Talk:Bobby Brown

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Request expansion[edit]

With all his media attention these days, there should be more information available about Brown, particularly his early life, his New Edition days and coverage of the impact of Being Bobby Brown. Add, please! Iamvered 13:56, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added! TamYum 03:49, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Early life and Career with New Edition[edit]

Can someone tell me why this part has been taken out of the article? The way the biography section is starting off now doesn't make any sense ("For his follow-up..."). Follow-up after what? I'm going to add it again until someone can come up with an explanation as to why it shouldn't be there. P.S. If you're going to delete something, you should explain why in the edit box after you have deleted the info. TamYum 14:06, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay...[edit]

What happened to the page?! Keekee 06:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Websites[edit]

Should the French website be removed and added as a link on the French Wikipedia translation? 71.205.112.43 20:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jail Time[edit]

The article seems to avoid the topic of Brown's jail time. He simply states that he was in jail for 65 days, but does not give reason why. Is there a reason for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.102.178.254 (talk) 17:55, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio[edit]

I found the biography section to be mostly a copyvio from All Music Guide. I have removed the entire section and restored the section to the last version without the copyvio (13 July 2006). The last version with the copyvio is this one. A lot of information needs to be readded (without being copied from somewhere), while you're adding information please include citations. - kollision 06:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The new version sounds more like a fan page... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keekee5 (talk • contribs) 12:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spam[edit]

Someone using the IP address 71.105.104.206 has been spamming pages on black musicians, adding promotional material on "George Smith" (no idea who that is) and his son, an alleged "singer/dancer/producer" called "2 Krayze." This kid is a Disney Channel artist and a relative non-entity. A quick Google search for "2 krayze" reveals that someone has been copying 2 Krayze's profile from the Disney Channel website and pasting it into the comments sections on black-culture articles and blogs. It looks like this kid and his family (who are listed as his managers/agents/whatever) are orchestrating a deliberate spam campaign to manufacture fake publicity for 2 Krayze. Other articles that this spammer has attacked include Perri "Pebbles" Reid‎, Loose Ends (band)‎ and The Gap Band‎. I'm not sure whether "George Smith" did in fact manage all these artists, but all the edits that 71.105.104.206 has made look a lot like spam. I'm going to revert all the edits that this person has made and put the above pages on my watchlist. If anybody has more information about this spammer, please leave a message on my talk page. Huntthetroll (talk) 17:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The spammer, using the IP address 67.182.72.212, added the self-promotional information back to Bobby Brown, Perri "Pebbles" Reid, Loose Ends (band)‎ and Bobby Brown. I have reverted all those edits, and will leave warnings on the talk page for that user. Does anyone know how to report spam to administrators? Huntthetroll (talk) 21:33, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1978?[edit]

According to the bio on the right, Bobby's career has been active since 1978, making him 9 when he started - yet theres nothing to back this up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommyhaych (talk • contribs) 19:18, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about his performances with the group New Edition? He couldn't have been any older than 9 when he began performing, for all we know he could have joined New Edition at the age of 12 after performing professionally yet unsuccessfully three years earlier. 68.219.26.177 (talk) 01:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The number of children he has.[edit]

He became a father again for the sixth time on July 11, 2015. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 11:41, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

States eldest child was killed in Miami?[edit]

Please fix reference about eldest child. Says he was killed in Miami a couple of years ago but states he's currently working on a project? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.48.74.153 (talk) 02:56, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Death[edit]

Just checked this page and it looks like it's been updated in a way that suggests Bobby Brown died yesterday. As far as I'm aware this hasn't happened - can the changes be reverted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idlejim (talk • contribs) 14:08, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

To add to article[edit]

The cause of death of Bobby Brown, Jr. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 03:22, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/03/22/bobby-brown-jr-death-caused-alcohol-cocaine-fentanyl-combination/6956590002/ Dgndenver (talk) 09:15, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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None of the early dates are cohesive[edit]

The intro days New Edition started in 1978. Then the Music Career section says it was formed in 1981. Then says it became the quintet in 1982. Then jumps back to saying they performed in 1979 before being signed. 47.203.194.168 (talk) 15:21, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]