Talk:Wilt Chamberlain

Earl Monroe source

It has no title. Cake (talk) 08:14, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Proposed Legacy Addition

Proposed Addition to the Legacy Section of the Article (or wherever place it is felt to be appropriate):

The character Wilt from the cartoon Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was named for and inspired by Wilt Chamberlain.

Source:

I don't have the DeviantArt page, unfortunately, for a direct source, but hopefully someone else can find it.

And here is the Wikipedia page for Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends (I hope, it is just appearing as text on my side): Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Ya'll can change up the words too. I don't mind. I just think it would be a really neat fun fact to add. I read the entire article because of my suspicion that Wilt was based on this guy, since it's such a unique name :)

Oh! And since ya'll have editing powers (I made an account just for this, so I cannot edit locked articles yet?) it would be awesome if the reverse information was added/linked to the Foster's Wikipedia page too! If you can/want to, please :) GreenHalfling (talk) 18:04, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

That's really cool that you've introduced that fact here. However, because of user-generated content concerns, we cannot add the pages of other Wikis, including the Incredible Characters Wiki, as citations on articles.

In my cursory research, I have come across this page at facts.net. I am hesitant to add that, though, because - while I cannot confirm this - the Facts.net page seems to have lots of AI text. I feel this way because the page is littered with platitudes combined with forced and ingenuine enthusiasm characteristic of AI.

The best source I can find is this X post *groan* from the "African & Black History" account. (The groan is there because I want to cite Twitter/X as little as possible, but there are select instances where such a citation would be welcome, such as when directly quoting what someone posted.)

Therefore, based on citation concerns, I will not be uploading the fact about the Foster character at present. But I appreciate you adding it to this talk page. If someone else wants to chime in on this talk page, or find a workable way to add the fact to Wilt Chamberlain's article that fits well with Wikipedia guidelines, then I actively any of you reading to do so. Mungo Kitsch (talk) 20:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Recently discovered block statistics

Is it worth mentioning that blocking statistics whilst not officially recorded have been discovered from this era, and are considered to be reputable according to sports reference: https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/03/several-dozen-newly-discovered-unofficial-totals-added-to-basketball-reference/

this seems to be only for a year, but it might be worth mentioning to provide the most up to date detail. Javan Rhino (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2026

In 2008 Chamberlain was inducted into the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame. ~2026-50483-75 (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Day Creature (talk) 18:09, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done This one seemed plain enough to me and they also provided a source, so I added it. Fyunck(click) (talk) 18:22, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

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