Talk:"Weird Paul" Petroskey

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Corrected some errors[edit]

I didn't really add much to this entry, but I corrected the errors in the titles of the songs and albums. I also added more specific information regarding Stacey Goldschmidt's documentary.

Perhaps I'll expand this entry sometime.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.131.240.171 (talk) 10:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

The appropriate guideline for notability is WP:MUSICBIO, and the only criteria from there that applies is the first:

Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself.

Looking at the eight <ref>s the article currently has: the last, in The Huffington Post, appears to just be a recycled press release, and the three in news.google.com failed verification. (Could another editor please confirm the non-verification. My browser displayed things like small ads; most strange.) That leaves only four references. To my mind that is insufficient for notability. HairyWombat 02:38, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Huffington post article appears to be the original article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.166.178.202 (talk) 00:24, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article passed AfD, so I have removed the {{notability}} tag. HairyWombat 02:48, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect[edit]

I made a redirect to this page. Rmaster1200 (talk) 15:26, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The "Weird" not part of his name[edit]

Should we put quotes around the word Weird? It's not a part of his name. Rmaster1200 (talk) 16:09, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The "'Weird Al' Yankovic" article sets a precedent for how to address musicians with the "Weird" prefix. I have added quotations to "Weird Paul" and moved the page accordingly. Popscreenshot (talk) 20:14, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]