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vandalism-"Misattribution and imitators"

this is pretty bad, no source and google doesn't give me anything.

"Some songs misattributed to him are not songs, but spoken skits, such as "Sesame Street on crack", which is also widely misattributed to Adam Sandler" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.134.106 (talk) 20:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Career History

The history of his career is broken up into only 3 sections. His career has been so long and varied that I think it's time to break that down into 4 or 5 time periods each with specific years. I don't have the writing or editing skill to do it but maybe someone will consider it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.49.214 (talk) 19:36, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What's up ...

...with the gibberish after his name? I see: /?jæ?k?v?k/ YANG-k?-vik

Is this a secret message for fans, or what? Do I need a decoder ring to read it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.206.162.36 (talk • contribs)

It is phonetic spelling of his name. (see International Phonetic Alphabet). --MASEM (t) 05:56, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Really? How is a question mark pronounced in "international phonetic alphabet"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.206.162.36 (talk • contribs)

You're seeing question marks as your browser is not able to display the special characters. I suggest upgrading your browser. pcuser42 (talk) 06:13, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That, or you have specified a font that lacks characters in that set. The markup that is generating that is based on standard default options across all browsers. --MASEM (t) 14:28, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Section: Personal life, in 3rd paragraph beginning with "On April 9, 2004..." Change "Yankovic went on with his concert in Mankato, Minnesota" to "Yankovic went on with his concert in Appleton, Wisconsin"

(note: the Mankato, MN show was the day after.)

Source of correct city. On April 9th 2004 according to Al's official website, his concert was in Appleton, WI. http://www.weirdal.com/phtour.htm

Subman27 (talk) 22:48, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: See previous discussions here and here. --Michael Greiner 02:59, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done And I added an additional ref to cite the correct and a hidden comment alerting users to the discussions on the talk page. —cyberpower ^Chat_Online 08:46, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weird Al is guest starring on Wander Over Yonder.

Weird Al is guess starring on Wander Over Yonder as Dr. Screwball Jones, Wander's nemesis from the past. Proof: https://mobile.twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/492467227858186240?p=v 68.57.243.166 (talk) 01:05, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]