Talk:Steve Bucknor

Comment
I just wanted to note, having added a sentence to this article, that Steve Bucknor taught me mathematics in high school. fledgist 18:56, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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Controversies
I do not understand why flyguy649 wants to censor any comment about Bucknor's controversial and wrong decisions. He put in a note saying something like umpires by definition make controversial decision. That is absolutely untrue. Dicky Bird made very few controversial decisions and very few of his decisions resulted in controversies. Wrong decisions create controversies.

Bucknor's entry should have a list of the major errorneous decisions he made as it should have his accomplishments. Listing his accomplishments and hours of glory but not his low points smacks of partiality that flyguy649 is purportedly trying to protect. While the vandalism should be erased, a section listing his controversial decisions should be put in. Otherwise, all his achievements should also be taken out.

I had put in a link to his being suspended for the Twenty20 World Championships. That is not opinion but fact, why was it taken out? Prasen9 (talk) 08:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC) Prasen9

It appears that flyguy649 is blatantly abusing his adminstrative rights and is reverting all changes that has anything negative to say about Bucknor. His administrator rights needs to be revoked with immediate effect to protect sanctity of Wikipedia

I agree that Steve Bucknor has lately been rather too controversial for his chosen profession. If this aspect is not reflected on the wiki page then it's incomplete information. I actually wanted to add in the fact that his blatant mistakes in the current India-Australia series have virtually brewed a storm in world cricket. ICC has reportedly withdrawn Steve Bucknor from the third Test at Perth as a result of the same (references available). Withdrawal of a supposed elite umpire from a Test due to incompetent decisions in a match is not a commonplace occurrence and it will perhaps impact not only Steve's career, but also encourage the discussion of technology overruling umpiring errors in cricket. I believe this needs to be reported on the wiki page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentjosh (talk • contribs) 18:24, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If he is withdrawn, a suitable, NPOV, reliably sourced mention would be appropriate. Editors must remember WP:BLP applies in the article and on the talk page and breaches will be treated seriously. -- Mattinbgn\talk 00:47, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

If you go back to the article before people started editing it on Jan 2nd or thereabouts, surely you will see it was not a neutral point of view but an overly positively biased article towards Bucknor. I am assuming you are following up on that and taking that breach seriously too. Prasen9 (talk) 08:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC) prasen9
 * I suggest that you read Wikipedia's policy on biographies on living people. -- Mattinbgn\talk 08:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I did read that before and re-read it. Nowhere do I see that it is okay to post a positively biased article. Instead, it is said that it must be neutral POV. Prasen9 (talk) 04:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Prasen9

There are equally strong and widely reflected sentiments that Steve Bucknor's removal from the 3rd test at the waca that year was one of the biggest travesties to ever take place in the game - particularly given Bucknor's experience and positive form (marred by a couple of wrong decisions? http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/steve-bucknor-over-and-out-1655921.html - his form was still excellent and he was essentially a scapegoat for an Indian dummy spit) and reflected the BCCI's unbalanced influence on the ICC. Such opinions would certainly have to be reflected at the same time as any criticism, no? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.56.71.50 (talk) 13:16, 19 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Presently we have two sentences, one explaining what happened and another with Buckner's and another umpires reaction. We have to be careful not to give too much weight to one aspect in the article and two sentences seems about right to me in an article this size. AIR corn (talk) 23:32, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

This looks like a motivated campaign to portray a bad umpire who single handedly put paid to India's chance of dominating Australia in Australia in 2008. The Australia of those days was the best cricket team I have ever seen. Given how horrendous those string of decisions were - pronouncing Indian batsmen as caught out when there was no bat involved and giving multiple reprieve to Australian batsmen when they were clearly caught behind, that series was the ultimate unjust series I have ever watched. It is impossible not to see a pattern and ascribe a motive to those howling decisions. A few references: Dmohantyatgmail (talk) 23:19, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Ganguly slams 'very poor' Bucknor.
 * A decision that changed the course of the day and possibly the match and series.

WIkipedia is restricted to western world
I am feeling the same thing like you while editing some pages. eventhough we put most respected weblinks as evidence these so called moral police remove our contribution which is pro India. I feel Mr Bucknor can have 10 + items on his controversy list but here is a small para. Lets start Boycott Wiki movement --LoveIndia (talk) 17:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Retirement
Uh this page is locked so I can't edit it but Bucknor just announced his retirement www.cricinfo.com

All controversies about Bucknor have been removed....hahahah...some Wiki!!!

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Any relation to:
C. B. Bucknor, a Jamaican-born MLB umpire? BilCat (talk) 07:12, 31 May 2021 (UTC)