Talk:Death of Michael Jackson/Archive 1
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Merge proposal
I'm boldly archiving this as there is no consensus likely due to the recentism of his death. I suggest seeing where things are in a few weeks but realistically this has been top page news worldwide so a preponderance of news sources are avalable and the death - with the reactions to it - certainly meets notability threshold. -- Banjeboi 13:14, 27 June 2009 (UTC) |
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Children
- Comment: 3rd para, 2nd to last sentence says Jackson "fathered" 3 children. They are not his biological kids, so I don't think that's an accurate description of how the children came to be.
- We don't say whether he was the biological father or not. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 05:04, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Record sales on Amazon.com
please on Amazon.com you can see that MJ records occupy 16 places in the top 16 please write it, thanks here is the link
- I had noticed that myself before you pointed it out. However, the information at that link is updated every hour, so I don't know if it's really a valid source. Grundle2600 (talk) 18:09, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- If the stats are qualified as to time posted, it may be ok. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:10, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I agree. But how do we post a link so readers can verify it for themselves? Even right now, positions 15 and 16 are no longer held by Jackson. Grundle2600 (talk) 18:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- Make a note in the citation of the date and time of retrieval and that the content at the link is ever shifting. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I agree. But how do we post a link so readers can verify it for themselves? Even right now, positions 15 and 16 are no longer held by Jackson. Grundle2600 (talk) 18:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Nearly 12 years since a death received such huge attention from media and public
Shouldn't something in the article be added to to point out the fact that there hasn't been anywhere near as much attention given to a death since that of Diana, Princess of Wales? How about the fact that it virtually stopped coverage of Farrah Fawcett's death? Those points are relevant to understanding what a massive event Jackson's death was. Information yes (talk) 12:04, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- Diana was a royal and the death of such an icon was not expected and the grief was a matter of course. Jackson on the other hand was a recluse.(redacted per WP:Talk) Her Imperial Highness (talk) 13:04, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- We should let reliable sources lede in this regard, same as with album sales and other notable information. This helps us remain NPOV. When the New York Times, or similar news outlet, notes this as big as Diana's outpouring then we state "_____ noted this as ____". -- Banjeboi 13:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- A "recluse" does not plan 50 concert performances as Jackson was planning. Grundle2600 (talk) 18:05, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- That's WP:OR. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:11, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- A "recluse" does not plan 50 concert performances as Jackson was planning. Grundle2600 (talk) 18:05, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
something to read
More goulishness for those who want to know. Gwen Gale (talk) 14:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- It says, "... investigators conducting the autopsy were also surprised at how healthy Jackson was."
- "Healthy"?
- He's dead!
- That's not "healthy."
- Grundle, they were noting a healthy state of only a part of the body at time of death. Please hold back on the personal observations. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:12, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
iTunes Sales
I made this pic from screen shots of iTunes USA, I feel it better conveys the massive sales at present. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MJ_ITUNES_SALES.jpg Mc8755 (talk) 14:53, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- It also fails at least two criteria of WP:NFCC and has no fair-use rationale even if it didn't. Black Kite 15:45, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Public figures' statements
I really don't have a opinion, either way would be fine to me. Is the statements made by these artists—with respective reliable sources, obviously—necessary? Sparks Fly 16:33, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think they are. They, along with the family section that reads like an obituary, make the article seem more like a memorial than an enyclopedia article. That this article is essentially one big puff piece, though, doesn't bode well for them being trimmed. Rnb (talk) 16:35, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I think a few of the statements can be kept. The rest should go on WikiQuote. Pyrrhus16 16:44, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- Set-up a wikiquote farm for these - there will be hundreds only a handful of which should be of any help here. -- Banjeboi 17:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think these celebrity and other quotes have any encyclopedic worth at this time, other than perhaps Liza Minnelli saying, "When the autopsy comes, all hell's going to break loose..."AP.. Gwen Gale (talk) 17:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Tributes
Lets list all the tribute shows/specials in all countries we can find as well as all newspaper articles(photos especially). --Cooly123 (talk) 20:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- Let's not (photos especially, as they'll be copyrighted). Black Kite 22:28, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Question?
Just curious, I know the wiki project has rules. Why is there articles about artists who basically released an album, had no success, got some small publicity in a local paper, and yet that qualifies them to have an article? Yet I am no fanatic MJ fan (I did like his old stuff) and yet this article about his death is considered controversial even when it is all over international media for the past 24 hours? There seems to be something really lacking in the rules of Wiki when somebody nobody heard of gets an article and yet a person who was known all over the world and who's death gets non stop coverage is denied?76.118.224.35 (talk) 05:48, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I think it's people not looking ahead. We're bound to end up with separate articles on the death, the funeral, the investigation, and on and on. I suspect it's the editors of Michael Jackson who want to see the traffic directed there instead, though I can't think why, because it's making a dog's breakfast of a featured article. Far better to direct it to a new page. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 05:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- What a strange confluence of edits, allegedly by two different accounts [1] [2]. WWGB (talk) 06:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- *slaps WWGB for not noticing that one of those isn't an actual account* Honestly, if you're going to go after Slim, please do better than pointing out a failure to log in. Orethrius (talk) 16:04, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- That IP wasn't me. It was just an anon who mistakenly (I assume) removed a post. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 21:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- *slaps WWGB for not noticing that one of those isn't an actual account* Honestly, if you're going to go after Slim, please do better than pointing out a failure to log in. Orethrius (talk) 16:04, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- What a strange confluence of edits, allegedly by two different accounts [1] [2]. WWGB (talk) 06:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
RE: spelling "Demerol" not "Demorol" (first paragraph), pls revise.
- Thank you! SlimVirgin talk|contribs 06:03, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Any question? When will Michael Jackson's remains be cremated? What date and time?
After his death, Michael Jackson's remains will be cremated on unknown date and time.
Don't we know about his cremation on date and time?
- Jackson wanted to have his body preserved in plastic [3]. WWGB (talk) 07:46, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
I knew it would be something crazy...--Frank Fontaine (talk) 17:57, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- There's no business like showbusiness, like no business I know. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:01, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- That's a far from reliable source.... and it says "considering". Besides, any source that speculates that "Jackson's nose, which has famously received a series of surgical interventions, was already plastinated enough to not require any further work." should not be taken too seriously in my opinion. Yintaɳ 23:58, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not saying I'm taking any sides in this whole plastination thing, but there are plenty of other websites that reported on this. The source above is a little dated, but here's one that a decent site published the day after Jackson's death. Digitelle (talk) 00:06, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- It's still a claim by the plastinator alone, not confirmed by anybody else. I don't believe a word of it. And if he was in as bad a physical shape as reports claim he was, a plastinated Jackson will not be a pretty sight. Not to mention the two autopsies on top of that. Anyway, time will tell. But I suggest you don't hold your breath ;-) Another thing, your "decent site" claims that "Bubbles, his late pet monkey was plastinated a number of years ago". That's interesting because Bubbles is still alive[4]... Yintaɳ 00:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry about that; I wasn't sure about the status of Bubbles since he left Neverland. From what I've seen of the site it wasn't a bad source, but I guess that was a pretty sloppy mistake. Still, I'm not taking a side in this, and if you ask me, it seems a little creepy that they'd exhibit MJ, I just thought I'd present a more recent update on that topic. But I'm sure it won't be much longer before we know the verdict on his last wishes. Digitelle (talk) 02:39, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- Not taking sides either but since the media are now so eager to publish any scrap of information about MJ, no matter how irrelevant or far-fetched, I think WP should be very careful with quotes and sources. Mind you, I'm not blaming you for pointing to them, I'm just doubting the sources. (I'd like to see a better source for the "leaked autopsy report" too, for example. That Sun tabloid is not exactly a monument of reliability.) Yintaɳ 09:58, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- I was pretty skeptical of the autopsy report myself. TMZ.com released a quote from the Los Angeles Coroner dispelling the leak as a fake though, so I removed it from the article. Digitelle (talk) 22:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Writing
Guys, just a note about the writing (not that anyone's going to pay attention, but here it is anyway). Five things mainly:
- 1) There is no need to put everything in quotes. X said that she is "devastated," while Y said she, "couldn't stop crying," and Z said she "couldn't believe it." Totally unnecessary and hard to read.
- 2) There is no need to quote every single celebrity who has said something meaningless, because that will shortly be half the planet.
- 3) There is no need to state the obvious e.g. if X asked for a moment of silence in Congress, there's no need to write, "X spoke about Jackson and asked for a moment of silence." Of course they spoke about him first. They wouldn't jump up and simply announce a moment of silence.
- 4) There is no need for "allegedly," or "reportedly" all the time, when it doesn't matter. If Taylor herself said she was packing her bags when she heard, that's what she was doing, so far as anyone will ever know, and who cares anyway. If Madonna said she wanted to dance with him in London, that's what she wanted.
- 5) No need for citations for every single point, unless it's something likely to be challenged, or a (necessary) quotation. See WP:V. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 08:07, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but this article reads like a gossip column instead of a work of encyclopedic importance. There is no need to talk about every bit of juicy detail. The thoughts of a nanny and her allegations are written as a tabloid column -- and that's just one example. This article should be much shorter and stick to the facts that have become of permanent importance to the subject matter. Wikipedia may be instantaneously updatable, but it is not your source of the latest news (and certainly not a place to aggregate the latest speculation). It should be a record of the facts that are lasting and that err on the side of academic. If you want entertainment news and gossip, look to the many other sources for that. Am I the only person who feels this way?69.229.111.161 (talk) 09:28, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
- No. But, this sort of thing is what happens every time someone notable dies (in proportion to notability). Steveozone (talk) 00:20, 29 June 2009 (UTC)