Talk:Gilbert O'Sullivan

message: Apparently somebody learned how to add the citation tag  and went hog-wild on the article.  Some of the tags were needed and the unsubstantiated, obvious POV material was deleted by me, but over half of them were frivolously added for minor info that seemed plausible even if not directed cited/footnoted and should be considered as being derived from the source materials.  I did find a direct citation for one fact about the #19 chart hit and I added it.Bamadude 00:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation tags

message: This text Often favorably compared to Paul McCartney may be true but it 's more of an opinion than an encyclopedic fact. If anyone notable can be cited as saying then it might fit in somewhere, either way it shouldn't be tagged onto the end of the article as a six word paragraph. Psychonaut3000 02:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed unsourced statement 

message: Can someone provide a photo of him in his heyday? 83.146.54.22 18:37, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.  Hence.... Derek R Bullamore 19:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: I don't see the need for all the "citation needed" tags in the Trivia section. Barring the statement about the "minor uproar" regarding Maison Ikkoku (which should, by all means, have a cited source), surely the citation for the remaining trivia items is, in fact, the very film for which the trivia is related to? I have removed the excess tags for now until someone can provide a stronger reason as to why they should be there. DJ Mike TJG 16:44, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thinking about it, many of the trivia items about the one song ("Alone Again, Naturally") could probably be condensed into a shorter, single entry. DJ Mike TJG 16:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Isn't this the guy (or it was his label) who sued Biz Markie, and changed the sound of Hip-Hop forever?  I just saw that mentioned in the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique article, but not a word, here.
71.246.207.67 22:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hip Hop Sampling 

message: From the article:  "In 1972, O'Sullivan reached international stardom with the Dave Grusin-penned ballad, "Alone Again (Naturally)."  Where does THAT come from?  O'Sullivan wrote the song himself, and Dave Grusin had NOTHING to do with it.  There's even a Wikipedia page on the song, with no mention of Grusin.  Rich (talk) 05:30, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Unable to find any reliable source. It's now been removed. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:08, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dave Grusin? 

message: There seem to be a significant number of sources that have his birth name as Raymond Sullivan.  We have his own website supporting "O'Sullivan"  but do we have a reliable independent source stating this? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly how "significant" is that number? I'm having difficulty finding any in WP:RS. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:02, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth name

message: who lived in the 70ies might know that the song "Claire" refers to the daughter of Gilbert's producer.
too bad - I once saw a short statement of this woman on youtube but i cannot find it any more.
please, add a note about her real name.
Gerald Trost  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.109.227.71 (talk) 13:06, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the article for the song Clair (song) says: "The real Clair was the young daughter of O'Sullivan's producer-manager, Gordon Mills, and his wife, the model Jo Waring." But it does not name her. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:18, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claire 

message: One of six children, his mother May ran a sweet shop—this sentence states that his mother May was one of six children, and that she ran a sweet shop. Is this what was intended? Koro Neil (talk) 11:22, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect that the intended subject on "one" was O'Sullivan himself. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:32, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this correct?