Talk:Babe Ruth

Greatest of all time

We had this discussion on Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan in Basketball so i think it's fair to have it here.

Are you in favor of Babe Ruth's page calling him the greatest of all time, or should we make it "one of the greatest of all time"

Never17 (talk) 00:51, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Babe Ruth the 🐐 lol but in all seriousness to reach consensus for this article and any others you might want to change, I’d suggest posing this question in the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 02:34, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Note A follow-up discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball § Babe Ruth—Bagumba (talk) 13:50, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Ruth's eye pain

This article has long stated that Ruth suffered pain above his left eye, based on a medical source I don't have access to. It has recently been changed to "in" his eye followed by "behind" it, based on a PBS source. I am loathe to change text that relies on a medical source, based on a general source like PBS. Perhaps we should consult the Resource Exchange and see if we can obtain a copy of the medical source. Wehwalt (talk) 13:00, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

A review of the talk page archives reveals we discussed this matter in 2017, though regrettably the link to a copy of the article does not work for me. But you can see that specific language about the eye was asked for.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:07, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@Wehwalt. I honestly believe you should go with what makes you happy. Wherever Ruth felt the pain, he felt it ... it's all about the wording the future writer comes up with, so I found a source instead. I admit, 'behind' the eye is a bit weird, 'above', I understand. I'm not going to tinker with this matter any longer. Maybe we'll all end on a good note here. Bringingthewood (talk) 21:59, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

It is not about making me happy. I'm approaching my 20th anniversary here and if what I suggest prevails, great, if not, I can live with that too. It's all about giving the reader the best possible content. That's what is important. Thanks for your understanding. Wehwalt (talk) 22:38, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

I figured as much right after I sent that last response. I did mean, 'making the article happy through you'. I wasn't going to edit myself, but I knew it was coming. I have a gift ... I manage to have people see things out of context after I express myself, lol. I do know what you mean and I thank you for understanding also. We'll probably catch up again one day. The best going forward. Bringingthewood (talk) 22:50, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

FWIW, the JADA article describes the pain in two ways: "intense left retro-orbital pain", and then later "pain around the eye". Nikkimaria (talk) 05:47, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 12 August 2025

23.128.224.93 (talk) 16:49, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Babe ruth hit his first professional home run in Toronto. The original post talks about intersquad game that wasn't an actual registered game.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. meamemg (talk) 17:11, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Unnecessary jab at Helen Woodford

In the personal life section, the inclusion of "unlike Helen" seems needlessly catty in this line: "Claire, unlike Helen, was well-travelled and educated, and put structure into Ruth's life"

(Also, I'm unfamiliar with the style guide here, but why aren't we using these women's last names to refer to them?)

She got cheated on then died in a fire, let's be nicer to her on Wikipedia ~2026-25841-09 (talk) 19:20, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

It's been removed. It is credited without link to Sports Center of December 26, 1999. This source was not in the FAC version of this article and I wonder how accurate or useful it is despite the fact it is used about a dozen times. Wehwalt (talk) 01:36, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Babe Ruth and Japan

Did Babe Ruth and Japan ever reconcile? SkalgarXLR (talk) 22:42, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Wehwalt (talk) 13:20, 12 July 2026 (UTC)