Talk:Dave Simmons (basketball, born 1963)

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Australian national, poor source[edit]

I don't think this source is good at all. It doesn't say anything about his citizenship or the Australian national team, but just a local league team, the Canberra Cannons (i.e., Canberra is not being used as a metonym for the nation), and just says he's eligible to play. It says he's "naturalised" in passing, not that he is a citizen. We need a better, explicit source or a quote. It should change back to just "American" until conclusive otherwise. JesseRafe (talk) 16:16, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@JesseRafe: Naturalize: "admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country." The point of the source in question is stating that he played his final years in the NBL as a local (un-restricted player) not an import. Why would the source need to mention the national team? Dave Simmons never played for Australia. The Canberra Cannons were a National Basketball League team. The post by victoriacross.com.au is from the Newcastle Herald. How is this source "not good at all"? People get so rilled up about being contentious with dual nationalities and citizenships. DaHuzyBru (talk) 17:32, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]