Talk:Billy Idol/Archive 1

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Edit War?

Would someone for the love of god stop who ever is doing this? This guy is obviously a stalker. Each time I edit the page back to its orignal form, someone keep posting this nonsense. Would the mods/administrators do something and ban whoever is doing this?

- If it's going to say it's locked, the least they could do is actually lock it.

No family life?

This page focuses very superficially on Idol's musical career but does not discuss influences or incidents with press and media. It also leaves out a considerable amount of information regarding his personal life, childhood, and family.

Yeah...like who are his parents? Siblings? Pedianut 03:50, 9 February 2007 (UTC)pedianut

I agree. And his son should be mentioned.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 08:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Trivia

I added some trivia but is there anything else anyone can contribute? Crazy Eddy 15:51, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

What was it that people in the US chanted when Mony Mony was played? Was ti something like "get laid, get fucked?" I'm not sure, as I am a bit too young to remember exactly. youngamerican (talk) 12:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
You're thinking of "Hey everybody get drunk and get fucked", but I'm not sure that's exactly encyclopedic. If it were, I think Tommy James should probably take the credit for it :) Flakeloaf 11:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)


Here in Canada we yelled out, "hey motherfucker get laid get fucked" - I have only heard rumours about how it started, and Billy not knowing for sure either. NOT with the Tommy James version 207.6.81.139 07:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)sds

Citations needed

I cut the following as completely lacking any Wikipedia:Verifiability. Some of it probably doesn't even belong in the article if it can be referenced. Jkelly 23:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


  • When Idol was performing live at the 2002 Australian National Rugby League grand final, the power went out.
  • He has a son, Willem, by a relationship with Perri Lister. Idol has never married.
  • He appeared in a recent episode of Viva La Bam where he performed for April Margera on her birthday.
  • Idol became a vegetarian because he wanted to look like David Bowie. He is still largely a vegetarian but does eat shellfish.
  • Idol's hobbies include shell collecting. His favourite shell is the Pismo Clam (Spisula Solida).
  • In the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", the vampire Spike (James Marsters) claims Billy Idol stole his look from him.
  • Idol attended Sussex University but dropped out after one year.

The Spike one is fairly well-known. I think it should be included. Garth M 00:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. So is this removal about needing citation or about relevancy? It's mentioned in the article about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_%28Buffyverse%29. --Sumiko 00:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: a TV bio factoid mentioned that he created/originated the GENX music movement...he was the first to create & experiment with music using PC's. I think that would be good to add in if someone could verify it. I'm a newbie here and just learning about this stuff...can someone help with this? Pedianut 03:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The article mentions that Idol was part of Siouxsie & the Banshees for a short while; I can't find anything to support this on Siouxsie & the Banshees fan pages around the net, nor on their Wikipedia page. Citation?

He was a member of the Bromley contingent(a group of Sex Pistol fans) that also included Siouxsie Sue(Siouxsie & the Banshees.)

"The Broads were a religious family, and William joined the St. Mary's cub scouts, becoming a full scout. It has been said that William was kicked out of the scouts for making out with a young girl behind a hot dog stand."
This all seems very unlikely. The scouts in the UK are only nominatively religious - even in the 60's you wouldn't get chucked out for kissing a girl. In addition, there were no girls in the scouts in the UK until the early 90's and there are few hot dog stands anywhere in the country now, never mind then. Can this be deleted? 78.105.66.106 (talk) 22:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Sadly, this is just a small part of the fancruft bollocks that presently infests the whole article. You are quite right (for all the reasons you state) - it needs deleting - as does much of the unsourced claptrap therein. Be bold.
Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

infobox.

i placed a better infobox for this article. can someone plesae add all the infomation that you can to it please? thanks. dposse 18:54, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

YouTube links

This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 04:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Myspace Link

WP:EL states that there are certain kinds of links that "should" be avoided, among them MySpace links. I believe this may have been intended to keep people from adding their own MySpace pages to Wikipedia as sources. The artist's own MySpage page is another matter entirely, since it is a primary source about the artist and has much in common with, say, billyidol.com. Flakeloaf 22:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Forget it, the conversation here would suggest that Jimbo has blacklisted the whole domain. This is probably equal parts baby and bathwater but I won't be losing a lot of sleep over it. JzG's right. Flakeloaf 22:34, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

"is god"

why cant i delete this off the main page...? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.238.126.206 (talk) 10:55, 17 February 2007 (UTC).

Cleanup

I came across this article and gave it a quick pass at cleanup -- added a few citations, reworded a lot of POV, but really only scratched the surface. This article could definitely do with a more dedicated caretaker :) -Jkraybill 15:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Removed the following text from the Biography section: "In 2009, the fans of Total Drama Action found an intern in an aftermath episode and named him Billy The Intern in recognition of Billy Idol." Text was not encyclopedic. Alizaarin (talk) 10:01, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Cultural icon?

This really is hyperbole and a claim that would cretainly raise smiles in his home country. It's a good example of the misuse of the word 'icon' so prevalent these days. Billy Idol was a pop/rock artist of some success...iconic he was not. Where are the films, books, stage plays, etc dedicated to this 'icon'? Where are the other performers citing him as an influence? Where are the sources supporting such a grandiose claim? And a few trivial references to popular culture spoofs etc don't count Vauxhall1964 (talk) 14:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced negative information

Due to the presence of unsourced negative information I was forced to delete the history of this article in order to conform the article to the requirements of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Unsourced negative information which reflects on the professional qualifications of any person is unacceptable and must be removed. Fred Talk 13:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

For GFDL compliance, the list of usernames and timestamps is below. --Random832 (contribs) 15:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

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Article needed for Perri Lister

I notice that an article on Perri Lister has been deleted from Wikipedia. why? She's notable enough in her own right, being an actress, singer as well as former dancer with Hot Gossip. I'd go ahead and create another article on her, but it would probably get deleted again.--jeanne (talk) 10:23, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Any recent information?

There is no recent information on the article. I suggest someone inserts some new info (such as plans for a new album). Robfbms (talk) 12:42, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Bias

I think the word "stylish" should be removed from the introductory paragraph. It's opinion-based and thus biased. 65.51.198.194 (talk) 16:35, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

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