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Talk:Telegram Sam

message: "Perhaps best known for bringing the term "main man" into popular culture,[1] " The reference here goes to a Web Page that itself has no references and is not authoritative. much of the information at songfacts.com is questionable. I'm not sure that the statement is at all accurate about the popularization of "main man" as having come from this song.
76.64.41.25 (talk) 18:22, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

message: "Purple Pie Pete (whose lips are like lightning and are capable of generating a heat power sufficient to liquefy females)"
Not exactly encyclopedic in style and, given the other examples in the text are quotes from the lyrics, the above seems an unwarranted smart arse addition.
SamXT (talk) 19:54, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Somebody taking the mickey here? 

message: OK, this bit is totally unencyclopedic and hilarious.  It should be removed from the article but I don't have the heart to do that myself, and I'm adding it to the talk page to preserve it for posterity:
:The lyrics feature numerous figures such as Bobby (who is a natural born poet who is just outta sight), Golden Nose Slim (knows where you been), Jungle Faced Jake (about whom no mistake must be made) and Purple Pie Pete (whose lips are like lightning and are capable of generating a heat power sufficient to liquefy females). Despite their charms, the singer expresses his loyalty to his "main man", the titular Sam. It also contains these lines Marc Bolan wrote to refer to himself: Me I funk/but I don't care/I ain't no square/with my corkscrew hair
Also, agreeing with the above that the song was not inspired by his manager but a guy who sent him a telegram. I am, however, too lazy to try to dig up a RS reference. CAVincent (talk) 00:01, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preserving
Talk:Leon Schuster

message: As per WP:DOB (a section of the WP:BLP policy) I have removed the uncited exact date of birth from the article. It should not be restored unless it is not only cited, but cited to a source or soures which make it clear that the date has been widely published, or else published with the subject's approval. This might be clear if the sources is itself notable and widely published, or if there are multiple reliable sources, or if the sources says or plainly implies that the date was published with the subject's consent, or in other ways. The day and month of birth of a living person are of little encyclopedic value, while making them public can contribute to identity theft and other problems. The year suffices to place the subject in chronological context. See WT:BLP#Dates of birth and info boxes for discussion. DES (talk) 13:49, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Gives birth date on his Twitter homepage. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth
Talk:Leon Spinks

message: The list of Mr. Spinks' career fights does not include his final professional fight (vs. Mr. Houpe). Perhaps someone can fix this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mk5384 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Fred Houpe

message: File:Spinks02.jpg This picture is not from Ali-fight, but I don't know, which fight it is, so I can't fix it. Could someone do it? Personally I think text of the other pixture is also wrong (Last fight, KO1 against Tyson? Writer must confuse Leon Spinks to Michael Spinks!)--87.94.226.182 (talk) 18:59, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Picture from Ali-fight"

message: This exact issue has been discussed elsewhere beyond the point of any doubt. The WP:CONSENSUS seems to be that such sections should be labeled/tagged "In popular culture" and cleaned up as the guideline/tag describes. If a consensus to the contrary can be presented, of course, we will have something to discuss. Otherwise, I will restore the "In popular culture" heading and label the section for clean up. (At present, the "section" is one random pop culture reference that should probably simply be removed altogether, but as 2 to 4 editors seem determined to fight about what to label it first, so be it.) - SummerPhD (talk) 20:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Trivia" vs. "In popular culture" 

message: There's a long-standing consensus at MOS:BOXING/RECORD to abbreviate dates in the record table. Something that is employed across thousands of articles. Why should this one be inconsistent with the rest? – 2.O.Boxing 00:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Back to how it was. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 18:11, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Record table
Talk:Leon Washington

message: I removed the Football Controversy section because it described a alleged controversy that was unsourced. If this information was properly sourced, it may be possible to add it back in. Subwayatrain (talk) 08:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Football Controversy

message: Why is there an "Sr" suffix next to his name? I don't see any sourced evidence that he uses that or that even has a child named Leon. --Lamjus (talk) 05:20, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Senior? 
Talk:Leon Wieseltier

message: nytimes.com 24. Oct 2017: Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed   --Neun-x (talk) 12:05, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues
Talk:Leon Jay Williams

message: There is a current RFC on certain content in Singapore artistes BLP articles that editors watching/editing/passing through this article may be interested in weighing in: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Content in Notes column of filmography tables in Singapore artistes BLPs. This article may be affected due to the inclusion of :Category:Singaporean actors‎ and/or one of its subcategories in the article. RobertskySemi (talk) 23:56, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC on content in Notes column of filmography tables in Singapore artistes BLPs
Talk:Leona Aglukkaq

message: According to CBC, Aglukkaq is not the first Inuk to be in Cabinet (as the Wikipedia entry currently says), although she is the first to hold a senior Cabinet position.  http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/30/aglukkaq-cabinet.html
: The CBC article is a bit misleading, actually — parliamentary secretaries are not part of the cabinet. Neither Anawak nor Karetak-Lindell ever actually held a cabinet position. Bearcat (talk) 06:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The section "Vienna AIDS Conference controversy" says that "Aglukkaq attracted criticism for repeatedly refusing to confirm a link between unclean injecting equipment and HIV transmission at the 2010 International AIDS Conference in Vienna[7] drawing accusations of denialism" etc. The cited article contains no such statement, and I can't find any other source online asserting that she made such a refusal. I can find many people complaining about her government's refusal to support safe injection sites as a way to reduce the risk of such transmission and of other harms, and sometimes seeming 'denial' that such programs work, but that's quite a different thing. Is there ANY evidence that she refuses to acknowledge the link?
Mikalra (talk) 16:39, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denialism? 
Talk:Leona Naess

message: I have found no reliable source that Leona Naess attended Le Rosey, so I have removed the reference. If anyone has a source for this, please add it back with a proper citation. dissolvetalk 20:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Institut Le Rosey

message: There is some contention over Naess's place of birth. Billboard and SF Gate give it as Norway This Billboard bio states London and Allusic states England. Her talent agency, WNYC, and The Guardian state New York. I've removed place of birth until a more definitive source shows up. dissolvetalk 08:31, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth place

message: * How exactly is she Christa Miller's sister-in-law? Is Leona somehow Bill Lawrence's sister or is Leona married to Christa's brother John?
--Meteor  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.16.124.119 (talk) 03:38, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: How is she Christa Miller's sister-in-law?
Talk:Leonard Barden

message: The article is generally in need of references. For example, the contributor needs to say where Barden claimed that his favourite game was the one against Weaver Adams in 1950 at Hastings.  In addition, it seems as if the Barden v. Adams game was the one at Hastings in 1951, not 1950. See: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013635. --kscally 13:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reassessed the article's quality as C-class. While it meets the requirements of most of the criteria for B-class (as any good C-class should), it lacks suitable references and I think its critical here. General fact-checking is required here as well as a check over the tone of the article which at times is a little promotional. Chessmetrics is used in this article more than once, something I'm uneasy about. If the sources are around, then there's definitely the basis for a B-class and I'd support it when it's time comes, but not now. Jkmaskell (talk) 23:29, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested improvements 
Talk:Leonard Blumenthal

message: Is there any evidence that he's still alive, or even made it to his 100th birthday? I know this is original research, but the SSDI lists two Lenoard Blumenthal's deceased and born in 1901. One died in 1967 and the other in 1984. This site claims that he had a doctoral student in 1970, so the first one can probably be excluded, but what about the one who died in 1984? Obviously OR, but does anyone have any proof that he made it to 100? Cheers, CP 23:36, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  This site lists that he taught until 2007. It is from the U of Missouri's own website.
I thought it was also intresting that This page talks about an award "to honor the memory" of Leonard Blumenthal. It's from the same website. --Npnunda (talk) 23:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Wow! You've totally just proved that he's deceased: the second link is a professorship made in his honour (hence, he is deceased) and the first link is the CV of one of the professors who held the chair for five years (until 2007), not Blumenthal himself. It's not Blumenthal who taught until 2007, but this Kolobsky fellow. So now that we know that he's deceased from a reputable source, the SSDI search mentioned above can be used in the article - given that the second 1901 Leonard Blumenthal died in August 1984 (way beyond his last noted activity) and that he died in Missouri, I think it's a definite match. Therefore, we can say that Blumenthal is deceased, and that he died long before he became a centenarian. Well researched Npnuda! Cheers, CP 03:05, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still Alive? 
Talk:Leonard Bocour

message: per discussion WP:ANI restored Archives of American Art edits. Modernist 04:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: AAA

message: I believe that either Bocour renamed itself to Skylight Studio or Skylight Studio bought out Bocour... I am finding Bellini paints that are sold with the label of Skylight Studio. I cannot find more about Skylight Studio due to the commonness of the name. OneSmallStepForMan (talk) 16:52, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bocour Bellini to Skylight Studio
Talk:Leonard Bosack

message: So the Bot called this a stub, but do we need to know a great deal more about Leonard Bosack?  I suppose a few details from the 1982-1988 period would be of general interest to we who like tech history.    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.165.95 (talk) 23:42, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I expanded significantly on this article and also contributed a number of new sources. FDerkinson (talk) 02:04, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Expanded

message: Leonard X. Bosack -- what does it stand for? Equinox ◑ 20:33, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's his middle name, the X? 
Talk:Leonard French

message: Death - January 20
Leonard French's death was reported by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/NGVMelbourne/posts/10154740643121163:0 and Twitterhttps://twitter.com/NGVMelbourne/status/819057550784163841 as well as reported by some journalists on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ashleighbwilson/status/819019712344395776 https://twitter.com/siobhanheanue/status/819099658932736000. It was also reported on Twitter by Kathryn Favelle, the National Library of Australia's Director of Community Outreachhttps://twitter.com/KathrynFavelle/status/819133034603552768 Csamuel (talk) 12:47, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Agadoo

message: There was an EP version of "Have A Screw" released - although not as a single.
Daveykinsuk (talk) 19:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a source that indicates it was one of the B-sides on the 12-inch vinyl release Gang Bang, so I have added this to the article.  Was this what you were thinking of?  leevclarke (talk) 03:21, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Released as single? 

message: Hey, didn't this song enter the Eurovision and win? If so, which year?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.113.102 (talk) 21:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, was never an entry (even though it was as annoyingly repetitive as some winners of eurovision!) --AlisonW (talk) 12:07, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eurovision? 

message: I have replaced a number of entries list as parodies and derivative versions.  They were removed by an anonymous user with the only explanation being "no source".  In fact three of those removed were sourced, with a further two being unsourced, and (bizarrely) a third unsourced entry was left in.  I am not going so far as to call this vandalism, but I do think the article was better before the removal, unless there is a policy of removing all unsourced information.
Jimmy Wales is quoted as saying: "There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative "I heard it somewhere" pseudo information is to be tagged with a "needs a cite" tag.  Wrong.  It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced.  This is true of all information".
Otherwise, if anyone would like to remove any of these entries, please state a case here, e.g. saying why you think the information is untrue.  :-)  Alternatively, we may have to remove all unsourced entries here, and perhaps list them on the talk page in case anyone can find sources.  leevclarke (talk) 23:17, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Parodies and derivative versions

message: Agadou (Agadoo) is based off a traditional Polynesian folklore song known as Te Manu Pukarua. 184.161.222.96 (talk) 07:19, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inspired by a Polynesian song
Talk:Lenard Gustafson

message: The news of Mr. Gustafson's death appears to have only just broke, so I have been unable to find any news articles on it, however you can see it currently listed on the Government of Canada's (dynamic) half mast notice page here: https://app.pch.gc.ca/public_info/rssgen/html_eng.html
Additionally, his death has been corroborated by friends, family, and colleagues on social media: https://www.facebook.com/joel.ashbee/videos/387737786148790 https://www.facebook.com/bona.ashbee/posts/10160337796987112 https://twitter.com/davidakin/status/1505970595720273928 Glandrid (talk) 20:55, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources for Len Gustafson's death
Talk:Leonard Hayflick

message: Some suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:
*Some disorganisation and repetition between sections needs attention
*Template:Infobox Scientist should be added 
*Photograph should be added from a source with a free license 
*Needs some copy editing and wikification
*Some references present, but most material is unsourced
*External link present which could be used to expand article
Espresso Addict 01:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Review comments

message: This article seems to read almost like a fan site. There are virtually no references given for the claims made about Hayflick's accomplishments. It is in dire need of an expert's attention. 2tuntony (talk) 20:12, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV? 

message: Is there am Aging category?  Does tagging him a biogerontolist sufficient?  If there is a project template for the talk page, surely Hayflick's research at the cellular level qualifies. MaynardClark (talk) 22:40, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aging 

message: The present, deluxe version: 
Hayflick is the author of the book, How and Why We Age, published in August 1994 by Ballantine Books, NYC and available since 1996 as a paperback. This book has been translated into nine languages and is published in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Poland, Russia, and Spain. It was a selection of the Book of the Month Club and has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide.
A sufficient version: 
Hayflick is the author of the book, How and Why We Age, published in August 1994. This book has been translated into nine languages and has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide.
Especially with the lead already on the long side, this trim seems justified. — MaxEnt 20:49, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book title in lead perhaps too detailed
Talk:Leonard I. Garth

message: A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Leonard I. Garth was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 22:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bot-created subpage
Talk:Deteriorata

message: "Hello, I'm Rocketrod1960. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your 
 recent contributions to Deteriorata because it didn't appear constructive."
I have added a song reference to this page. Rocketrod1960 continues to revert it, claiming it has no business there.
This is self-evidently false:
A -- the section is called "REFERENCES" -- it's about something the piece REFERENCES. I ADDED a REFERENCE. Deteriorata has a REFERENCE to "your dog finally getting enough cheese" -- if you weren't OLD enough, you would not have ANY clue about the advertisements the reference dealt with unless someone -- namely me -- who WAS old enough to remember it -- bothered to add something to wikipedia so someone younger can understand an otherwise particularly obscure line. It makes just as much sense as noting a reference to the USS Maine.
B -- I linked to another Wiki Entry which was what the reference was about.
C -- The article I linked to SPECIFICALLY HAS AN "ORPHAN" complaint in it, because it doesn't have many, if any, links to it. So I was assisting with THAT issue -- Now it has a link from the Deteriorata page, which is a VERY LIKELY reason to bump from one to the other... 
In short, the reference is PERTINENT, is ACCURATE, and is USEFUL. Ergo -- it is CONSTRUCTIVE.
--OBloodyHell (talk) 08:03, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rocketrod's continued vandalism 

message: The article currently says,
"Melissa Manchester was a background singer on the chorus section of the song."
The opening of the song features a solo female vocalist, and I always assumed that was Manchester.  Describing her as only a "background singer on the chorus" makes it sound like this is not the case.  Would it be more appropriate to cite her as the lead singer, or am I mistaken about her being the featured vocalist?--NapoliRoma (talk) 03:37, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melissa Manchester 

message: "Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan."
Does this mean anything? Anybody know? Why Taiwan?--Dawud  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.230.67.117 (talk) 04:12, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: What's this line referring to?
Talk:Leonard Little

message: I understand there has been plenty of recent vandalism on this page, but right now there is very little information about Little's manslaughter conviction. Does anyone have a suggestion from which prior edit to cull that information, or if it makes more sense to write a new section? J. Matthew Bailey (talk) 01:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Manslaughter conviction

message: I don't know where to begin on this one. There is just random bits of information thrown on top of each other in this article, if you can call it that. --Pinkkeith 21:26, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean Up

message: I removed both American XX and XXI st c. criminals' categories from the page as long as they lead to people notable FOR their criminal deeds. The category Convicted for manslaughter remains. I hope you agree.--Pierre et Condat (talk) 11:17, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category 
Talk:Leonard Myles-Mills

message: Any relation to John Myles-Mills? 
— Sasuke Sarutobi 12:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Leonard Orr

message: This article is tagged with an NPOV tag. Discussion should be opened here to support that. So, the article is almost entirely based on the books of the subject. An article should never be based on primary sources. Most content from a primary source is unacceptable. To meet standards of neutrality and notability the article should be based on and most content from secondary sources. - - MrBill3 (talk) 20:26, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV tag
Talk:Postage stamp separation

message: Just wandering by, and I just had to mention that I'm stunned and pleasantly suprised that we have an article on this. Pat the editors on the back.  humblefool®Deletion Reform 06:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's 2 cm; I tweaked the article to say something about perf gauges instead, which is better for context. Stan (talk) 14:58, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Leonard Rosenman

message: I can not see a quote that Rosenman was a jew, some people with a name like Rosenman never been jews or owned a jewish background, beside the question what is jewish at last and how important this could be realy (in the German wikipedia such informations are not often to see, because it could be understand as racism), such statement could be sourced. Or did I not seen this information? Would be interesting for me if I am blind. Beside the question, to be jew or not jew, which is not very important for me, I must say his music to the Lord of the Ring Film is fantastic. (-: Get's he never Awards for it? I suppose it would be nice if there would exists a sections with his published LP's and CD's. --Soenke Rahn (talk) 19:09, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category  jew? and his fantastic music to the Lord of the Rings and section published LP's and Cd's 

message: Has anyone ever noticed that there is a very similar sounding theme to Star Trek IV and Robocop 2?  I mean sounds like parts of Robocop 2 are lifted right from Star Trek IV.  These film composer articles often seem to be written by fans as they lack any "criticisms" sections.  Zeelog  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.164.37.128 (talk) 12:55, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe so, but I do not listen the both sounds. (I have only heard his sound track to the Lord of the Rings.) A problem could be to source it. --Soenke Rahn (talk) 02:14, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: His 1980's film soundtrack work
Talk:Leonard Stone

message: TMZ is reporting his death. At this stage there are no other sources so I wasn't sure whether TMZ was a reliable source. Capitalistroadster (talk) 16:29, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Death?

message: He was an actor working in Jack Webb's troupe of players in Dragnet 1967 to 1970. This should be added as a Television appearance credit. He appears in several episodes during the run of the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beadbud5000 (talk • contribs) 04:41, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled