Talk:Patti Smith/Archive 1

Not the 'y' one
Not to be confused with Patty Smyth, another American female artist.

Very confusing edit
extensive edit by Cacycle with edit summary "reverted vandalism by 24.235.144.129. She is NOT married to McEnroe, that's Patty Smyth". 24.235.144.129 had last edited several days earlier, but nothing in the article before or after 24.235.144.129's edit or Cacycle made any claim that Patti Smith was married to McEnroe.

Cacycle is an admin, so I presume he knows what he's doing, but this is very confusing. Among the material removed by his edit is a lot of detail in Smith's early biography (most of it accurate, I believe, though possibly not all of it) and what seems to me like some reasonably good material about the album Horses. Cacycle, I'd sure appreciate if you would expand on your edit summary. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:17, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

24.235.144.129 is a vandal, he has sneaked in wrong facts and dates into several articles (e.g. a wrong birthday for Patty Smith). I have reverted his edit which was not noticed earlier. I took the version directly before the vandalism and added the changes made after the vandalism. One of those later changes stated that she is married to "Macenroe". Feel free to improve the article, but please double-check everything 24.235.144.129 has added. Hope this helps, Cacycle 01:26, 25 November 2005 (UTC)


 * That's fine, I was just confused by the edit summary. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:42, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Patti Smith was never married to kurt Cobain, and About A Boy was not exactly a tribute. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.9.234.202 (talk • contribs) 14 August 2006.

Correction or vandalism?
Uncommented anonymous edit changed "When her son, Jackson, turned 21, Smith decided to move back to New York" to "When her son, Jackson, turned 12, Smith decided to move back to New York." No citation for either one. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:06, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Wave / sonic
The comment "Following the release of Wave, Smith, ... met Fred "Sonic" Smith," is misleading. "Frederick" on Wave is about Sonic who was surely her partner by then.

Her official arista biography is quoted as saying ""Dancing Barefoot" and "Frederick" were inspired by the new love in her life, Fred "Sonic" Smith" - http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/bio/aristbio.htm

allmusic says she was living with Allen Lanier before that. Where did Jim Carroll fit in ? http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0rk9ikbhbb89~T1

-- Beardo 06:08, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Sonic Youth
What about a mention of Sonic Youth as they have done various tribues to Patty SmithJohnRussell 05:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Heart attack?
I thought Fred died of cancer. 12 May 2006

I am also confused by this. While I'm pretty sure the official cause of death was "heart failure", I thought he was in poor health for quite a while before that, and his death was not "a sudden heart attack". I don't have a verifiable source for this, but I thought he had Multiple Sclerosis. ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫ ♦ ♫ 07:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Judging from the brief account of his waning health in Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections and Notes for the Future, I'm pretty sure it was not a sudden thing.

Patty Smith (note: the "y")
Patty Smith used to be a redirect to this article. I turned it into a disambig page, so people can choose between Patty Smyth and Patti Smith. --Rob 23:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Please remove vandalism
The line "But she is just another irrelevant burnout whom certain media figures TELL you is popular, relevant, or worthy." is in the "Political Engagement" section, but I can't edit it to remove it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.169.228.162 (talk) 03:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

Performances
Why is there a list of her performances in the "Re-emergence" section? Most of those aren't very notable (with the exception of the CBGB performance) and should either be deleted or simply moved to a new section listing noteworthy performances? In any case I don't think it's very appropriate to just list them in a section about her later work. Torie 03:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

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Early Life in Chicago and New Jersey
I hate to go chopping at the little bit of information that's here, but our (unreferenced) statement is that her mom was a devout Jehovah's Witness, while Arista bio (it's the reference-link for her place of birth) says that her mom was a jazz singer...Can JWs do that? Could they do that in the '50s? Also this business about having a baby, giving it up and dropping out of college should be supported - it's sensitive and personal, and without solid reference it's potentially a big problem in a Living Person biography. What source for this stuff? ~ Otterpops 16:32, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, gotcha. The "Editorial Review" sections clipped from Amazon.com are jumbled in with random stuff, also "artistic influence" was replaced with "lover" and etcetera. Wot a buncha wits. ~ Otterpops 02:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

fix it
now. not like i care about Patti in particular, but the page is an eyesore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.180.23 (talk) 00:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

About Live album 2006 - February 10, 1971
an inhouse release of the very first reading by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye at St. Mark's Church, by Mer Records. Sold in Patti Smith's shows or to Mer Records, P.O. Box 407, Murray Hill Station, NYC., NY 10156. babellist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.246.53.53 (talk) 16:01, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

because the night - not coauthored as stated
at one point in the 70's bruce springstien was having an argument with his manger or someone about the rights or royalties to his songs.

a prolific writer bruce did not want to recored because the night while being involved in the above dispute.

so he gave it to patti

thats the story —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.25.94.33 (talk) 10:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The lyrics were unfinished when Patti received the melody, she wrote all the verses.69.120.231.175 (talk) 06:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

GA failed
Too many issues, mainly sourcing. dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 05:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The first para of the lead could be expanded a bit?
 * i think it's already enough--The Watusi (talk) 16:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ref 2 needs better formatting
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "counted her 47th in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time," - there shouldnt' be an external link here. The ref is sufficient.
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "in Jackie Curtis's play Femme Fatale" - wikilink, or translation?
 * "By 1974, however," - doens't make sense at the start of a section
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Refs need publisher info and better formatting
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "he B-side describes the helpless anger..." - ref needed
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "have stood the test of time" - ref needed
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "who adored poetry as much as she did. (Wave's "Dancing Barefoot" and "Frederick" were both dedicated to him.)" - refs needed
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "The running joke at the time was that she only married Fred because she would not have to change her name. - and another
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "...Fred "Sonic" Smith died. Shortly afterward..." - paragraph needs sourcing
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "That same year she collaborated with..." - rest of paragraph unsourced
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "In 2003 her artwork was exhibited at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh" - this is the first time artwork is mentioned in the article. Also needs a ref, as does the rest of the para
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The legacy section needs prose, it's currently all listcruft. Also, "In popular culture" sections are usually avoided.
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Politics section needs [much] more sourcing
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The last 4 ELs aren't needed
 * ✅--The Watusi (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Please leave a note on my talk page for questions/comments. dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 05:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Blue Oyster Cult "Agent of Fortune" album
Not sure how to work it in, but I think it's worth mentioning that she appears prominently on the Blue Oyster Cult album "Agents of Fortune". She is photographed with the group on the inside cover (wearing a black bow-tie!) and she is a vocalist on one track, as well as co-writing two songs mentioned in the article. The album is very well known and prominent in its own right (and still in print 32 years after issue), so it seems worthy of an explicit mention here. Unless one was already familiar with either her or B.O.C., it would be easy to overlook her contributions to that album. Typofixer76 (talk) 13:59, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

GAN 2
Some things, it looks like much has improved since last time:
 * First: LEAD needs to be expanded to two full paragrahs, summarizing the entire article.
 * I don't speak English very well, so I can't do this. First paragraphs in these links 1, 2 can help to write lead section. --The Watusi (talk) 09:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Grammar: I'll try and help out, but in some places it's plain awful, ex. "Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois. Mother, Beverly, was a jazz singer"
 * I've tried to improve this sentence. --The Watusi (talk) 10:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Bibliography: What is this?
 * This is list of books written by Patti. --The Watusi (talk) 10:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Further reading- format all the dates, etc. consistently.
 * ✅ --The Watusi (talk) 10:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll get to more stuff once I give it a more thorough read through. Das Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 23:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you ,-) --The Watusi (talk) 09:19, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Some other things: I'll try and use the biography to make the first paragraph, but do you really need all the music samples? You refer to the songs and all in the text, so it's not like they are superfluous, it just seems a tad heavy. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 12:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ --The Watusi (talk) 14:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Based on the stuff done here, and in my last GA review, and on Mr. Fuchs' comments here, I'll pass this GA; well done The Watusi. dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)