Talk:Love of My Life (Queen song)

message: It's interesting that when I look at playlist.com and type in "love of my life" I get about 5 or 6 other songs by this title that are different, by different artists...yet Wikipedia starts with the Queen version. I'm a life-long Queen fan, so I am by no means dissing the Queen version...just wondered why the Wikipedia listing comes here first. 24.121.199.17 (talk) 09:06, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Other songs by the same name

message: :Image:Luvlifej.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Luvlifej.jpg

message: Looking at the grading scale, it looks like the information is here in this article to upgrade it, but it is poorly structured. I will look at improving it. --Nyeguy 04:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I made a couple of moves, rewrote a couple of sentences, and with a little restructuring, the article seems easier to follow. --Nyeguy 04:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quality of article

message: :Image:Queen A Night At The Opera.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Queen A Night At The Opera.png

message: Is the "(Queen Song)" really necessary is the title? There seems to be no other article entitled 'Love of my Life'.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.30.230.79 (talk) 14:54, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: I'm no Queen expert, but isn't the "what it means to me" refrain in Love Of My Life very similar to the same thing in Bohemian Rhapsody? Obviously, as it's a bit of a concept record, songs are going to share themes, but it might be worth mentioning in this article...? --taras (talk) 03:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That line is not shared by the two songs. The words "to me" are shared, sung in a similar, but not identical, fashion. Not sure this is a substantial link. Just another guy in a suit (talk) 05:05, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Bohemian Rhapsody?

message: The paragraph starting with "During the voyage..." needs some work as well as being cited.  It's a pity that the last 20 or so edits have been concerning the style of the song going back and forth.  Hopefully someone will make some modifications.  I for one don't have a clue what "and the ferry" means. --168.215.131.150 (talk) 20:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The fourth paragraph needs work. 

message: I'm beginning to question this information. I'm sure there are debates about whether or not "Love of My Life" is written for Mary Austin or David Minns. If you agreed, edit it. If not, then, I'll leave it be.
User:Emotioness Expression (talk) 2:47 pm, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
:I just cleaned up the section a bit.
:We started off with a source for calling it a "sentimental ballad" that -- without qualification -- stated it was about Mary. I see no indication that source was reliable I removed it.
:We gave an unsourced opinion is was "most likely" about David. I took it out.
:We said Freddie "never" publicly said who/what it was about. That's an unqualified absolute. Maybe he did and we missed it.
:This leaves us with his direct quote that it was entirely fictional and a secondary source saying he had said it was about David. If anyone has any more reliable sources on the question, I'm all ears. - SummerPhDv2.0 16:05, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this information pure speculation? 

message: I have added accurate information to provide a fuller context as to the origin and meaning of the song.  People with an agenda keep deleting it.
Can anyone tell me why the content I added should not be included? BomiRustomji (talk) 18:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Pinging past participants in this discussion for visibility. I have protected the page because of an edit war over content between Bomi and a handful of sockpuppets (now blocked), but I see this has been an ongoing discussion on this page for quite some time. It would be nice to get an actual consensus on which content should be included. Here is a diff to Bomi's original edit if that is helpful. GorillaWarfare (talk) 19:03, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  The removal of accurate, cited information regarding the genesis of the song 

message: In this article, there is a quote with no valid citation::
 "There isn’t really any connection between the music and my life. 'Love of My Life,' for instance, I simply made up. There’s nothing personal about it."
There are photos online of a supposed article that contains this Quote, but there is no way to know if this is real or one of many fake photoshopped articles that pop up online. BomiRustomji (talk) 00:21, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation Needed 

message: It might be worth a mention somewhere in the article that during space shuttle Columbia's final flight, mission control dedicated "Love of my Life" to payload specialist Ilan Ramon as a wakeup call, which he in turn dedicated to his wife and children at home, NASA, Wakeup Calls Chronology. He tragically lost his life, along with the rest of the crew, five days later when the shuttle disintegrated during re-entry. 
Wakeup calls are a long-standing tradition at NASA in which mission control selects songs they feel may be relevant to a particular astronaut or to the mission in general and plays them for the entire crew.
Thoughts?
2600:6C46:6300:14EF:5DFA:71C4:D43B:1831 (talk) 11:42, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Use as wakeup call during space shuttle Columbia's final mission