Talk:Big Bird

message: Please participate here: Talk:Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame#big_bird_is_not_a_Muppets_character.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 15:45, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion about is Big Bird a muppet 

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 04:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: This article seems to be vandalized a lot. (Narkstraws 20:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It does. I recently requested it for page protection, but one admin didn't think it was being vandalized enough. Go Wikipedia policy. —scarecroe 20:49, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's vandalism. —scarecroe 16:51, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalism 

message: isnt he a cockatiel--75.82.16.153 04:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  cockatiel 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Tv sesame street journey to ernie.jpg

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Follow that bird theatrical poster.jpg

message: Is Big Bird's teddy bear really significant enough to merit half the introduction? --98.165.68.71 (talk) 06:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Teddy Bear

message: I noticed only two of the people who voiced Big Bird are listed in the credits on the right margin. Should not the others be listed as well? Often this is something I will take the initiative on myself, but since this is a locked page, I thought I should ask. Lizmichael (talk) 16:24, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Voices

message: Removed, as the section has been tagged for cleanup and trivia for around a year.  Per WP:BOLD. DP76764 (Talk) 14:28, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Appearances in popular culture section

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message: I was riding the It's A Small World ride in Disneyland, California back in March and in the Mexican section of the ride, there are a number of birds to the left side of the boat and one of them was bright yellow with purple eyes and looked an awful lot like this character, is it possible they would put this in as a spoof or is it entirely coincidential? trainfan01  —Preceding undated comment added 01:28, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh, interesting observation. Unless it looked an awful lot like Big Bird, I would think that it's just a coincidence, but of course, I'm not sure and I don't know what it looks like. You may want to try to bring this up at Wikipedia:Reference desk; that's the place to ask questions like this that aren't related to the article itself. You're much more likely to get a response that answers your question. Good luck, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 02:07, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big Bird in Disneyland? 

message: I think this article should redirect to Sesame Street. What do you think? Please , if you have an opinion, answer below.
[[User:Slayer2448|Slayer2448]  —Preceding undated comment added 16:57, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree, Bird is notable.  The current state of his article, however, is pretty dismal.  Oscar would like it, I'm sure.  You'd be surprised how much material there is out about Big Bird--his development, his characterization by Spinney, how he's performed, his impact on popular culture.  A major source would be Spinney's book.  Someone really should improve this article to reflect that.  It may be me, but I have loads of other stuff on my plate right now. Christine (talk) 11:58, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Clearly notable. Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and a few other characters transcend Sesame Street and have been a part of the cultural dialogue in their own right for years. That's probably why the Library of Congress recognized the Bird as a stand alone character - not merely as part of the Sesame Street television program. X4n6 (talk) 03:27, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirects 

message: WHERE IS THE MENTION OF BIG BIRD'S APPEARANCE ON SNL'S WEEKEND UPDATE OCTOBER 6, 2012?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.88.175.106 (talk) 07:22, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is that particular appearance more important than his many other appearances on other programs that are not mentioned here?  Powers T 02:13, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  BIG BIRD ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 

message: Apparently Big Bird recently came out as transgendered, so shouldn't a note of this be made? 209.121.225.132 (talk) 19:55, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transgender?

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message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Serinus Maximus. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Hog Farm (talk) 04:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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message: In this RfD discussion,  observed that the infobox for Big Bird describes the character's gender as "male"; however, as I pointed out, the Lede describes Big Bird as an anthropomorphic canary. So, which is correct?
I feel that broad community participation is warranted here, so I'm going to start an RfC. Doug Mehus  T·C 16:03, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. So, for clarity, we should just say that he is a canary in the lede, correct? I'll leave this RfC open longer, to developer broader consensus, but someone non-involved can close early per WP:SNOW. Doug Mehus  T·C 16:55, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction of Big Bird's gender in Lede and Infobox 

message: It's not mentioned, but I remember Big Bird being a guest star on the Susan Anton show.  And of course, there needs to be some write-up of his appearance at Jim Henson's funeral in-character.70.122.214.126 (talk) 03:48, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Cultural References