Talk:Fat Mike

message: "The Cran Tangerines are his favorite band." -- That seems false. I can't find anything online but a pathetic band of 12 yr-olds going by this name. Here: http://www.vimeo.com/332869. They're probably the ones who added this line. Anyway, it should be deleted, or at least cited.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.117.30 (talk) 15:00, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cran Tangerines

message: Is there really that much support for Kerry from Fat Mike or the punk scene in general?  I always thought supporting third parties or going on vote strike was more punk.  Anarchism is refrenced in the work of a lot of political punk and seams a more appropriat philosophy.  I think punkvotor, and most political punk artists from Bad Religion to Anti-flag to NOFX are more anti-Bush then pro-Kerry.
:Yeah, there was nothing at all pro-Kerry in the Rock Against Bush compilations; they were strictly "anybody but Bush". --Delirium 03:02, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
:Fat Mike supported Kerry. There's a photo of them shaking hands that was ridiculed by a number of people, particularly the band Propagandhi. That said, I don't believe any of his projects (like Punkvoter) took a stance of anything but not-Bush. Dylan 17:40, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Kerry

message: I'm away on vacation (hence the time to edit Wikipedia), but I'd like to see a comprehensive list of aliases fat mike has used on nofx albums. I only have 2 so far (from my nofx wiki), and I only remember which album one of them was used on. please add any info you can. when i return home i'll be able to look at all my albums and do it properly. --Nofxjunkee 07:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aliases 

message: I believe this article should be moved to Michael Burkett and that Fat Mike should redirect there instead. This would  make more sense since the articles for other band members are: Aaron Abeyta (redirect from El Hefe), Eric Melvin, and Erik Sandin (redirect from Smelly). please discuss. --Nofxjunkee 07:13, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title 

message: The trivia comment about Mike graduating from Fairfax is downright strange. Mike and I were in the same French class his senior year at BHHS and he helped get me into the school's radio station class. I don't recall him leaving partway through the year. Maybe my memory is just failing me. I still remember paying him $5 for the first NOFX tshirts. :)  Anon Y. Mouse 21:41, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mike graduating from BHHS 

message: fat mike was indeed responsible for the departure of underOATH from the 2006 vans warped tour. At the pittsburgh show he repeatedly brought up their christian faith and their singer spencer's refusal to do a line of cocaine the night before.
I spoke with Spencer from UO and he said that his band members were jealous...
an actual quote from fat mike "We’re on the Warped Tour this year, and if there is a prayer group, we are gonna destroy it. It really makes me sick to my stomach to have a big punk rock tour with a prayer group on it." >http://www.synthesis.net/music/story.php?type=band&id=330
Yeah I read that quote too and thought it was a bit hypocritical (like "Christians suck b/c they're intolerant so I am intolerant of anyone who prays..."), but maybe he was overstating his views a little on purpose (he's not exacly politically correct). Anyway, in the linked interview below FM strongly denies that it was his fault and says that he likes Underoath (as people).  
>http://www.punknews.org/article/18930  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.147.147 (talk) 21:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  underoath's departure from warped tour

message: Why is there a line in the trivia section about a daughter named Vodka something-or-other when the main portion of the article seems to have fairly reliable info about his children?
:That line was a bit of bullshit, most likely so was the claim that he changed his legal surname from Burkett to Dagger; the latter I confirmed by looking up NOFX songs at BMI.com, all of the songs credited to Fat Mike on the albums are listed at BMI.com under the legal name Michael John Burkett. If he had made the alleged name change to Dagger it would have had to have been changed at BMI.com too. --CJ Marsicano 04:16, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  children 

message: I know this has been brought up before, but I want to point out that although Fat Mike may not technically be considered "obese", or dangerously overweight, to say that "Fat Mike" is a misnomer nowadays, I think, is misleading. Fat Mike is by no means skinny, and he definately appears to be slightly chubby, and definately could be considered "fat" by some standards. I think it should be noted that the nickname may have originated as somewhat of a misnomer, but more recently has become a somewhat accurate decription of him.
(Blastero 22:47, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the part that said Mike was actually fat because of WP:LIVING and also WP:OR.  I guess you can add it back if you find a reliable source, but it seems pretty insulting to include.  Also, people can see the picture for themselves.  Michael (not mike) 134.84.96.142 (talk) 17:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fatness

message: It says "...with his wife of 14 years, Erin,..." in the text. Maybe I misunderstand something here, but that is a hoax, right?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdirk (talk • contribs) 18:24, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Age of Erin

message: i've tried my best to re-make this article, i think the last one sucked. im going to finish it up this weekend with ref and more stuff.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Hooligann (talk • contribs) 14:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The refs are ungood. Punkmorten (talk) 11:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article edits

message: This article should include a comment on Mike's drug habits, I think. Normally it is not well documented that people have drug habits, and maybe for a good reason so, but his case is a huge exception. He does not only admit drug use, but he even takes a stand for legalization of drugs in his (autobiographical) songs as well as interviews. Normally I would not touch the subject, since many regard it as private, but he is open about it and it is the background as well as an explanation for many NOFX songs and therefore valuable information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdirk (talk • contribs) 10:57, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Drug Habits

message: The REAL birth date is January 16, not 31. It's 16 on every other language Wikipedia article, and on official profiles. User Keith D has unlike us has no sources (real NOFX fans knows the real birth date is January 16) and just likes to vandalize Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fat_Mike#The_REAL_birth_date_is_January_16.2C_not_31.
82.48.145.47 (talk) 12:52, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: January 31 is reliably referenced. You must provide equally strong sources for the inclusion of an alternate DoB. Materialscientist (talk) 23:33, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

text: As mentioned on this talk page several times now, proper sources are required for all Wikipedia articles, with particular care when dealing with biographies of living persons.  Referring to another user generated website (fatwreckwiki) or random photographs from Instagram would not qualify as they fail our standards for reliability.  For more details, please review Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources.  Thank you, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 23:02, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2015 

message: In the article, you can read the following statement: 
    "The moniker "Fat Mike" was given to Mike by friends after he returned from college and it was evident that he had gained a little weight."
However, according to the book "NOFX  The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories", (p.73, foot page note) Mike specifies that he received said moniker from "one of the guys from [the band] Subculture".
142.213.178.23 (talk) 18:12, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. No sources you have given without which no changes will be made. VarunFEB2003   I am Offline   13:16, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

text: Not done: That page can't be viewed as it is not hosted on web. Therefore there are no refs to cite VarunFEB2003   I am Offline   12:30, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

text: Done Previous reply was nonsense. Done, and thanks for the reference. --Stfg (talk) 15:12, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 12 August 2016