Talk:Riley Martin/Archives/2013

Date of birth issue
I removed all references to his date of birth being 'May 9th, 1946.' I've heard Riley questioned about his age four times, and his answers have been inconsistent:

-In his abduction story (which he repeats constantly) he claims to be 7-years-old in 1953 during his first alien encounter.

-On a July 1996 appearance on the Howard Stern Show, he claimed to be 50-years-old.

-On a 2009 appearance on the Howard Stern Show, he claimed to be 61-years-old. (The Stern Show crew was surprised at this, thinking he appeared to be older).

-During a recounting of a story about his personal life during a call to the Howard Stern Show, Riley claimed to be 18-years-old in 1954.

I updated his date of birth to 'circa 1936' based on the final claim above. I consider this to be the most credible claim since it's the only one completely unconnected to Riley's wild tales of alien abduction.Scarfo787 (talk) 20:22, 6 November 2011 (UTC)


 * As you didn't use an edit summary, and his website says '46 and you changed it to 36, I reverted your edit as vandalism. I now see why you are concerned about his birthdate. We can either omit it entirely or if we have sources, state the various dates (or at least some of them). By the way, this belongs at the bottom of this page, I'd copy it but no time. Dougweller (talk) 20:31, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Doubt as to appropriate material
Email list administrators are complaining of consistent spamming by individuals linking to this biography or to the website promoting this person's profit-seeking ventures. (e.g. ABA Solosez email list for lawyers) Fmischler 00:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)Fmischler 20 Feb 2007

I don't think the word "downloaded" is appropriate in the article. A significant amount of knowledge would have been "uploaded" into his brain, not true? They are opposite processes. Since the aliens or whatever were the ones doing the actual process, then the knowledge was uploaded, not downloaded. Uroshnor 11:08, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I think Riley was the one who said "downloaded" vice "uploaded". Let me look up the definitions...


 * Download - (Computer Science) To transfer (data or programs) from a server or host computer to one's own computer or device.


 * Upload - To transfer (data or programs), usually from a peripheral computer or device to a central, often remote computer.


 * I think in this case, the "mothership's" computer would be the central processing, host computer, and Riley's brain would be the remote peripheral. I suppose it's a matter of perspective.  Ahh, this is getting philosophical.  --Bark 21:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Please expand this article!
As it stands now, this article only runs a little over 2,000 words. That is shockingly sparse for a subject as significant as Riley Martin, you understand. Look, man... and you see what I'm saying man, yeah. Eleemosynary 05:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Seeing as how there's a standoff in negotiations, this may be the end. This article may not be getting any bigger.  --Bark 13:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Visionary
Uh, look man, Riley is a genius, you understand? And things of this nature. Uhhhhhhh. MGlosenger 00:07, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

U see here, man, that the answers lie in the cosmos, man. Nevertheless, I wish you good day

Web Site
His website is pretty goofy. Check it out. 24.166.190.48 19:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Uh, by "goofy" you mean "brilliant", you understand? His marker drawings of aliens are from witnessing them in the physical. Nevertheless... uhhhhhhh... Foday 05:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Prank Calls
What would happen if someone called into his show, claimed to have the same experience with Tan (but more recent), and then tried to sell their own symbols? Would Riley have a **** fit? Bark 17:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

7th Alien Race
We need more information on the 7th alien race. It looks like a brain in a jar from the pictures on Riley's site. Keep you eyes and ears open. Bark 13:35, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * All I know is anything Riley can't pin down is some serious shit man... uhhhhhhhhhhh... Foday 07:01, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The quotes section was cut and I restored it
I find the quotes section relevant, though perhaps it could be trimmed. Please discuss it here. Foday 02:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I listen to Riley Martin regularly.  The quotes are indeed relevent.  They may even be the very heart of the article, IMHO.  --Bark 14:22, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Stevie Wonder
Didn't Riley mention that one of the alien races likes the Stevie Wonder album, "Songs in the Key of Life"? He also said in one of his shows that he and the aliens were dancing one time to Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley. Which episode was that?

This is notable?
Considering some of the AfD "fights? I have already been in, I cannot see how this idiocy remains on Wikipedia. It is highly self-referential. It is also link-spam'd out the wazoo. At the very least, I think that alot of the commercial links involved in this article need to be removed. --Bill W. Smith, Jr. (talk/contribs) 07:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * If pages about Pokemon characters are notable, then this is notable. MGlosenger

Sal calling Riley
Does anybody know the original air date when Sal called Riley with the "a bugliada da, yagi mu a mugi woogayo" thing? I personally would like to know, and I think that since there is paragraph on that incident that it might be good to include. Chris01720 17:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry for not being more specific. I mean the air date of the Howard Stern Show when they first discussed the incident, not the date of the Riley show. Chris01720 18:01, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Removed laundryrack cleanup tag
There were no sprawling lists that I could see anywhere on the page, so I removed it. My guess is that someone edited it to fix the issue of those lists but forgot to remove the tag. Article looks great, keep up the good work everyone. Chris01720

Problem with seventh show synopses
I believe Seventh Episode (July 18, 2006) synopses may be incorrect. I was that "gay caller" and I definitely did not call in July. I believe it was early March in 2007 that I called in, but definitely not July of 2006. It may be possible that someone else called in long before myself, but the rundown of that show is very familiar. I know that the episode I called in on was the last episode before his contract was due to expire. If someone could shed light on this it would be great. Chris01720 18:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

BLP issues
I've deleted a lot of unreferenced stuff -- see WP:BLP. Please dont' replace it without some very good sources. Thanks. dougweller (talk) 21:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)