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In the Legacy section, when discussing how he became the greatest base-stealer in "the history of the sport", the article concentrates on Henderson's passing Brock's record. The problem being, to have become the greatest base-stealer in the history of the sport, he would have had to break Kurys's record, not Brock's. Now, granted, Henderson did just that in 1994, but shouldn't Wikipedia acknowledge that it was Kurys, who still holds the single-season stolen base record at 201 (71 more than Henderson's career high 130 stolen bases in a single season)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.188.178.14 ( talk) 20:43, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
I disagree with your edits, 208, where you remove the HOF dates. Without them, a reader will be confused: when was he inducted? The answer is that he has not been. I think you have to leave both dates (announcement and ceremony date) until he is actually inducted. After that, no date will be needed at all; it will be accurate enough to just say "a hall of famer".
Oh, and I'm still waiting for someone to edit the MLB player template so the infobox can accurately state "Future Member" of the hall. Timneu22 ( talk) 11:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
We should make a goal of having this be a featured article on July 26 (induction day), just like Washington, D.C is appropriately the featured article today ( Inauguration Day). Could we get some review/feedback to see exactly what is needed and/or what this article is lacking? Timneu22 ( talk) 12:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
I didn't expect FA, but I did expect good feedback. For those of you willing to help, here's the list: Timneu22 ( talk) 12:26, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
How does the section "Illeism, malapropism and anecdotes" contradict itself? I assume that it's not just that Henderson contradicts himself but that the article itself contradicts itself. Greedyhalibut ( talk) 17:32, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
It's always been my opinion that the infobox was supposed to offer an overview of a baseball playe's career; detail is left for the article. Rickey Henderson's infobox shows him as a Left fielder. He was the everyday starting center fielder when he was with the Yankees, and he played enough of the other two outfield positions to make the title "Left fielder" inaccurrate for him. "Outfielder" is the best, most accurate title for him. I've changed the infoboxes to reflect my opinion, however, it was undone by an argumentative editor wanting to war with me.-- Johnny Spasm ( talk) 16:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Also, I would add that there is no consensus shown on this talk page to make the change from "left fielder" to "outfielder". It would be best to discuss it here and achieve consensus rather than risk running afoul of WP:3RR or WP:EDITWAR. Frank | talk 21:35, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Obviously, his stats are available elsewhere, but... I have a tough time imagining a comprehensive encyclopedia article on any baseball player without a table including that player's career stats. When the player in question is Rickey Henderson... O_o
I looked through the archive, and I see some talk about the lead, but nothing directly on point about his career stats. I'm not seriously the first person to mention that his stats are missing, am I? Aren't some of you editors baseball fans?!?
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Please note that the many valuable links in such an article need to be undiluted by low-value links. Readers are, in fact, highly unlikely to click on anything, even on a good day. We editors tend to forget this.
IMO, the "hidden" years links should be introduced once, explicitly, or a representative sample placed unpiped in the "See also" section. This is more likely to generate clicks.
May I ask what the point of this hidden link is? On May 1, 1991, Henderson [[#Legacy|broke]] one of baseball's most noted records?
Who would guess from the display mode where the link goes? Can it be removed or a less cryptic pipe substituted?
Please reader WP:OVERLINK. You may also wish to take a peak at these exercises, which are not perfect and could do with some feedback on the talk page there. Thank you. 04:45, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
While I appreciate the recent edits to this article, I question this one. First, what's wrong with the ref? Secondly, it's true that people use that quote to show "see, he's arrogant!" I don't think removing all that text is the correct thing to do. Get a better ref, perhaps, but it's important to note that many people know Rickey only based on that quote, and think he's arrogant because of it. — Timneu22 · talk 17:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Any progress on this? I know I haven't helped (sorry!). — Timneu22 · talk 13:36, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
This line: "On May 1, 1991, Henderson stole his 939th base to pass Lou Brock and become the sport's all-time stolen base leader." is incorrect. As noted on the Sophie Kurys page, Rickey Henderson didn't become the sport's all-time stolen base leader until some time in 1994, when Henderson passed Kurys's 1114 stolen bases. We need a specific date, but I'm unable to find any reference other than "it happened in 1994". Can anyone assist with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackFloridian ( talk • contribs) 03:38, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
This line: "Henderson had 468 more stolen bases in his career than Brock, one short of 50% more than the game's second-most prolific basestealer." It should read "...one short of 33% more..." Fifty percent more than Brock would make it 1,876 stolen bases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by hswolfmaniac ( talk • contribs) 01:28, 27 November 2017 (UTC) -->
The Seattle Mariners section states that in 2000, Henderson became the third player to hit a home run in four different decades. But the decade started in 2001, not 2000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbuc14 ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
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In 1999, he batted .315 with 37 steals and was seventh in the NL in on-base percentage — his .423 OBP was his ninth year in a row above .400.
And there are two citations! How can this be? His OBP was clearly .376 in 1998: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henderi01.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.166.176.121 ( talk) 18:16, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
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In the Legacy section, when discussing how he became the greatest base-stealer in "the history of the sport", the article concentrates on Henderson's passing Brock's record. The problem being, to have become the greatest base-stealer in the history of the sport, he would have had to break Kurys's record, not Brock's. Now, granted, Henderson did just that in 1994, but shouldn't Wikipedia acknowledge that it was Kurys, who still holds the single-season stolen base record at 201 (71 more than Henderson's career high 130 stolen bases in a single season)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.188.178.14 ( talk) 20:43, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
I disagree with your edits, 208, where you remove the HOF dates. Without them, a reader will be confused: when was he inducted? The answer is that he has not been. I think you have to leave both dates (announcement and ceremony date) until he is actually inducted. After that, no date will be needed at all; it will be accurate enough to just say "a hall of famer".
Oh, and I'm still waiting for someone to edit the MLB player template so the infobox can accurately state "Future Member" of the hall. Timneu22 ( talk) 11:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
We should make a goal of having this be a featured article on July 26 (induction day), just like Washington, D.C is appropriately the featured article today ( Inauguration Day). Could we get some review/feedback to see exactly what is needed and/or what this article is lacking? Timneu22 ( talk) 12:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
I didn't expect FA, but I did expect good feedback. For those of you willing to help, here's the list: Timneu22 ( talk) 12:26, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
How does the section "Illeism, malapropism and anecdotes" contradict itself? I assume that it's not just that Henderson contradicts himself but that the article itself contradicts itself. Greedyhalibut ( talk) 17:32, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
It's always been my opinion that the infobox was supposed to offer an overview of a baseball playe's career; detail is left for the article. Rickey Henderson's infobox shows him as a Left fielder. He was the everyday starting center fielder when he was with the Yankees, and he played enough of the other two outfield positions to make the title "Left fielder" inaccurrate for him. "Outfielder" is the best, most accurate title for him. I've changed the infoboxes to reflect my opinion, however, it was undone by an argumentative editor wanting to war with me.-- Johnny Spasm ( talk) 16:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Also, I would add that there is no consensus shown on this talk page to make the change from "left fielder" to "outfielder". It would be best to discuss it here and achieve consensus rather than risk running afoul of WP:3RR or WP:EDITWAR. Frank | talk 21:35, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Obviously, his stats are available elsewhere, but... I have a tough time imagining a comprehensive encyclopedia article on any baseball player without a table including that player's career stats. When the player in question is Rickey Henderson... O_o
I looked through the archive, and I see some talk about the lead, but nothing directly on point about his career stats. I'm not seriously the first person to mention that his stats are missing, am I? Aren't some of you editors baseball fans?!?
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Contribs) 05:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Please note that the many valuable links in such an article need to be undiluted by low-value links. Readers are, in fact, highly unlikely to click on anything, even on a good day. We editors tend to forget this.
IMO, the "hidden" years links should be introduced once, explicitly, or a representative sample placed unpiped in the "See also" section. This is more likely to generate clicks.
May I ask what the point of this hidden link is? On May 1, 1991, Henderson [[#Legacy|broke]] one of baseball's most noted records?
Who would guess from the display mode where the link goes? Can it be removed or a less cryptic pipe substituted?
Please reader WP:OVERLINK. You may also wish to take a peak at these exercises, which are not perfect and could do with some feedback on the talk page there. Thank you. 04:45, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
While I appreciate the recent edits to this article, I question this one. First, what's wrong with the ref? Secondly, it's true that people use that quote to show "see, he's arrogant!" I don't think removing all that text is the correct thing to do. Get a better ref, perhaps, but it's important to note that many people know Rickey only based on that quote, and think he's arrogant because of it. — Timneu22 · talk 17:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Any progress on this? I know I haven't helped (sorry!). — Timneu22 · talk 13:36, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
This line: "On May 1, 1991, Henderson stole his 939th base to pass Lou Brock and become the sport's all-time stolen base leader." is incorrect. As noted on the Sophie Kurys page, Rickey Henderson didn't become the sport's all-time stolen base leader until some time in 1994, when Henderson passed Kurys's 1114 stolen bases. We need a specific date, but I'm unable to find any reference other than "it happened in 1994". Can anyone assist with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackFloridian ( talk • contribs) 03:38, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
This line: "Henderson had 468 more stolen bases in his career than Brock, one short of 50% more than the game's second-most prolific basestealer." It should read "...one short of 33% more..." Fifty percent more than Brock would make it 1,876 stolen bases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by hswolfmaniac ( talk • contribs) 01:28, 27 November 2017 (UTC) -->
The Seattle Mariners section states that in 2000, Henderson became the third player to hit a home run in four different decades. But the decade started in 2001, not 2000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbuc14 ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
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