Wikipedia Pro-Bodybuilders profiles. Please help me improve them.

[Wikidudeman]

Hello everyone

I am new to this forum. I signed up to this forum because I noticed it is one of the online forums that professional bodybuilders most frequently post on and I thought this would be quicker. I recently signed up to this forum to make an inquiry to all professional bodybuilders concerning the online encyclopedia "Wikipedia".  Wikipedia is the most detailed encyclopedia online and is one of the most visited sites online today. Millions of people visit Wikipedia everyday and many of them use it as their only source of information. This may not be a good thing but it is true none the less. That said, I am posting this thread to ask anyone(Pro or amateur bodybuilders) who is concerned about how they are presented on Wikipedia to please help me improve your Wikipedia entries. I am a frequent editor of Wikipedia and I am trying very hard to improve as many articles as I can.

Here is a list of 3 things that you can help me with...

• Improving the factual accuracy of your Wikipedia articles
• Helping to increase amount of content presented in articles.
• Providing copyright free images that you took yourself and are willing to release to me so that I can release them into public domain so that they can be used in the Wikipedia articles.

Anyone can help. Professional bodybuilders themselves who are concerned about improving their Wikipedia articles by providing copyright free images or correcting factual errors or by other posters on this site who could do the same.

On another note, This whole thing was brought to my attention when I was browsing through the Bodybuilding portal and noticed that the majority of the pictures used in the articles were actually copyrighted. They were scanned image covers of Muscle-mags and such images' copyrights belong to the magazine in question. Thus any images that you find online or scan from magazines are copyrighted and won't work.

Here are a few examples of Wikipedia articles that might give you an idea of how you might be able to help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Cutler_%28bodybuilder%29
(Lacks photograph)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Priest
(Lacks detailed info and photograph)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_bodybuilders
(Large list of male and female professional bodybuilders)


So, If anyone wants to help just post in this thread. If you want to point out an error in an article just provide the link and point out the error (sources help a lot). If you want to provide a copyright free image simply post the image in this thread and release the copyright to me which I will then release into the public domain on Wikipedia. Public domain means it belongs to the public, anyone can use it. There are other copyrights that can be used, if you want to contribute an image to Wikipedia under another copyright then just say so and I'll try to accommodate.

[Fury]

Welcome to the Thunderdome, BITCH.

[The Heckler]

I refuse to read all of this mindless drivel.

Can anyone summarize it for me?

[Mr. Intenseone]

Welcome to the Thunderdome, BITCH.

LMAO!!

[Wikidudeman]

Short summary:

If you are a Pro Bodybuilder with a Wikipedia article and want to help improve your article then simply point out factual errors in your article or provide other relevant information.

If you are a Pro Bodybuilder and want your Wikipedia article to have an image then please post a copyright free image in this thread (Or E-mail it to me) and release all copyright of the image to me which I can release to the public domain and put into the article.

If you can do any of the above and are not a Professional and are simply a fan then you can help as well.

[donrhummy]

I'll see if I can help. This is a good thing and good for bodybuilding.

[beatmaster]

Welcome to the Thunderdome, BITCH.

your are officially welcome now.... lmao

[Wikidudeman]

A note on Copyright images..

Images from search engines or magazines or websites or anything like that do not qualify as "copyright free". In the United States the copyright owner of an image is the person who creates it or publishes it. If you take a picture then you own the copyright of that image. You don't need to "register" it or anything like that.

So if you attend expo's and have a few images of professional bodybuilders who have wikipedia articles then you can post them and release them to me which I can release to the public domain. Preferably clear and large images that show the face of the person in question.

Other forms of copyright include the GNU copyright convention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Doc umentation_License

[donrhummy]

Aren't you the same guy that popped on www.100WaysToLoveTheCock .com's board under the name WikiCockLover and ask to "wiki" member after going down on them for a small fee?  

you realize for that joke to work, you must have frequented that site and seen him there. 

[Alex23]

you realize for that joke to work, you must have frequented that site and seen him there. 

Hahahahaha... "so I heard"   

[Wikidudeman]

Let's try to be serious for a moment please. 

[beatmaster]

Let's try to be serious for a moment please. 

good luck......... i hope you'll find what your looking for!!!

[MAXX]

nvm.

[Ron]

Ok, the guy is serious. He has emailed me in the past on this issue, and since that site does help and wants to promote bodybuilding in a positive way, he is asking for help, which I am granting him.

[Alex23]

Sorry Ron,

Wikidudeman, I've contributed to a couple of Pro's Wiki entry and will be glad to help if you need anything. just PM me.

[Wikidudeman]

Maxx, I updated Jay Cutlers competition record to mention he won the 2006 Olympia.

Alex23, If you have the time. Please look through some of the "Professional bodybuilder" profiles found here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_bodybuilders
Scan through the articles and see if you can spot anything that might be missing or see if you can spot any factual errors. Also, If you have any images that you yourself took then please post them here and release them to me so I can use them on Wikipedia.

[tommywishbone]

Let's try to be serious for a moment please. 

Kitty litter taste funny.

[Alex23]

Maxx, I updated Jay Cutlers competition record to mention he won the 2006 Olympia.

Alex23, If you have the time. Please look through some of the "Professional bodybuilder" profiles found here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_bodybuilders
Scan through the articles and see if you can spot anything that might be missing or see if you can spot any factual errors. Also, If you have any images that you yourself took then please post them here and release them to me so I can use them on Wikipedia.

Ever heard of www.musclememory.com pretty tracks all IFBB/NPC/WBBF contest result in history. Might think about linking to it/sourcing from it as well.

[saucetradomous]

Maxx, I updated Jay Cutlers competition record to mention he won the 2006 Olympia.

Alex23, If you have the time. Please look through some of the "Professional bodybuilder" profiles found here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_bodybuilders
Scan through the articles and see if you can spot anything that might be missing or see if you can spot any factual errors. Also, If you have any images that you yourself took then please post them here and release them to me so I can use them on Wikipedia.

The whole write up on Lee Priest needs to be rewritten.  It doesn't flow at all.  Plus you are missing some interesting facts on Lee's father.

[Wikidudeman]

Mustafa Mohammad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Mohammad

And his official site is: www.teammustafa.com -- has pretty much everything about him that's ever been published. The "Contact" page emails him directly.

Yes, I don't really have time to go through his website and write up the Wikipedia profile that way. Or E-mail him or each bodybuilder personally. I'm relying on everyone here helping by giving ideas on how the articles should be composed or worded, pointing out factual errors or what might be added, and providing photographs.

P.S. The photograph on that page seems to be copyrighted. The "fair use" rational isn't valid.

[Quickerblade]

Welcome to Getbig

[Wikidudeman]

? ? ?

so you're basically just advertising that the wikipedia exists and has bodybuilders on it?

okey....yey

I don't think you understand why I'm here.

I need help from everyone here to...

• Get copyright free images to use in the bodybuilder articles.
• Fact check bodybuilders articles.

[McFarland]

He's not talking to you guys, but all the pros should really be concerned with seeing that this guy gets your best information.  It's one of the first things Hollywood celebrities and other professional athletes make sure gets done right these days.  Wikipedia's the shit.  If you doubt me, just look up something you wouldn't think much of like, "Deadlift" on there and read.  It basically tells you anything relevant to that subject that you want to know and the articles always contain really good trivia.  Look up any celebrity or historical figure.  It's some of the best reading you can do if you're interested in that person.  And the cross-referencing is key, too.  Kinda like what helps make YouTube so good.   

I've looked lately and the fitness/bodybuilding industry is WAY behind on that site.  If the industry wants to be taken seriously they'll get their Wikipedia representation right ASAP.  It's pretty basic anymore.

The good part for Getbiggers is that they do not discount controversy.  Read Mike Mentzer's article on there.         

[onlyme]

I don't think you understand why I'm here.

I need help from everyone here to...

• Get copyright free images to use in the bodybuilder articles.
• Fact check bodybuilders articles.

If you are going to have a "joke" section of the Bodybuilding section here are a few pics I can give free of charge.  They are of the most delusional people on Getbig.  You could also use them in your delusional section.  Hope this helps.  The darker one has a few mental problems too.  The lighter guy is just plain delusional

[Rami]

This guy started out as a professional bodybuilder, and now look at him!