Talk:Hal Blaine

message: Is it a problem if the text of the introduction is word for word exactly the same as his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation? Boogie Down 08:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation

message: * Support merging Hal Blaine Strikes Again and this article.  Hard to imagine why that other article even exists? Though a discussion about the meaning of existence might prove to be fruitful here. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 04:56, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Except for the fact that the rest of the article is a wikilink farm or otherwise a pretty blatant WP:INDISCRIMINATE exercise and not exactly anything I'd call a biographical article.  That this section is coherent while the remainder of the article isn't makes the section an obvious WP:UNDUE poster child. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  09:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger

message: I found and uploaded the photo in the infobox from a photographer on Flickr, who shared a few more, via Creative Commons.  However, if the man was born in 1929, it seems fishy.  I did find this portrait of him on a book here on Amazon.com:
.  Meanwhile, I'm emailing the photographer again for some clarity on this. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 16:48, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work! Aged 66 is much more plausible than aged 79 - I guess still having all his hair makes a big difference. (By that age I'll be completely bald ... ) Thanks, OpinionFreeZone (talk) 20:39, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! I know I upload a zillion photos but I do try to be careful. Of over 1,500 photos I think I had maybe 4 upload mistakes..  so.. ! :)  --Leahtwosaints (talk) 21:37, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not here to be a mutual admiration society, but really, getting the date wrong can hardly be classified as "the end of the universe"! 1496 out of 1500 sounds a pretty good hit rate to me! OpinionFreeZone (talk) 13:00, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I came to look at this article due to the recent death of Rob Wasserman and the fact that both played together with David Grisman in the 1980s.  The publicity photo I saw of that lineup showed someone who looked to be a lot younger than someone in their mid-late 50s, so I would question that DOB.  I didn't see it mentioned in the sources, either. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  09:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: ...is "The Carpenters".  A link to Carpenters takes us to some ether place.  Please check this out for yourself.  Carptrash (talk) 15:45, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's what our article is titled.  Richard Carpenter has given numerous interviews in which he insists that the band name was simply "Carpenters".  Resolving that may prove to be as controversial as "Eagles" and "The Eagles" (see this). RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  09:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: The name of [[The Carpenters]]...

message: The cited dates need to be standardized.  Some are a year off.  Others match only the Hot 100 debut date.  Still others match only the Hot 100 top 40 debut date.  And still others match only the #1 ascent date.107.185.97.165 (talk) 04:01, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The article doesn't have dates in this section anymore. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:31, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  So what would an appropriate date to use be? Since these are all #1 hits and I have the Billboard Book of #1 Hits, I am inclined to use the date that it first hits #1.  Carptrash (talk) 16:23, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't a clue, I don't think I've ever seen that information (at least properly sourced) in another article. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:48, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  #1 hits 

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message: The article states that Blaine moved to California in 1943, but then that he survived the Hartford circus fire the next year.  What was he doing back in New England?  It seems odd that a 16-year-old would travel all the way across the country during WWII and go to the circus the year after moving west.  One has to wonder if this is a myth. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 12:23, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This was in the article before we all started improving it yesterday. It's not reliably sourced and I can't find any reliable and independent source confirming it, so I declare it's complete bollocks and out it goes. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:30, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The claim just resurfaced and I removed it.  I have Blaine's autobiography around here, if the story were true it would be there for sure. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 16:01, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Blaine makes no mention of the Fire in his autobiography, however he states that the family moved to California in the "fall of 1944".  We have 1943 all throughout the article.  However he also says everal times that he was 14 years old and that (please check my math) would have been in 1943.  So the dates perhaps could be improved but the Fire is out for now. Carptrash (talk) 16:14, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circus fire? 

message: Is this really necessary? (WP:LAUNDRYLIST) Ilovetopaint (talk) 13:50, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "...dates given are the ones at which the song reached number one."