Talk:James Brown

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== External links ==

:I can't fathom where editors would imagine that [[WP:ELPOINTS|EL points #3]], [[WP:LINKSTOAVOID]], [[WP:ELOFFICIAL]], and [[WP:ELMIN]] would be construed as meaning 22 "External links". While only part of a guideline the end result is [[WP:LINKFARM|link farming]], part of a [[WP:policies and guidelines|policy]], that does carry some weight. Since the article was "A former good article nominee" I suggest procedures to correct some of the problems.
:A start would be to [[WP:DYNAMITE|wipe out]] the "External links" section and start over. [[User:Otr500|Otr500]] ([[User talk:Otr500|talk]]) 19:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

The links section was excessive. I have removed all links apart from the successor to DMOZ (DMOZ has always been seen as an acceptable external link as it groups together other acceptable links.

I am posting the removed links here:

* {{cite web|title=James Brown Showcase|url=https://www.localmusicscenesc.com/james-brown|website=Local Music Scene South Carolina}}
* {{Find a Grave|17147643}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070328192950/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_2_111/ai_n17134370 Celebrities share memories of James Brown]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081229191604/http://www.soulevolution.co.uk/Legendoftheweek.html Profile of James Brown at Soul Evolution]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1061658.ece ''The Times'' Obituary for James Brown]
* {{IMDb name|id=0113768|name=James Brown}}
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=20ff3303-4fe2-4a47-a1b6-291e26aa3438|name=James Brown}}
* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3779}}
* {{Rockhall}}
* [http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/people/james-brown "James Brown, 1933–2006"]. News and multimedia archive from [[The Augusta Chronicle]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209052401/http://www.downbeat.com/jamesbrown.asp James Brown's Musicians Reflect On His Legacy] – article from ''[[Down Beat|Down Beat Magazine]]''
* [https://www.facebook.com/thefamousflamesbysandibennett The Official ''Facebook'' Page on The Famous Flames]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001007155210/http://www.funky-stuff.com/jamesbrown/BioPoliticMain.htm Biography: James Brown and the Black Arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s] (biography at Funky-Stuff.com).
* [http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo11/jamesbrown.htm James Brown biography and concert review in cosmopolis.ch]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214022927/http://rbmaradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php?extID=0&showID=425 RBMA Radio On Demand – Across 135th Street – Volume 7 – Tribute to James Brown – Chairman Mao (RBMA, Egotrip)]
* [http://www.democracynow.org/2006/12/29/james_brown_in_his_own_words 1980 Interview with James Brown and the Rev. Al Sharpton] by [[Jon Alpert]] on [[Democracy Now!]]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15316566 James Brown concert and interviews on NPR Music]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140214034006/http://www.newfunkradio.com/ James Brown radiostream]
* [http://funeral.galileo.usg.edu/funeral/view?docId=funeral/brown20061230-001.xml James Brown funeral program] Digital Library of Georgia
* [http://supersoulsound.com/jbsuperfan/ The James Brown SuperFan Club]
* [https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/james-brown/soul-survivor/532/ PBS American Masters James Brown: Soul Survivor]

If there is any useful information in these links, they can be used to help improve the article. [[User:SilkTork|SilkTork]] ([[User talk:SilkTork|talk]]) 17:40, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

==Please don't erase reliable sources==
The [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]] policy is not a justifiable excuse to erase my sources. Two sources are still accepted on the [[Gorgeous George]] article. I even included another newer source which is very easy to read.[https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ5pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=gorgeous+george+james+brown+you+see&source=bl&ots=m6Yarcbg2E&sig=ACfU3U0JWrZtdPP0FuR0wrT_eC5wu7sI9w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhiZeTgYXqAhXBQTABHa_uCgoQ6AEwEXoECBIQAQ#v=onepage&q=gorgeous%20george%20james%20brown%20you%20see&f=false] Please follow the [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|NPOV policy]].[[User:Mancalledsting|Mancalledsting]] ([[User talk:Mancalledsting|talk]]) 10:38, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
:When you have been told repeatedly that the links to sources don't work and you continue to add them, you are edit warring. Revise the edit using ONLY sources that work, but the sources cited must fully support your edit. And take one minute to CHECK the links to see if they work. [[User:Sundayclose|Sundayclose]] ([[User talk:Sundayclose|talk]]) 15:46, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
:Just a friendly suggestion; it's perfectly OK to start with a suggestion on the Talk page ''before'' making changes and putting in links, ''especially'' if you're new. And if your new account is an attempt to get around an edit ban, I certainly don't want to encourage that, but I will say if that's the case, really not a good idea to get flagged as an edit vandal again. [[User:Accuracy Banshee|Accuracy Banshee]] ([[User talk:Accuracy Banshee|talk]]) 20:43, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

You are making up nonsense, especially with the source I even mentioned above. You are only demonstrating that you are looking for excuses to erase edits you don't like. Are you going to send the abuse of power calvary which doesn't like the good edit too?[[User:Mancalledsting|Mancalledsting]] ([[User talk:Mancalledsting|talk]]) 16:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
:{{ping|Mancalledsting}} And you have a serious misunderstanding about how Wikipedia works. Allow me to respectfully suggest that you slow down and discuss things when others who disagree with you instead of charging in with guns blasting. You have edited less than one month, and you have received multiple warnings during that short time. Slow down, read some policies, and discuss. Otherwise you are headed for a [[WP:BLOCK|block from editing]].
:Also be aware that two editors can have several common articles in their watchlists. Editing those pages is not "stalking". You need to read [[WP:NPA]] before making accusations. [[User:Sundayclose|Sundayclose]] ([[User talk:Sundayclose|talk]]) 17:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

== Annie Lennox reference ==

Article states that Annie Lennox released a 2007 album called Venus, containing a song called Vengeance. Her 2007 album is called Songs of Mass Destruction and contains no such song.
<span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Octolad|Octolad]] ([[User talk:Octolad#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Octolad|contribs]]) 16 November 2020 (UTC)</span>

== Ted Wright ==

Knowledgeable parties, please see the discussion at [[Talk:I Got You (I Feel Good)#Songwriter?]]. Perhaps this issue is notable enough to address in this article? At the very least, [[Special:Diff/1004375967|we need a RS for the info]]. - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 09:03, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

== Moved paragraph ==

The first paragraph under "personal life" was about how ill he became near the end of his life, which makes no sense as a beginning. I moved that paragraph to the "illness and death" section. The personal life section may now give the appearance of being "unbalanced" by emphasizing that he was not a kind or gentle man; my defense is that the section now appears packed with abuse and violence because Brown's personal life really was packed with abuse and violence, and there's no point in trying to soften that. [[User:TooManyFingers|TooManyFingers]] ([[User talk:TooManyFingers|talk]]) 09:29, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

== [[Yvonne Fair]] ==

In the article [[Yvonne Fair]], why does it list that she is the mother of his two children when it is mentioned on her daughter’s find a grave website, but not on here? Yvonne is the mother of his two daughters Venisha. This should be included in the James Brown article. [[User:Oldschoollover24|Oldschoollover24]] ([[User talk:Oldschoollover24|talk]]) 06:07, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

== Is there a list of band members? ==

Thinking of something like this
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ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20
PlotArea = left:100 bottom:60 top:5 right:10
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1953 till:31/10/2023
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1953
ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:10 start:1993

Colors =
id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals
id:lguitar value:teal legend:Lead_guitar
id:rguitar value:brightgreen legend:Rhythm_guitar
id:keys value:purple legend:Keyboards
id:bass value:blue legend:Bass
id:drums value:orange legend:Drums
id:Lines value:black legend:Studio_album
id:bars value:gray(0.95)

BackgroundColors = bars:bars

BarData =
bar:BBy text:Bobby Byrd

bar:BBe text:Bobby Bennett
bar:BLl text:Baby Lloyd
bar:BCo text:Bootsy Collins
bar:CCo text:Catfish Collins
bar:JSt text:Jabo Starks

PlotData=
width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
bar:BBy from:01/01/1953 till:end color:vocals
bar:BBe from:01/02/1958 till:01/01/1968 color:lguitar
bar:BLl from:01/01/1958 till:31/12/1967 color:rguitar width:3
bar:BCo from:01/03/1970 till:01/01/2019 color:bass width:3
bar:CCo from:20/11/2021 till:end color:lguitar
bar:JSt from:01/01/1965 till:01/01/1970 color:keys width:7

LineData =

at:21/07/1993 color:black layer:back
at:29/11/1993 color:black layer:back
at:17/09/1994 color:black layer:back
at:05/05/1995 color:black layer:back
at:05/05/1997 color:black layer:back
at:23/08/1998 color:black layer:back
at:23/06/2002 color:black layer:back
at:01/04/2015 color:black layer:back
at:01/08/2019 color:black layer:back
at:31/07/2023 color:black layer:back

</timeline> [[Special:Contributions/78.144.96.118|78.144.96.118]] ([[User talk:78.144.96.118|talk]]) 23:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

== No reference to most iconic legacy in contemporary pop culture? ==

The article does not seem to mention his most well known work among contemporary pop culture; the Bully Maguire song from Spiderman 3. Should this be added under the legacy section? [[Special:Contributions/203.46.132.214|203.46.132.214]] ([[User talk:203.46.132.214|talk]]) 03:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

== Image with disc jockey ==

I sugggest that we restore the image replaced [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Brown&diff=prev&oldid=1228628618 here]. The full image is very rare and particularly relevant because it shows Brown with a disc jockey (whose name need not be mentioned). [[User:SergeWoodzing|SergeWoodzing]] ([[User talk:SergeWoodzing|talk]]) 19:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
::: Why? What relevance does the DJ have to the biography of James Brown? [[Special:Contributions/50.170.136.3|50.170.136.3]] ([[User talk:50.170.136.3|talk]]) 02:54, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

== Arrest Record ==

I can’t find the info about either arrest [[User:ErickCartmann|ErickCartmann]] ([[User talk:ErickCartmann|talk]]) 18:55, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

== American Artist of Chinese Descent? ==

I see that James is tagged as an American artist of Chinese descent but there is no references to this and no supplied footnotes. [[User:MarkMascolino|MarkMascolino]] ([[User talk:MarkMascolino|talk]]) 14:43, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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