Talk:Dylan

message: I detect the hand of a Bob Dylan fan here. And rather a heavy hand, I have to say. I have removed: all those family members without a wikipedia link; about 14 extra links to Bob Dylan (generally we want to link the first mention only); and several red-links because Google searches are not confirming notability to me. This is a disambiguation page, not a family tree for Bob. Nor is it a collection of Wikipedia entries with the word "Dylan" in them. I live in the town with the Dylan Thomas Centre, and I have never heard anyone refer to it as a Dylan. It's the Dylan Thomas Centre (or Tŷ Llen, depending). And are there really four albums all referred to as "Dylan"? People don't refer to "Freewheelin'" instead? 
On the matter of Bob Dylan's first wife, Wikipedia has had a Sara Lownds article for a year. The Sara Dylan one is more recent. The two need merging and redirecting appropriately and then the link from this page fixing appropriately. Which name does she actually use? 
Feel free to discuss here rather just putting all the ever-increasing number of Bob-relatives back into the article, but I will defend removing them because I do not believe that people typing "Dylan" into a search box are actually looking for the complete family history of Bob.
Telsa 15:19, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I am at a complete loss as to why you have removed people with the surname Dylan, from a section entitled: "People with the surname Dylan".  As for Sara Lownds, she ceased to exist forty years ago.  Sara Dylan uses her correct legal name, Sara Dylan.  I have removed Sara Lownds from this article.Lion King 16:04, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fourteen members of Bob Dylan's family?

message: Shouldn't llanw be translated as tide (see Talk:Dylan Eil Ton#Etymology)?
Are the names derived from Dylan Eil Ton in which case shouldn't that be mentioned in the etymological preamble?
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 12:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: Would anyone object if this was made to conform more to MoS both stylistically and by removing people who aren't referred to only by Dylan (without any first or surname mentioned first)?  Or maybe it would be more appropriate to split the people and etymology off into a seperate list of people called Dylan at Dylan (personal name) or something.
Also, if we do keep all the people here, I think that things should above people.
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 12:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How can "things" be above "people?" Dylan has been a "people" name for thousands of years Lion King 13:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Um... so do I take silence as permission to zap 90% of the page? If no-one objects, I shall. Telsa (talk) 13:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to state, that I am now in complete agreement with you Telsa, I was angry with you because when I first started editing, I did not fully understand what a disambiguation page was, and I sincerely apologise for the childish comments directed towards you. Best wishes, Lion King 16:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Hiya, Lionking, and sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks for that. I promise, I wasn't trying to get rid of data, just to keep disambiguation pages straight! So, you too think we should start trimming? Smashing. I shall get out the hedge--er, article trimmers when I have a moment. :) Telsa (talk) 00:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup