Talk:John Paintsil

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It's about time Wikipedia righted a wrong. To suggest that Ghanafa.org is incomplete or outdated shows prejudice and disrespect for a nationally instituted organization. The GFA might have its own fault, but spelling mistakes are not a part of it. PUMA made spelling mistakes in the names of several Ghanaian players during the World Cup. Most have been corrected (See history of the Richard Kingson page, for example).

To suggest that this article remains this way until Paintsil nullifies some incorrect UK travel document as suggested by user Osgoode lawyer below is akin to an argument that it is ok for me to call other users by a name they don't want to be called simply because that feels right in my mind.

Any objections?

Scaramang 08:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * His shirt says "Pantsil" at the 2010 World Cup. Seems pretty official to me. 24.19.56.18 (talk) 15:38, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

5 feet 8 inches is not 179cm. It's closer to 173cm.Roman Levin 08:48, 9 July 2006 (

There is no such person as John Pantsil. Check http://ghanafa.org/gfasite/national/readnews.php?contentid=136&ctid=7 or http://www.bbc.co.uk/football. FIFA's official match reports are notorious for their inaccuracies and spelling errors. Mjefm 22:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/ghana/default.stm #15 is John Pantsil. Ghanafa.org maybe incomplete or outdated.

GhanaFA.Org is the official site and is updated regularly and consistently uses the correct spelling of the name. The BBC page referenced above has since the citation above reverted the inaccuracy. Scaramang (talk) 01:29, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Pantsil or Paintsil?
Is his name Pantsil or Paintsil?

Paintsil
 * BBC Sport Ghana Squad List
 * BBC Sport Pick Your Own XI

Pantsil
 * Official World Cup Website Profile
 * Times Online Profile

-- [[User:Mattythewhite| MATTYTHEWHITE  ]]  yap   stalk   16/8/06

West ham confirmed at a fans forum on the 23rd of August that his name is Paintsil, however he wears Pantsil on his shirt as the club incorrectly used this on his registration documents when signing him and are therefore required to use this name by the FA. Evomutant 23:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Name
His name is actually 'Paintsil' and I know that he wasn't too happy that his name has been spelt wrong by West Ham.

Paintsil
I know I am going to be asked for proof on this, which I haven't got, but I can tell you that on a Sky Sports News interview, the man himself confirmed that his name is John "Paintsil" and not "Pantsil" (the news actually had a good old joke about that afterwards). His shirt in the World Cup read "Paintsil". This is spelt correctly. His shirt at West Ham says "Pantsil". This is wrong. I'm sure he wouldn't lie about how his name is spelt on T.V. now would he? Merretto 21:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
 * According to West Ham, all his documentation (birth certificate and the like) says "Pantsil". This, therefore, is his name.  That he prefers "Paintsil" or thinks of himself as "Paintsil" is something else entirely.  The name issue is noted, as it should be, but until he gets it legally changed, his name is Pantsil. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 22:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm watching Ghana right now in the 2010 World Cup, and his shirt says "Pantsil". 24.19.56.18 (talk) 15:37, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

POV in external links
Under External links there's a link called "The flag controversy" leading to. This article is completly biased as it states: "The Hapoel Tel Aviv player, who was waving an Israeli flag he had hidden after Ghana's two goals were scored, was seen by Palestinians and Arabs as an insult to the just cause of the Palestine political issue".

I think this link should be removed and replaced with a more natural source link, Also the site the link is leading to is all ads and no content and I think it should be removed regardless of the above reason as it is un-professional. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.1.245.227 (talk) 12:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

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Cult hero status
why is there no mention of his cult hero status and his great season —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.238.127 (talk • contribs) 19:28, May 13, 2008
 * Well, if you have a good source for that... BBC? The Times? Guardian?  --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Funeral announcement
I'm sorry to announce to you death of master Alhaji (mankessim) which occuried on 21th August around 1:00 am. For details, contact 0242659182, sorry for any inconvenience created —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.211.26.150 (talk) 14:14, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Never played for Widzew
Delete that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.160.51.15 (talk) 19:05, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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