Talk:Meg White/Archive 1

Andrew Perry interview
I think we need to get rid of this Andrew Perry interview. I looked at it, and the interview was apparently with Jack, not Meg. This should probably go on the Jack page. --S-man 08:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, it was with the both of them, but you're right, maybe it should be chucked. She does talk in it more than most (which is usually almost not at all), but it's not really a Meg interview.--Esprit15d 17:26, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

MegBot
Shouldn't we put something in about this whole crazy MegBot thing? This MegBot stuff is starting to get pretty popular around White Stripes fans, and I think something should be added about it. --S-man 00:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Alright, did it. --S-man 08:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It's so popular because it's so true. -MegBot Believer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.135.149 (talk • contribs) 20:07, June 20, 2007


 * it is very much true. poor megbot malfunctioned during their last tour. jack went back to his brendanatron recently.

The Bourbon/Fav Tipple thing
We can't link this. I got this from the WS trivia on their vh1 page, which asked various questions about them. It gave a fact about the answer on top of the question after that. The question was "What job did Meg have before she was a drummer", which was Bartender, and the fact for it said that bourbon is her favorite tipple. Go to the VH1 trivia and you'll see. --S-man 08:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Birthplace
Minor point: there are no hospitals in Grosse Pointe Farms. Bon Secour Hospital is in Grosse Pointe City, or she could have been born at St. Johns, in Detroit very close to the Farms. Or she could have been born outside a hospital. A2Kafir 01:33, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmm....I'm thinking... --S-man 08:37, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I am, too. I forgot about Cottage Hospital, on Kercheval in the Farms.  So ignore me! A2Kafir 13:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Ahh..yes. Okay. --S-man 20:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The Infobox Picture
As a British viewer of the French and Saunders Show, in which the pair parody Meg White's voice and the reason she rarely sings (i.e. that Jack doesn't allow her because she's terrible), I find the infobox picture of her singing hilarious. Did someone do this intentionally? That aside, perhaps a picture of her drumming would be more suitable, as well as that being what she is best known for, it would allow me to stop laughing at the irony... --Evilhairyhamster 21:36, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Early life/Personal Life
Why does info about her marriage to Jack White specifically fall under 'early life' rather than 'personal life'? 'Early Life' sections on wikipedia almost exclusively cover the person's childhood and adolescense, as opposed to 'anything before they were famous'. If we don't have any info right now about her childhood, we don't need a 'Early Life' section. This is just needlessly cluttering up the page, when the info about her marriage could easily be categorized as 'Personal life'. Rodeosmurf 20:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed72.8.116.175 20:19, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

School of Rock
When was she referenced in the school if rock? should it be put on the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.230.187 (talk • contribs) 16:01, August 10, 2007


 * The drummer tells the bass player girl that girls can't drum. She disagrees so he says to "name two great chick drummers."  The bass girl says Sheila E. and Meg White.  The drummer replies, "She can't drum!" Dayleyj 15:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Acute anxiety
Added a comment about and referenced the recently reported acute anxiety problems she is having. Placed it in the Personal Life section Admuz 13:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Trivia
I'm putting a trivia in. There's tons more things we all know about her, that we're probably just too lazy to stick in. I'm putting in things such as the MegBot, the bartender job, the animals, the pre-tour videos, etc. I will also tidy up the trivia in the Jack and WS articles. --S-man 17:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I think somebody should put something in about "Meg White", Ray Lamontagne's homage to her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.245.32.67 (talk) 19:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Preggers?!
I don't know anything about this, just heard about it from a friend. I don't have any attention to go research for it, but just bringing it to everyone's attention, or if anyone knows anything about it...: article pic I think she looks pregnant, and it'd make sense with the whole engaged thing.Thakmere (talk) 19:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Meg is engaged
Should we add that Meg is engaged?

Source: http://www.themodernage.org/2009/05/02/white-stripes-meg-white-to-marry-jackson-smith/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.154.251.190 (talk) 16:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted to note the following: The Link for "Jackson Smith" in the page redirects from the "Jackson Smith"-Page to a female singer "Patti Smith". I think this should be changed somehow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.149.224.126 (talk) 13:33, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Patti Smith is his mother, and he isnt notable enough by himself for his own article.  Qb  | your 2 cents  14:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Article improvement
The White Stripes article and the Jack White article are both good articles. Meg's should be in the ranks with those articles. Let's address some fo the issues it has. I'll start working on it today, and see where we can go from there.--Esprit15d 18:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Going good so far. :D --S-man 08:33, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Do we really need to mention her anxiety disorder in the opening paragraph? Geez... you want to embarrass her a little? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.145.216 (talk) 01:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

When reading this article it is hard to determine if it is indeed about Meg White, or Jack White. Since this isn't an article about Jack, or The White Stripes perhaps the articles perspective should be shifted to talk about her, and not her in reference to Jack. She is the original "White" between the two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.96.229.15 (talk) 19:42, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Snizipes1337, 8 November 2010
edit semi-protected

Meg is Jack's sister not ex-wife. I changed that on the Stripes main wiki, but this one is Semi-Protected. Thanks!

Oh, and if you want sources, just go here http://www.whitestripes.com/links/links.html and read the article. They state the correct relationship between the two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snizipes1337 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Snizipes1337 (talk) 20:36, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * See discussion immediately above. Rodhull  andemu  20:40, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm not going to go through all of those on the offchance I might find what you should be telling me. Which article says this? Rodhull  andemu  20:47, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

New Image
Can we get a better new image? I mean it is several years old, we don't know exactly when or where the photo was taken, and she appears to have lost a considerable amount of weight since then. A more modern picture would give an appropriate depiction of her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.39.143 (talk) 22:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Sex Tape
I wish to remove content again for the following reasons;

''Biographies of living persons must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid paper; it is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives. The possibility of harm to living subjects is one of the important factors to be considered when exercising editorial judgment.''
 * It is not notable. If anyone thinks it is notable, please provide a better cites than "Blend Celebrity", a gossip website so insignificant it doesn't even have its own article, and Thelondonpaper, a trashy local freesheet.  Controvesial content on BLPs require reliable sources.
 * It was denied by the White and no-one has produced any evidence that it is true. Wikipedia is not in the business of reporting rumours, particularly when they are of a controversial issue concerning someone's personal life.  Wikipedia policy is quote clear on this.

Had this affair been more notable, with better cites, and had it been true, then there would be justification for it being in this biography. But as it is I don't see any reason why it should be here. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 09:34, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * No objections to this then? -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Late to the party on this but... it is notable.

Reason?

Because immediately after the reports of the sex tape hit the media, the White Stripes cancel their 2007 US and UK tours due to Meg's anxiety problems. Here's how it breaks down-


 * A major verifiable event takes place in the career of The White Stripes; the cancellation of two major tours.


 * At the same time a huge firestorm erupts in the music media over an alleged sex tape by Meg. A tape does come out and opinion becomes split over whether the girl in the tape is Meg White.


 * The link between the two events is noted in major music media outlets- Rolling Stone, NME etc.

Now while some here may find it distasteful that a sweet, shy, girl like Meg is a victim of either a vicious rumor fuel by a video starring a look-a-like or that it is a private tape released by others to embarrass her, a white washing of her personal history is not the answer. And if you think Wikipedia should not ever mention any negative tabloid type "gossip" that may be reported in legitimate press for a said person, then I guess you'll be very busy cleaning up many, many Wiki articles of rock musicians and actors. Buster (talk) 15:53, 12 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Distaste has nothing to do with it. Wikipedia can not mention anything controversial on a biography about a living person without good sound cites.  And without good cites from reliable sources you have nothing.  Nothing to back up the connection between the tour cancellation being related to anything, nothing to say a "huge firestorm' happened, nothing to say that any link was noted by anyone.  -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 20:45, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Fully agree with Escape Orbit. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 21:00, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


 * "* It was denied by the White and no-one has produced any evidence that it is true."
 * I'd say video evidence of her having sex would qualify as evidence that it's true. How many times a day do you think "No your honour, that just looked a lot like me" is heard in court?  Does that mean video-evidence is worthless in court because it is so notoriously unreliable?  You seem to be confusing "evidence" with "conclusive proof" - something which is an unrealistic expectation. --Ace42 (talk) 01:31, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * A video is not video evidence. She's more petite IRL, and when the woman talks at one point, it sounds nothing like her. Without knowing who the guy was and his connection to the real Meg, the point is moot. There is no citeable evidence, period. MMetro (talk) 04:42, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Colemanbyoung, 11 June 2010
Jack is not Meg's husband, they are brother and sister. His last name is not gillis, and they did not get married or have any kind of loving relationship besides a sibling relationship Please change where it says ex-husband in the first sentence to brother. Also, take out the sentences about them getting married and him changing his name. They were siblings.

Colemanbyoung (talk) 03:33, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No, they were husband and wife. Please see the sources in the article. If you have reliable sources which indicate differently, feel free to post them here. -- Jayron  32  03:47, 11 June 2010 (UTC)


 * ❌ You haven't provided a reliable source as is required in biographies. This is an urban myth. Rodhull  andemu  03:47, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been proven over and over again that this is a myth. Marriage/divorce licenses and family records exist, not to mention the fact that Jack's acknowledged on at least one occasion that they were never related, and that it was mainly for the purpose of directing attention towards the band's music rather than their relationship (backfired). Also note that Jack's brothers are well-known in the Detroit music scene, specifically Eddie Gillis and R. Leo Gillis. --RaygunShaun (talk) 00:36, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

dear 'tabloid' editors,
please remove the sex part from this article, as no one cares about celebs stupid tapes nor genital infectins ect.

wikipedia is not THAT low —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.129.71 (talk) 03:37, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


 * It is that important... it was a major news event.  Qb  | your 2 cents  13:05, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


 * As above, also please read Wikipedia is not censored. --JD554 (talk) 13:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

well i see this like that: any slob that read this run to find what this about, i'm sure that 90% of the white stripes not aware to these news, what you do - by publish it - is simply public humiliate and hurting an artist, real news false news i see this nothing to do with her work and wiki is not news paper (and i'm sure this was published only on tabloids), take some responsibility, your internal fights about cencorchip are maybe right but have nothing to do with this person —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.172.153.69 (talk) 15:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Please take a course in grammar and writing... what you wrote was nearly incomprehensible. I am a White Stripes fan, and I knew about this.  Please note that we have not made the entire article about the incident, either.  It is a few sentences... and thats how it will stay.   Qb  | your 2 cents  04:49, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, you've not spoken to a non-native English speaker before have you? Your comment is offensive. "incomprehensible"? The message is loud and clear to me, I think it's you who needs to "take a course in grammar and writing" if you can't understand what they're trying to say. Lopifalko (talk) 09:42, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

well, none of the above is answering this dispute, so again, no one cares about this tape, it's not even news, simply pure yellow meterial, not the thing to read about at wiki and i'll take a course in grammar and writing if you'll stop listening to bad music and remove thetape part from the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.106.18 (talk) 00:37, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * You show you're true colors when you say it is bad music. This is purely "Point of View" motivated.  We have explained why this is necessary in the article.  Stop.   Qb  | your 2 cents  09:27, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Equipment
Does she use field snare sticks like you'd see in marching band or drum corps? They're larger and heavier to better project sound outdoors, and it LOOKS like those are what she's holding in the pics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.112.244.3 (talk) 07:54, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Boy....they sure look like it. Ralphies, perhaps? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.118.247.231 (talk) 06:25, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Affluent
I object to the description of Grosse Pointe Farms as "affluent". There is no basis for this adjective in the sources. It is claimed that the word is there, but I cannot find it after using the Search box on the US Census page. So a step-by-step tutorial will have to be included, WITHIN THE REF TAGS, on how to find this word. These edits have removed the peacock language in question from the Grosse Pointe Farms article, because it fails WP:NPOV, is relativistic, and is not supported by any reliable secondary source. So it definitely shouldn't be included in this article. Elizium23 (talk) 19:05, 10 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I completely disagree. Not sure where you come from, but $100,000 a year median income is FAR from middle-class where I come from. Out of 635 municipalities in Michigan, GPF ranked 12th in terms of per capita income. Hsxeric (talk) 03:56, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with Hsxeric, even a cursory investigation into Grosse Pointe Farms supports that adjective, and the current references do as well.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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Sex Tape
Rumor has it that she has a sex tape. Can anyone confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrimReaper39614 (talk • contribs) 09:32, September 24, 2007


 * It's hit the net pretty hard. Typical online rumour milling. Worse than housewives in a sewing circle! Looks like a fake to me. Amphetachronism 18:10, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * It's fake. The rumor started with a joke post here: http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?t=193275 which used a piece of random amateur porn that was posted on postyourgirls.com on Sept 12th that vaguely looks like Meg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.86.210 (talk) 18:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Pitchforkmedia has the first official statement about it here: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/45845-sex-tape-definitely-not-meg-white —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.86.210 (talk) 18:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * For the record, the video is not a fake. It's not Meg White either, but there is no manipulation or editing.  Someone didn't take a regular amateur sex video and alter it to make it look like Meg, it's just that the woman happens to look like Meg naturally.  Be careful about using the word "fake", since, even though it's not Meg, there's actually nothing "fake" about the clip itself, unless she's faking her pleasure, which wouldn't be anything new. - Ugliness Man 08:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Section altered to include origination of rumor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.43.236 (talk) 02:28, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * It's worth noting that the person who "proved" this video is fake is the band's publicity agent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.172.184.39 (talk) 05:36, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Seems someone removed any mention of the sex tape. 81.23.48.22 10:40, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * This is a textbook example of why the biographies of living persons policy exists. When crap like this slips in, it becomes dangerous for Wikipedia to have these rumours in the article mainspace.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 03:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And the article has been semi-protected for two months now.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 04:43, 25 December 2007 (UTC)


 * it's not fake, I've seen it. It's obviously her. Then they lied about it afterwards... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.32.222 (talk) 12:38, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not fake, but it's not her. I've seen it too, and I drool over Meg White a lot more than I can imagine you do, and yes the girl in the video looks like her but no, it's not. Besides, she has too much class to do that kind of thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.64.91 (talk) 11:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Whatever it is it's not notable. And besides anything else why do you want to include it so much? It's a horrifying breach of privacy and human decency. Finbob83 (talk) 23:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Instruments besides drums?
On the Conan O' Brien show she sings and plays guitar. Can we include vocals and guitar as instruments in the infobox? Finbob83 (talk) 23:26, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Infobox data
According to the infobox docs:


 * Instruments listed in the infobox should be limited to only those that the artist is primarily known for using. The instruments infobox parameter is not intended as a WP:COATRACK for every instrument the subject has ever used. In this case, Meg White is known just for playing drums; all other instruments currently in the infobox are anecdotal and should be removed.


 * As for associated acts, The White Stripes is fine, since she was part of that band; but Jack White is not, since they are not known to have collaborated outside the band.

Therefore, unless there are any good objections, I will remove these superfluous pieces of info from the infobox.--Gorpik (talk) 13:12, 8 October 2018 (UTC)