Talk:Roy L. Dennis

message: Verified RD's vital dates in a news article, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2003437994_tullisobit19.html (the right answer was apparently '61'-'78).  Fixed.  Also mother's name was Florence, not Francais, according to this article. 24.116.168.239 06:24, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He's birth 1964, died 1980 (see Find a grave site). GoodDay 21:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find the 'Find a grave' source, also there's conflicting dates on other sources. The Tv character verison of Rocky, has the grave marking 1964-1980. I've put 'question marks' beside the dates, as there's conflicting sources. GoodDay 21:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When loosely basing a fictional character on an actual person, there are good legal (and moral) reasons for giving the fictional character other birth and death years than the actual person. As for "Find A Grave" (not that it is a reputable source), it currently lists the years as 1961-1978. The obituary of Roy's mother linked by 24.116.168.239 above also gives the years as 1961 and 1978. I don't think question marks are needed unless someone can link to reputable sources that indicate other years. --Bwiki (talk) 05:42, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth and death years

message: Can someone sort out the caption to the picture? Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.44.195 (talk) 22:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I took the liberty of cleaning up the talk page because it had become bloated with irrelevant or moot comments, claims of having known the subject of the article personally (or of being related to somebody who had), and an unsourced, unattributed "poem" that was added to the talk page by an unregistered user through IP 75.67.75.179 and turned out to be a very tasteless joke. --Bwiki (talk) 05:42, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup of talk page

message: This article has only one citation yet is filled with statements that, unless sourced, appear to be the product of editor(s) opinions.
Also, the entire article fairly gushes with admiration for Dennis.  This is not to say that he wasn't worthy of it, I just don't think the tone is appropriately encyclopedic.  In my opinion, it reads more like a jr high school term paper about his life.  Example: continuously referring to him as "Rocky", his by-name, rather than using his last name or his legal first name.
The quality of the writing overall is not very high.  The article needs a big a rewrite and, and, to reiterate, a LOT more sourcing than just the one obituary referenced. PainMan (talk) 10:30, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems: only 1 cite; gushing tone; sub-standard writing 

message: However, at the age of 16, he became a student of the Sandburg Junior High School (despite obvious disapproval by many teachers) and although experiencing a slow start (he spent two years in the first grade), he was able to make excellent progress thereafter, becoming a straight-A student, and eventually graduating with honors.
How it is possible that he enrolled at Sanburg Junior High School at the age of 16, eventually going onto graduate with honors, if he died at the age of 16?  Does that mean he enrolled at SJHS for only the eighth grade, having gone to school somewhere else beforehand?  It seems doubtful that a junior high school would award honors— let alone evening recognizing graduation for eighth graders— to a student who only went there for one year.  He died in October, so it seem more likely that he joined SJHS when he was 15 when starting the school year the previous September; otherwise, he never went a full year at SJHS.  This little section seems to overemphasize his successes in education, and it's simple nature doesn't warrant much merit for inclusion in the article unless it is expanded. —№tǒŖïøŭş4lĭfė ♫♪ 11:28, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion / contradiction

message: Dennis has been mentioned at least twice on Family Guy in the episodes "Petarded" and "Peter's Got Woods."  Is this notable?  http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Rocky_Dennis--MichaelProcton (talk) 05:40, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family Guy references 

message: Dennis experienced problems with eyesight and hearing along with painful headaches, but was able to do many things he was thought not be able accomplish, such as learning to read. His poor eyesight, which made him legally blind, meant that he would never read a book
If he learned how to read, how did being legally blind mean he would never read a book? Did he learn to read or not? Helpsome (talk) 17:10, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another contradiction 

message: Substituted at 04:59, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment