Talk:Queen of Katwe

Not a sports film
Having just seen this film, in no way would I describe it as a "biographical sports drama". I suppose chess can be viewed as a sport, but I honestly believe that this term would connote to most people something quite different than what this movie is actually about. I'm not removing the reference because I don't know if this viewpoint is shared. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.136.172.36 (talk) 05:41, 16 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I thought it was odd too, "biographical drama" or simply "drama" would seem more appropriate. I expect someone copied it blindly from IMDB and will keep copying it back even if we change it, as happens far too often with Wikipedia.
 * FWIW Searching for Bobby Fischer is called a drama. -- 109.77.118.102 (talk) 11:36, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Chess "prodigy"
She's currently rated at 1622 FIDE https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=10000399

Chess prodigies are generally people who reached ratings of more than 2200 by age 12-13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.1.13 (talk) 15:47, 21 September 2016 (UTC)


 * The article chess prodigy isn't all that clear that there are any strict specific or technical rules of what it means to be a chess prodigy, but even so we can we can safely assume it was being used in the vernacular, lay-mans-terms, rather than in a technical sense. Perhaps "chess champion" or some other phrase would be a better way to describe her achievement without using the kind of hyperbole you'd expect from movie publicity? Or maybe just not linking to the specific chess prodigy article? -- 109.77.118.102 (talk) 11:53, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note WP:NOR and refer to reliable sources about Mutesi for the use of the term prodigy for Mutesi. --Bob K31416 (talk) 14:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Regarding linking to the article Chess prodigy, note the first line of that article, "Chess prodigies are children who can beat experienced adult players and even Masters at chess." I thought that as a child she was beating experienced adult players, although not Masters, so her performance may be consistent with the Wikipedia article definition. However, the Wikipedia article focuses on the great chess prodigies, so maybe it wouldn't be appropriate to link to it. --Bob K31416 (talk) 15:17, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I looked at the major reliable sources in the article and searched for the use of the term "prodigy" and none of them used it. So it looks like we shouldn't use the term "prodigy" in this article. --Bob K31416 (talk) 15:07, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Nikita Pearl Waligwa
Nikita Pearl Waligwa deserves a page in her own right

GrimRob (talk) 14:43, 17 February 2020 (UTC)