Talk:Larry Platt

someone wanna add this
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/304942/caught-with-his-pants-down-is-general-larry-platt-a-plagiarist/

turns out his song may be a rip off —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.122.122.191 (talk) 22:25, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Own bio page...?
According to an Access Atlanta interview he was a part of the civil rights movement back in the 1960's, that's where the "general" title came from. spiderwing (talk) 11:58, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

According to USA Today's "Idol Chatter" he's the same Larry Platt who was recognized with his own day by the Georgia General Assembly  and is documented on the Civil Rights Movements Veterans homepage spiderwing (talk) 12:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC).
 * That's not nearly enough information for a bio. He doesn't need a bio. I doubt that many people are interested in him besides his audition anyway. --Shadow (talk) 05:49, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree with your rationale, but agree with the end result at this time. If the subject met notability guidelines, this would be plenty of info for at least a stub.  However, I'm not sure sufficient notability is established for a separate article on Mr. Platt at this time per WP:BLP1E.  It's a fine line, to be sure, because the subject's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement almost places him above BLP1E; you might even say he's a person notable for "one and a half events".  Take heart, though, those of you who would like to see an article on this subject:  I have the feeling Mr. Platt's history has not been written just yet.  Given sustained interest in this event, or even renewed interest in his earlier contributions, we could see the subject meet notability guidelines in the near future. -- JeffBillman (talk) 23:38, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * There are plenty of people each year on American Idol that get their fifteen minutes of fame, that doesn't mean they need articles. --Shadow (talk) 06:07, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Agree with Spiderwing here. He was notable prior to the American Idol viral hit. -- Pink Bull  19:24, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

date of birth?
An anonymous user recently added in January 27, 1947, to the date of birth field in the infobox. No citation is given. Where did it come from? What's the source?

On the show, he said that he was 62 years old, so if we take 2009 (when the clip was filmed) and subtract 62, we get 1947. But what about the actual birthday? The only thing I can find about this is a Yahoo Answers link which points to either August 27 or January 27, but this isn't exactly what I'd call a reliable source. WTF? (talk) 19:41, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * This link is evidence for the 27th, since he states, "62 years old. This year will be my birthday on the 27th." No month is given, but the show was filmed in August, so one would assume August 27. WTF? (talk) 19:49, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Is it his official site?
At current version, the link on the bottom says, "General Larry Platt's Official Website". Is it really the one or just informative and not an official one?--Orcano (talk) 10:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * If you look at the WHOIS information on the site, it appears to be registered by his agent, so yes, I'd say it's official. WTF? (talk) 15:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Musical artist?
I reverted this change to the Infobox from a standard infobox to 'infobox musical artist'. While Larry Platt's recent fame is because of a short appearance on American Idol singing and dancing to a song he wrote, I don't think this one appearance really qualifies him as a "musical artist". Furthermore, his fame before that was as a civil rights activist, and the song he wrote has more of a political message. WTF? (talk) 04:14, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Grammar
In the last line of the first paragraph, the verb should be "sung" rather than "sang."
 * You can easily fix it yourself, you know. &mdash;C Teng(talk) 19:05, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Single?
I think he has already released his single already through American King Music Records. On iTunes and Amazon you can purchase it and isn't this actually him? Amazon link-- 01:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You'll need to find a reliable source stating this. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:24, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Source? The song here is the same one on iTunes and Amazon right now. -- 20:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Death?
I've heard rumours that he has passed away. Can anyone find a good source so we can add it to the article? Jmfriesen (talk) 03:10, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * No, he is still alive as you can see hereImamathwiz (talk) 03:35, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Mandimilligan, 1 June 2010
editsemiprotected

Larry Platt is not dead. CBS Atlanta News talked with him the day of the rumor and he is fine.

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/23745881/detail.html

Mandimilligan (talk) 21:33, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Jasonbres did it already. --The Evil IP address (talk) 21:46, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I have removed the section on rumors of his death. This isn't acceptable to be included in this article, as it never happened. If he dies, we add it ONLY after verified sources are available. If there's just rumors, it shouldn't be added. WTF? (talk) 20:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Death?
I don't see a citation for his death, and cannot find any news articles on it. --75.26.247.111 (talk) 04:18, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't make sense to say he died in Jan 2010 and then later on in the article say that he participated in American Idol later that year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.132.230 (talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

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