Talk:Tennys Sandgren

"Personal" sub-section of article
The "Personal (Life)" subsection of a tennis player's Wiki page goes beyond purely tennis facts/commentary relating to the player. For example, it might include topics such as family background, relationships, interviews, notable opinions of the player (related to tennis or otherwise), headlines and controversies.

When someone is a high-profile sports person, such as Tennys Sandgren, their opinions and comments become newsworthy and indeed therefore relevant as an addition to their Wikipedia page, in the "Personal" subsection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.216.50.101 (talk) 00:33, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

I disagree. Personal life is focused on the background of the player, as per WP Tennis. Though, there is precedent for controversies to be put in a separate section (e.g. with Nick Kyrgios). Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:05, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:UNDUE is the relevant policy. In the end he's a tennis player, not a politician, and his opinions aren't all that important. The alt-right stuff got some traction in the media but so long as he doesn't do a Mel Gibson and go into an anti-Semitic tirade people are going to forget about it soon enough. 222.153.250.135 (talk) 06:33, 24 January 2018 (UTC)


 * This section is way too big now, and it occupies a prominent place right at the beginning of the article. Featuring it so prominently and going into all this detail about what he did or didn't say or what he meant by it is obviously WP:UNDUE and probably a violation of WP:BLP. 222.153.250.135 (talk) 06:40, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. The current version (after User:Neiltonks's edits) is much better. StAnselm (talk) 19:42, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

lulwut?
This is a joke, right? His name is basically "tennis". That's not a name. Did he change it? Correctrix (talk) 12:34, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It's not a joke, but it could be an example of nominative determinism in action! JezGrove (talk) 15:33, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Twitter controversy
I reverted the deletion of the twitter controversy. Also, the German wiki states that Sandgren deleted a homophobe tweet about his visit to a gay bar. Maybe worth mentioning? The source is valid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CA:CF0D:49F9:1521:DCEC:CA02:9294 (talk) 07:44, 26 January 2020 (UTC)