Talk:Gary Roberts (ice hockey)

Chiasson
Is it necessary to have a whole paragraph on Steve Chiasson's death in this article? The only connection to Roberts is the claim that Chiasson began his fatal drive from Roberts's house (an allegation I've not seen any other source for). Looking for responses, else I think it's time for it to go.  VT hawkeye talk to me 01:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Responding to myself here, but got a source now. Nonetheless, I don't think it's relevant here.  Adding info and source to the Chiasson article, killing the section here.  VT hawkeye talk to me 18:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
This page was recently the target of excessive vandalism, having multiple non-POV statements and including Roberts in such ridiculous categories as Founders of Religions, Jesus, God, Canadian Monarchs, and Presidents of the United States. I therefore placed the cleanup tag so that we could search the article and make sure all the vandalism has been expunged. 68.60.11.184 09:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio
I had to delete most of the content today after discovering that a lot of it is a copy-and-paste from Hockey Drafts Central. Just letting everyone know it's not vandalism. --Muéro(talk/c) 05:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Return to Hockey
"In a showing of grit and character" has no place in a Wikipedia article 198.103.223.51 (talk) 15:40, 3 July 2008 (UTC)Roberts


 * Thanks, removed.-Wafulz (talk) 16:46, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * "Grit and character" are about the closest thing one could use to describe Mr. Roberts, so "in a showing" would describe just about every performance...it does not need to be stated :) It should be noted somewhere here that like many atheletes Gary had hid his asthma throughout his junior and early sports career (he has been quoted stating this was common practice among young atheletes as the disorder was often viewed unfavorably by scouts and could negatively impact a career), and around the time of his 1st comeback he made his condition public.  He has since served as a spokesman for the Canadian Lung Association during his time in Toronto, and lends his name to diet and excercise literature.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.202.34 (talk) 19:42, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

National Lacrosse League draft pick
I have noticed that this was added and eventually removed from this profile several times. Please do not remove this. Gary Roberts was a draft pick of the Calgary Roughnecks in 2004. A cited source was listed, but I will assume this was removed due to vandalism. Gary also played single A lacrosse in juniors with former Panthers and Flames teammate Joe Niewendyk. This citation should not be considered vandalism and should be left alone.

Citations needed? http://www.calgaryroughnecks.com/team/draftlist/ http://www.lacrosseforums.com/showthread.php?t=10218 http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20041028%2FROBERTS28%2FTPSports%2FHockey&ord=6024670&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true http://www.njdevs.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t15243.html

Looks like some things have been removed. Mentions that he had a "comeback", but not what he came back from. His having a broken neck and getting vertebra fused together might make a good paragraph before that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dagnabbitt (talk • contribs) 01:00, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Barely anything from before 1996?
Why does the article barely discuss his time in the NHL prior to his neck injury? This was by far the most productive period of his career, with four seasons of 38 or more goals including one with over 50. Yet that part of the article spends several paragraphs on his junior and minor-league career and two sentences on what he did the NHL, which mention none of the above achievements. Why? 50.72.201.97 (talk) 03:34, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * There are, unfortunately, a lot of articles that fall into this vein. Sometimes, editors expand or focus on only a small part of a player's career that interests them without considering how it affects the balance of the article. (For a similar, but less egregious example, see what Scott Niedermayer looked like before I rewrote it.  The first 15 years of his career was reduced to the same level of coverage as his retirement deliberation in Anaheim).  This article is on my to do list, however, and I have been meaning to bring it to good article level for some time.  I'm just not sure if I will rewrite it next, or try to finish off Chelios, Shanahan and Heaney first in advance of their HHOF induction in November. Resolute 15:49, 16 July 2013 (UTC)