Talk:Bob Marley/Archive 5

internal link to Emperor Haile Selassie
Hi guys,

It would be good to link Bob's reference to Emperor Haile Selassie to this wikipedia page so people can learn more about the reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie#Rastafari_messiah

internal link to Emperor Haile Selassie
Hi guys,

make me feal your duck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie#Rastafari_messiah

his original name
robert nesta "bob" marley's same is actually Nesta Robert Marley — Preceding unsigned comment added by Titanblue40 (talk • contribs) 15:56, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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Unsourced claim re influence...
The article, in the lede, claims that Bob Marley "...is considered one of the most influential musicians of all time," which is a pretty big claim to be making without a reference! Don't get me wrong, Bob Marley is great, but is he really in the same league as Bach, Mozart and Beethoven; just to name 3 of the most influential musicians of all time? Maybe he is! However a source - or preferably more than one - needs to be found to support the claim, or the claim needs to be removed. FillsHerTease (talk) 10:49, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2017
Above Bob Marley's picture it reads "The Honourable" Bob Marley, HOWEVER...  according to Wikipedia the prefix "The Honourable" is only used FOR LIVING PEOPLE. And Bob Marley is DEAD. Therefore the title "The Honourable" is here used incorrectly, and so it should be removed at once.

In closing, I'd just like to say:  BOOM! POW! FACED! SWISH, BABY! WINNING! TIGER BLOOD! :P LOL  #bobmarleyisdead  #notthehonourable 2601:601:8300:39E:9899:4918:5970:490F (talk) 08:01, 4 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: You shouldn't trust Wikipedia to be completely accurate, and it's considered to not be a reliable source in general.  In this case, the primary source at http://jis.gov.jm/awards/order-of-merit-om/ appears to continue the use of the title past death, which I personally believe is the common practice for the Commonwealth.   Murph 9000  (talk) 19:37, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2017
The blue plaque to Bob Marley in Ridgmount Gardens referred to is not an English Heritage one. Deleting the words 'English Heritage' will deal with this. Clivetring (talk) 10:40, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 13:43, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2017
160.3.12.7 (talk) 23:45, 18 September 2017 (UTC) You should allow me because i am tired of other people just asking for permission just to edit it for fun and i want to beable to take things off with information that is not true so that peopel who are interested in it get the facts right so they can know what they want to know
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself.  JTP (talk • contribs) 01:06, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Bob Marley and his influence
11 July 2018: I strongly second the sentiments expressed below. WHY is this sentence still in Bob Marley's bio? Is the Bob Marley article admin an enemy of Bob Marley? Is anyone managing this biography? -- DStlascaux

15 December 2017: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:183:4480:5810:31FC:B830:508A:C3AF (talk) 03:41, 12 July 2018 (UTC) In the article (end of introductory section) )it is stated that "Marley has also evolved into a global symbol and inspired numerous items of merchandise" ,without any mention to the vast influence he had on international music and the arts in general. This capitalist ophelimistic view that all things/humans are for sale, is what creates today's total lack of decency . Trying to reduce people to products is an outdated idea, humans have evolved passed consumerism.(or at least this was what BM was proposing) Reducing his legacy does not make you a bigger man . So maybe you should think about adding the real effects BM had on the global level,his influence of his poetry on philosophical thinking,on political movements, on real people's everyday lives etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gelosoil (talk • contribs) 11:46, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Bob Marley -> Personal life -> Personal views -> 4.4.2	Cannabis
This section currently states that Bob Marley believed cannabis to be an "aid to medication"; this should properly read "aid to meditation". 97.85.42.96 (talk) 20:55, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2018
Please add Louis "Zebi" Griffiths to the list of shooting victims in section "1974-76: Line-Up changes and shooting" because he was Marley's assistant who suffered a shot in the back as referenced in the attached New York Times article.

It should read the following:

On 3 December 1976, two days before "Smile Jamaica", a free concert organized by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tension between two warring political groups, Marley, his wife, manager Don Taylor, and assistant Louis "Zebi" Griffiths were wounded in an assault by unknown gunmen inside Marley's home. Taylor, Griffiths and Marley's wife sustained serious injuries, but later made full recoveries. Bob Marley received minor wounds in the chest and arm.[50] The attempt on his life was thought to have been politically motivated, as many felt the concert was really a support rally for Manley. Nonetheless, the concert proceeded, and an injured Marley performed as scheduled, two days after the attempt. When asked why, Marley responded, "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?" The members of the group Zap Pow played as Bob Marley's backup band before a festival crowd of 80,000 while members of The Wailers were still missing or in hiding.[51][52] BGulledge (talk) 16:27, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: The New York Times article states: "...Lewis Griffiths, believed to be a member of Mr. Marley's group, the Wailers..." No indication of a nickname or of his being Marley's assistant. Please provide a reliable source that includes documents these facts in connection to the shooting.  In the future, you need not include the entire paragraph that contains the change you want.  A simple "Change X to Y"-type statement is enough. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 23:35, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2018
I found a fix to a current "dead link" (there are currently 2 dead links here). The article referenced still exists on the domain, the URI just changed slightly. Here is the new link: http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/archives/2006/07/02/brooklyn-street-renamed-bob-marley-boulevard.NYC_60701.html Nicolejolma (talk) 22:17, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 22:25, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

BOB MARLEY'S FATHER WAS NOT JEWISH!!!
Bob Marley's Father was not Jewish!!!... At all... Read here, please:

Bob Marley — Ethnicity of Celebs | What Nationality Ancestry Race ethnicelebs.com/bob-marley

Feb 4, 2008 - There is no documented evidence that Bob had Jewish ancestry (the ... Also his father had African ancestry himself so Marley was more black ...

I suggest you change or correct or fix that claim that Bob's Father was Jewish. Thank-you. - i

Bob's first cousin, Michael George Marley said "I was told by my mother, grandmother and uncle that the Marleys were Syrian Jews that migrated from the Middle East to England and then to Jamaica. "

It's true that he was a little more African than White, because his grandmother (Ellen Broomfield) was a coloured Jamaican. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.80.101 (talk) 17:22, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

He wasn't Jewish. Don't know where you idiots are getting your sources and information from, but it's WRONG! morons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.198.189 (talk) 05:21, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Toe amputation
The article claims that having his toe amputated would have "hindered his performing career", which is hard to fathom. In what way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.191.146.47 (talk) 11:04, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Assassination attempt
The article describes the gunman as "unknown" however it would be more accurate to say that nobody was ever prosecuted for the attack. In the 2018 Netflix documentary "Who Shot the Sheriff?" Seeco says it was a "labourite" (JLP) man, journalist Laurie Gunst says that Trevor Phillips told her it was Tivoli Gardens Don Jim Brown, and Wayne Jobson claimed that Marley himself told him that it was Brown. Regardless of whether it was Brown, in a contemporaneous BBC interview that has been excerpted in this and other documentaries Marley tells the interviewer that although he did not know the assassins at the time of the shooting, he did know who they were later. All this info is roughly 45 minutes into the documentary.96.241.177.111 (talk) 20:33, 30 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Perhaps a compromise would be to have the article remain as is, but add a footnote for the bottom of the article stating the above.--Chimino (talk) 21:23, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2018
Bob`King`MarleyJr (talk) 17:36, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 17:43, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Re change in Marley article from "America" to "United States"
First, I apologize if I'm not communicating properly with BritMax. Over several years I've not figured out the Talk system. Anyway, my edit to the Marley article, changing "America" to "United States," was based on the fact that about 65% of the people in our hemisphere use the word "America" to refer to the whole hemisphere. Everywhere south of the Rio Grande, people say "Estados Unidos" when referring to the U.S. The population of Latin America is over 617 million, while the population of the U.S. and Canada is just over 365 million. Yes, it has become commonplace for people in our English-speaking world to use "America" as shorthand for "U.S." Yet Wikipedia guidelines suggest that more globally acceptable terminology should be the norm.

Will-o-the-west (talk) 06:11, 24 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Will-o-the-west (talk • contribs) 06:10, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
 * ". Yes, it has become commonplace for people in our English-speaking world to use "America" as shorthand for "U.S."" That's the end of that argument, then. Britmax (talk) 12:18, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Commonplace doesn't mean it is now the common word. The article is United States and so we should say the same. Nothing to do with the Americas. ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 13:12, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Conspiracies re: Marley's death?
What do fellow contributors think of speculation re: conspiracy in the death of Marley? Obviously any addition to this bio will need to be handled carefully. I haven't read much into this, so won't dare to lead... but here's a 3rd part ref for consideration: https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2017/12/18/bob-marleys-death-conspiracy/ --Danimations (talk) 06:35, 4 January 2019 (UTC)