Talk:Spanky McFarland

message: nearly the whole thing needs outside references for Mr McFarlands life. Otherwise a pretty decent bio. --Rocksanddirt 21:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi - Spanky's daughter here. Dad never lived in Hemet, CA, and we were living in Oklahoma City in 1966. Sorry... 96.8.130.132 (talk) 21:17, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs references! 

message: I'm not a Spanky expert, but this canNOT be right:
" In 1976 George Lucas contacted McFarland to audition for the role of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars. However, never being a fan of science-fiction, McFarland declined the offer.
McFarland continued to make personal appearances and cameo roles in films and television, including an appearance on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. He also worked with Billy Sanders in the Phoenix, Arizona region to build a more healthy environment for Marshall Tucker Band fans."
Hunh? May I just delete all of this? Helenabucket (talk) 21:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! 71.35.103.206 (talk) 15:29, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Um...can you say vandalism? 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: No consensus for this move   (t · c) buidhe 20:37, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: George McFarland →  – Per WP:COMMONNAME. Subject was never known to the public as simply George McFarland nor was he ever billed under that specific name. His stage name was George "Spanky" McFarland or "Spanky" McFarland / Spanky McFarland or simply "Spanky". He was never credited as George McFarland and film sources reference him as George "Spanky" McFarland. Although the use of  in Wikipedia's main title headers is usually discouraged, it is permitted per WP:NICKNAME: . Here are George "Spanky" McFarland's entries in IMDb, American Film Institute Catalog, Turner Classic Movies, AllMovie, TVGuide and Find a Grave. His on-screen billing can be seen in the opening credits of various films, such as General Spanky or Johnny Doughboy. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:20, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Those should probably be moved to different titles. Rreagan007 (talk) 22:14, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The key phrase, as mentioned in the nomination, is "". While databases inconsistently indicate subject as George "Spanky" McFarland, "Spanky" McFarland or Spanky McFarland, those same databases are consistent in listing Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas via those forms. Thus, for the sake of WP:CONSISTENCY in this case, it would be best to use the full name — George "Spanky" McFarland — rather than simply "Spanky" McFarland (with or without the quotes) — the on-screen billing for all three child actors consistently uses quotation marks, such as here or here for Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:11, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 2 October 2020