Talk:Olivier Gruner

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Deletion by XLinkBot[edit]

Could a moderator explain to me why XLinkBot deleted all my today's work on this profile? (which I undeleted)

What I have done so far is as follows:

1. Completion of the Infobox section corresponding to an actor 2. Completion of the categories section at the bottom 3. Completion of the External links section

I will complete the body and its content tomorrow or another day, when I have time to finish. If there are any links that do not respect Wikipedia rules, it is a mistake of my part and it will be corrected appropriately. Please let me know. But it does not justify to destroy all the work I have done... does it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.218.219.56 (talk) 22:14, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Kickboxing World Champion[edit]

It is widely reported that Gruner is a World Champion kickboxer. However...

Reports vary, some state "1986 World Champion", some just say "World Champion", this Czech reference (https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/20850-olivier-gruner/biografie/) describes him as being a three-time World Champion (1985/86/87).

What is verifiable is that:

Gruner won a silver medal in the 71kg class at the 1985 WAKO World Championships.
He did not medal at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 1987.
WAKO World Championships are every two years. There was no 1986 World Championship.

Now it is possible that he won the World Championship of some other organisation or code. But I can't work out what that might have been. I am developing the unfortunate suspicion that he might have taken his silver medal and claimed a win in 1986 (at a time with no google) to pad his Hollywood resume and build his action-man myth to support his film career (because being an elite counter-terror/piracy marine isn't enough I guess). Or he referred to himself as a World Championship medallist and the press did the rest. This would be unfortunate, but all the sources claiming that he is a World Champion appear to be a feedback loop of film-industry reporting which sound like they've read his personal website or are repeating "common knowledge" without any independent verification.

As a WP:BLP article, we need statements here to be accurate and verifiable. We should also be concerned that a user who is probably the subject has edited this article in the past (@OGruner), and more recent WP:PUFFERY edits from 203.218.219.56 and 203.218.219.244 are probably the same person on a dynamic IP from their ISP (which could be a fanboy, not necessarily the subject. But it's suspicious).

Per WP:BLPREMOVE I'm removing such claims until a verifiable source is provided. Hemmers (talk) 10:38, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]