Talk:Neil Brooks

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Huh - does this sentence need cleaning up?[edit]

The article says ... Brooks demanded that they suspend him immediately for the Games, if at all, and lead a swimmer revolt, which saw the suspension scrapped. which doesn't seem to make much sense - any chance of a revision please?--VS ^talk 01:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Makes perfect sense to me. He said that if they wanted to suspend him, they should do it right away. They didn't want to do that because they wanted him to compete. He got the other swimmers to complain (maybe even threaten not to compete?) and the officials gave up and chose to cancel the suspension rather than have Brooks (and maybe the other swimmers) not compete. Here's what I don't understand...

"On the return flight, he consumed 46 cans of beer and was subsequently banned." This needs more explanation. Did he do something objectionable, attributed to his drinking 46 cans of beer? (most likely) Is there a rule limiting how much beer swimmers are allowed to drink? (less likely) Did he deprive the other Australians of beer, and therefore was judged to be in poor moral standing? (least likely, but funniest) Either way, further elaboration is needed. JDS2005 05:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No,funniest would have been if he was banned for failing to reach the allotted target of 50.

GA pass[edit]

I fixed a few things, but overall it meets the criteria. Congrats. Wrad (talk) 01:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 16 April 2012[edit]

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Please change the medal record of Neil Brooks from stating that he won gold at the Moscow Olympics in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay so that it states that he won gold in the 4 x 100m medley relay at those Olympics. See your article Quietly Confident Quartet for evidence that the current page is wrong and thus that the correction is needed. 58.161.139.253 (talk) 15:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks, Celestra (talk) 16:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Neil Brooks attended Churchlands Senior High School for years 9 to 12. (He attended Hale school on a scholarship for a few months in year 8, but was kicked out after the swimmimg carnival and finished year 8 at Churchlands SHS.) Collins218 (talk) 03:14, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: You have not cited any reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 11:16, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Sources[edit]

Re busking in London, living in France & England, wife 2nd? 'Elle' etc
- Allen Newton (25 February 2013) "Mean Machine' medallist really changes his tune", smh.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2017

Neil Brooks and his wife Elle Brooks re OptusZoo online magazine allegedly published false and defamatory allegations about them.
- Allen Newton (1 May 2014) "Olympic swimmer vindicated in fraud allegations", watoday.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017
-- 220 of ^Borg 04:36, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]