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Is Paul McCartney a vegan?

Here he clearly states that he isn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pf19jV1NYw&t=775s 92.192.173.34 (talk) 00:02, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have removed the vegan assertion from the article. WWGB (talk) 00:22, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He became vegetarian in either 1970 or 1971. It was either shortly before or very shortly after the release of his Ram album.--Kieronoldham (talk) 01:31, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of Filmography and Television lists

When this article was promoted to FA, it included a discography and list of tours, but nothing on films and television shows/specials. These have been added (I'm not sure when) and I question they're inclusion. Apart from when one of the works is referred to in the main text, much of this information is unsourced. Not only that but, particularly in the case of Television, the lists are clearly incomplete. One would expect to see a Filmography at, say, Elvis Presley and Madonna (entertainer), since they each took on dramatic roles in films, and they're introduced as actors in our articles. But McCartney is hardly an actor and never has been.

I'm tempted to just remove Filmography and Television from this article. But perhaps I'm missing something – perhaps there are other artist biographical articles to consider when making comparisons. Any thoughts out there ... any rationale for retaining the two lists? JG66 (talk) 08:13, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion

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You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 11:52, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why have you deleted the Ruth McCartney wiki page?

Ruth McCartney is Paul's step-sister, a musician, artist, pubic speaker and author in her own right and now when I go to her wiki URL from a Google search - someone has hijacked it to go straight to PAUL McCartney/ Who gave them permission to do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucyconlon (talk • contribs) 02:19, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lucyconlon: Read the arguments brought up at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ruth McCartney. She didn't meet Wikipedia's notability requirements to warrant an article; the fact that she's related to Paul doesn't in itself satisfy notability per WP:NOTINHERITED. MPFitz1968 (talk) 02:58, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And @Lucyconlon: please be aware you have an obvious conflict of interest, given your comment with this edit. On the subject of WP:NOTINHERITED, I'm not personally convinced that Jim and Mary McCartney merits an article either. It just seems like an excuse for McCartney uber-fans to go completely overboard with his background. JG66 (talk) 03:51, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage to Heather Mills ended

I think this should be included by someone able to edit this article. As it is, it sounds as if McCartney were a bigamist. His marriage to Heather Mills ended in divorce in 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7395872.stm .2003:ED:C3C0:6100:DD97:5FBF:4267:1627 (talk) 16:41, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]