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Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2020

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Change references to original sources

Same as my recent edit request:

Reference 45 linked to a tripod page can be found in the original source (Washington Post)

Reference 49 linked to a tripod page can be found in the original source (Entertaiment Weekly, real title: "A replacement for Letterman")

Thank you. IgnacioCastroM (talk) 00:55, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Done - thank YOU! GoingBatty (talk) 21:55, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chuck Norris

This article is missing references to the venerable Chuck Norris lever, which is acutely described in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.42.56.197 (talk) 05:00, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2021

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In Conan's television appearances, change the last entry [[Silicon Valley]] to [[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]. It's linking to the wrong Silicon Valley now. Apparatum (talk) 16:46, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All set. Thanks! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:54, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article is inaccurate

Hi, I'm concerned that this article has been reverted to an earlier version. A lot of the information here is not up to date. For example, the picture that used to be here was from 2019 but this one is from 2015. O'Brien has also been hosting for about 27 or 28 years not 25, that's from a couple of years ago. There's no mention of his new HBO max show that is coming up or that he is ending his current talk show. His occupations also do not list podcaster. All the actors and comedians who have claimed him as an influence such as Seth Meyers and John Krasinski are missing. The entire influences section seems stripped down. The list of influences used to be much higher. On a whole this entire article seems to have been reverted to a version from a a few years ago.

138.88.227.232 (talk) 18:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The list of occupations isn't supposed to include everything he's ever done. It's supposed to highlight the things he's most famous for. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 02:39, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

But what about everything else? This article clearly has been stripped down. What about the new information? What about the influences, which used to be more extensive? And the picture is out of date. The years he has been hosting is also incorrect. He'll be coming on 28 years when he ends his show in June not 25. --138.88.227.232 (talk) 14:45, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for 30 years from 1962 to 1992. Conan O'Brien does not hold the longevity record.

Weird Formatting

I was looking at this article specifically after a conversation with my father because we were watching Sharktopus vs Pteracuda. I was looking to see Conan O'Brien was credited for his role on his Wiki and couldn't see it at first. I realized this is because, for some reason, the information is lined up wrong and instead of being put under the movie section of the list, the title is put under the year section, making it in between 2014 and 15 instead of listed as happening in 2015. The movie was released in 2015 and should, hopefully, be an easy fix.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense.

2010 net work politics?

Conan's setback at NBC in 2010 was not due to network politics, it was due to low ratings, his and Leno's