Talk:Percy Sledge

message: Someone changed the wikilink "United States|US-American" to "United States|American" which I have reverted. This someone should be aware of the fact that "American" means "part of the continent America" which is not identical with the "United States". As long as there are no "United States of the complete continent of America", internationally the term "US-American" (and not "American") is used for anything applying to the USA. -- Meister 21:51, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  And yet…the officially named "United States of Mexico" is generally referred to as "Mexico," its citizens as "Mexicans,"the "United States of Brazil" as "Brazil," citizens as "Brazilians," the "United States of Venezuela" as "Venezuela," citizens as "Venezuelans," etc. Unless there are nations competing for the national name, like "The Democratic Republic of ____" vs "The People's Republic of ____," the political organization of most countries is omitted in their commonly used names. It's not unusual to confuse nomenclature with characteristics: If the USA were named "Freedonia", its history and citizens' attitudes would be no different.Jackaroodave (talk) 12:08, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

text: Yeah, that's funny that even Middle East terrorists have been picking up genuine US-terminology :-) -- Meister 11:57, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: American or US-American

message: Percy is still touring. Do a google news search. Go to the "Official Percy Sledge" site and book tickets to concerts.
Here is part of a recent article:
"Cajun Hot Sauce Festival set for April 13-15
Monday, March 26, 2007 1:32 PM CDT
By Steve Bandy The Daily Iberian
National recording artists Billy Currington and Percy Sledge will headline two nights of concerts for the seventh annual Cajun Hot Sauce Festival April 13 -15 at SugArena."
72.147.42.94 22:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right - factually. So I have removed the erroneous "year of death" from the article, which you as an editor could have done without being uncivil on this talk page. The heading to this post is not recommended as a means of approaching one user on his talk page, let alone who knows how many users visiting this article. Thanks. Refsworldlee(chew-fat)(eds) 22:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  He is not dead you dummy! 

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thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 06:11, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations & References

message: I deleted three of the "categories" because they were redundant. For example, with him in the Cat: for African American male singers, and another category of "American male singers" (which is not as specific) but both had been added there-- practically the same thing, and the reason why I deleted it. I also dropped two categories for the same reasons. Leaving one important factor out while covering the same aspects too broadly should be avoided if possible, right? --Leahtwosaints (talk) 00:46, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories at the bottom of the article 

message: Most references indicate that he worked as a hospital orderly, although the BBC obituary mentions him working as a nurse. Since there is no mention of him obtaining a nursing education or degree, I suspect that the reference to him being a nurse is mistaken. Does anyone have specific information?
Kurtreedk (talk) 17:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nurse or Orderly 

message: He had 12 children, all between his marriages
* Does that mean that he had no children to either of his wives, and all 12 children he did have were born after he divorced wife No. 1 and before he married wife no. 2?  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: No, and no.  The source - though not very well written - is saying that he had 12 children in all, some of whom were with his first wife and the rest with his second wife.   "Rosa Sledge is his second wife. Between the two women, Sledge has 12 children..."   I've clarified the article a little.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:16, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks.  I sorta doubted that's the way it was, although that was the primary interpretation of the words as they were written.  Amazingly flexible language, English.  A good example of how "between" can be read either inclusively or exclusively.  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:34, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Children

message: The New York Times has been reporting the year of birth for Percy Sledge as 1940; Billboard and others report 1941. Not sure which is correct. Famspear (talk) 03:36, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Official public records (like this - subscription-only, but other sources are available) unequivocally state November 25, 1940.  It may be that confusion arose because, being born late in the year, he was 25 when "WAMLAW" became a hit, and someone somewhere then interpreted his birth year as 1941.  But, we should give the correct 1940 date here.  PS: This has already been discussed and resolved in a thread higher up this page.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:38, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to give a bit more weight to the New York Times on issues like this, and they give 1940 as well. Connormah (talk) 13:05, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth?

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