Talk:Woody Guthrie/Archive 3

Arlo guthrie
While arlo is mentioned frequently here, i think the main fact, that arlo is himself a musician, should be stated more explicitly. many WP articles have "personal life" sections, where family that are notable are mentioned. A paragraph talking about their connection would be helpful. right now, we have one link. At least a "See also" would be nice.(mercurywoodrose)76.245.46.57 (talk) 02:25, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

George Sherman
Why is George Sherman mentioned? Who is George Sherman and what connection does he have with Woody? Mulp (talk) 21:13, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Bring back to FA status for his birthday?
Collaboration Does anyone want to work on bringing this back to FA status for Woody's 100th (in about six months)? I've never really worked on biographical articles much, but I'd be willing to give it a go if someone else wants to help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:14, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Los Angeles
Woody Guthrie never lived in Preston Avenue, according to his biographer Ed Cray he only was a frequent guest at Ed Robbins' house there in 1939. Robbins was the Los Angeles Editor of the West coast paper of the Communist party, The People's World. Guthrie apparently lived in Glendale most of the time. --94.222.252.216 (talk) 15:01, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Communist. Undue weight
To leave only the Communist association in the lead of the article is WP:undue weight.

In the article is this:


 * Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was seemingly not a member of any.

The reference is this:
 * Spivey, Christine A. This Land is Your land, This Land is My Land: Folk Music, Communism, and the Red Scare as a Part of the American Landscape. The Student Historical Journal 1996–1997, Loyola University New Orleans, 1996.

From that reference article there is this: "A year before Guthrie had 'joined hands' with the C.P." (C.P. is referring to the communist party).

The reference (in that article) for that is: See:
 * Page 164. Guthrie, Woody. Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait (New York, 1990).
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=SXZ969sJ53oC
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=SXZ969sJ53oC&q=joined+hands - pulls up page 164.

Sounds like Popular Front stuff to me. The 2 references, and many other articles, shows he was associated with various progressive, unionist, liberal, socialist, and communist groups. --Timeshifter (talk) 02:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I am sincerly astonished not to find a word about the fact the WG was investigated (and harrassed!) by FBI throughout his life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.38.69.222 (talk) 14:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Corrected links
"John Steinbeck" is mentioned twice on this page and my understanding is that WP style is to link articles on their first mention, so I changed the page to link the first mention of Steinbeck and remove the link for the second mention, to maintain consistent style. Jefferson1957 (talk) 23:39, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Novel
Just added info about his novel that's going to be published soon. I put it where I thought it was most appropriate, but feel free to move it somewhere else. &mdash; Fr&epsilon;ckl&epsilon;fσσt | Talk 00:17, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Copyright Controversy
The last line of this section is vague and undocumented. A. P. Carter is said to have "found" the melody for This Land Is Your Land prior to 1934? If he recorded it then under what title? This reads like some kind of rumor or half-remembered trivia and needs to be either properly presented or deleted. Ramseyman (talk) 02:09, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Pronunciation guide
I am embarrassed to say I have no idea how to pronounce this name. Help! ---Keith (Hypergeek14)Talk 04:55, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I added an IPA guide. DEIDATVM (talk) 13:04, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120717215934/http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/itemsofinterest/centennial/centennial_storypage.asp?ID=070317_1_A11_TheOk43770 to http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/itemsofinterest/centennial/centennial_storypage.asp?ID=070317_1_A11_TheOk43770

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Series of edits applied today, to one external link.
Dear fellow editors, I am leaving the present message out of courtesy to the three of you, and I hope that my comments will be received in the constructive spirit in which they are offered. Most importantly, I'd like to apologize upfront for any inconvenience and/or extra work my actions may have caused. Thank you all for your patience with me, and for putting me right, Dubbin! With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 16:15, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Earlier today, I was as puzzled as Bahooka by this edit, which simply altered the link from its earlier 'cite web' format to a bare/raw url. I then reverted this edit because I always thought we should try to improve bare/raw urls (and not introduce them in the first place), and also because of WP:CITEVAR.
 * 2) At the time of my revert, I hadn't realized that the linked-to website requires a subscription. When that became clear to me, I replaced AManWithNoPlan's reinstatement of the bare/raw url with a, in this edit, simply because if a reader cannot verify the content, then I always do this. However, I am grateful to Dubbin for his comment, here, as it enabled me to learn why my action was wrong, after I found and read WP:SOURCEACCESS. So, thank you for your comment, Dubbin, which enabled me to learn from my mistake.
 * 3) Finally, I am grateful to Bahooka for solving the root cause of the problem: by providing a brand new link which fully corroborates the article's content for that specific point, which I am sure is what we all wanted. Thank you!

I removed this ignorant comment
", although he himself declined to serve during World War II (despite being only 29 when the war broke out)" because Guthrie did serve in the United States Merchant Marine during the war, risking his life just like any front line soldier. He did serve. Carptrash (talk) 17:54, 28 November 2016 (UTC)