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Copyright concerns

I removed large parts of this article because of copyright concerns. Lotsofissues 06:42, 7 May 2005 (UTC) ›››Leave Me a Message‹‹‹[reply]

I'd remove more, but it is hard to read. Mcfly85 06:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Failed GA

Though this article is fairly nice, I failed it for a number of reasons.

Starting with the lead: It's too short, and there's an unsourced statement in it. "Probert is best known for his activities as a fighter and enforcer." There should be a source for this, probably because it's a bit point of view. "Bruise Brothers" links to nowhere.
Dates should be linked February 15, 2007; there are some dates not linked
There's a lack of sources (inline citations) thought the whole article. "On November 16, 2002, Probert opted to "unofficially" retire so that he could join the Blackhawk's radio broadcasting team." Can this be verified? There's statements like this thought the whole article that need citations.
The fighting section: "Some notable fights in Probert's career:" What makes these notable? It seems like this article is heavily focused on his fighting, maybe more can be mentioned about his other aspects of his career.
"he accumulated merely 17 points for the team." statements like these are POV
The article really needs an image. See if you can find a free image.

It's not too far away from good article status, but it needs some work first. Look on getting some solid references and clean up the point of view statements.++aviper2k7++ 04:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Probert's Fights...

This article states that during his professional hockey career, Probert had a total of 283 on-ice fights, with a record of 157 wins, 50 loses, and 59 draws. The question: What happened in the other 17 fights? Undertaker90 (talk) 23:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital

Until a sources says that he is in fact dead and not in the hospital, don't add the death templates and the like. For news sources [1]. Thanks. Falcon8765 (talk) 21:22, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

The casual viewer will have to know which is Bob Probert and which is Darren Langdon. Could someone add an appropriate (left) and (right)? --John (User:Jwy/talk) 01:35, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why use that photo anyway? It seems odd to show the subject of an article, especially one known for winning the majority of his fights, getting, "pummeled." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.233.186 (talk) 06:50, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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