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Bob Fitzsimmons is the Great Great Grandfather of the Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney?

I was reading through the Bob Fitzsimmons article and came across this interesting information (if its true) theres no mention of it in Rooneys page maybe it should be added.--McNoddy 08:54, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

It is alleged that Bob Fitzsimmons is the Great Great Grandfather of the Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney though no proof has been found and it would be highly improbable. Fitzsimmons was born in Cornwall and before that his people were from County Armagh, Ireland. Rooney's ancestors, Fitzsimons(one M), were originally from County Cavan, Ireland. Brakn 09:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Source for "best mistake" quote

Rooney is quoted as saying his use of prostitutes was the "best time of his life" of his life (in the Personal Life section). There should be a source for this if it's to stay in the article (the BBC news referenced at the end does not contain the quote). --89.234.99.92 21:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I can find no other source for it either. I'm going to remove it. Bhamv 10:09, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

England template

Someone needs to update the England Squad part at the bottom, It still lists Eriksson as manager. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.38.105.169 (talk • contribs).

For the 2006 World Cup, Eriksson was the manager. It lists the manager that led the squad for the competition. x42bn6 Talk 19:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Wayne Rooney Performance

I dont actually think that Wayne Rooney is performing as well as his other striker partners. I'll delete that comment.JFBurton 17:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

GA Nomination

I've currently put the nomination for GA status on hold. After I've had a brief look though the firstfour paragraphs almost entirely lack citations and some of the article is NPOV. I'll be honest I'm not certain that all the problems I've seen will be sorted that quickly but I'm happy to give you a chance. Drop me a line if you've any sepcific questions but give me a few minutes to mark the areas that need changes or markers. BigHairRef | Talk 16:45, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

FYI here's a list of what you need to do

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   a (fair representation): b (all significant views):

5. It is stable.

   

6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

   a (tagged and captioned): b lack of images (does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):

7. Overall:

   a Pass/Fail:

It's a lot ot do before 29th but if you cant manage it I'm afraid I'll have to fail it. BigHairRef | Talk 13:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately all the above criteria still remain unsoved and therefore I'm afraid I'll have to fail the article. BigHairRef | Talk 17:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Favourite Rappers

Fucking hell, how many times, WAYNE ROONEY'S FAVOURITE RAPPER IS P.DIDDY, HENCE THE REASON HE HAS MET HIM AND PAID OVER £300K TO SEE HIM AT A GIG AND MEET HIM PERSONALLY. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.3.20.234 (talk) 22:45, 6 March 2007 (UTC).

Cite? Frankly there's a hell of a lot of fancruft like this in this article which has no place in an encyclopaedia, and ought to be deleted anyway. -- Arwel (talk) 23:41, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

indeed so. I am still inclined to cut back all that overblown stuff about visits to prostitutes unless no-one has any objections (I've already mentioned this once) The Angel of Islington 09:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

GCSEs

In the article as it is now it states Wayne didn't receive a single GCSE - the text in the source says 'Coleen outscored him 11-0'. In this context it could just mean Coleen got higher grades than him in all their chosen subjects, it doesn't necessarily mean Rooney didn't get any GCSEs at all.

Either change the source to show that he infact didn't get a single GCSE.

Or...

Delete it.

Here's the footnote in question - #23 [1]]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kicksnare (talk • contribs) 23:08, 9 March 2007

Biased!

Most of the people whoe edit this article are biased against Wayne Rooney-I don't know why when I put down factual astonishing things Rooney has done in his career someone removes it. I put down he is arguably the world's best young talent and you remove it yet on the Lionel Messi and Robinho articles one is allowed to put that down. I create a headline on Wayne Rooney's style of play and you remove it instead of researching on the particular headline. You are clearly biased and don't like Wayne Rooney-its one thing to try and be fair and give all views and sides to the article, but its another thing to focus on the negative of his career. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wikiaddict8962 (talk • contribs) 23:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

Biased!

Most of the people whoe edit this article are biased against Wayne Rooney-I don't know why when I put down factual astonishing things Rooney has done in his career someone removes it. I put down he is arguably the world's best young talent and you remove it yet on the Lionel Messi and Robinho articles one is allowed to put that down. I create a headline on Wayne Rooney's style of play and you remove it instead of researching on the particular headline. You are clearly biased and don't like Wayne Rooney-its one thing to try and be fair and give all views and sides to the article, but its another thing to focus on the negative of his career. --Dylan Davies 23:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected (again)

For the fourth time in the last 15 months I have semi-protected this article. The immediate trigger was the discovery that the heading on the infobox had been edited to "Wayne Marcus Rooney" (his middle name is Mark) and the volume of vandalism by non-signed-in editors recently has been such that this particular and very prominent vandalism was overlooked and allowed to stand for no fewer than 54 hours. Folks, it is time to recognise that this article is a vandal magnet, and it should remain PERMANENTLY semi-protected. -- Arwel (talk) 21:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I am in favor of keeping it semi-protected for a very long time (e.g. a year). I can continue keeping an eye on the article, but the volume of vandalism is just too high. Gidonb 22:26, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

WHAT !

Look what are u a wiki adict ! You guys should put that only people who log in can edit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.202.188.151 (talk) 21:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

Height

is 5 foot 10 inche right? he seems alot smaller than that , i would have said 5 foot 8 maybeRisteard B 12:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

2006 World Cup

There is no detail on Rooney's involvement in 2006 World Cup. I wil make a start on this Matt611 15:12, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

transfer

Real Madrid will sign Wayne Rooney for £45m if they don't sign Ronaldo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.5.39 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 27 May 2007

Hahahahahahaha! what a load of rubbish! Like he'd go to Real Madrid from Man United! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.10.167 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 16 June 2007

Oh I know! Cause NOBODY goes to Real Madrid from United. No wait a minute, that's not right. Hmmm. Batman2005 23:59, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Add External Link

RooneySoccer.com[2] should be added to the external links... this is the official fan site.-- Thankyoupatrick 15:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

goalvideoz.com[3] can also be added to the external sites.Also http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wayne+rooney can be considered.Gulerse

Number 10

Any truth to the rumors that Rooney will wear #10 next season? Over on the EA Sports FIFA Forums there's a link to an article which says that he'll wear 10. Batman2005 21:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Here's two sources that confirms the fact:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premiership/manchester_united/article2007610.ece

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=465243&in_page_id=1779&ct=5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.16.17 (talk • contribs) 23:00, 29 June 2007

Rooney's transfer fee from Everton

Just a quick note, the reading of Utd's accounts relating to the transfer fee of Rooney is incorrect. You're stating that Rooney's fee could rise to £39m as the accounts show Everton as a creditor being owed £14m by Utd. The £14m is the balance of the money owed to Everton from the initial £25m fee. In other words as at 06/05 Utd had paid Everton circa £11m of the £25m fee and still owed them £14m. If Utd had paid £25m and owed £14m they would have to show the players worth in the accounts as £39m or their balance sheet would not balance. The accounts also show that there was a contingent liability of £4m owed by Utd in the event that certain criteria is met, at which point the £4m will be capitalised onto the value of the player. As such Rooney's fee will never be more than £29.066m. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Truefootyfan (talk • contribs) 22:23, 2 July 2007

PICTURE

I've got a good image of Wayne Rooney being given his new no. 10 shirt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simalbish (talk • contribs) 09:18, 26 July 2007