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Assault charges

Why is there no mention of leaving his job in 2010 amid sexual assault charges? This seems to be common knowledge (alluded to in an SNL sketch) but no mention here. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Shannon-Sharpe-leaves-NFL-Today-after-assault-?urn=nfl-269873

citation for lead

For Sharpe's trash-talking, see the Sports Illustrated article that Rick O'Reilly wrote about him when he was on the Broncos. I'll dig through my back issues soon and try to find it. 155.68.67.145 17:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Is there a better picture that could be used? That one's a bit ridiculous. Perhaps one of him in a Broncos uniform? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.216.200.145 (talk) 05:43, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing Vandalism

Seeing as the entire last page of edits to this article consist solely of IP Vandalism and the subsequent reverts, I'm going to make a request to get this page SemiProtected pursuant to WP:RPP and WP:SILVERLOCK. Let's see if that doesn't calm things down, at least for a while. --Doriftu Speak Up. 04:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

-This entire article just needs to be locked. There are no details on the subject's career time-line, but a ton of uncited 'memorable quotes.' Someone is just vandalizing this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.231.117.36 (talk) 10:55, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lacking citations

These excerpts don't have citations and therefore seem to be the opinion of whoever is editing the article: "where he is known for his garbled speech" Intro. 1st paragraph.

"On retirement he is considered to be one of the greatest tight ends ever." Intro. 2nd paragraph.

"This was a comment used mostly in his college days for his great athletic abilities." Early life. 2nd paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.29.52.51 (talk) 14:11, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Onion is a satirical website and should not be used as a source

Citation 11: "The Onion - America's Finest News Source". onionsportsnetwork.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.48.18.73 (talk) 05:31, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Middle name

Attempts to add "Goad" as the middle name are a part of a widespread internet campaign to poke the subject. The unreliable sources used to support the joke have themselves been duped. See WT:WikiProject National Football League/Archive 19#Shannon Sharpe. Johnuniq (talk) 00:35, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Would anyone with an opinion on Shannon Sharpe's name please first read the short discussion at WT:WikiProject National Football League/Archive 19#Shannon Sharpe, then contribute below.

The history of Shannon Sharpe is here. It shows that many IPs have edit warred to include "Goad" which appears to have been added first on 13 March 2021. One IP (67.58.241.92 (talk · contribs)) has added the name several times without discussion. They have provided the following sources in edit summaries. I have added an explanation of why these are not satisfactory.

profootballhistory.com includes "References: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Shannon_Sharpe". Wikipedia cannot use a source that relies on information from Wikipedia. That is a known problem, see WP:CIRCULAR.
quote.org is a user-generated site—anyone could add a name there.
facebook.com was set up by who-knows-who.
peliplat.com is a user-generated site.
imdb.com is a user-generated site presumably copied by peliplat.
pulse.ng has an article about two Nigerians with an incidental mention of Sharpe—they would have copied the name from somewhere.
sportskeeda.com is dated August 2021. At that time Shannon Sharpe included "Goad" and the sportskeeda story includes some minor background probably provided by reading Wikipedia. The only mention of "Goad" at sportskeeda is "Considering his full name is Shannon Goad Sharpe, one could say he was living up to his middle name." In other words, the purpose of adding the name is to attack the person.

Anyone adding the name without first gaining a clear consensus here (possibly with an WP:RFC) will be blocked since it is extremely likely that the attempts are WP:BLP violations. Johnuniq (talk) 07:03, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@General Ization and Tropicalkitty: Thanks for your reverts of the recent edits by 139.182.28.12. In case you were not aware, I am drawing your attention to the above as I'm pretty sure that "Goad" is a hoax intended to attack Sharpe and all the claimed sources with that name have either had the name added by random internet users or have copied it from Wikipedia during the time that the IPs were successful in including the joke here. Johnuniq (talk) 06:39, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for mentioning this. It looked like something that I find hard to believe, but I wasn't entirely sure at that moment. Tropicalkitty (talk) 13:05, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Goad" is not a hoax. There is a sincere contention, given numerous sources and a marginal consensus, that this is Sharpe's middle. It is not meant as vandalism. 139.182.28.34 (talk) 00:38, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What is your response to the comments at the WikiProject link in the first paragraph above? Apart from a bunch of bombed unreliable sources, what reason do you have to believe that Sharpe has that unlikely name? Johnuniq (talk) 02:34, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stats are wrong for Shannon sharpe

Someone made it so the stats show that he was on Baltimore his entire career instead of Denver. 166.181.88.37 (talk) 06:44, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Are you able to view the history of the article (click "history" at the top of Shannon Sharpe)? If you experiment a bit you can see who made what changes. Undo any changes that are wrong. Or, post here with the time and date of the last good version and a brief explanation of what is wrong so I can fix it. Johnuniq (talk) 06:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2023

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Please remove the culturally offensive and completely irrelevant rant about Shannon Sharpe's grammar, suggestion of speech impediment and rumors of any mass concerns in regards to intellectual capacity as a public speaker. Camorgan3 (talk) 20:00, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done... I think that would have been fine if it was cited because it was phrased neutrally, but as it was uncited and this is BLP I removed it. SomeoneDreaming (talk) 23:35, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source Request. Can you put Tom Brady being then better Shannon Sharpe comment by Skip?

https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/shannon-sharpe-undisputed-fox-exit-skip-bayless-tom-brady-argument-video-reaction I think was a big influence on his decison to leave because he got offensive real quick by that and oh yeah Tom Brady does have way better career then Shannon Sharpe by a thousand miles! Put on the post playing career on why he left to go to espn. 47.198.108.186 (talk) 05:19, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 13 February 2024

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Shannon Sharpe is not even close to being ranked third in career touchdowns by a tight end. 2601:204:E37E:D1A0:B12A:57E6:2426:4912 (talk) 19:02, 13 February 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. M.Bitton (talk) 21:07, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2024

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Remove " After the 1997 season[13] championship – his first – he appeared on General Mills' Wheaties boxes with four other Broncos." from Professional career section.

It is irrelevant. GazpachoInCups (talk) 06:04, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done This claim did not appear in the citation and has been removed. Jamedeus (talk) 00:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]