Talk:Johnny Rebel (singer)/Archive 2

Clifford Trahan Deceased?
I'm unsure Clifford Trahan (aka Johnny Rebel) is dead. I see no proof of this in online obituaries. Can someone provide proof?

--Skb8721 (talk) 16:56, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Non racist discography?
There are lots of songs by Trahan on youtube that aren't on the page.. They are legit, as there are physical records of them. This Youtube channel (TheErrol1975) has lots of Johnny Rebel songs on his account that aren't mentioned on the page.

98.148.184.132 (talk) 00:24, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

The Potato Song
The article says that only two of Rebel's songs are not about race, namely "Keep a-Workin' Big Jim" and "(Federal Aid Hell!) The Money Belongs to Us". But then it mentions "Lâche pas la patate" (also known as "The Potato Song") which he wrote and which became a gold record in Canada for another artist. I've listened to that and read the lyrics and it doesn't appear to have to do with race. In fact, if I found out that Johnny Rebel didn't write it, I wouldn't be surprised. Are people sure that he wrote it? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 10:05, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, yes, it's true that Pee Wee Trahan (aka Johnny Rebel) wrote "Lâche pas la patate", which contains no racial or political content. He wrote it under his real name.  See this image of the 45 RPM label for the song.  (It merely credits the writer as "Trahan"): https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WDy7HEkTRNA/maxresdefault.jpg .  --Skb8721 (talk) 17:12, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I altered the text to correct the misinformation you spotted. Thanks.  --Skb8721 (talk) 17:21, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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I claim this page for the diplomatic methods of truth and information!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.143.90 (talk) 14:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for removing the link to crunk. I don't like Johnny Rebel, either, but I think it's important to keep this entry in order to document his hatemongering, in the hope that such things don't happen again in the future.  --Skb8721 18:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In the hopes that what things don't happen in the future? David H. Goldstein (talk) 16:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hatemongering such as Johnny Rebel's. --Skb8721 (talk) 14:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Could someone please explain how JR was a "hatemonger"?47.137.183.192 (talk) 00:16, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Notability
If some totally obscure singer writes a whole bunch of songs with racist titles, in my opinion they are not appropriate for an article here, as it seems to amount to getting a racist message on Wikipedia by stealth. A small sample of his titles should be sufficient. The whole list is unnecessary. -- Evercat


 * Well stated. Danny


 * I'd agree with that also. Apart from anything else (and there is plenty of "anything else"), in an article this short, a long list overwhelms the article. --Camembert


 * Definitely agree that the article is overwhelmed. Can't we move the big article to, say, Clifford Trahan, and get this page back to a sensible sort of disambiguation page? --Percy Snoodle

The dates of release in order show how JR's music was in response to the America's changing social landscape during the 1960s and to provide information on a an artist, who, although not mainstream, is significant to a southern culture in its own right. (anon)

wikipedia is a facts sight not a opinion sight what you guys say is opinion and this shouldnt be removed since its stateing facts not insulting a race


 * As many Johnny Rebel songs are falsely attributed to other signers, such as David Allan Coe and Johnny Cash, a list is appropriate.24.167.52.195 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 00:49, 3 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Before JR's songs are dismissed as "racist" - the term needs to be defined. 47.137.183.192 (talk) 00:20, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Associated acts
I have removed all entries from the "Associated acts" field of the infobox. There were no sources at all. Since association with this musician has negative WP:BLP connotations, this information must be supported by a reliable source. Additionally, such lists are frequently limited to independently notable acts, meaning those which have a well-sourced article, or very clearly meet WP:GNG or similar. Grayfell (talk) 22:10, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Archiving
I have manually archived most of this talk page, as it was out of date and had accumulated a lot of vandalism and forum chatter. Many of these posts were from a time when dates were not, apparently, automatically added to talk posts, and which had been modified for various reasons, which I believe means that the archiving bots do not archive them. Posting a comment on a fifteen-year old discussion is unlikely to be as effective as just making a new post. Grayfell (talk) 01:12, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Lyrics denouncing welfare, affirmative action and promoted racial segregation
Someone replaced the description of Johnny Rebel's body of work as "overtly racist lyrics" with the language in this section title. I believe that including descriptive language of the songs is a superior tactic to labeling the songs as "racist". I won't deny anyone their judgment call if they perceive JR's work to be racist but that is something that can be ascertained through reviewing the lyrics. A casual reader of this article may see just the lead and never know the content of JR's songs. This article should be accurate and objective. The recent revert to remove the descriptive language in favor of a potentially biased value judgment is harmful to the informative mission of Wikipedia. 01:23, 13 December 2017 (UTC) l — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.137.183.192 (talk) 01:23, 13 December 2017 (UTC)


 * You already created a talk page section about this issue above, and I've already responded there. Replying to random comments from 2003 with "i leik milk" is not the same as replying to your own recent comments about changes to the article. Stick to one section per issue, please. Grayfell (talk) 01:27, 13 December 2017 (UTC)


 * This is in response to your request on my talk page to bring my revision issue to the Johnny Rebel talk page concerning the description of his songs in the lead, and you are shunting away from the discussion. Please remain on topic. Thank you.47.137.183.192 (talk) 01:30, 13 December 2017 (UTC)


 * I am trying to explain to you how talk pages work. Posting "please stay on topic" after comments about leiking milk, and your personal opinion on whether or not he may or may not be a ghost demonstrates a lack of good faith, and also a lack of understanding of Wikipedia's policies. Both of those will necessarily impact your ability to improve this article if not addressed. Grayfell (talk) 01:35, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

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David Allan Coe
For anyone who thinks that Johnny Rebel was David Allan Coe, keep in mind that Coe collaborated with Steve Goodman and Shel Silverstein, both Jews. I would like to think that Johnny Rebel wouldn't have anything to do with Jews. Bob Dylan was also a Jew, though he became a Christian for a time. 47.137.184.104 (talk) 04:38, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a place to discuss improving the article, not to share your personal musings. Grayfell (talk) 06:26, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2019
Change " was an American white supremacist singer " to " was an American singer " since that is opinionated Oopsee11 (talk) 03:51, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Is he not mainly notable for songs with the theme of white supremacy? Also see the discussion above – Þjarkur (talk) 10:04, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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