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Prohormone

Incorrect usage of terms: The section called Prohormone use is actually about the use of anabolic steriods. It specifically named steriods such as dianabol. Prohormones and steriods are different things as steriods are artificial hormones and prohormones are steriod precursors which are converted into steriods by the body. They were not banned in 1990, the prohormone ban did not come into effect until 2005. Source: http://www.bodybuildbid.com/articles/newsevents/2004/prohormoneban.html

Change birth place

homo was born in the small town of Thal, Austria and not in Graz as the headline of the article says. It does already exist an article about Thal so it is not necessary to show the wrong birth place. Please correct this.

arnold was born in cali and he still there today. he fought in WWII as a nazi, but now he is mentally sane but still evading jews on tax evasions in cali. all is good for arny. I come from Graz and Thal is verry close to Graz and I think that in the artikel should be ... he was born in Thal, by Graz, Styria, Graz! That would be right!

Controversy

Arnold recently met with many hispanic leaders in the city of Los Angeles, he publicly stated that hispanics "need to turn of their spanish T.V." in order to learn spanish much faster and succeed in the United States. Spanish broadcasting organization Univision made a public statement showing their dissagreement with the governors statements. Many already predict that this run of events will eventually lead to a media frenzy in part of the spanish networks in search of hurting Arnolds political career much like in the case of Don Imus

Links repeatedly removed/added

Notice that a lot of Unofficial external links have been removed recently on the grounds that they are spam advert links. Most notably TheArnoldFans.com (which i believe is in part endorsed by Schwarzenegger) and GlobalArnold.com. I personally do not believe that any website that holds up to the Google adsense guidelines or has far more content than adverts should be removed on the grounds as being a 'spam link'. 80.193.166.70 23:59, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

These sites fail under the criteria outlined at WP:EL. Thanks. Yankees76 05:45, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

That Wiki article also says under what should be linked, 'Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as reviews and interviews'. I believe a site such as TheArnoldFans.com falls directly under this. Despite having a couple of ads per page, it is by no means a site 'that primarily exist to sell products or services', and its 'objectionable amounts of advertising' as far as I know has only been questioned by you personally.(80.193.166.70 23:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC))

You forgot - "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article", "Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research. See Reliable sources", "Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services", and "Links to blogs and personal webpages, except those written by a recognized authority." How is this relevant to be linked from an encyclopedia? It is not Misplaced Pages's purpose to include a comprehensive list of external links related to each topic. No page should be linked from a Misplaced Pages article unless its inclusion is justified. If the site or page to which you want to link includes information that is not yet a part of the article, consider using it as a source first. Thanks. Yankees76 03:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I had not read those last couple of 'news items' on that site. I can see what you mean by these violating Wiki's terms. Having said this, whenever I have viewed this site in the past, the vast proportion of its content was relevant to Arnold Schwarzenegger and non commercial. I suspect that the writers of the site's material are in fact genuinely interested in the products they seem to promoting, but it does seems there is a 'sales' agenda which I now appreciate violates the 'external link' rules. Thanks for the reply. (80.193.166.70 00:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC))

Thanks for understanding. While not worth of an external link, I do agree that it is cool site for buying T2 memorabilia, figurines and other Arnold-related material. Yankees76 16:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Immigration Process

arnold was an american way before he can remember, after he flew germany back in 1944 because he was scared of being merked by jews. now he just chills in cali with a fake passport.

Arnold lives where

I've heard that Arnold dosn't live in Sacramento, is this true and if so, where does he live?

I believe he lives in Brentwood with his family. --Sli723 23:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Protect page from IPs

Alot of vandalism right now, need to protect page. --TRYTOBENICE 03:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Early Life

What exactly is "As a boy, Schwarzenegger was beaten up by Nolan the Great's mini dick" all about? Jules1975 13:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

That would be what is known as "vandalism". Yankees76 14:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

note: the needed citation for the 'why don't you be more like schwarzenegger' quote is to be found in the autobiography 'arnold: education of a bodybuilder.'

Okay, but what page? Post the page number so someone can do up the citation. Thanks. Yankees76 14:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Confusion about Birthplace

There are two birth places listed in the article. this is physically impossible, as we all know, and I request that it be fixed. -zim64

• He was born in a small village, Thal, but a lot of people simply say he was born in Graz, which is a much larger city near Thal. - Matthew238 23:20, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

• Thank you. I was unaware of this, and i now hold one piece of knowledge more in my brain.Zachary McDevitt 22:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)zim64

Height

Can we agree on a source for his true height? It keeps getting edited, deleted, re added. Thanks, Jaskemr 22:07, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

• There is no official height, no internmational measuring body which checks the height of all celebrities throughout their lives. Their is the height Schwarzenegger gives, 6'2", but many suspect this to be inflated, an in any event people get shorter as they get older. - Matthew238 23:20, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

What people 'suspect' is not encyclopedic and has no place here. We need to compile a list of heights pulled from verifiable sources and go from there. IMDB lists Arnold as 6'2", as does USA Today . The Washington Post says 5'10 . Perhaps someone can make a table where various heights and sources can be listed. Yankees76 15:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

• CelebHeights.com might be a place to start. - Matthew238 02:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Not really, as it's not a reliable source by Misplaced Pages standards. Even the site itself admits it's based on gossip and fan photos. Yankees76 19:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

• True, but I thought it might have links or references. - Matthew238 03:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

• Added a reference to an article published on his height by the Chicago reader. As 'height sites' which focus on Mr. Schwarzenegger's height are highly relevent to his 'height' as a topic, these have been included as references also. I consider these to be neutral (both sites state so) and relevent enough to add as trivia. If you disagree, please consider discussing this or flagging this for deletion by a certified moderator in accordance with Misplaced Pages rules. Thankyou.(Joberth 20:52, 19 February 2007 (UTC))

For the record, as per WP:LIVING (please read it), "Editors should remove any controversial material about living persons that is either unsourced, relies upon sources that do not meet standards specified in Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources, or is a conjectural interpretation of a source." In short anyone - not just an administrator - can aggressively remove unsourced/unverified statements in the biographies of living people. As it stands I re-wrote your text, removing weasel words that made the issue more notable than it really is. If this topic was a "much debated" topic during this election as you claim, I would expect a better source than a gossip column in the Chicago Reader. I also don't beleive that Celebheights.com meets the standards specified in Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources either and I've tagged it as such. Yankees76 22:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

If you check my original edit then you'll see that I only extended what was already there, along with an additional reference. I do admit that 'fascination' (which I did write) might be considered a weasel word, hence why I removed it when re-adding the paragraph in my last edit. Thanks for pointing out WP:LIVING, as I had overlooked it previously. Also, thanks for discussing this and being both understanding and diplomatic in your response. As far as I see it, a mention of his height in the article is very similar in relevance to the article as 'allegations of misconduct' except on a much smaller scale. By presenting the public's (and publication's) view on his 'image', the article does not damage Mr. Schwarzenegger's credibility, but instead allows readers to consider the evidence (or indeed non-evidence) for themselves. I'm hoping that this trivia will reduce the amount of edits to his height (it keeps jumping anywhere between 5'11" and 6'2") and perhaps will be improved on to the point that there will be no question over the credibility whatever sources it ends up using. Should an administrator or popular opinion consider that it has no place in the article then fair enough, but I am a big believer in second opinions. (Joberth 23:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC))

The material is better (but not perfect) as it is now by attributing the "height controversy" to a specific source. I was more concerned about making sweeping statements with one source who's reliability is questionable: a gossip column in the Chicago Reader - which is an alternative weekly - a type of weekly newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture.

Had this been an Associated Press article or if his height was a the topic of controversy on CNN, you'd not get any changes. However, when numerous reliable sources list him at 6'2", putting material that claims otherwise needs to be verifiable under WP:VERIFY - which as it stands right now is weak at best. Any reader should be able to check that material added to Misplaced Pages has already been published by a reliable source. The Chicago Reader and Celebheights.com are dubious sources - meaning that they are sources with a poor reputation for fact-checking or with no fact-checking facilities or editorial oversight. Yankees76 04:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Yankees76, I've once again updated this section with the intention of providing somewhat more credible sources. I welcome any comments you might have concerning them. Although I know they're far from perfect, I personally think they are an improvement. E.g Daily Mail - British National Tabloid (an improvement over Chicago Reader perhaps?) as quoted from Nigel Andrews unnofficial biography on Schwarzenegger, The National Conference of State Legislatures, San Francisco Gate (website with ties to San Francisco Chronicle). Incidently with your mention of CNN, I found an article from a couple of years back when a mention is made that the troops found Arnold to be 'smaller' than they expected. It may be that this is more about his weight than height though. (Joberth 00:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC))

Looks good to me. I agree that in the CNN article the troops are referring to his muscular size - not his height, and incidentally the CNN article refers to him as 6'2". Yankees76 03:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Sacramento Bee article about the "controversy": http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7640209p-8580625c.html The reporter cites a representative of Schwarzenegger.com (Arnold's official site) as saying the 6'2" figure is outdated, and it should be 6'. Arnold was probably 6'2" (or at least 6'1 1/2") when he started his acting career, but has shrank (as do all men) over the years. Swartzenegger.com, btw, no longer seems to have a height figure listed anywhere. Tafinucane 20:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

On my comment being deleted

Why? It was a perfectly valid suggestion. A quotes section would be good CyberRaptor 00:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

A Quotes section would be good... on wikiquote lol (= Ben Hamid =)

Arnold a racist

"Arnold is arguably a racist having made racist comments in interviews against Hispanos (even called them "brownies")and most of his actions against Hispanos as Governor" No citation is issued except in the page edit section and even then, the page links to an article that seems to be awfuly biased, comparing him to Hitler for instance, and doesn't really seem to cite where they really received this information. Does this really belong as trivia? --Wolfman Walt 01:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced negative material on biogrpahies of living people should be deleted on sight. See WP:LIVING. Yankees76 04:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Japanese Beer Commercials

Anyone else know if he was actually in these commercials or just a lookalike? Should this be added as trivia?

Schwarzenegger Wants Convicted Idaho Child Killer Sent to California for Boy's 1997 Slaying

BOISE, Idaho — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger demanded that a convicted killer accused of kidnapping two Idaho children be shipped to his state to be tried for the 1997 slaying of a 10-year-old boy. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251088,00.html Crocoite 23:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC) (I'm striking-through the article summary and removing the hyperlink to FoxNews so I'm not accused of copyright infringement.) Crocoite 22:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

MOVE TO AMERICA: -Arnold did not workout at Gold's Gym, he worked out at World Gym in Santa Monica. (ba9428)

Actually he trained at both. Yankees76 03:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Millionaire

Arnold became a millionaire at age 22, not 30.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3131155.stm

Change it, please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.49.7.125 (talk) 18:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC).

Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Misplaced Pages is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). The Misplaced Pages community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome.Yankees76 22:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Presidency

I didn't see a mention of it, but is it worth including that Demolition Man's storyline had Arnold as a President of the US? And that he somehow (forget how exactly) got whatever prevents a foreign person from being President repealed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Messatsu (talk • contribs) 04:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC).

young arnold in brazil

could someone please integrate this into the article?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uerFZ2Z42nc —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.22.237.19 (talk) 01:54, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

Profession?

The comments in the sidebar say not to add "Politician" to Arnold's list of professions. Why is this? Quite clearly, that's his current job. Obviously this has come up before, so either not listing politician has his professsion is a bad idea, or we need to make some clear explanation in those comments on why we're ignoring his current profession. --Don Sowell 17:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Kind of silly that thats not listed to me but i'm not going to ignite debate.- thank you Astuishin 21:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

That's really ridiculous. That's like saying that Bush isn't a politican, only because you don't agree with his policits. Who made the decision that his new profession is not to be included? --88.73.125.91 21:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It's been over 2 months since I asked the question and there have been no answers given, so I'm going to make the appropriate edits. --Don Sowell 05:00, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Schwarzenegger Posed for Gay Physique Magazine

Just as his bodybuilding career was beginning to take off, Schwarzenegger posed for a "physique" magazine in Great Britain in 1965-66 that was popular with gay men. Although Schwarzenegger is not gay, he apparently was willing to show off his already massive muscular build for perhaps a small fee and to gain wider recognition. The magazine where his photo appears is Male Classics, issue #36 (late 1965 or early 1966). The photo itself appears on page 32. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by David Walinski (talk • contribs) 04:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

allegations of illicit steroid use

It would be good if you changed name steroid use to allegations of illicit steroid use. althjough this is explained later, it might not be giving a good name when at first glance

Pornography

My teacher told me that arnold did gay porn?Look into that.

Not true. Footage of him posing was edited into a gay porn movie. This never saw public release due to the obvious legal issues. The man behind this 'porn film' was former Gold's Gym owner Ken Sprague. 80.193.166.70 16:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Work

Hello ladies and gents. Took a bit of an interest in this article. I know its listed as a good article, but it needs a lot of work. I have actually added intresting info which adds and develops the article already - fully cited stuff. I aim to continue that, where relevant - so I will actively help.

Take this section for example, it has not one citation, for a biograhpy of such a high-profile subject, this is all weasel words, right? I say that in good faith, it does seem to be a big problem. "His dad was a Nazi" - no citation??!! Maybe he was. But you know. Anyhow.

Following his arrival as a Hollywood superstar, he made a number of successful films: Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), and Red Heat (1988). In Predator (1987), another successful film, Schwarzenegger led a cast which included future Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (Ventura also appears in Running Man as well as in the film Batman & Robin which Schwarzenegger also starred in) and future Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidate Sonny Landham. Twins, (1988) a comedy with Danny DeVito, was a change of pace. Total Recall (1990), at that time the most expensive film ever, netted Schwarzenegger $10 million and 15% of the gross, and was, although violent, a widely praised, thought-provoking science-fiction script (based on the Phillip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale) behind his usual violent action. Kindergarten Cop (1990) was another comedy.

Raw Deal? A successful film? $16.2M (USA). Moderate flop, even in 1986. Red Heat? $35M (USA) Thats around 60-70 now? The Running Man? $38.1M (USA)? Its just someones opinion. Cobra made $49m for stallone in 86 - anyone ever seen it? He didnt really have a true $200m "blockbuster" until Twins in 88. Considering the guy and what hes done (controversially or not) - who gives a toss that Jesse Ventura was in Batman and Robin? And the running man? Who said Total Recall was "thought-provoking", i've read mixed reviews for that film in respected media etc, althought I would agree it was generally well-received at the time. Good strong citations are needed in line with policy. Of course i'll help, as I am doing. Lots of good stuff if you dig a bit. Whataboutbob 18:23, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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Incorrect usage of terms

Incorrect usage of terms: The section called Prohormone use is actually about the use of anabolic steriods. It specifically named steriods such as dianabol. Prohormones and steriods are different things as steriods are artificial hormones and prohormones are steriod precursors which are converted into steriods by the body. They were not banned in 1990, the prohormone ban did not come into effect until 2005. Source: http://www.bodybuildbid.com/articles/newsevents/2004/prohormoneban.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.121.241.46 (talk) 01:39, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

Arnold a Pokemon?

Someone with a registered account might want to have a look at the introductory paragraph. IF you guys are going to close this article for public editing, make sure your registered users aren't spammers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.41.35.135 (talk) 08:11, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

Can you tell us more specifically what you're referring to? I took a quick look and didn't notice anything amiss, but I'm not familiar with the article or the reference about which you're speaking. It's useful for you to sign your talk-page posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end - the system will automatically add your name and the date, and this helps anyone else who reads your messages to tell who wrote them. Cheers! PaladinWhite 23:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

References

As far as I can tell, all of the references are now properly formatted using the cite template - • The Giant Puffin • 09:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

GA

This article currently fails wikipedia GA criteria - WP:WIAGA. There are numerous missing references, many citation request tags and above all an entire section which is under dispute and requires cleanup. It has been nominated for possible delisting as GA, please visit Good Article Review for more details. LordHarris 23:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Personal Info

I strongly suggest the removal of the table which lists and details his kids in the personal section. Way to much detail, and to be honest its just creepy! Whataboutbob 14:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Foreshadowing of political career

The section titled "Foreshadowing of political career" contains a wrong citation. It links to an arcticle about his friendship with McCain and contains no information on the sentence. --88.73.125.91 21:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

You are very rigth above. Ive taken out the small section. First its random and out of context and mostly its without any citations. Whataboutbob 18:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Removed some Unofficial external links

I’ve removed many of the external links in this article. I thing most would agree?! There were far too many --- which added nothing. Just crap really. I took a little time to look at them and have left the links which best fit the wikipedia policy. “Notable interest” etc. It wasn’t just random, that’s no good, its gone! It was with some pain to delete the New York Times link, but what is going on with them, they now charge for their content! Even very recent content! Does this article for example need a link to E! online biography? These articles are supposed to be “self contained” as much a possible, so I’m doing a load of work to make this whole article better: content wise - and have been doing so for a while now. Please anyone, feel free to debate this.Whataboutbob 22:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

There were a few “galleries” – how many do you have? They were all fan sites with poor quality. BUT! This one, in my opinion was worth keeping, very much so.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger Bodybuilding Gallery (Gallery of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Competitive Years)Whataboutbob 22:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Good article review

This article has been delisted from being a good article following a review because although the first part of the article is good, from Political career onwards there are problems with referencing and prose. In particular, statistics, some quotes, and critical commentary on Schwarzenegger's career is uncited. There was also a concern that the article relies too much on schwarzenegger.com. the good article criteria identified as being problematic in this article are 1a (clarity), 1b (WP:LEAD), 2b (inline, reliable, citations), 2c (original research), and 4 (neutrality). Please continue to improve the article and try again for GA when you feel that these criteria are met. -Malkinann 01:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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