Talk:Adrian Peterson/Archive 1

Rename
This page needs to be moved to Adrian Peterson (running back). AD will be a professional player probably by this time next year, or by 2008 at the latest. Once his collegiate career is finished, this article title will be inaccurate. I would have no problem if this change was made now or in the future, but it will need to be made.--NMajdan •talk 17:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem is that another Adrian Peterson is also a running back, although in the NFL instead. jareha (comments) 23:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I knew there was another Adrian Peterson in the NFL, but I didn't know he was a running back too. Well, how should they be differentiated? Year of birth? State of birth? College? I dislike doing NFL team like the other Peterson since that can change.--NMajdan &bull;talk 01:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe you are supposed to use the middle initial on both articles. Then a decision on who is probably more noteable (I'd vote for the college one, since he's running for the Heisman) should get the automatic redirect from the non middle-initial page. -- MECU ≈ talk 19:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm about 95% certain that this Adrian Peterson's middle initial is L, although I don't know the full name.--NMajdan &bull;talk 20:17, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I heard from another fan that his middle name is Louis (on OUInsider here: http://mb22.scout.com/fouinsiderfrm1.showMessage?topicID=131678.topic). We can either rename the article Adrian Louis Peterson or just Adrian L. Peterson. I'd probably prefer the latter.--NMajdan &bull;talk 13:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It is obvious that the article needs to be re-named, and I would also probably prefer Adrian L. Peterson.  I'm having trouble finding the other Adrian Peterson's middle name, though.  As for who gets the redirect, I would expect it to point to this page sine the Chicago back is not even really playing this year (one run for one yard on the season) and was a sixth-round draft pick while this A.P. will probably go first or second and definately in the first round.  z4ns4tsu  \talk 15:59, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. Lets do it.--NMajdan &bull;talk 16:58, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

NFL Draft
I listed that he will be drafted in round 1 in his infobox. This isn't debatable and please don't change it. It's an absolute lock that he'll go in the first round. Where he goes shall be determined later.--MP123 04:32, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree it is a lock. But Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. It is my belief that any speculation on where he will go in the draft should be left off until the draft actually occurs.↔NMajdan &bull;talk 14:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation issue
I think Adrian Peterson should be a disambiguation page, and have both players' articles titled with their middle initial (what's the other Adrian Peterson's middle name?) It's very weird the way it's set up right now, with two NFL football players with the same name but only one labelled as "football player", and having the common name redirect to one of them. (I wouldn't title them by their team, as that could change fairly quickly and is not necessarily a defining characteristic.) What do others think? I'll try to do the appropriate reorganization very soon if no-one objects. Grand master  ka  09:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Alternatively, we could keep the redirect and simply change the other article's title. Yeah, let's do that. Grand master  ka  09:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Take a look at the "Rename" section above to see the discussion that lead to the current naming and disambig. z4ns4tsu  \talk 17:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I did, but I guess I didn't read it very well. Never edit Wikipedia when you're tired and have had a few drinks earlier. Grand  master  ka  18:38, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I was under that impression that when there are only two articles that would link from a disambig page, its best to just have the main article (in this case Adrian Peterson) redirect to the seemingly most popular link and then have an other uses template on it, just the way this one is. I have no problem renaming the article Adrian Peterson article to include his middle initial but I still think we should keep the redirect to this one since there are only two. Now if a third Adrian Peterson pops up, then we should revisit this issue.↔NMajdan &bull;talk 20:52, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sometimes a two-page disambiguation is good if the items are equally notable. These two are in the same exact profession, so it seemed appropriate. But the way it is now is fine. Grand  master  ka  21:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Fan Sites
A link to an Adrian Peterson fan site has been added multiple times to this site, and removed just as many (by many different editors). I looked over the manual of style page for external links and found no compelling directions either way. It is my personal opinion that this is neither needed nor helpful to the article as a whole. It is also my opinion that fan sites should generally not be linked from WP articles because they are without exception (and by definition) POV. That being said, I'd like to hear the opinions of the other editors to this article. I'll leave a note for the last user to add the link as well, directing them to this discussion. z4ns4tsu \talk 17:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Agree.↔NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 17:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe my site is very helpful for people interested in Adrian Peterson, my site is number 1 on Google. I have the most Adrian Peterson content on the net. That is why I link to it, I know wiki has a no follow tag for SE's. Meni 23:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)Meni
 * Popularity is not an indicator of worth. Nothing against your site, I've never been to it, but fan sites, in my opinion, don't belong on Wikipedia unless the article is about that site.  z4ns4tsu  \talk 23:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Re-write
I am currently working off-line on a complete re-write of this bio. I'll try to incorporate any changes made to the page between now and when I get the new article finished, so don't hesitate to edit with more information. I just feel that this page needs to be re-worked from scratch so that it fits the guidlines for biographies and so that the information presented has a better flow. z4ns4tsu \talk 15:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You can actually find the on-going re-write here if you are interested. I've done little more than set up a goal layout at the moment, but it's getting there.  z4ns4tsu  \talk 22:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Good luck, this is currently one of the most poorly written things I have ever seen in my life. Since when do encyclopedia entries refer to what the subject would do to me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.161.155.15 (talk) 21:12, 31 January 2007 (UTC).
 * Wow, good point.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 21:23, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Re-write
I'm taken the liberty of re-writing this article and bring it up to a WP:GAC soon. There is some referencing work that needs to be done as well as some expansion of sections. Please feel free to share any thoughts during this process. RyguyMN 04:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Ashlux, please explain to be what this tag implies. Just needs a source?--Nmajdan 02:36, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I noticed that at least one of those was utterly superfluous. The following sentence: "Oklahoma beat Iowa State University in that game, but Adrian broke his collar bone diving into the end zone to end a 53-yard touchdown run" was pegged with a tag, despite the fact that precisely that information is contained in the link for footnote 17.  I removed the tag. I didn't bother following up on the rest of the supposed "citations needed", but wouldn't be surprised if they're all just as unneeded as that one was. Wje 01:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * This articles references need to be checked, hince the banner at the top of the article. Any help would be appreciated to cleanup this article.  Thanks! RyguyMN 02:33, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

40 time
I heard his 40 time was 4.36. It could possibly be 4.38, but I remember hearing 4.36 on the news. Please verify this information.63.215.29.113 03:26, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * One article states his 40 time was 4.38 at the Combine. I've included a source indicating this.  Thanks! RyguyMN 15:46, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No, thank you! 63.215.29.113 21:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Combine Info
Why was it removed?63.215.29.113 02:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It was removed because the information was found to be unreliable, which violates policy. I got different 40 times from other sources.  In the end, I don't trust the information that was presented by that scouting site. RyguyMN 03:25, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Second Paragraph
The second paragraph has 1) grown, 2) too many adjectives, 3) become gross.


 * "Peterson was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Coming into the league, he was known as a tall, upright runner with an ultra-rare combination of speed, strength, change-of-direction agility, balance, and size along with a highly aggressive attitude towards contact, extraordinary effort, and uncommonly outstanding vision & instincts. His extremely unique ability as both a great breakaway and power runner has often caused him to be compared by experts to modern day versions of Bo Jackson, Eric Dickerson, and OJ Simpson, some of the very few best "run-through-you-or-around-you" type of RB talents in football history."

It needs to be redone. The comparison stuff should be moved DOWN, maybe a new section? "Running style"? And make sure that the adjectives are REFERENCED to credible known analyst, coaches, other running backs, etc. Quotes from Stoops, Switzer, Barry Sanders, Billy Sims, Eric, Thurman Thomas, etc., would be great. WikiDon 17:57, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I see that an anonymous IP has been doing a lot of work with this article. While the work has been appreciative, there needs to be care taken in sentence structure.  The summary needs a lot of work now.  It's one big run-on setence.


 * Anyone that reads this who edits this article, PLEASE, PLEASE be sure to use references as well. The objective of this article is to get it to GA status and having unreferenced statements hurts the cause.  Thank you. RyguyMN 02:18, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Deion Sanders quote > source
Might be better to REF Sanders from one of the following than a "blog":


 * http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10417164
 * http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-10-18-1869254474_x.htm
 * http://www.startribune.com/510/story/1486714.html
 * http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7348682?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=5
 * http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/wires/10/18/2020.ap.fbn.vikings.peterson.adv20.1004/index.html

AND! Cite the NFL Network if that is the original source (c/o USA Today)...!!!!!

WikiDon 19:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Well it is Sean Jensen's blog and he is a writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, so I felt it was reliable and credible, but feel free to change it if you think another source would be better.--E tac 19:59, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * If you are only going to quote that Sanders quote, cite the NFL Network c/o, unless you want to add other parts of the story. Also, recommend double-source it? WikiDon 20:04, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Good job guys with the edits! RyguyMN 21:45, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The problem with a blog, is that other people can add comments to the blog that are totally incorrect, so if you use a blog as a source, you have to continually monitor it for accuracy. It can become a "dynamic" source of material. WikiDon 22:07, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree with your thoughts Don. Blogs should be avoided if possible per policy. RyguyMN 01:15, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Ivory Lee Brown
Should the dead-red link for Ivory Lee Brown be pulled? Does he rate his own article? WikiDon 07:24, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

who is that/? —Preceding unsigned comment added by E tac (talk • contribs) 07:24, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It's explained in the article! RyguyMN 19:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Adrian Peterson
As mentioned before, there are 2 runningbacks named Adrian Peterson. While this one may be slightly more well known than the other, they are both currently the starting runningbacks for their franchises. The other Adrian Peterson plays for a more well known franchise. I feel that "Adrian Peterson" should link to a disambiguation page because of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Failureofafriend (talk • contribs) 05:49, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Disambig page? maybe, but your reasons gave me a good laugh.--E tac (talk) 14:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Confusing sentence
"Three weeks later on November 4, 2007, Peterson broke his own franchise record as well as the NFL single game rushing yard record previously held by Jamal Lewis since 2003 when he rushed for 296 yards on thirty carries and three touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers."

This is a confusing sentence, leading one to believe that Jamal Lewis rushed for 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers in 2003.

How about this:

"Three weeks later, on November 4, 2007, Peterson broke both a franchise record and the 4-year old NFL single game rushing yard record (previously held by Jamal Lewis) by rushing for 296 yards on thirty carries and three touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers."

158.73.247.15 (talk) 19:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Your suggested sentence seems to flow much better. Great idea!  I'm all for it. Thanks for the input. RyguyMN (talk) 02:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Main photo
We need a new main photo of him. RyguyMN can you go hang out by the player entrance/exit and snap a nice one of him, maybe in suit? WikiDon 21:46, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I've been asking around on Flickr of owners who have Peterson pictures taken during training camp, but I have been unable to secure any rights. RyguyMN 00:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * There really needs to be a new photo. The Pro-bowl photo should be moved to the main infobox. - - [ The Spooky One ] | [ t c r ] 00:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

nice picture.

pic
Can someone find a different picture, as him in a sooners uniform with the Viking infobox doesn't look right.  RC-0722 247.5/ 1  04:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I couldn't get a decent pic of him from training camp. Any other Vikes fans want to help? RyguyMN (talk) 04:13, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Nickname
An IP keeps adding the nickname "Purple Jesus" to the article. I've never heard this nickname before, and knowing Adrian is a pretty religious guy, it seems doubtful he'd take that as a nickname. I've reverted it for now, if there's a proper reference feel free to add it back. Dayewalker (talk) 04:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/21672828 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.176.244 (talk) 01:36, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Diet Pepsi Award?
I don't see how the Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Year is a notable award, unlike the AP Rookie of the Year. Yeah, Adrian was the ROY of my fantasy football league too, but it doesn't belong in this article. Please.--User:2008Olympianchitchatseemywork 21:31, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Diet Pepsi's the sponsor. It's not like the board of directors at Pepsi chose him.► Chris Nelson Holla! 21:32, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. I now see it is an online fan poll with a real trophy and everything! Wow, how useless, however, it does exist.  I put it back in.--User:2008Olympianchitchatseemywork 01:30, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Jeremy Crabtree quote his senior year in high school
Don't know if you want to add this, but here is a quote from Jeremy Crabtree from Rivals.com:


 * "He's the second coming of Eric Dickerson. He's from East Texas, like Eric. He's a long strider, but you can't catch him if you're in a phone booth with him. He makes moves like Barry Sanders."

- 4.240.78.92 (talk) 01:07, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Undo of revision 263221018 by 71.195.53.192
I undid revision by 71.195.53.192 (talk) as is seems to be inappropriate and may be considered spam/advertising. I'm not regular contributor to this article, I just only came across it while I was reverting over other edits for the same reason. --<b style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; text-transform:lowercase; color:#008000;">Lightsup55</b> ( T | C ) 20:26, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's completely inappropriate as per WP:EL, good job on the reversion. Dayewalker (talk) 20:29, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Purple Jesus
The edit I keep making is correct. The source listed is correct. It is not vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.151.245 (talk) 22:43, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Edit summaries might us with that.sinneed (talk) 22:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about the "Purple Jesus" nickname, it's been sourced, so he's been called that at least once in print. However, "A.D." is a far more common nickname for Peterson, and moreso deserves the position of prominence in the lede. Dayewalker (talk) 23:03, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Here in Chicago he's referred to as Purple Jesus on sports talk radio quite often. Pretty cool and unique nickname if you ask me. 63.73.199.69 (talk) 16:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I love the nickname, it's duly sourced, but I tend to agree that it doesn't belong in the lead. Compare the treatment of Drew Brees' analogous "Breesus" nickname, which is mentioned in the context of the article but not the lead.--Arxiloxos (talk) 22:32, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Need to semi-protect this page
Way too much vandalism, time to semi protect for a month at least. GWST11 (talk) 06:14, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

First Requested move
Why was the name of the article changed? I would think the more permanent title would be more appropriate. Minnesota Vikings can change. I think the previous title should be restored.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 00:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * You are correct, what did was borderline vandalism. And although  made it better, it is still incorrect.


 * Naming conventions (people)


 * If first name+last name is not available, you go for middle initial, and then you go for a qualifier, like "running back". It should go back. WikiDon 01:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Revert I vote for reverting back this article name to it's previous title.  Based on the examples given in the Naming conventions policy page, the qualifier should be based on profession.  This article should be renamed Adrian L. Peterson (football player) and the Chicago Bears player should be named Adrian Peterson (football player) since his middle initial/name is unknown. RyguyMN 04:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The other AP's middle initial is "N". so, we can do that too. WikiDon 05:52, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm for reverting back, as well, after seeing this. My moving of the page wasn't vandalism; I didn't know that there were specific ways to do this, and I didn't think anything wrong.  Move it back.  But I promise you, this wasn't vandalism.  Ksy92003  (talk)  06:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for clearing it up. We should always assume good faith.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 15:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry, Ksy92003, I just thought it was odd that anybody would name a page Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings running back). WikiDon 16:57, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It's okay. I knew that Minnesota Vikings running back looked extremely awkward, but I didn't know that there was a naming convention for this; I didn't even think about it.  Ksy92003  (talk)  00:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I think since there is only one Adrian L. Peterson on Wikipedia, we do not need the (football player) added to the end. That adds a whole other level of complexity. Technically, it should be (American football player). So, we should try to avoid this at all costs. Just Adrian L. Peterson should be fine.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 15:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I think we have a consensus here to move. WikiDon 16:57, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but rename to what? What are your feelings on the name. Again, I say back to Adrian L. Peterson as it was before.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 17:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

That is the consensus: &
 * Adrian L. Peterson
 * Adrian N. Peterson (I just moved this one) —Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)

I have moved this page to Adrian L. Peterson on the basis of a note on my talk page and a read through of this discussion. If it turns out not to be the case that there is consensus for this move, please revert it and place a listing at Requested moves to bring in outside opinions. Thanks! Dekimasu よ! 05:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

This page has been shuffled around a lot in the last few days, and I have moved it back to the original title so it can be discussed here. I attempted to link WP:PRECISION in my edit summary, but got WP:NC (P) instead (just goes to show you that precision is necessary). It turns out that the naming conventions for people advise against disambiguating by middle initial when the person doesn't actively use it, but this is a special case because the usual disambiguator (profession) is shared by the two people we are talking about. I'll try to get the naming conventions shortcuts sorted out; in the meantime, where should this go? The plain title is ambiguous. Dekimasu よ! 09:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Since one (this one) is the primary topic (see WP:D), this case is not special: since there is no need for a disambiguator, it doesn't matter whether the usual disambiguator would work, by WP:NC (P), WP:PRECISION, or any other guidelines. WP:NC (P) shows its preference for the common name Adrian Peterson. "Ambiguous" titles with a primary topic are okay.  See Kevin Smith vs. Kevin Smith (actor) (they are both actors), or Michael Jordan vs. Michael-Hakim Jordan (they are both basketball players). -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:25, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's a little strange to be talking about this based on the move discussion from October; my point was that previous discussion indicated that there wasn't a primary topic. However, it's clear that the "newer" Peterson has become considerably more famous since that time. The page continues to be shuffled around and this time we ended up with two dab pages (I've cleaned that up). I really think another RM discussion is necessary here. Dekimasu よ! 01:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Seeing how there are two Adrian Peterson's and this one is considerably more high profile than the other, I think the title should stay but Adrian Peterson should be redirected to Adrian L. Peterson with an otheruses template at the top.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 03:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Since Adrian Peterson already redirects here, why not just rename it to that? This Peterson is much more high profile than the other one. Also, nothing else refers to him with his middle initial. It makes a lot more sense to me for this to be named Adrian Peterson.--JDDJS (talk) 20:42, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Previous Requested move
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The result of the move request was: Page not moved. Adrian Peterson only redirected here as someone vandalised the DAB page to change it to a redirect. That has now been corrected. Thus:- you will have to show that this Adrian Peterson is far more significant than the other one, in order to be declared the primary usage  Ron h jones (Talk) 00:09, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Adrian L. Peterson → — Adrian Peterson already redirects to here. He is better known by that name. JDDJS (talk) 20:07, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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Renaming
This Adrian Peterson is without a doubt more notable than the other Adrian Peterson. The other Peterson was released and is currently not even on a football team. This Peterson is considered one of the best running backs in the game and has been to the Pro-Ball and has much better stats than the other one. I follow football very well and I know that 99% of the time, when they say Adrian Peterson, they mean this one. And so nobody thinks I have a conflict of intrest let me establish right now that I am Dallas Cowboys fan and I live in New York. Yet everyone I know who follows football knows about this Adrian Peterson and only a couple of the really big football fans now about the other one.--JDDJS (talk) 15:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * If you want visual prof, do a Google search for Adrian Peterson and see how theres way more about this Peterson. And for the record, while nobody supported my request, nobody opposed it which means its 1-0 in favor of changing.--JDDJS (talk) 15:05, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Also I think you are jumping to conclusions with the vandalism charge. Aren't you suppose to assume Good Faith? Maybe the user shouldn't have done it, but vandalism seems like an exaggeration. He/She just thought what I did, about how this one is more notable.--JDDJS (talk) 15:12, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

I think this issue has been handled with a degree of ineptitude by more than one person. Maybe the "Adrian Peterson" page should not have been changed to a redirect without discussion, but this was probably a case of someone being a bit too bold rather than vandalism, the move request should not have been snowballed out. I am cautious about judging this as I do not know much about American football, but since "L" has a considerably longer article than "N" then there is a prima faciae case for saying he is more notable. Unless anyone objects I may re-submit the move request. If "L" is more notable it is a moot point whether his article should have it in the title. There would be no need for a disambiguation page, a hatnote pointing to "N" would suffice. PatGallacher (talk) 19:04, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I have already re-submitted the move. Please support it so it gets done.--JDDJS (talk) 19:23, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Requested move
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The result of the move request was: Pages Moved  Ron h jones (Talk) 23:02, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Adrian L. Peterson → Adrian Peterson — This Adrian Peterson is without a doubt more notable than the other Adrian Peterson. The other Peterson was released and is currently not even on a football team. This Peterson is considered one of the best running backs in the game and has been to the Pro-Ball and has much better stats than the other one. I follow football very well and I know that 99% of the time, when they say Adrian Peterson, they mean this one. And so nobody thinks I have a conflict of intrest let me establish right now that I am Dallas Cowboys fan and I live in New York. Yet everyone I know who follows football knows about this Adrian Peterson and only a couple of the really big football fans now about the other one. Relisted.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 13:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC) JDDJS (talk) 23:20, 11 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Adrian Peterson → Adrian Peterson (disambiguation)


 * Comment The first part is a legitimate move request, but the second is misconceived. As we only have two Adrian Petersons, if one of them becomes the primary meaning the other should be a hatnote, we do not need a disambiguation page. PatGallacher (talk) 19:33, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - Very much more notable.  on  camera <sup style="color:#B9B9B9;">(t)  00:03, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Support Current Adrian Peterson NFL player far more notable than prior. Dayewalker (talk) 00:05, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose - I don't think the heightened notability of this Adrian Peterson is enough to have him at the primary article. The other Adrian Peterson has had a fairly long NFL career.► Chris Nelson Holla! 00:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The article already lists "Adrian Peterson" redirects here. For the former Chicago Bears running back, see Adrian N. Peterson at the top, so I don't see why the first part can't be removed and keep the second part after the move takes place.  on camera <sup style="color:#B9B9B9;">(t)  00:42, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Support - The other Peterson had 1,283 career yards, This Peterson had that many in his rookie season. Plus Adrian N Peterson is no longer in the league. GWST11 (talk) 00:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - This Peterson is far more notable. —Lowellian (reply) 05:21, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Support, subject to PatGallacher's comment. I've always thought it odd that this Adrian wasn't deemed the more notable.  No disrespect to the other Adrian Peterson, but that's exactly what they've been calling Adrian N. since the days when All Day was tearing it up at Oklahoma: "The Other Adrian Peterson".--Arxiloxos (talk) 05:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Neutral. The risk of confusion is very high and the Chicago Bear's Peterson was pretty well known, but ALP got 7 times more hits in May than ANP. Fences  &amp;  Windows  15:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Almost everyone agrees with the change. I made the request 22 days ago. It was suppose to end after 7 days. Why hasn't it been changed yet? waiting for?--JDDJS (talk) 19:17, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment While I agree there's consensus here, we should probably wait a few more days. I've just linked to this conversation over at Talk:Adrian N. Peterson to see if there are any differing opinions there. Dayewalker (talk) 21:17, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Personal Life
I just noticed that in the personal life section a sentence contains: "In an episode of, ESPN reporter..." Can Someone find what this is referring to? 207.151.76.109 (talk) 17:47, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Link absent from hatnote
The hatnote should contain a link to Adrian N. Peterson, the article on the former Georgia Southern and Chicago Bears running back. Damon Killian (talk) 19:29, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * His bio page now carries the title Adrian Peterson (American football, born 1979), and I've edited the hatnote accordingly. --Arxiloxos (talk) 21:45, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Sidebar link incorrect
The link in the sidebar which says

College: Oklahoma

actually links to the Oklahoma State Cowboys football page instead of the Oklahoma Sooners page. Maybe someone can fix this, I don't know how.

Elias2718 (talk) 21:38, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

2005 Vacated Victories
I think, if the wins that were vacated in 2005 are relevant to the Adrian Peterson article, it should also be noted that ruling was appealed and reversed thereby reinstating the wins: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3258745 — Preceding unsigned comment added by AMP81 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I may have missed it in the article, but I don't see anywhere in this article that mentions the Sooners vacating any wins, so there's no need to introduce anything about the wins being reinstated. – PeeJay 11:58, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * From the "Sophomore Season" heading: "On July 11, 2007 the NCAA announced the Sooners would have to vacate all victories from the 2005 season, including the bowl game, due to NCAA violations.[33]" — Preceding unsigned comment added by AMP81 (talk • contribs) 00:43, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why I missed that the first time I looked. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll get that fixed ASAP. – PeeJay 20:35, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Adrian Peterson beat his 4-year-old son's scrotum
The police say that Peterson beat his 4-year-old son's scrotum, back, buttocks, ankles, and legs.

Peterson sent a text message saying, among other things, “Got him in nuts once I noticed" about beating his son's scrotum.

Personal life Christian section…. 7 out-of-wedlock children
Peterson is the biological father of at least 7 children. Many baby mamas. - http://www.tmz.com/2013/10/16/erica-syion-adrian-peterson-baby-mama-children-count-tmz-live/

He had a child with Ashley Brown years before he married her and, while they were in a relationship, Peterson fathered a bunch of other children with other women. - http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11348826/adrian-peterson-talks-life-changes-death-son

24.97.201.230 (talk) 05:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Arrested July 2012
Peterson was arrested in July 2012 for resisting arrest.
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/sports/football/adrian-peterson-indicted-on-child-injury-charge.html
 * http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-07-07/Adrian-Peterson-arrested-in-Houston/56083594/1
 * http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8138600/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-faces-resisting-arrest-charge-incident-houston-night-club
 * http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/07/07/adrian-peterson-arrested-in-houston/

24.97.201.230 (talk) 05:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Should this article be titled "Adrian Peterson (American football, born 1985)"?
Should this article be titled "Adrian Peterson (American football, born 1985)"? If not, why is "Adrian Lewis Peterson" the primary topic for "Adrian Peterson"? --Jax 0677 (talk) 19:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * This was decided in 2010, when a consensus agreed that this Adrian Peterson was significantly more prominent than the other running back of the same name. See Talk:Adrian Peterson/Archive 1 (and the neighboring discussions on that archive page). I don't think anything has changed that; his recent troubles would only contribute to his notoriety. --Arxiloxos (talk) 22:47, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 14:08, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 November 2015
There should be an update to the NFL Records section. Peterson now has 13 60+ yard TD runs in his career. http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Adrian-Peterson-Ties-NFL-Record-with-6th-200-Game/6d5a230a-d81d-4b6a-8a66-3e1e00f9c8e2

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 * Yes check.svg Done Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 22:55, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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Career statistics table
The table under career statistics says that the 2009 season he won MVP which is not true Mrpaulham (talk) 23:29, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
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Comeback Player of the Year (2012)
I noticed this, can somebody remove it? He did not win Comeback Player of the Year in 2012, that award went to Peyton Manning. TheUnending (talk) 14:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅--5 albert square (talk) 15:03, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! TheUnending (talk) 15:43, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * He was Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year. Not sure it belongs in infobox but it's a legitimate award. It was clearly piped as such. Lizard  (talk) 16:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * the edit I took out says NFL Comeback Player 2012. According to this he did not win that.  I've googled it and I cannot see any reliable source stating he won it in 2012.  I don't know whether it belongs in the infobox I'm afraid.--5 albert square (talk) 17:05, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Try this one. It's a common convention in the NFL project to list just "NFL Comeback Player of the Year" in the infobox regardless of the selector, because there are several, as you would have seen if you had gone to that page. Lizard  (talk) 17:31, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll undo it. Sorry I don't know about the NFL so not sure what's what.--5 albert square (talk) 21:23, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

He did win it I have the course KoldKase (talk) 16:04, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 January 2019
Please add this to Personal Life Info.

"Peterson is the co-owner of O Athletik, a 35,000-square-foot gym in Houston,Texas that features an indoor soccer field and batting cages, an MMA training area, and an inclined running hill."

Sources: https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-vikings-adrian-peterson-opens-new-gym-houston-051016 https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/NFL-Adrian-Peterson-Trent-Williams-Houston-gym-8400512.php http://www.espn.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/19375/adrian-petersons-growing-gym-could-give-him-a-viable-post-nfl-career Ericnsims (talk) 21:59, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that should be there aswell for other work. Iggy (Swan) 20:26, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Academic record
Did he graduate from college? What was he studying? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.68.101.149 (talk) 22:35, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * He was only at college for three years, so no, he didn’t graduate. – PeeJay 23:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2021
Under Legal Problems: In January 2021, a New York state judge has ordered Peterson to pay a Pennsylvania lender $8.3 million on a defaulted loan, with interest adding several thousand dollars a day to the tab moving forward. Mjbadon (talk) 00:57, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ◢ <i style="background-color:#F7E3F7; color:#960596"> Ganbaruby! </i>  (Say hi!) 00:52, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 March 2021
I would like to request that the profile picture of Adrian’s Wikipedia page be changed to either his current team or with the team he spent the longest with which is the Vikings. He is wearing a Washington jersey that is outdated and is now considered inappropriate. I would like to see change wherever this page and possibly other pages use the term “redskins” 162.219.193.147 (talk) 06:58, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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Error found
It says that Peterson was the oldest running back in NFL history to be voted first team all-pro at 30, yet in 1985, Walter Payton was also voted first team all-pro, and he was 31 years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:243:C502:3EF0:0:0:0:D9EC (talk) 03:25, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Boxing
Why is there no mention of his boxing match against Bell? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.131.67 (talk) 20:41, 13 November 2022 (UTC)