Talk:Ralph Dewey

This page has no dates like birth date, or dates when Ralph won the awards. Please update the same Wikishagnik (talk) 17:03, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ummmm, those dates were in the original incarnation of the article.--- Balloonman  Poppa Balloon 02:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

No dates
This article needs to have all the relevant dates. Wikishagnik (talk) 17:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ummmm, those dates were in the original incarnation of the article.--- Balloonman  Poppa Balloon 02:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

ALL CAPS
Why are the titles of the books, etc. rendered in ALL CAPS? Gerry D (talk) 18:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

April Fool's/General Quality
Is this article entirely an April Fool's hoax? It smells of such, but otherwise: This article has problems with spelling, capitalization, sentence structure, and context. Many random sentences exist, with no links or intro. I tried to flag it, but can't figure out where to start editing it. The sentences on David Grist and Joey to the World (also spelling?) come out of nowhere and then disappear just as suddenly. The book list is in all CAPS and seems misspelled as well. Needs a serious edit, especially since it was shown on the front page. M.manary (talk) 18:40, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Quick seach on any of those terms will reveal, that no, he is in fact legit... the wording of the Hook of course was April Foolish to get there..--- Balloonman  Poppa Balloon 19:17, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

This is NOT a hoax, it's a brief history on a very unique man. And btw, "joey" is spelled correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.73.74.81 (talk) 19:56, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Book list
This book list has some serious issues, it's very long and wikipedia is not a list, it is uncited, and it is poorly formatted in all caps, it doesn't mention the publisher, sales, or importance, so I am moving it here instead of deleting it outright until someone with an interest and knowledge of the subject can intervene.71.142.72.103 (talk) 20:48, 1 April 2012 (UTC) publications

books
 * 1 GOSPEL BALLOON DEWEY'S
 * 2 GOSPEL BALLOON DEWEY'S
 * 3 GOSPEL BALLOON DEWEY'S
 * 4 GOSPEL BALLOON DEWEY'S
 * 5 GOSPEL BALLOON ROUTINES
 * NEW BALLOON ANIMALS
 * BASIC BALLOON COURSE DEWEY
 * BUBBLE BUDDIES DEWEY'S
 * BALLOON & CLOWN NOTEBOOK DEWEY'S
 * RUBBER RASCALS
 * MAMMOTH MULTIPLES DEWEY'S
 * EXTRA EASY BALLOONS
 * AMUSING RUBBER ANTICS DEWEY'S
 * CLOWN GAGS AND GIGGLES DEWEY
 * ZANY BALLOONS DEWEY'S
 * CELEBRITY BALLOONS BY DEWEY
 * KLOWN KOMEDY
 * BALLOON ANOMALIES
 * GOSPEL CARTOON CHALK TALKS
 * EASY GOSPEL CHALK TALKS
 * GOSPEL CLOWN SKITS #1
 * GOSPEL CLOWN SKITS #2
 * GOSPEL CARTOON FUN
 * GOSPEL JUGGLING SKITS
 * GOSPEL PAPER TRICKS #1 – DEWEY
 * GOSPEL PAPER TRICKS #2 – DEWEY
 * SOLO CLOWN MINISTRY
 * WILD BALLOON HATS

Video
 * DEWEYS RESTAURANT BALLOONS DVD
 * FAVORITE GOSPEL BALLOON ROUTINES
 * DEWEY'S ADVANCED BALLOONS
 * DEWEY'S BALLOON JAMBOREE
 * DEWEY'S HAT FACTORY
 * DEWEY'S BORN TO TWIST DVD
 * BASIC BALLOON ANIMALS DVD – DEWEY
 * DEWEY'S WONDERFUL BALLOONS
 * DEWEY'S LATEST RESTAURANT BALLOONS

Notability
How is this person notable? If indeed the JTTW which he apparently help organise was attracting tens of thousands of pumped up BJers1 and was somehow globallay or nationally significant I could see the point of this article but it seems to be running out of puff as it only pulls in 250 these days. I mean it's a bit like having an article on some guy because he set up a slot car endurance race in Dublin, Ohio. An event of significance for the participants perhaps but not worthy of an article on the organiser.

1Ballooners for Jesus

Silent Billy (talk) 22:54, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I'd say demote a summary of this to the Origins section of the balloon modelling article.
 * Cramyourspam (talk) 16:08, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Gospel Balloon-Twisting
I must say, Gospel Balloon-Twisting is a marvelously specific field of endeavor.--Wetman (talk) 23:04, 1 April 2012 (UTC)