Talk:Gail Zappa/Archive 1

Archive 1

Why is this article existing on wiki?

As it seems from the content of the article that her only achievement was marrying Frank Zappa apart from ... "She often sues bands playing the music of and paying tribute to her late husband." There is no need for such articles on wiki. Is there?

I agree! This intolerant "lady"(??) also sued German cover bands or FZ admirers for "nonsense" reasons ...

See e.g.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/trademark-tiff-zappanale-wins-in-court-against-gail-zappa-a-602853.html

or here

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/mother-of-intervention-zappa-festival-defends-itself-from-zappa-a-546288.html

IMHO, Gail XY is ONLY a "money machine", but NOT worth a Wiki article!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.12.63.173 (talk) 17:13, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Why not

The person is newsworthy, that is to say that we will see her name in news articles occasionally - yes, usually in connection with the affairs of Frank Zappa, but the purpose of an encyclopedia is to answer questions we may have about any name, or any item,that we see in the world around us. So (IMHO) I feel this article has sufficient value to remain on Wiki.Raymondwinn (talk) 15:37, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

• Reference 1 is not accessible to me at this date, and reference 2 has misinformation, including the statement that the Zappa Family Trust was created by Gail Zappa in 2002. In fact the Trust was set up before Frank Zappa’s death in 1993. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.186.116 (talk) 18:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

• I'd vote for this article to be deleted if given the chance. The only thing this woman is known for is bringing lawsuits against anyone who's ever heard the name "Frank Zappa." 08:52, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

• As for the perceived hatred: many have perhaps forgotten that she has the right to the inheritance, just like any of us, so please don't be biased and criticize her. She's doing a good job preserving her family's financial assets, just like any of us would. Saying that she achieved nothing more than marrying a famous musician is a very non-NPoV. LMB (talk) 19:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

No Justification for Deletion

• The Wikipedia obituary pages list horses, turtles, and dogs. If individual members of mammalian species are so "notable" that their passing can be listed among the deaths of human beings then there is no possible justification for deleting an article about a human being, even if he or she is "only notable" for being married to someone else. And if you are "only notable" for some reason you are in FACT "notable." Arcanicus (talk) 12:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
• I agree with Arcanicus. The subject of the page may (or may not) be a bad person. That is irrelevant. If one reads the wikipedia guidelines, it's pretty clear why her page is here. There are plenty of pages profiling people who's notoriety is not necessarily positive, and which arrived as a result of marriage to or parenting of a famous person. Hating someone is not a sufficient reason to request their page be deleted in my view. On another note, why has this page been nominated for deletion for more than six years? Isn't there a time limit on these things? Posthocergopropterhoc (talk) 03:32, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

That's not the case. It was briefly nominated for deletion in December 2008 - a nomination that was not pursued, and dropped - and again, separately, in October 2015. Comments about its proposed deletion should be made at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gail Zappa, not on this page. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:21, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Discussion about any relevant matter can be posted on an article's talk page. If members want to 'vote' on the matter, it is necessary to do so on the articles for deletion page. However, that is not what I am doing here, nor I suspect what the other posters intend either. Posthocergopropterhoc (talk) 05:50, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

The AFD page is not specifically for "!voting", it's for comments and discussion. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:35, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Zappa Family Trust - date set up

Re the Trust, in this interview, Gail Zappa said that "...Frank and I set it up in 1992 or something like that." That conflicts with the info currently in the article. Thoughts? Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:10, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Father

Her father, John Klein Sloatman Jr., born 16 March 1915, died on 16 September 1967 - just five days before Gail and Frank Zappa married. Without any further information, there's no need for this to be in the article. But it's certainly interesting. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:39, 11 October 2015 (UTC)