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Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I am new to writing biographical content on Wikipedia. It would be helpful to know if there is content in the current entry that is in violation of any specific guidelines. Tjarrett15:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I'd suggest a better source for the REM claim would really be appropriate. At this point, the reference cited is a newspaper's sports blog that indicates a number of the sources for lyrics of the songs don't even quote the lyrics as being what is claimed here. I think that's an arguable violation of WP:BLP. I'm not sure it really merits immediate removal before giving persons an opportunity to better source the claim, but it probably should be removed if a better source cannot be found. Erechtheus22:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Alas. On further research I'm finding a lot of "legend has it" and even "misheard lyrics" statements. I am sad to say I will have to retract, until maybe Michael Stipe comes clean. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tjarrett (talk • contribs) 02:36, August 24, 2007 (UTC).
