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Format for The Honourable, Ambassador, etc

I've added 'The Honourable' to the infobox (it was already written there, but not appearing, perhaps due to an infobox bug) plus the letter OJ and CD (one of these was already there but not appearing). And I've added explanations of the honours in the Recognition section. I'm still looking for an explanation for Ambassador, a title used for him in the official Jamaican Government website, so I haven't yet added that title anywhere except as part of a quote in the citation.

Does anybody have any info re Ambassador?
Where do Wiki style guidelines cover these titles?
Should he be Ambassador The Honourable Usain Bolt, OJ, CD in the opening sentence?
Should he be Ambassador The Honourable Usain Bolt, OJ, CD in the infobox?

The Jamaican Government website has him as 'Ambassador The Hon. Usain Bolt'. Gary Sobers of Barbados and West Indies is The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers (no letters) in his infobox, but Sir Garfield Sobers plus letters (but no The Right Excellent) in the opening sentence. Bobby Charlton of England is 'Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE' in his opening sentence, and Sir Bobby Charlton in his infobox. I'm Irish and not particularly comfortable with the whole notion of titles (we tend to be brought up with notions like that of George Bernard Shaw, in Arms and the Man, I think, that the highest rank in a republic should be that of free citizen, meaning the only rank), but our inconsistent treatment of British vs Caribbean titles may risk accusations of racism, etc... Tlhslobus (talk) 14:39, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WB?

The infobox has "150 m: 14.35 WB". What is WB? Is that supposed to be WR? — RockMFR 02:19, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that WB stands for "World Best". It's not an official record according to the IAAF. 76.64.121.159 (talk) 05:31, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Right. It has a note [1] and the article calls it world best in three other places but the infobox uses abbreviations. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:27, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Worlds Greatest Athlete

This type of fluff does not belong in the lead. Both sources quote one person, Lamine Diack, calling him that. It's not notable. Dkspartan1 (talk) 14:00, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Iconic Moscow 2013 image

I uploaded this image. It's been sent ofr non-free content review here. Elissa Rubria Honoria (talk) 00:10, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wife/Girlfriend

Should his girlfriends be added to his personal life section?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/usain-bolt-dumped-by-british-office-1502719

http://elitedaily.com/sports/usain-bolt-dumps-girlfriend-concentrate-olympics/

Might give insight into his personality and mostly biography. I do not know if he has ever been married.

Bluespeakers (talk) 15:19, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

bolt

bolt is the fastest runner i have ever met in my life i remember the day i first saw him in person i screamed iwent down toto the race just to see him and had so much fun there lol♥ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.35.116 (talk) 00:07, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]