Talk:Michelle Phillips

message: This article and related articles about the Ms and Ps are disgustingly bad quality. It's just outright disgusting. If you can't write then don't contribute. Ten minutes here trying to weed out grammatical mistakes - when one comes originally to just read something - is about all one can take. Shame. You people are pathetic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.50.43.195 (talk) 15:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the thoughtful - and so helpful - critique. Tvoz/talk 04:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  "If you can't write then don't contribute."  As you should know, introductory clauses are separated by a comma from the main sentence. So, it should be "If you can't write, then don't contribute." Stylistically, using some form of "disgusting" in two consecutive sentences, though not strictly "wrong", is redundant. After brushing up on such basics, please feel free to edit the article yourself, as Tvoz implied. Unimaginative Username (talk) 05:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: A Mess a Wikipedia Mess

message: The song "Dedicated to the one I love" was written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass, and was recorded by the Shirelles originally- the Mama's and the Papa's version was a cover. Lulu in hollywood
The Shirelles version was also a cover. The original version was by  Pauling's vocal group, The 5 Royales.
*Is this shiela in some way related to Terry Gilliam? If so, I think we should be told. Albatross2147 06:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dedicated To The One I Love 

message: "Acting Career"'s final part looks like general trivia.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.22.23.66 (talk) 04:45, August 21, 2007 (UTC) 
She also played in the 1979 movie version of Sydney Sheldon's book "Bloodline", as Vivian Nichols.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Linda974 (talk • contribs) 13:16, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  /* Acting career */  

message: there's mention of Fantasy Island (the TV show) but I can't add a link.
:  - 2/0 (cont.) 06:21, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  editsemiprotected link to Fantasy Island 

message: Please change picture to a better one which is newer, or from the 1960's.
i Also agree with 'Tvoz'. this page, and the other pages involving the mamas and the papas dont have the full story and have wrong points.... such as in Michelle phillips' page where near the bottom, it says that she won 17 hands in craps, she actually won 18. while they were in the virgin islands. and mama cass was the only one that left a couple months before, because she had bught a round trip ticket, instead of a one way. so only Michelle, John, and Denny had to get some money to fly back to new york. then after that, they drove to california and recorded California Dreamin'. which John and Michelle wrote while they were in New York. Michelle had been talking about how she missed california so much when they were in new york. so that night, John had a dream about california, woke up, and started to write down lyrics in the middle of the night. he then woke up Michelle, and showed her what he had been working on. and she liked it.John told her to get up and help him finish it. and thats how it happened. I could go on all day about the rest of the mamas and the papas story. Before you guys think you know something, do some research first. oh andby the way, for those who are really interested about the mamas and the papas story, go to "www.dennydoherty.com". its Denny's website that he had before he passed on a couple years ago. it has about 15 or 20 pages about the whole mamas and the papas story that is summed up. he wrote it all, and it is one of the best things i have ever read in my life.
Michelle Phillips (talk) 03:16, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Picture guys 

message: JUL724 (talk) 19:19, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed I think.... --Jnorton7558 (talk) 23:09, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from JUL724, 25 September 2011 

message: Both Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot contributed backing vocals to former band mate Denny Doherty's 1974 album "Waiting For A Song".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.6.173.67 (talk) 16:13, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denny Doherty LP "Waiting For A Song" (1974) 

message: Can you please edit "years active" for Michelle Phillips? The years active is 1962-present.
4.255.55.187 (talk) 06:54, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:13, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 4 August 2013 

message: Would anyone else like to chime in on  changes   My concerns are stated in my edit summaries.  Mlpearc (open channel) 13:50, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  You're making absolutely no sense. Your only criticism of my edits is that the infobox template had a designated image size. You've reverted all of the other hard work, research, and citations I've made over an extremely trivial matter. You've given not one solid reason as to what is wrong with the edits I made. Drown Soda (talk) 17:50, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  You made many changes including {{Infobox musical artist to {{Infobox person for which there is no discussion or consensus. Again (as I stated just above) My concerns are stated in my edit summaries   Mlpearc (open channel) 17:57, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'll leave the infobox as it is then, but I am restoring the textual work I did to the body of the article—it is adequately researched and I completely reformatted/built up the bibliography with Sfn references and everything—there is no reason to undo all of that over what you're referring to. Drown Soda (talk) 18:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consensus  

message: :Sorry I am late to the discussion here, but I prefer the Michelle Phillips 1967.JPG. The more current image, Michelle Phillips.JPG just makes her look terrible; she was caught with an inopportune facial expression. The newer one even notes that it was her in 1967. Better image. So my vote is the 1967 image. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 19:43, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I can not seem to find the guideline but, IIRC, if the subject is alive, a most recent image is preferred, a older/classic image can be added if the subject is deceased.  Mlpearc (open channel) 19:50, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This sounds like something for which WP:BIOGRAPHY would have a guideline (and if they don't, this could be a chance to get them to discuss and write one:). In this case, the subject is still alive and active and has done many notable things (including being seen in production media, not just voice) since the 1960s, so I don't see a strong reason to use the older image for reasons relating to the timeframe. There's obviously a difference in style between a talent agency's publicity photo and a candid one. The candid one looks, well, candid, but I don't see it as "terrible" or "an inopportune facial expression" beyond that. DMacks (talk) 20:50, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I personally think the 2002 photo is "inopportune," as  said, in that she looks stern and as if she is about to scowl; it's also not that great of quality. As far as the infobox goes, I changed it to the Infobox person template (which was also reverted and contended), as it seems more appropriate given the breadth of her career, which has not been completely focused on music. She's spent the last 40 years working as an actress almost exclusively; her tenure in The Mamas & the Papas, on the other hand, was only a few years. Granted, she rose to fame in the band and gained notoriety because of it, but does that necessarily mean that the Infobox musician template is more appropriate than person? Drown Soda (talk) 09:39, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

text:  thanks for this—I agree with you. It's not that she necessarily looks bad in the photo, but it's not a high quality photo by any means, and her expression in it seems to demonstrate that she was caught off guard or unaware the photo was being taken. Given the general consensus here, I think it's fair to change it to one of the available publicity photos(?). --Drown Soda (talk) 22:47, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Which image to use?

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I am going to tentatively change the Infobox to Infobox person rather than Infobox musician given that Phillips had a divided career, and while she was in a well-known band, she has spent the majority of her career in acting and has been more prolific in film & television than she has as a musician. This only makes sense, and also allows for additional biographical details to be included (i.e. marriages, kids). I know there was a strong objection to this some time back, but no one else has expressed any concern over the issue since--if there is any objection, please respond here to discuss. ---Drown Soda (talk) 09:19, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Is the G in her maiden name hard or soft? Could we have a brief note about that, please? Paul Magnussen (talk) 20:56, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maiden name 

message: I'm surprised there's no "Personal life" section. I thought it was standard for Wikipedia articles to include one. Is this on purpose? Szkott (talk) 16:05, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal life