Talk:Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Discussion regarding Bobby Jackson's vacated win
The following is a discussion that I had with another editor regarding the reasons for leaving Bobby Jackson on the page despite the fact that his selection was later vacated by the NCAA. It is a transcription of back-and-forth wall posts.

I have reverted your edits because there is already a footnote on the article that indicates Jackson's award was later ruled ineligible. There isn't a need to put Vacated on the list. Jrcla2 (talk) 04:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)}}


 * I teach a class on the history of college basketball and a number of my students have inaccurately cited this page. The reason for this is because, although there is a footnote it is a very small and distant reference. I left the footnote so visitors to the page could see who originally won the award before it was vacated. With my edits I was trying to mirror what the Big Ten actually reports (see the footnote you mentioned). The Big Ten doesn't even list who originally won it, they simply say it is a vacated award. I would appreciate, for clarity and accuracies sake if we could change it to mirror the official results of the award as reported by the Big Ten. Thank you. Mattbrowning (talk) 19:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)mattbrowning


 * I wish there was a history of college basketball class in high school or college when I was a student. But anyway, the Big Ten may only list the award as vacated without mentioning who originally won it, but that still does not entail that Wikipedia readers wouldn't want to know who won it anyway. I understand your point about the footnote not being readily visible, but that's what all footnotes are. There is, however, a distinct " [a] " next to Jackson's name, indicating a special note at the bottom. The list on the article in question denotes who won the award at the time it was given, so if any future POYs get their selections vacated, their names will still be on the list but with a special footnote (akin to Jackson). Not to be picky, but your students shouldn't be citing Wikipedia as a reference anyway. It's non-scholarly and open sourced, and any paper or assignment that I ever had to do would have been an immediate 'F' if I had listed Wikipedia as a source. Cheers! Jrcla2 (talk) 23:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

TFD notice
See Templates for discussion/Log/2011 September 15 regarding Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:42, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Glenn Robinson
Glenn Robinson was a Jr when he one the award 68.39.86.231 (talk) 14:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Good catch. He was ineligible in his true freshman season (1991–92), then played his sophomore (1992–93) and junior (1993–94) seasons before declaring for the NBA draft. I've updated the article. SportsGuy789 (talk) 21:43, 21 January 2024 (UTC)