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Section sizes in Novak Djokovic Section size for Novak Djokovic (70 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 18,572 18,572 Early and personal life 15,731 15,731 Tennis career 325 246,295 2000s 14 52,491 2001–2003: Juniors 7,878 7,878 2003–2005: Start of professional career 6,461 6,461 2006: Maiden ATP titles, first Grand Slam quarterfinal 6,279 6,279 2007: First Masters titles, first Major final & breaking top 3 10,917 10,917 2008: First Major title, two Masters & first Year-end Championship 9,876 9,876 2009: Ten finals, five titles 11,066 11,066 2010s 14 125,159 2010: US Open final & Davis Cup crown 12,303 12,303 2011: Rise to the top in one of the greatest seasons in history 19,331 19,331 2012: Australian Open title, three Masters & Year-end Championship 13,508 13,508 2013: Australian Open title, three Masters & Year-end Championship 12,026 12,026 2014: Wimbledon title, four Masters & Year-end Championship 8,033 8,033 2015: One of the greatest tennis seasons of all time 13,693 13,693 2016: Historic 'Nole Slam', four Masters & ranking points record 13,482 13,482 2017: Split with team and long injury hiatus 5,221 5,221 2018: Surgery and resurgence; two Majors, return to No. 1 & historic Golden Masters 16,306 16,306 2019: Historic 7th Australian Open title & Wimbledon title 11,242 11,242 2020s 14 68,320 2020: ATP Cup crown, Australian Open title & double Golden Masters 12,998 12,998 2021: Major titles on all three surfaces, historic double Career Slam & No. 1 records 12,445 12,445 2022: Travel restrictions, Wimbledon title, record 38th Masters & 6th Year-end Championship 146 25,015 Australian Open controversy 12,453 12,453 After Australia 12,416 12,416 2023: Historic 23rd, 24th and triple Career Slam, record Year-end 7th championship and 8th world No. 1 16,334 16,334 2024: Continued weeks & oldest ATP No. 1 1,514 1,514 Rivalries 251 32,221 Rafael Nadal 4,901 4,901 Roger Federer 3,061 3,061 Andy Murray 2,987 2,987 Stan Wawrinka 6,201 6,201 Juan Martín del Potro 2,076 2,076 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,680 2,680 Dominic Thiem 1,200 1,200 Daniil Medvedev 2,525 2,525 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2,783 2,783 Carlos Alcaraz 3,556 3,556 Legacy 18,750 18,750 Player profile 21 25,174 Playing style 6,855 6,855 Equipment 2,051 2,051 Coaching and personal team 16,247 16,247 Off the court 20 68,012 Philanthropy 8,361 8,361 Sponsorships and business ventures 11,444 17,725 Investments 6,281 6,281 Professional Tennis Players Association 935 935 In popular culture 16,723 16,723 Views on diet, medicine and science 5,873 5,873 Opposition to COVID-19 vaccine 8,689 8,689 Faith and religious beliefs 3,723 3,723 Support of sport and sportspeople 5,261 5,261 Political statements 702 702 Career statistics 67 21,618 Grand Slam tournament performance timeline 9,140 9,140 Grand Slam tournament finals: 36 (24 titles, 12 runner-ups) 8,475 8,475 Year–End Championships performance timeline 2,048 2,048 Year–End Championship finals: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups) 1,888 1,888 Records and achievements 87 19,363 All-time records 6,146 6,146 Open Era records 12,405 12,405 Professional awards 725 725 See also 404 404 Notes 43 43 References 33 33 Further reading 692 692 External links 3,804 3,804 Total 470,712 470,712

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Even the staid, stolid, New York Times says so: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/sports/tennis/2023-tennis-season-djokovic.html "He is considered by many in the game as the greatest player ever." 2607:F140:400:141:91D6:37CF:AA3C:313B ( talk) 03:33, 16 December 2023 (UTC

More: NYTimes: https://theathletic.com/5177051/2024/01/10/australia-novak-djokovic-open/ 06:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/67863463 2607:F140:400:141:4D5A:1B68:C3E:EFFE ( talk) 20:49, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply

ESPN: https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/39294746/australian-open-2024-ranking-top-players-novak-djokovic-iga-swiatek-carlos-alcaraz-naomi-osaka

Then we wind up having to add the water cooler stuff to all the others like Federer, Nadal, laver, Tilden. The NYTimes is there to sell papers and sensationalism is a forte. We have it in the prose already. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 07:15, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

We collect what others report. NY Times is a reliable source, so is the BBC. 2607:F140:400:141:4D5A:1B68:C3E:EFFE ( talk) 20:49, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply

It's an extremely subjective subject, especially when looking at the entire 140+ years of tennis. The last thing we need is to report the subjective water cooler stuff in the lead when we already discuss it in the main body legacy section. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 04:22, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

NYTimes, BBC, ESPN etc are not water-cooler material. They are reliable sources, what we rely on to build an encyclopedia. "Being considered by many as the GOAT" is already present in the text, which means we already have settled the subjectivity part. Whether he is the GOAT is subjective; whether many consider him so isn't. 2607:F140:400:141:559C:D8F7:8AC2:7D22 ( talk) 04:21, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

In the lead is not where the subjective stuff goes. This is an encyclopedia for goodness sake. They usually don't put water-cooler stuff in at all but somehow this has found a place in the legacy section. We have legitimate sources for Serena Williams shoe size but don't include it in the article, and certainly not the lead. The topic is water-cooler stuff. Fun but no more. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 04:43, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

That is not the Wikipedia consensus. Check Tom Brady, Pele, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, . . . 2607:F140:400:141:FC18:53C9:1D3B:E198 ( talk) 07:22, 3 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Knock it off with this "goat" nonsense. That subject is nothing but pure fantasy. It doesn't exist because it cannot be proven. Ever. Just because talking heads in the media and certain toxic fanbases (ahem) keep pushing this discussion on others doesn't mean the subject has any basis in reality. It's simple-minded conjecture used to bait a response and it used to be limited to bars and the inebriated. Requesting this be put in the lead is something only a Djokovic fan would do. Make no mistake about it, his fans have been on the warpath for many years. They're desperate for attention and are determined to shove their opinion down the throats of others. And in this day and age, the NY Times and ESPN ARE water-cooler material. Long gone are their days of substance. 2600:8800:4197:7600:1815:F916:53D9:E5FF ( talk) 02:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Is Novak Djokovic truly of paternal Serbian descent? According to some sources, his paternal family comes from Jasenovo Polje, a village near Nikšić, Montenegro. Here are some links:

Vijesti: https://en.vijesti.me/fun/interesting/590945/Djokovic%2C-I-am-proud-of-my-family-roots-from-the-ash-field#:~:text=The%20best%20tennis%20player%20in%20the%20world%2C%20Novak%20Djokovic%2C%20said,of%20his%20vacation%20in%20Montenegro.

CDM: https://www.cdm.me/english/decided-liberation-of-niksic-award-to-novak-djokovic/

Yardbaker: https://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/photo_first_novak_djokovic_novaks_great_grandfather_goes_viral_due_to_resemblance/s1_17131_39143254

I think we need to deepen this aspect. 80.94.121.124 ( talk) 19:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Yes he is, please check archive discussions 8 and 9, check what WP:RS and discussed sources on WP:RSN are neither of those you posted belong to that category, also this was extensively discussed for several years as per WP:CONCENSUS. Theonewithreason ( talk) 19:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC) reply

You could have replied to me earlier, instead of deleting my topic over and over 80.94.121.124 ( talk) 20:31, 3 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I can

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Novak Djokovic?

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{ Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton ( talk) 13:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC) reply

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1. In the lead, please change "the trio of Federer, Nadal and him" to "the trio of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic". "And him" is not encyclopaedic language.
2. In the Opposition to COVID-19 vaccine section, please change "and the main favourite to win" to "and the favourite to win". There can only be one favourite. 2001:BB6:47ED:FA58:113B:8474:8FDA:E331 ( talk) 12:08, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 18:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

In the Sponsorships subsection, we have " During the 2021 US Open, some people in Djokovic's player box wore hats and shirts bearing the logo of Raiffeisen Bank International, the central back of one of the two largest banking cooperatives in Austria." Central back? This makes no sense. It can’t be a mis-type of central bank, either. Boscaswell talk 22:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply

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There are several factual errors in the fifth paragraph of "Coaching and personal team" sub-section of the "player profile" section. First, Djokovic didn’t meet Edoardo Artaldi until 2009, when he signed a clothing deal with Sergio Tacchini. Second, he didn’t hire Artaldi as part of his personal team until 2011-12,

Neither source cited in this paragraph (notes 575 & 576) is reliable. Ideally, sources would be the original reporting or interviews, such as the below.

1) Confirmation of the Tacchini deal in Nov. 2009: https://www.cnbc.com/id/47519672

2) Interview with Artaldi: "When Djokovic moved on from his sponsorship deal, he and Artaldi kept working together, and Artaldi left the Italian clothing brand to be Djokovic's manager." https://www.sbs.com.au/language/italian/en/podcast-episode/meet-edoardo-artaldi-the-man-behind-novak-djokovics-soaring-success/94vgpzjkg

3) Interview with team members (including details of Artaldi’s hiring): https://sport360.com/article/tennis/international-tennis/165242/inside-story-how-team-djokovic-keep-the-world-no-1-at-the-top-of-the-tennis-world

Paragraph 12 also includes the mistake that Artaldi " had been with him since 2008" and again cites unreliable sources. The best source for the "new chaptee" comment is the journalist who did the interview: https://twitter.com/carole_bouchard/status/1719770286176772531 A good source for further comments about late 2023 changes to his team: https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/djokovic-confirms-plans-to-launch-new-venture-in-australia-that-brand-will-consist-of-a-lot-of-wellness-products-so-i-am-looking-forward-to-that-729162.html

I’ll return later to put this edit request in the proper format. 73.132.150.115 ( talk) 10:46, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Question: It's been 12 days since this request was posted. Is it in the proper format now? '''[[ User:CanonNi]]''' ( talk| contribs) 10:02, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. -- Ferien ( talk) 22:43, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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Djokovic has just won Laureus sportsman of the year award for 2023. 142.181.66.12 ( talk) 23:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done (assuming you meant 2024). There is already a citation about this in the Professional awards section, so I updated the number and years he won the award in the lead. Jamedeus ( talk) 23:38, 22 April 2024 (UTC) reply