Talk:Alex Burrows

Birthplace
I've never seen Burrows listed with any birthplace other than Pincourt, Quebec (e.g. on TSN, Sportsnet, CNNSI). The article seems to have listed his birthplace as Pointe-Claire since its inception, which I am taking to be an error and have changed. J21 (talk) 04:35, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I believe he was born in a Pointe-Claire hospital, but his home was in Pincourt. They are fairly close together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.121.221.12 (talk) 23:10, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Middle name
Do we have a source for Burrows' middle name? Otherwise I feel like it should be removed. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 04:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think this is all that's really needed..., but if you Google it you'll find a ton. I fixed the hypen issue. – Nurmsook!  talk...  04:12, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Auger section
I'm having a little trouble figuring out what to do with the "Officials controversy" section. It does seem large enough to warrant its own subsection, but the way it was previously set up did not close the section when it went on to describe the rest of Burrows' season. I started the rest of the "Vancouver Canucks" section under a "Vancouver Canucks (cont'd)" heading, but this seems awkward and is likely not correct MoS. I don't know what else can be done though. Thoughts.. suggestions? Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 07:16, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * About the only other thing I could suggest is that the first section be Vancouver Canucks (2005-10) followed by the Controversy section and ending with Vancouver Canucks (2010-present). Although I'm not sure if that's better or worse. I can't really find anything on the appropriate way to name sub sections, but I only did a cursory search --Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 16:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input. I ended up doing something similar to that. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 15:44, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Marriage and proposal
The article used to reference the following material in the article ended up as a dead link, so I'm putting the info on his marriage and proposal to his wife here until a replacement ref can be found:
 * In the summer of 2009, Burrows proposed to his longtime girlfriend Nancy Roy on the Grand Canal in Venice. They married the following summer.  Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 15:44, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Comments
Saw the GA pop up, not going to review but just had a few comments:

"He is known for playing in the style of an agitator and for his ascension to the NHL from being an undrafted player in the ECHL." Is this really all that uncommon?  Grsz 11  16:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't know of the actual rarity in percentage, but I found this article in which Trevor Linden says it's "very rare", so I suppose it can be cited. –Schmloof (talk · contribs) 07:59, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Not sure I understand what the problem is here. Why is rarity a criteria for inclusion? Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 21:32, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Page protection
Are ten edits in three days really "Excessive activity"? 174.20.231.10 (talk) 02:51, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Given that there are a LOT of angry Bruins fans out there, yes. Giygas on LSD (talk) 12:39, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Notability
"Later in the 2009–10 season, Burrows left during a game against the Los Angeles Kings after being hit in the throat by a Jarret Stoll slapshot. He was not injured, however, and did not miss any games thereafter." Is there a reason this deserves inclusion? Players get hurt often, but if he simply left a game, but was not injured, why is it encyclopedic? I'm assuming people simply edit this page immediately after events occur without regard for their long-term notability and, if this is the case, is there consensus in cleaning up some of the less-notable events? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimaspivak (talk • contribs) 18:51, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree about it not being particularly notable. I also have to wonder how one would not be injured by a slapshot to the throat. Having not seen the play in question, I can't help but think that this is another example of Burrows' penchant for diving and faking injuries which was on display so prominently during the Stanley Cup Finals. Every time a Bruin touched him it was like watching the Zapruder film.172.190.120.199 (talk) 03:20, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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