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Bao Xishun

The wiki article of Bao Xishun ([[1]]) mentions his height to be 2.47 metres (8 ft 1 in). In "People that are tallest (6 ft 3 in and over)" it's said to be 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in). Both heights are mentioned in different sources on the Internet. Which one is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mimimei (talk • contribs) 09:38, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

addition of another woman to the list

I noticed the list of women was missing the Maci Currin, the 6’10 world record holder for the longest legs on a woman. would it be redundant to add her? Seeing as Tharjini is also 6’10 and a fellow world record holder (although in a very different way), would it be fair to add Maci to make the list fuller? BellaNova0324 (talk) 18:05, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Liu Fu Yin

This blog post that I found about the tallest women in history has a woman listed (with a picture of her) named Liu Fu Yin who is 2.30 meters (7'5.459'') tall. However, simply searching the name "Liu Fu Yin" doesn't pull anything up. I'm sure that, if I transliterated the name in a different way, something would come up, but I lack the Chinese proficiency to do so. Could any of you Chinese-speakers find anything about this woman? And, if so, can we add her to the list of tallest women?--LadybugStardust (talk) 01:31, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

he's a man not woman http://www.thetallestman.com/liufuying.htm and maybe he's not even 230cm, these chinese giant have usually exagerated heights,Zhang Huan claimed 238cm and he's more like 228cm,Huan Chang-Chiu claimed 240cm and measurated on a japanes tv channel at 230cm in his shoes,Wuang Feng jun claimed 255cm on chinese social networks but he was no more than 235cm...The only chinese giants that surpass 235cm are Baoxishun,Sun Mingming and Zhang Juncai. Fatr galrie (talk) 12:49, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

he's a man not woman (http://www.thetallestman.com/liufuying.htm) and maybe he's not even 230cm, these chinese giant have usually exagerated heights,Zhang Huan claimed 238cm and he's more like 228cm,Huan Chang-Chiu claimed 240cm and measurated on a japanese tv channel at 230cm in his shoes,Wuang Feng jun claimed 255cm on chinese social networks but he was no more than 235cm...The only chinese giants that surpass 235cm are Baoxishun,Sun Mingming and Zhang Juncai. Fatr galrie (talk) 12:51, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edouard Beaupre 8 ft 3 in Canadian Jan 1881/ July 1904

He should be added to the list. 155.254.139.196 (talk) 15:35, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photos evidance suggest that He was no more than 7'9 Fatr galrie (talk) 12:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrected heights,confusion

Willie Camper confirmed only 7'2",but here still reported as 8'7". Franz Winkelmeier confirmed only 7'5.8",but here still reported as 8'6". Julius Koch confirmed 8'0.8",but here still reported as 8'4.8" Leonid Stadnyk confirmed no more than 7'7",but here still reported as 8"6" There lots of innacuracy for the majority of giants(John F.Carroll,Vikas Uppall,patrick O'cotter O'brien,Sa'id Muhammed Ghazi not 244cm/8' but 240cm/7'10"........) I can continue for at least other 20 giants, was wikipedia an encyclopedia with real,verified datas? or at least this was supposed to be. If you want to see a real list of tallest verified people go to the archive of thetallestman.com(closed in 2018 not very recent) Fatr galrie (talk) 06:39, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]