Talk:Marilyn (singer)

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message: I heard some rumors recently that Maz was in discussion with publishers to launch an autobiography. Does anyone know any more info? That would be one hell of an explosive read!! --90.203.235.182 (talk) 21:39, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marliyn Autobiography?? 

message: Does anyone know where I can find this image please? 80.2.202.176 (talk) 15:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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message: I have reverted recent edits to the page (again) because they are not encyclopedic. Firstly, the CD release of Despite Straight Lines is NOT a new album, it is a re-release of the album from 1985 with some extra tracks on it. Although (cheekily) labelled as "Despite Straight Lines: The Best of Marilyn", it is by no means a greatest hits compilation, as Marilyn only made one album to begin with. Secondly, a list of cover versions that Marilyn has apparently performed is irrelevant and lacks sources. Thirdly, a list of every single compilation album that Marilyn's singles appeared on from the 1980s onwards is totally irrelevant to this article. This is blatant advertising and the majority of the compilation albums are long since deleted anyway. Save such details for fansites please. And speaking of fansites, TheMrMarilyn.com is a FANSITE (authorised or not) and is actually listed as an "unofficial" site by itself. Such linkage on Wikipedia is inappropriate, as are links to You Tube in order to promote the CD release of the album. If any of the above items are returned to the article page, it will be considered vandalism.79.66.122.20 (talk) 23:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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message: Cherry Red's 2008 release called Despite Straight Lines: The Very Best Of Marilyn is indeed a greatest hits album. It includes 9 tracks (out of ten!!) of his only album, plus 8 tracks such as b-sides, remixes AND a never released before mix of Raining Again (Dub Version). Milli Vanilli also released ONE album, but they do have a Greatest Hits compilation. See link > Milli Vanilli's Greatest Hits
Regading Marilyn covers/Artists who covered Marilyn:  I Ain't Been Licked (originally recorded by Diana Ross) appeared as a b-side on his 1985 single release to Pray For That Sunshine.
 Spirit In The Sky (originally by Norman Greenbaum), Sooner Or Later (originally recorded by Sylvester James) and Ooh Child (originally recorded by The Stairsteps) came out in 2002/2003 as a three-CD boxset of rare and unheard stuff via his former website. It is a fanclub only release, but it's still worth to mention.  The song Give It Up was re-recorded by the artists Eric And The Good Good Feeling. It appeared on their 1989 album called Funky. This album was released through Equinox Phonographic Recordings Ltd on Vinyl/Cassette/CD. Smash 'n' Grab's adaption to Baby U Left Me (In The Cold) named Drive Me Crazy was released in 1998 as a single CD through a label called DanceNet. Same with AJB. It came out as a single CD, and a mix was released throughout a compilation. See link >
The Compilation
Marilyn's official website is TheMrMarilyn.com. This site started out as a 'fansite' but soonish became being OFFICIAL!! I suggest to visit his website for any other questions regarding the discographies.
Maz112 (talk) 03:03, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You have rewritten the page with a totally non-encyclopedic biography. The tone, style, and content of the biographical details you added contravene Wikipedia's policies (please read Wikipedia's Manual Of Style and other related articles in the Help section before you add/change content to Wikipedia articles). With reference to the above topics of cover versions and compilation albums that have been raised with you by other users, much of this information is inappropriate for an article about a person. Only notable facts should be included in the article and Wikipedia is not a place to include every single minute detail about a subject (this information is more suited to fansites). And in relation to the subject of fansites, the site you mention above identified itself as a fansite and is therefore not appropriate for a Wikipedia article. In response to the matter of the DSL album vs. "The Best of" album, this is indeed the same product but with a few extra tracks included. Since the extra tracks are not additional hit singles in any way, it can hardly be called a "greatest hits" album any more than the original 1985 release of the album was. You will find that many CD reissues of older albums include extra tracks, but this does not mean that they are "new albums" and this album in particular cannot be treated as such. It is appropriate to use the wording "re-released with additional tracks in 2008 as "DSL: The Best Of...", but not to consider it a new volume of work as this is misleading and therefore unencyclopedic. Just because you have seen this attempted on other Wikipedia articles (such as Milli Vanilli) it is not a reason to do so yourself, and since Marilyn only made one album, it is basically aggrandising him to make it appear that he made more.GoldCoaster (talk) 19:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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message: The chart table for Marilyn's singles is currently far too big. According to Wikipedia Music Standards (WP:MUSTARD), a chart table can include no more than 10 national charts (from 10 different countries) and/or no more than 10 additional charts (such as Billboard R&B, UK Dance Chart, etc). There are currently 17 national charts listed on the table and so 7 of them will have to be deleted. I will leave this up to the person who created the chart table to deal with, but if it is not dealt with in due course then the whole table will be deleted.79.66.32.102 (talk) 06:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I am absolutely sure about this, and you should read the Wikipedia policy I directed you to rather than merely finding some other article that has broken the same rule. Sort the table out or it will be deleted.79.66.16.15 (talk) 00:07, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Chart table

message: The complete Biography does not make any sense to me. Boy George claims they were later chased out by a neighbour who tried to break down the front door with an axe because the neighbour was attracted to Marilyn, whom he assumed was a woman and later found out he was a man. Also according to George, Marilyn once attempted to seduce David Bowie at a nightclub venue called "Legends", but was rebuffed. This is more like "I've heard from my friends friend". No words on facts like his role in the 1979 movie "Steppin' Out". No words about his participation in the movies "Breaking Glass" and "The Hunger". He appeared in both as an extra, but was later cutted out during the editing process. And this is just the beginning... This is definitely not a proper biography. Too many things are missing but the gossips are okay.
Maz112 (talk) 11:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
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message: Can somebody please help me check my grammer only. Thank You!
--Maz112 (talk) 13:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have cleaned the article up for grammar and tone, but also had to remove some things that are unsourced, or just inappropriate to the article due to Wikipedia Standards. GoldCoaster (talk) 03:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early life 

message: I have removed this section because it was unencyclopedic and fails to meet Wikipedia's policies about "notability". Aside from his own four videos and Band Aid, the only other notable videos he appeared in were Marianne Faithfull and Eurythmics. He didn't make a cameo in Boy George's "Yes We Can" video, as this was just an animated picture of him - not Marilyn himself. It would be like saying Barack Obama guest-starred in the video as well, which is not the case - it's all just pictures.GoldCoaster (talk) 03:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If Boy George really did a "Yes We Can" video, then it's really a shame John McCain didn't win. If it was about himself, the lyrics must have been "yes I can dress like a bad thrift shop and become nothing but a joke from the 1990s on.  Yes I can clean up the streets of New York City after getting caught yet again for drugs fifteen years after originally doing so and saying that I cleaned myself up.  Yes I can vote stupidly due to my many years of drug use. Yes I can!"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.85.21.44 (talk) 01:06, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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message: I'm surprised that with someone as colorful as this, there is so little information on this man's personal life. It's like there was once a biography here and some editor deleted it. There is more information on the Talk page than in the article itself. 
There must be some basic facts about his life that can be supported by reliable sources. It's not like he was a recluse. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 02:26, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  No personal life? 

message: Marilyn lives in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Macey71 (talk) 08:39, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  B E C K Y  S A Y L E S  11:20, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
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message: Please remove the "Official website" link from the External links section. The existing link leads to an unrelated betting website, not to a website about the singer. 188.22.202.177 (talk) 02:27, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Done DannyS712 (talk) 06:16, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
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