Talk:Robert McFerrin

message: After the additions detailed above, I feel this article is no longer a stub.  If other editors agree, I hope to find the stub tag removed in the future.  Thank you.Hammerdrill (talk) 18:33, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Stub no longer

message: Robert McFerrin is variously described as having graduated college in 1946 and 1948.  More often, 1946 is the date given.  I used 1948 in the article, because the arithmetic makes sense to me.  He finished high school in 1940 and a course of study is four years for a Bachelor's degree (Robert also changed colleges during his study); and then he had his college years interrupted by four years in the army.  It makes sense he would have graduated in 1948.  For information about his time, occupation and travels in the army, see the information at arblackhalloffame.org.  It is the footnote under Further Studies for his graduation in 1948.Hammerdrill (talk) 18:17, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: McFerrin's College Graduation Date

message: Please don't reinsert the reference from NationMaster Encyclopedia. This encyclopedia is a copy of Wikipedia. At the bottom of each page, the link to Wikipedia is given. This encyclopedia is not a reliable source for Wikipedia. Fram (talk) 18:48, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry about that.  I put it back in before I read your note.  I will undo that and try to find another source.Hammerdrill (talk) 18:53, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No need to be sorry, I only posted the note after your first revert. Fram (talk) 04:30, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I found another source and inserted it (though I forgot to sign with the tildes, grrrr.  I do this half the time!).  Now NationMaster is a thing of the past.Hammerdrill (talk) 12:43, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nationmaster ref

message: I have removed the claim that both of McFerrin's children, Bobby and Brenda, received classical training.  The editor, John Nevard, has described the source as poor -- see history tab at top for Oct. 13, '08.  The source was http://www.schillerinstitute.org/programs/prog_conserv_5_27_94.html#artists.  He also states that his action follows the LaRouche Arbcom decisions.  I wish he had chosen to discuss the source on this page before taking unilateral action.  Maybe he could have explained his action.  (Also, I do not know what the LaRouche Arbcom decisions are.)  I can find another source which states that Bobby McFerrin received music degrees in music theory and composition (http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/15/entertainment/ca-63548), but I am sorry to say I cannot come up with another source for Brenda's training.  Therefore I am removing the sentence, which I wrote in the first place.Hammerdrill (talk) 18:05, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've complained to Nevard about this. I feel that if he is going to remove sources, he should not do so without either finding a new source, removing the information that is based on the source, or adding (and this is the bare minimum option) a citation needed tag. It just doesn't make any sense to say that we can't have a certain source, but we're going to keep the information based on the source while leaving it uncited. Everyking (talk) 18:15, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is interesting, and thank you for your observations and thoughts.  There was another way I thought of to talk about Bobby and Brenda's background, which I could do with a source that I hope will be acceptable to all.  I think it turns out well.Hammerdrill (talk) 16:01, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Poor source?

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