for 7th place on the all time scorers list. Shaq is listed as 8th all time in scoring. Happytreefarmer (talk) 18:02, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

 Done Lede updated with new position. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:12, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 June 2017

He was in 2 episodes of Fresh Off the Boat. The below bullet should be right before "Off to School."

• Fresh Off the Boat (2015/2016) as Himself Visaudio (talk) 19:51, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:49, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2017

“Shaq.” Shaq EzJakeOven (talk) 19:10, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 19:20, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2018

Shaquille O'Neal was the college player of the year in 1991, not 1992. Change the following line under career highlights and awards section:

• College national player of the year (1992)

To:

• College national player of the year (1991) IKnowBasketball (talk) 07:27, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

 Done —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:02, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2018

IKnowBasketball (talk) 02:56, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — IVORK _Discuss 03:18, 3 May 2018 (UTC)