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With headlines of health concerns and steroid abuse or domestic violence. What is true and what is false? 2601:601:1B00:8670:48EA:DB1A:6809:D8A0 (talk) 21:49, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

More detail?

Where is the truth on the Paige? 2601:601:1B00:8670:B4EE:D93:C20E:4FB5 (talk) 07:06, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Height

@Revirvlkodlaku: Regarding this change. The accompanying source [1] mentions a height of "205 cm". You changed it to "206", may I know why? - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:31, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Fylindfotberserk, thanks for not simply reverting. The reason I made the change is twofold: 1. for as long as I've watched/edited this article (which, admittedly, isn't very long), it has been 206 cm, thus a sudden unexplained reduction by a centimetre seemed odd. 2. 6'9" is 205.74 cm, which is closer to 206 than 205. I don't know if there is a rounding convention on Wikipedia when it comes to body metrics, but it makes more sense to me to state that he is 206 cm tall than 205 cm. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 14:02, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Revirvlkodlaku: Well, I returned after an 8 month long break, and this is one the articles I've edited regularly [2]. Somebody made an unsourced / undiscussed change in that period. Here is the version before I left. There are sources that mention both 205 and 206, but which one to trust is the question, which is why used the one from theworldsstrongestman.com. Secondly, should we focus on cms or inches? the source uses both '205cm / 6ft 9ins'. Since Iceland uses metric system I prioritized '205 cm', while the built-in converter rounded it to 6ft 9in. All in all there was no violation of WP:OR. Yes, I forgot to explain the changes since the dateformat modification was done through a script. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:04, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Fylindfotberserk, it all sounds a bit muddled to me, so I'll leave it to your discretion :) Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 01:24, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Revirvlkodlaku and @Fylindfotberserk let me also join the conversation even if it's a bit too late. Theworldsstrongestman.com/ Giants Live/ IMG is not a reliable source for height and weight statistics. Their websites and live broadcasts have depicted errors throughout the years. They are also not the highest authority of the sport but one among 3-4 main federations which host strongman competitions. Strongman does not have a governing body or a federation.

Let me give the history on the height and the reason for the 206 vs 205 debate: When Hafthor came to the international limelight in 2010/11, his height was given in EU standards, that is in centimeters as 206. But following 1.) the Worlds strongest Man 2011, 12, 14 competitions held in US alongwith 2.) Arnold Strongman Classic competitions (which is also always held in US) plus 3.) when Hafthor further reached stardom in US with Game of Thrones (starting from 2013), Americans broadcasted the height as 6'9" in their measurement. The 205 came to the equation from 2014 onwards when everyone started to convert his height from the American standard (which was now the more popular standard due to the three factors I mentioned above). For example, they convert 6'9" to cms using google, and only take the more apparent full digit (205) and ignore the decimal places (.74 of the 205.74).

Moving forward, I suggest we should have uniformity (with all 5 places in the article where Hafthor's height is depicted) to indicate the same value in both 'ft & in' and 'cms'. I'll let you two senior Wikipedians decided it and hope my explanation cleared the doubt as to what the reason for 206 vs 205 is. Nir007H (talk) 13:59, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2024 cleanup/ improvement request

Good day @Fylindfotberserk and @Revirvlkodlaku, I noticed that with the isolated and scattered edits done by various editors since Hafþór announced his retirement from boxing in October 2022, the chronological flow of the competitive career 'since then' is a bit off now. Requesting your permission to improve the article. Nir007H (talk) 12:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please go ahead. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:58, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I second that, and thank you for taking the initiative on this, @Nir007H. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 13:59, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mentors, thank you for the green light. The suggested improvements are now done. I will also divide the 'Rogue Invitational and Shaw Classic' section into two parts and further elaborate once he competes at both competitions later this year. Taking this opportunity to thank you both for the continuous guidance and support. Nir007H (talk) 17:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]