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You still got a problem with this statement: "Ironically, Giuseppe and Rosalia weren't citizens of Italy because their native Isola delle Femmine (a small island 15 km from Palermo) was part of Sicily, and Sicily was not annexed by Italy until 1946." As you can read in Wikipedia's own article on Sicily, the island has been part of Italy since 1860 (when the Italian state was actually formed through the union of a plethora of smaller and larger states). Not only did it not become a part of Italy in 1946, but it is in 1946 that Sicily received some form of autonomy from the central government. Now I don't know if and why DiMaggio's parents weren't Italian citizens (most likely, because they had simply given it up or somehow lost it), but it isn't because Sicily wouldn't have been part of Italy. Quatrocentu 00:22, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
In the "Yankee Clipper" section, it said Joe was involved in boxing. I've read a biography, and many books about DiMaggio, and have never heard of this. Can someone elaborate for me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.212.212 ( talk) 13:39, August 27, 2007 (UTC)
What is DiMaggio in this category? I don't see anything about it in the text. Bhumiya/ Talk 02:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi peeps
Joe DiMaggio was raised a Catholic in the staunch Italian American tradion of the early part of the twentieth century.The Catholic Church did not recognize divorce- people remained married in the eyes of God til the end of time. His excommunication resulted when he married for a second time ( that it was Marilyn Monroe was inconsequential) because in the eyes of the church and God he was guilty of bigamy. During Vatican 2, in the 1960's, the church relaxed somewhat, it's views on divorce and remarriage and welcomed back those, like Joe, who were previously excommunicated. This explains why his family was able to have his funeral within a Catholic church.
Actually... According to the list of excommunicated Catholics on Wikipedia ( excommunication), the order was reversed in 1962 and that is why he had a Catholic funeral. SimonMcC 05:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
This statement....
DiMaggio, Duane Sutter, Ken Morrow, John Havlicek, Satch Sanders, KC Jones, Jerry Coleman, Hank Bauer and Gene Guarilia are the only athletes in pro sports history to win 4 championships in their first 4 seasons.
...is completely wrong. Those members of the Cleveland Browns who began with the AAFC won FIVE championships in the their first five years -- four in the AAFC, and their first championship when they entered the NFL -- a feat that beats this. I've removed it. 140.116.55.72 14:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)Michael Turton
In the next generation series of the Star Trek genre, DiMaggio comes up. In 1987 in " The Big Goodbye (TNG episode)", Data tells Picard that DiMaggio's streak will last until 2012, when a shortstop for the London Kings will break the record. The shortstop is finally named in " If Wishes Were Horses (DS9 episode)", as Buck Bokai, a player of Japanese heritage. The London Kings, probably one of the first overseas expansion teams of North American Major League Baseball, played at Battersea Stadium, according to the novel Federation.
Is this information worthy of inclusion in the main article? GBC 22:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Nope. Star Trek trivia hardly merits inclusion. If you want to add something, go to Memory Alpha and update their Joe DiMaggio page. Also, it's 2026, not 2012 128.187.0.164 ( talk) 01:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)trekkie
Says that Joe D. was rumored to be involved with Morgan Fairchild in the 50's/early 60's? Is there another Morgan Fairchild I'm not aware of? The M.F. of Old Navy fame (the one who this article links to) was born in 1950, you do the math. BrianO 21:22, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't the whole Say It Ain't So Joe be mentioned?
"Say it ain't so Joe" was attributed to Shoeless Joe Jackson, and his alleged throwing of the 1919 World Series. Joe Dimaggio has nothing to do with that saying.
In the chorus: "That we toast to the old days and DiMaggio too". Maybe this should be added to the list of song references.
There has been some discussion as to whether we (the Living Trust Network) should be able to add a reference under an External Links or other section to Joe's Last Will and Testament, which would be accessible on our web site via a hyperlink. See our talk page (livingtrust) and the administrator's section. We believe that it would be valuable information that is in keeping with the information provided in this article. The opinions expressed by others seem to suggest that we should make the request here so that independent administrators could make an informed decision as to whether the link should be allowed or not. For your information, the link to our site is [ Last Will and Testament of Joe DiMaggio.
I suppose we would be willing to add the entire Last Will and Testament to this article, but it seems that a link is in keeping with the format of this - and other - articles. For example, Wikipedia already allows a link to the Last Will and Testament of Doris Duke on CourtTV.com.
Thank you for considering our request. Livingtrust 00:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Last Will and Testament of Joe DiMaggio
We wish to advise everyone that we (the Living Trust Network) have a copy of Joe DiMaggio's Last Will and Testament posted on our website, which we believe is of interest to anyone seeking information about the life of Joe DiMaggio. We have also discussed our desire to post a link to Joe DiMaggio's Last Will and Testament with Wikipedia administrators [See User talk:Livingtrust], either under "references" or "external links." Last Will and Testament of Joe DiMaggio. Wikipedia does not object to the link but has requested that we not put the link up ourselves since we are a commercial website. Instead, it has requested that we make it known that the Last Will and Testament is available, and anyone who wishes to add the link to the "reference" section or the "external links" section may do so. So, we solicite your help in adding the link set forth above. Thanks. Livingtrust 01:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Seems perfectly reasonable to me...does anyone object to my putting up the link? Invisible Flying Mangoes 14:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Under the Yankee Clipper section, a line reads: "He amassed 1800 home runs, averaged 2000 runs batted in (RBI) annually, compiled a .325 lifetime batting average while winning two American League batting titles, and struck out only 1 time."
The 1800 home runs and 2000 RBI per season are both incorrect information, if nothing else because the current career home run record stands at less than 800 and to average 2000 RBI in a season would be nearly impossible (requiring, in a 500 at-bat season, four RBI for every at-bat).
In the Personal Life section another set of lines reads: "In January 1937, DiMaggio met acter Frank Sinatra on the set of Manhattan Merry Go-Round. They married at San Francisco's Catholic SS Peter and Paul on November 19, 1939 as 20,000 well-wishers jammed the streets."
More simply, actor is spelled incorectly, and more glaringly, Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio were never married. This is probably referring to his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.228.82.206 ( talk) 07:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC).
I think it was meant in reference to his first wife, Dorothy Arnold. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.212.212 ( talk) 06:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
The music links say he's mentioned in "No More Heroes", that's not correct.-- Gavinturner 17:10, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Just a note, for anyone who's curious. I'm rating this a start class article because it doesn't have a single reference, and WP assessment standards are clear about B-class articles needing at least one reference. In my opinion, an article this long should have a few to reach that level. In all other areas, this is a B-class article, and I think with some sourcing and weasel-word-removal, this could go up for good-article assessment. Djrobgordon 18:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
There's a problem with this sentence: "Oddly, both of the books contain inaccuracies, salacious gossip, unsubstantiated claims and rely on the same discredited sources. Both state Joe thought Marilyn was murdered due to her involvement with the Kennedy Family; Cramer even claims the coroner who performed her autopsy "took a dive.""
Oddly, the above paragraph doesn't give a citation from a published source that verifies that the books are indeed inaccurate, salaciously gossipy, and unsubstantiated. I think that's a problem with the whole article: there is editorialization throughout that certainly isn't neutral. Or am I just wrong and it's acceptable by Wikipedia standards? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.42.6.80 ( talk) 06:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
The Infobox states that Joe DiMaggio's final game with the Yankees occurred on September 30, 1951. The Yankees won the 1951 pennant and the 1951 World Series, which was played in October, 1951. Joe DiMaggio's final game was game six of the 1951 World Series, which could not have occurred on September 30. We all know that the World Series is the October Classic. The information in the Infobox needs to be corrected.
Anthony22 01:50, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
I think it meant his final regular season game. No need for correction. —Preceding
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Is it just me, or are we starting to get too many lists in the See also section? -- After Midnight 0001 01:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton ( talk) 10:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
shouldn't we arrange his Yankee career by the year. That is what he is most famous for and and it seems pretty short. Ramgar11 ( talk) 18:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)may, 9, 2008
What is the origin and meaning of the name "Yankee Clipper"? The section with that title doesn't elaborate. - Phoenixrod ( talk) 17:17, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
The pronunciation of "DiMaggio" in Italian would be quite similar to the version you use in English, only the last "i" is not actually pronounced (it's a marker indicating that the "g" is a soft and not a hard one): it would then be "di-MAH-joh", not (as currently written in the article) "di-MA-zhee-oh". As a matter of fact, there is no way to write the ʒ phoneme in Italian orthography! There is a slight possibility that DiMaggio's parent's dialect used ʒ instead of dʒ, but that does not sound like Sicilian to me (though I'm a northerner, so corrections are welcome; as far as I know only the dialect of Valtellina uses ʒ instead of dʒ). In any case, we do have something as a "standard Italian pronunciation" in the Italian language, so that one should be used unless there are compelling reasons to do otherwise. 78.53.204.100 ( talk) 21:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
as a possible External Link for this WIkipedia entry?
-- Pikle ( talk) 10:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
So, um, what did he do between 1955 and 1999? Besides hang around a bit with Marilyn Monroe? 75.22.205.212 ( talk) 01:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
In the Marilyn Monroe section it says: "Richard Ben Cramer asserts that it (their relationship) was also violent. One incident allegedly happened after the skirt-blowing scene in The Seven Year Itch was filmed on September 14, 1954 in front of New York's Trans-Lux Theater. Then-20th Century Fox's East Coast correspondent Bill Kobrin told the Palm Springs Desert Sun that it was Billy Wilder's idea to turn the shoot into a circus. The couple then had a "yelling battle" in the theater lobby" Well, the problem is, yelling does not constitute an incident of violence. If Cramer did assert that the relationship was violent, a better example should be found. Dlabtot ( talk) 00:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
I just invoked the bold, revert, discuss cycle by trimming and tagging the article of statements and paragraphs that I felted smacked of WP:WEASEL, WP:PEACOCK, or that I felt needed to be cited. If you have a bone to pick with me about this, please leave a civil message at my talkpage, or, if the discussion involves multiple people, leave one here and give me a {{talkback}} notice. -- I dream of horses ( T) @ 20:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Not only was Joe Dimaggio proud to be Italian American - according to this [1], Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), Baseball Hall of Fame Considered the greatest Italian-American athlete ever. Please don't revert again... Modernist ( talk) 02:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the attribute "Italian" in the prior phrase "Italian American baseball player" as unnecessary and stereotypical. George Washington was an American president and it would be foolish and odd to describe him as an "English-American" president. Likewise, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. is not commonly described as a "German-American" general. The same holds true for nearly all historically notable figures in American history and American cultural life. An attribution of ethnicity is only appropriate in the case in which the individual in question is a duel citizen or in which the individual is a native of another country and has been subsequently naturalized as an American citizen. If the ethnic background of the individual is pertinent to the article, it would more appropriately be presented in an individual's "family background" section. Jintili ( talk) 06:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC) To do otherwise has the effect of intellectually segregating the individual from mainstream American culture in the mind of the reader. Jintili ( talk) 03:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
I couldn't disagree with you more strenuously. In addition, the very purpose of Wikipedia's editabilty is to achieve improvement and greater accuracy. I'm not sure who you think you are to demand that another user not edit. In addition, your unfounded accusation that my argument is one of simply "not liking it" actually has a habit of boomeranging back onto you. Perhaps it is you who does not like the description of Dimaggio as an American rather than an Italian-American. Are you are bringing your own subjectively held feelings to bear here? If you are basing your position on your stated arguments, I will need to point out that one of them, namely your statement that Dimaggio "is considered the greatest Italian-American athlete ever" is the essence of subjectivity! I'm sure there are thousands of people who would consider other American athletes of Italian extraction as equal or better candidates for that title. One should not be using subjective statements as justification to object to an edit. Since you have cited such an obviously subjective statement as an argument in your arsenal of justifications for objecting to the edit, I have to conclude that much, if not all, of your objection has a weak foundation indeed. I continue to maintain that the ethnic identification of an American is a SECONDARY attribute and more appropriately belongs in a "family background" section rather than as the primary description of any native-born American. If you are honest about wanting a consensus, as you have stated, I simply refer you to the VAST MAJORITY of Wiki articles about Americans and you will see that it is rare that they are described in a hyphenated fashion. The consensus, therefore, is clearly that native-born Americans are not generally, nor should they be, hyphenated. Jintili ( talk) 04:40, 13 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jintili ( talk • contribs) 04:32, 13 September 2010 (UTC) In addition, the use of hyphenation, both historically and currently, has a derogatory connotation for many Americans [ [3]] and many Americans believe hyphenation ultimately has a disunifying effect on the national character and should be avoided.[ [4]] Jintili ( talk) 05:21, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
I appreciate your objectivity. Thank you. By the way, where does one view the "editors to this article" that you referenced above as being comfortable with this? Jintili ( talk) 22:49, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
It would appear that the one or more editors who repeatedly insert DiMaggio's ethnicity as a part of his primary identification are simply obsessed with that aspect of his background. See my discussion as to why this is not appropriate as a prime identifier in the case of a native-born American (although doing so can add context, if needed, when included in a description of the individual's family history.) Such edits are perhaps reflective of an emotional compulsion on the part of such editors to identify with DiMaggio as a fellow Italian-American and impart a very subtle, yet distinct, effect that tends to separate DiMaggio, undeservedly, from the American mainstream in the mind of the reader. This, I think, is something that is inaccurate. Jintili ( talk) 04:53, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Should Roy Hobbes from 'The Natural' be included in the pop culture area? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.55.180.8 ( talk) 20:27, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Did The Beatles ever do a cover of "Mrs. Robinson?" It's not listed on the Wikipedia page for the song. I don't recall it ever being on a Beatles' album. Jtyroler ( talk) 19:54, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
What happened with his first wife? Divorced? Died? When? It doesn't say. 173.21.54.229 ( talk) 21:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Viewing the article, I think it's a bit jumbled chronologically, since this is a biography article. I suggest moving the section on "Wartime" higher up on the page. -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 00:07, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Something that no one seems to know, or care- except me. The most amazing lifetime ratio of Home Runs to strikeouts is not Ted Williams' 521HR's to 790 KO's. It's Joe D's 361 HR's to 369 KO's- is he kidding us with that stat? :) Dcrasno ( talk) 01:46, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
This topic seems important and should be semi-protected to prevent vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norex ( talk • contribs) 00:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
This is a good article. It's well written and it flows very well. I made some minor changes and improved the layout. I just have a question.
Should "Bombshells" under the "Television" section be really indented? Is it an episode of M*A*S*H?
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DiMaggio wrote a song in 1941 with Harold Adamson called "In the Beauty of Tahoe", published by Larry Spier, Inc. ( https://huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer_online.cfm?auction_num=27&lot_num=911&lot_qual=) but don't know where in the article to add it. Maybe someone can figure it out. 47.152.245.51 ( talk) 03:31, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
In the final sentence of the section on his relationship with Marilyn Monroe, the article mentions the claim that DiMaggio's final words were "I'll finally get to see Marilyn." This portion of the article also notes that DiMaggio's brother disputes the legitimacy of the quote. Just a few paragraphs lower, in the "Death" section, however, the quote is slightly different and is presented as fact. This doesn't seem like an ideal arrangement. How should this be handled? Lepricavark ( talk) 03:20, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
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I recently changed Joe DiMaggio's last MLB appearance from September 30, 1951 (regular season), to October 10, 1951, which was Game 6 of the 1951 World Series. Apparently, some people feel that "last MLB appearance" goes as only as far the regular season, which is incorrect. If the World Series is not an MLB appearance, I don't know what is. MLB records and statistics include post-season play. DiMaggio's and everybody else's MLB statistics include the post-season.
Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs, many of which were tallied in the World Series. Jackie Robinson ended his professional career on an ignominious note when he struck out to end his career and the 1956 World Series. If you go over to Robinson's Wikipedia page, you will see that his last MLB appearance is shown as October 10, 1956, which was Game 7 of the World Seris.
Joe DiMaggio's last MLB appearance was on October 10, 1951, NOT September 30, 1951. Anthony22 ( talk) 12:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
"A violent fight between the couple occurred immediately after the skirt-blowing scene in The Seven Year Itch that was filmed on September 14, 1954"
I guess "violent fight" is the term you use when a man brutally beats a woman half his size.
Marie-Claire King is well-respected and this story is too unlikely to have been invented. What possible reason could Dr. King have for making it up? The citation is as reputable a source (more reputable, in fact) than many others in the article, therefore why write "According to ... " twice in this section.
"According to American geneticist Mary-Claire King, in the spring of 1981 DiMaggio babysat her daughter at the San Francisco airport so King could drop her mother off to her flight to Chicago. According to King, if it were not for DiMaggio's kindness, she would have almost certainly missed her own flight that was taking her and her daughter to Washington, D.C., a trip that eventually resulted in King's getting her first major grant from the National Institutes of Health and the discovery of the breast and ovarian cancer-causing gene, BRCA1.[62]"
I propose it be changed to "In the spring of 1981 DiMaggio babysat the daughter of American geneticist Mary-Claire King at the San Francisco airport so King could drop her mother off to her flight to Chicago. If it were not for DiMaggio's kindness, she would have almost certainly missed her own flight that was taking her and her daughter to Washington, D.C., a trip that eventually resulted in King's getting her first major grant from the National Institutes of Health and the discovery of the breast and ovarian cancer-causing gene, BRCA1.[62]"
There's no reason for the 'according to' It sounds like she is not trusted cos she's a woman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8380:5020:7D44:F4F5:9C78:6C9C ( talk) 01:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
The song "Without the Love" by Demi Lovato mentions DiMaggio and could be added to the list. Alisio Star ( talk) 18:34, 26 February 2024 (UTC)