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I was thinking that it'd be great if we could really expand this section. Not having just the great players of yesterday and today, but players from all over the world who are good and not yet legendary. Like comprehensive lists of young players from Japan, Korea, China etc.. What do you guys think? Can 19:29, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking of re-ordering this list by birthdate so the players from the early era's were listed first, then gradually moving down to today's modern players. Can 21:15, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I think that the ranking of the historical players should be verified. If I'm not completely mistaken, the 9-dan professional rank was not used until the 20th century, and if I remember correctly Shuusaku's rank was 7 dan when he died (and iirc 8 dan was the maximum at that time, and even that was a rather special rank or something). Naturally one could argue that "the title of Honinbo was like being 9 dan today" but that would just be speculation, not an official ranking system.
Also the notation "9p" is dubious, most probably an internet-era product than an official notation. Professionals are ranked with "dan", not "p". While it is true that professional ranks are different from amateur ranks (a professional 1 dan is immensely stronger than an amateur 1 dan) and in some situations a distinction might be in place, I think that the official rank notation should be used in such a serious publication as this one. Or at the very least the "p" notation should be explained. --Juha Nieminen
I'm concerned about the use of phrases such as "considered by many" and "greatest of all time", which are hard to quantify and are against WP:WEASEL and WP:PEACOCK. Here's an example:
Can anyone suggest different ways to present this info? Thanks, delldot | talk 03:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
New suggestion: I'd suggest that the "go players in the west" table be either deleted or expanded large (there are way more than 4 players, plz, and the selection is arbitrary) AND, more importantly, another table be made for the few professionals who come from the West. Some of them are listed in the Korean/Japanese tables, too, but not all, and i think it is necessary to have an overview of the exceptional cases when any Non-Asian made it to Pro, starting with C. Taranu, S. Shikshina, Janice Kim, D. Kőszegi, M. Redmond, A. Dinerchtein, H. Pietsch, M. Wimmer...I'm afraid I do not have a complete list. Anapazapa ( talk) 21:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
There are many more ancient Chinese players mentioned in the Chinese Wikipedia version of this article than are mentioned in this article. It'd be nice if someone can include them in this article too (I'm not too well-versed with Go history, so I'm not sure if I'm the best guy for the job.) It'd be also nice to include some Korean historical players if someone knows about them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MengTzu622 ( talk • contribs) 01:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I have seen various references in go articles on Wikipedia to the fact that there are only a limited number of professionals who are citizens of countries other than the big four. For example, the article on Alexandre Dinerchtein says he's one of only eight. But I haven't seen any references. Surely there is a reliable reference somewhere that lists them explicitly. Maybe someone who can read an Asian language can find one. 136.152.224.74 ( talk) 03:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Just because a go professional was from a western country doesn't make them notable. Otake Hideo has won many professional titles but he's not listed here, Diana Koszegi has won no professional titles but she is listed here. Fafas ( talk) 00:54, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
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