Talk:Abby Wambach

POB Pitsford or Rochester?
http://web.archive.org/web/20031001173751/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/abby_wambach/ says "Hometown: Rochester, NY Born: June 2, 1980 Pittsford, NY, USA" http://www.abbywambach.com/abby/bio.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.17.165 (talk) 15:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * There are no hospitals in Pittsford, so chances are good she was born within the Rochester city limits. On the other hand, her family was no doubt living in Pittsford at the time she was born, and she may actually have been born at home. On the other other hand, hometowns are often listed as "Rochester" because it's unnecessary to get more specific when addressing an audience unfamiliar with the area. Powers T 17:23, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Bubble Player
What is a "bubble player"? --Anthony (talk) 06:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Usually it means being 1 of the last players to be cut from or to make a team.99.140.62.240 (talk) 07:22, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

List of international goals by Abby Wambach up for deletion
Hello, as this article is directly related to List of international goals scored by Abby Wambach, please consider sharing your input in this discussion: Articles for deletion/List of international goals scored by Abby Wambach Hmlarson (talk) 17:56, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

sexuality
I put this here before but clearly someone took offense and removed it: Is there any information as to Wambach's sexuality? I personally don't care what her orientation is one way or another, simply for the sake of improving the article. 74.69.121.132 (talk) 01:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi there. No, to my knowledge there isn't and because of wikipedia's "biography of living persons" policy we have to be quite careful about stuff like this. Until she says something about it publicly like Megan Rapinoe and one or two others, we can't put anything in. She seems happy enough to keep her private life private and we have to respect that! Clavdia chauchat (talk) 17:52, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

goals in international tournaments
There reads: All together, she has played in 29 matches and scored 22 goals at these five international tournaments.

However, FIFA Women%27s World Cup has 22 goals credited to her already in World Cup. That would make 22+9 =31 goals altogether. 82.141.126.42 (talk) 04:02, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Fifa page showed vandalism. Fixed it. -Koppapa (talk) 04:57, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Action shot from 2015
Here is a photo we may want to use when a World Cup 2015 section is created. Taken at one of the "warm up" games leading up to the WC. — Noah  16:42, 11 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, this would be a great addition. -- AstroU (talk) 01:20, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Excellent article, TNKS
Thanks for the work on this article, well done. Pictures are good. Click on 'images' under a Google-search for more pictures. -- AstroU (talk) 22:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC) --  PS: I'll be 'watching' and helping edit.

Needs a section for 2015 international soccer!
Can someone add: "2.2.7 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" to be current? -- AstroU (talk) 00:42, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 July 2015
Although she has stated that this previous World Cup would be her last, she has yet to rule out retirement from the national team. Therefore, please remove "2015" as her last year playing for the national team; it should be "2001-".

Babolat9292 (talk) 14:00, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

✅ you did not cite a source but Abby Wambach not ready to make decision on retirement justifies your statement. - Arjayay (talk) 12:32, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Unexplained edits
Wihout explanation, User:Hmlarson removed and replaced a very reliable source (Portland Tribune) verifying Wambach's full name, and reinserted the names of the four women who previously won it. I kept the very good source Hmlarson added to verify the name, but re-added the original source. In terms of including the names of all the prior female winners of the award Wambach won, it's simply unecessary; this article is about Wambach. That's why I changed it to "Wambach was named the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the fourth woman ever, and the first American since Mia Hamm 10 years earlier, to win the award." Dirroli (talk) 21:53, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Without explanation, I also collaborated with a number of editors to improve this article to good article status. Hmlarson (talk) 23:09, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, those edits were without any explanation as to why you made them. Saying only "ce" is not an explanation. The fact that you collaborated with other editors on other content, while very admirable, is completely irrelevant with regard to this particular matter. You cannot just remove and replace a reliable source or restore previously-removed content without saying why you're doing it. Dirroli (talk) 01:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * According to who or what? You seem intent on using that reference in the infobox for some unstated reason... care to clarify? Hmlarson (talk) 02:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * You still have yet to acknowledge that you offered zero explanation for your edits. It's very interesting that you keep diverting from what is clearly at the heart of this matter. Actually, you seem to be the one who was intent on removing the only source that was there in the first place, and replacing it with your own. I simply added a source from one of her hometown newspapers to verify her name in the infobox. You then removed it and put your own. So the one who needs to explain would clearly be you, not me. Dirroli (talk) 03:23, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Interesting comments from an editor with an account that is two weeks old. Hmlarson (talk) 04:26, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Interesting diversion from an editor with an account that is years old; attacking the edtior instead of addressing the editing issue. And according to who or what, you ask? According to Always provide an edit summary, which says, "It is considered good practice to provide a summary for every edit, especially when reverting (undoing) the actions of other editors or deleting existing text; otherwise, people may question your motives for the edit. Edits that do not have an edit summary are more likely to be reverted, because it may not be obvious what the purpose of the edit was." So don't go around removing, relocating, or restoring content without explaining why you're doing it. Dirroli (talk) 04:38, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, yet you still haven't provided clarification for why you insist that the DUII ref be included in the info box as a citation for her full name ... here, nor in any edit summary. There's no mention of the DUII in her info box - so it's irrelevant and inappropriate. It belongs where the DUII is mentioned in the article. Hmlarson (talk) 17:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * As has been clearly explained to you, here and in the original edit summary, the source was added to verify her full name. The fact that the topic of the source story happens to be about her arrest is irrelevant. But yet again, you divert from the real issue of your covert changes improperly disguised as "ce". If you have nothing to hide, there's no reason not to provide a clear explanation of your edits. Dirroli (talk) 18:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * There is nothing covert about using ce as an optional edit summary. Your tone and accusations are over the top. Hmlarson (talk) 01:57, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

One of these is wrong
"Carli Lloyd delivered the armband to Wambach as she entered the final against Japan with eleven minutes remaining, and Wambach in turn passed it over to Rampone as she entered at the 43rd minute"

One of these is wrong. You can't enter a game in the 79th minute and then hand the armband to someone else in the 43rd minute. 24.137.115.238 (talk) 01:39, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

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Honors section
Wambach's honors section is written as a series of paragraphs instead of as a list, unlike almost all other Honors & Awards sections are across football biographies. Should this be changed? Kelsiesmith7 (talk) 04:44, 5 February 2022 (UTC)