Talk:James Brown

message: :I can't fathom where editors would imagine that EL points #3, WP:LINKSTOAVOID, WP:ELOFFICIAL, and WP:ELMIN would be construed as meaning 22 "External links". While only part of a guideline the end result is link farming, part of a policy, that does carry some weight. Since the article was "A former good article nominee" I suggest procedures to correct some of the problems. 
:A start would be to wipe out the "External links" section and start over.  Otr500 (talk) 19:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Knowledgeable parties, please see the discussion at Talk:I Got You (I Feel Good)#Songwriter?. Perhaps this issue is notable enough to address in this article? At the very least, we need a RS for the info. - dcljr (talk) 09:03, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ted Wright 

message: The first paragraph under "personal life" was about how ill he became near the end of his life, which makes no sense as a beginning. I moved that paragraph to the "illness and death" section. The personal life section may now give the appearance of being "unbalanced" by emphasizing that he was not a kind or gentle man; my defense is that the section now appears packed with abuse and violence because Brown's personal life really was packed with abuse and violence, and there's no point in trying to soften that. TooManyFingers (talk) 09:29, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved paragraph 

message: In the article Yvonne Fair, why does it list that she is the mother of his two children when it is mentioned on her daughter’s find a grave website, but not on here? Yvonne is the mother of his two daughters Venisha. This should be included in the James Brown article. Oldschoollover24 (talk) 06:07, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Yvonne Fair]] 

message: Thinking of something like this
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  id:Lines   value:black  legend:Studio_album
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 78.144.96.118 (talk) 23:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there a list of band members? 

message: The article does not seem to mention his most well known work among contemporary pop culture; the Bully Maguire song from Spiderman 3. Should this be added under the legacy section? 203.46.132.214 (talk) 03:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  No reference to most iconic legacy in contemporary pop culture?