Talk:Freddie Mercury

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Why did the death section get "halved?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregsynth (talk • contribs) 00:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Iranians and North Indians (and Greeks) are primary Caucasians. This can be easily inferred through multiple lines of genetic evidence. 'Primary Caucasian' means that Iranians and North Indians still have most in common (on a global scale) with the original population whom gave birth to the vast majority of, population-variant genes, that are found in modern day Europeans and Middle Easterners (neolithic farmers spread to the rest of the world from an area between turkey to north india at 10kybp). They are, obviously, not primary Caucasians because low admixture has allowed them to physically resemble the original Caucasoids (It is Europeans whom are phototypically more akin to the earlist Caucasoids. Although it is true, in recent history, the climate shift would'nt allow selection for lighter skin in certain parts of the world. This is most evident when you look at Southern Europe). Both of these populations have admixture higher than almost any European population (Although much of Iran (especially the north-eastern quadrant), actually has very little (relative to global populations) significant admixture). But, given the time elapsed since the neolithic dispersal, and given the fact that Europe's genetic signature is a product of a few genetic founders (whom have clearly lost a few male lineated haplogroups to say the least), and the data put forth by Cavalli-Sforza et al., it is clear that modern Europeans are not the same as the Caucasoids of early history (at 10kybp). Thus, the fact that many Iranians or North Indians have higher admixture than most Europeans, does not necessarily mean they are any less Caucasoid, altogether. It is quite centric, to ignore the obvious fact, that West Asia was the source of caucasoid genes. And technically, exo-migrants are no longer true Caucasoids, but rather descendents with newly evolved genetic identities. This is precisely why isolates such as Iranians, North Indians, and Greeks, do not pair hard with other populations on phylogenetic trees.

Ok. So at the lowest resolution, (broadest racial sense) we have: Levantines (or Neoliths) and their related descendents (Europeans, North Africans, Central Asians, Middle Easterenrs, Indo-Paki-Afghans). Congonisians and related Africans. And the East Asians.

It's over. The deludes can stop pushing the fantasy that Cro-magnum man was chasing reindeer through LGM Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.197.253.38 (talk) 23:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

All I can say to the writer who seems so enlightened about race above is maybe he should actually read into what hes saying instead of following that Eugenecist Nazi BS, which is very quaint and irrelevant.86.138.248.126 (talk) 15:34, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi folks,

I've never done much on Wikipedia before, and I don't know too much about Freddie, but I did want to point out to you that the "Early Life and Playwright" section has been pretty seriously vandalized, and someone familiar with the original material may want to put it back together . . . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.165.142.102 (talk) 19:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Removed WP:COPYVIO

I have redacted my previous comment because it appears the text in question was copied from here. — confusionball (talk) 00:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Bisexuality

This section of the article is quite messy. It starts out trying to state that Freddie was bi, and then after two sentences only gives evidence as to how gay he was. In the past I've mostly heard that after breaking up with Mary (though they were obviously still very close friends until his death) he was explicitly gay from there on. The only things to back this up, however, are only the gossip of his past lovers. Any way to fix this?--Gocchin (talk) 15:42, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

English?

It says he's an English musician at the top. In what universe is THAT true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.82.245 (talk) 10:34, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Iron Curtain

I'm adjusting the statement "In 1986, Queen were also the first to play behind the Iron Curtain, when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 in Budapest.[27]". While this might have been a first for them it certainly wasn't an absolute first: e.g. Iron Maiden played Poland, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia two years earlier in 1984 Behind the Iron Curtain (Iron Maiden video) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.191.183.85 (talk) 14:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Sexual Orientation

It seems that what is said in the beginning of the article about how he kept his sexual orientation a secrete from the public contradicts what is later said claiming that he was openly gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.153.168 (talk) 15:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Origin of a Quote

A certain quote response given by Freddie Mercury that is listed in his Wikipedia page is not referenced. The quote is "I am as gay as a daffodil, my dear." It came from a New Musical Express magazine interview in their issue released on March 12, 1974. Could someone please incorporate this into the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.107.83 (talk) 10:39, 21 June 2008 (UTC)