Talk:List of male professional bodybuilders

Michael Wiss
Removed Michael Wiss as he was not pro. Glen Stollery (My contribs) (talk) 05:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Johnnie Jackson links to the wrong person. Suvablee0506 01:56, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Amateur?
Is entry Ahmet Enünlü a non-professional (article begins by professional being the requirement). I see his extensive amateur achievements.--Billymac00 (talk) 17:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Nonsense entries
the following appear fictitious, same 6 duplicitous Google hits typically Bhavani Chinta, Tom Collins, peter della bona, richie doggs, john de cola, john de frendis,

I'll delete shortly when in red/no article link. Probably more, I just started review--Billymac00 (talk) 05:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

more entries seem to appear ...James Bridgens, Josh Snow, Ciaran Thapar, Matt Stephen --66.234.208.161 (talk) 03:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect category
It appears Brock Lesnar and Vince McMahon are not appropriate for this professional BB category ...--Billymac00 (talk) 18:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Additional citations please
The entries for Steven Busiello, Peter Costello, Kerry Howton, Sunder Shyam require additional citation to stay in, must distinguish from nonsense entries this page is prone to...--Billymac00 (talk) 04:06, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

More entries to clarify
struck/email confirmed status ...--Billymac00 (talk) 13:16, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Entries to substantiate (5)
via Google, I cannot substantiate Cenk Küçükiravul, Can Koşar, Nathaniel Leverone, Chittaranjan Rout, Manu Bhoria entries...--Billymac00 (talk) 05:55, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

I subsequently removed them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billymac00 (talk • contribs) 02:35, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

More entries to check
need to verify that Robert Burneikai has his pro card, only an amateur? also to check Gregg Valentino, Jake McLennen --Billymac00 (talk) 00:24, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Are you referring to Robert Burneika ? He became pro on October 16, 2010, when he won the superheavyweight class and overall title at the NPC National Bodybuilding Championships. The NPC is the U.S. amateur division of the IFBB. Class winners at the NPC Bodybuilding Championships achieve pro status. Lou Messina (talk) 03:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)LouMessina

Table Cleanup
Looks like whoever updated the table last somehow screwed everything up. Someone who knows the wiki language ought to straighten it out, lest we revert the whole page back a few times. --75.72.148.96 (talk) 00:18, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Questionable entries
The only hits I see for Jose Luis Portet,Diego Julio is Wikipedia essentially, and none for Samet Turan...I'll remove without further substantiation...--Billymac00 (talk) 04:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Periodic review
okay, from stats it appears Hassan Jama does not have his pro card and I will strike his entry...via Google searches, other suspect ones are Jasper Gill. Fix Gallanti spelling as well. Likely missing entries include Don Long, Frank Sepe,John Hansen,Johnny Moya, Skip La Cour and Tony Pearson via ref IFFB Pro profiles--Billymac00 (talk) 19:28, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

was last known to me as being run by a webmaster who solicited bodybuilders to include in The Big Universe. He mostly approached amateur bodybuilders. I have no knowledge of his being active for several years. I consider his information to be highly suspect. Frank Sepe never achieved pro status. He competed in two local amateur NPC events. He also competed in the IFBB North American Bodybuilding Championships (amateur international pro-qualifying event), but failed to place. Subsequently, he limited himself to modeling in the bodybuilding industry. Lou Messina (talk) 04:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)LouMessina

Cross-ref Oct 2010
ok, via this ref Bodybuilding Pro, eliminating ones already captured, here are ones from that list NOT appearing in WP list: Eddie Abbew, Oliver Adzievski, Tevita Aholelei, Giuseppe Albi, Mark Alvisi, Grigori Atoyan Lionel Beyeke, Fred Bigot, Didier Blanc, Peter Brown, Leon Brown Augustus Carter, Serguei Chelestov Gianluca Daniele, Alfonso Del Rio, Nelson Da Silva, Shaun Davis, Omar Deckard, Constanties Demetrious Johannes Eleftheriadis, Kamal Elgargni, Tarek El Setouhi Derik Farnsworth Ramon Gonzalez Andy Haman, Daniel Hill, John Hodgson, Milton Holloway, Jason Huh Valentin Jabes, Ken Jones Berry Kabov, Heiko Kallbach, Roland Kickinger, Michael Kingsnorth Profile, Istvan Kis Horvath Skip La Cour, Mark Lampard, Jeff Long Oleg Makchantsev, Jason Marcovici, Alison Maria, Stan McCrary, Matt McLean, Cesar Mendible, Roy Menig, Mike Morris, Johnny Moya, Capriese Murray Alexandre Nataf, Dennis Newman, Jojo Ntiforo Jostein Oedegaarden, Bola Ojex, Miguel Oliveira Omid Parsa, Bruce Patterson, Dan Pechanek, Jocelyn Pelletier, Arnaud Plaisant, Mike Platz, Lee Powell Marc Rainbow, Franklin Roberson Marko Savolainen, Heinz Senior, Frank Sepe, Mike Sheridan, John Sherman, Willie Stallings Patrick Tuor Gregory Ulysse Eduard Van Amsterdam, Alexander Vishnevsky Idrise Ward-El, Bob Weatherhill Mohsen Yazdani Oleg Zhur

--Billymac00 (talk) 02:46, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Nov 2011 questionable entries
The following entries are questionable: Vishnu Ganeshan, Karthick Ragunath, Gaëtan Timmermans, Igor Vianna, Cody Allen Davis

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Billymac00 (talk • contribs) 04:21, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Don Long
The link for Don Long, professional bodybuilder, takes me to a page about a baseball player. I don't think that's the same person?? Qewr4231 (talk) 18:51, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Rich Piana
There is a link in the Also See section of Rich Piana's page to here but he does not feature on the list?

Can anybody verify if he can be added, his page is currently an orphan.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Furious Mythical Beast (talk • contribs) 13:37, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


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Is it a mistake you've made?
Jeff Seid is not included on the list, i think you should add him. He is a "Bodybuilder". Lastly, Dwayne Johnson(The Rock) is no bodybuilder but is included. On his article, theres nowhere i see it mentioned. Because he planned to start a bodybuilding business, and is/was a wrestler, should he be added? We love him, but please remove him. 41.114.63.175 (talk) 13:18, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi IP from Johannesburg - We do not have an article about Jeff Seid, so he is not eligible for inclusion in this list, until someone writes an article on him, which is accepted. I have, however, removed Dwayne Johnson for the reasons you have given. Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 15:06, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.114.63.175 (talk) 15:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)