Talk:Elvis Presley/Archive 8

message: The intro reads:
Elvis  Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" and "Elvis the Pelvis", was an American singer, song producer and actor.
What songs did Elvis produce? If he did produce any music then it should say "music producer" or "record producer", not "song producer". So can someone give a credible source to that says Elvis produced his own music? Otherwise, this will have to be deleted. It's an encyclopedia entry, you can't just make things up. So was he, or was he not a record producer?--Street walker 13:05, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elvis the song producer? 

message: Any thoughts? (Source) His parents ancestors were  part of the Sinti people commonly known as "Black Dutch" or "Melungeons". It is also likely that from his mother's side, Smith by surname, the family would have been of Romanichel origins.--81.77.78.217 18:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elvis's Sinti-heritage 

message: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has just published its updated list of the 150 highest selling artists ever. IFPI has finally come up with a list of the top-selling acts in History. It's about time.
The top 10 is as follows:
01. The Beatles: 40 400,000,000 UK 60s (1962-1970) Rock/Pop Guinness/EMI
02. Michael Jackson: 14 350,000,000 US 70s-00s (1979-) Pop/R&B
03. Elvis Presley: 150 300,000,000 US 50s-70s (1956-1977) Country/Rock
04. Madonna 16 275,000,000 US 80s-00s (1984-) Pop
05. Nana Mouskouri 450 250,000,000 Greece 60s-00s (1959-) Pop
06. Cliff Richard 60 250,000,000 UK 50s-00s (1959-1969,1977-1979,1986-1999) Rock/Pop
07. The Rolling Stones 54 ~250,000,000 UK 60s-00s (1964-1981) Rock
08. Mariah Carey 14 230,000,000 US 90s-00s (1990-) Pop/R&B
09. Elton John 43 ~220,000,000 UK 70s-00s (1972-1976,1989-1991,1997-) Pop
10. Celine Dion 21 220,000,000 Canada 80s-00s (1990-) Pop Music/Pop
Source: IFPI's website and Madonna's website.
This list is PHONY! It is MADE UP by a Michael Jackson fan. Look at the link to the "IFPI Website", it goes to a MJ fan site, not the IFPI site. Also, it is written in the same format as the list that is on wikipedia, and has been merely edited by the person who runs the fan sites, it's a load of bullcrap! IFPI's site has NO MENTION of this fake made up list whatsoever!
No it was not made up by a Michael Jackson fan. It is phony to claim that. Open your eyes.
Someone has been sticking this list in many talk pages over the past few weeks. But just to clarify, this list is actually fake. IFPI has not published such a list, and are currently tracking down the source of it.--203.51.30.130 12:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elvis 2nd highest selling artist 

message: The long list of mostly unsourced quotes has been moved to Wikiquote. Please refer to the talk page at Elvis' quotes discussion for details.  Best regards.--Hall Monitor 21:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Migration of quotes to Wikiquote

message: The fact that Presley comes from Pressler is only a theory of one person.I dont think it should be stated as fact. At least the source should be shown.
:Does this sentence make any sense : 
:The surname Presley was Anglicized from the German Pressler during the Civil War. His ancestor Johann Valentin Pressler emigrated to North America in 1710. Pressler first settled in New York, but later moved to the South. He was of mostly Scottish [5] and English descent; the family also has Native American, German, South African and Jewish (from a great-grandmother of Gladys) roots.
:So that means that 1. Elvis Presley had only one ancestor. 2. That ancestor, Johann Valentin Pressler (an obviously German name), was of Scottish and English decent. 3. Elvis's or Johann's (??) Family is also of Native American, German, South American and Jewish descent. Wow! By the way, they forgot Asia, Africa and Australia. Stettlerj 03:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Elvis' family origins

message: For your information, Ted Wilkes has now been blocked for one week for repeatedly violating his probation. See . No further comment. I accepted the arbcom votes and I am now frequently citing my sources. Therefore, I have not been banned from any article. But truth be told, Ted, the arbitration committee did not mention in their statement that what I have cited was published on two different websites and was based on information from the World Entertainment News Network. Here is one of these internet sources:  or . Further, did you mention that the arbcom also said that I am a good editor who sometimes went too far (in the past)? It is a fact, Ted, that you, according to the arbitration committee, are "banned from making any edit related to a person's alleged homosexuality or bisexuality". See  and . And there was good reason for this. Here is a statement from the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard: 
:Wilkes has repeatedly violated the arbcom ruling. I banned him for 24 hours some days ago because of a number of violations, but treated them collectively as one breach. He has now committed two more unambiguous breaches. I have imposed a 1 week ban for the two breaches and am treating them as two clear and deliberate breaches. He is now up to three. If (and given his behaviour it seems a case of when) he hits five as per the arb ruling he will be banned for one year. He seems to treat arbcom rulings as a joke. They aren't. If he doesn't get the message then he will soon have a year to cop himself on. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 20:09, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ted Wilkes blocked for one week

message: Anita Wood is a Pentecostal and an active member who teaches in her church. She adheres to her Church doctrine that states that  "pre-marital sex is a sin." Do not, under any circumstanxces, make fun or denegrate people's religious beliefs be they Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad or the teaching of the Pentecostal, Baptist, Methodist, and numerous other major world religions. - Ted Wilkes 14:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Truth be told, Ted, I do not think that I made fun or denigrated people's religious beliefs, as you falsely claim. In her book Elvis and Me, Priscilla Presley relates that Elvis told her that he didn't make love to Anita Wood the whole four years he went with her. "Just to a point," he said. "Then I stopped. It was difficult for her too, but that's just how I feel." So it seems as if Anita Wood wanted more. Onefortyone 23:22, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Making fun and denegrating Religious beliefs

message: Surely the article should mention how Presley wrote to Nixon requesting a meeting, and then asked the President to ban the Beatles from the States. We should also mention how he wrote to J. Edgar Hoover requesting to join the FBI during its campaign against political dissent.
: Do you have a citation for this?  I have never heard it suggested that Elvis wanted to ban the Beatles from America.  Seeing how he had met them before an quite liked them it seems very strange.  Lochdale
:: Yes, it's all in the Nixon tapes. Apparently it was because of their political activism and drug use, but Paul and Ringo said the only threat was to his career.
:: Very interesting, thanks.  By 1970 I don't think the Beatles were a threat to Elvis' career though.  He had totally changed as an artist (as had they).  I think it's more a case of all of the drugs in Elvis' system affecting his brain.  This is the same guy who when flying to meet Nixon (un-invited) boarded a plane with 2 guns, in a cape and with a cane and expected to be able to travel incognito!
Lochdale
Ya, I heard about Elvis trying to ban The Beatles from America as well. --GorillazFanAdam 03:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Banning the Beatles from America

message: I think the article needs more coverage and most likely a picture of the fat, vegas elvis. savidan(talk) (e@) 02:28, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Pounds"? How quaint. The matter of units aside, do you have any evidence? -- Hoary 07:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fat Elvis 

message: This place is hilarious! Why isn't the article protected? Is there a possibility that something special might happen in his life which would need to be include in the article? I imagine that this page is an absolute magnet for looney tunes without Wikipedia accounts. I'm not sure, but I think there are still some parts which say that he is "supposedly" dead, but these might have already been fixed by the recent revert. In case I've been logged out again (damn cookies!) I'm User:Zyxoas. 216.239.58.136 00:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I love Wikipedia