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Under "Illness and death", I feel uncomfortable with the following part: "Marley rejected his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated (which would have hindered his performing career), citing his religious beliefs, [...]"
I can't find anything that supports the claim that a toe amputation would've hindered his performing career, nor can I understand why it would. I did find rumours that he didn't want an amputation because it'd hinder him in playing soccer, but he's not a professional soccer player. Should we remove what is in brackets? Sketch~nlwiki ( talk) 05:48, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Why is the child Rita bore without Bob labeled as "the result of an extramarital affair" while the numerous childen Marley fathered outside the marriage are not similarly labeled? This is unnecessarily sexist. Just list the child's name and father the same way Marley's children are listed. 2600:1700:3EC2:7810:1E0:3465:DC1E:ECD0 ( talk) 05:01, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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The Gibson Les Paul guitar Bob Marley was buried with was a natural wood (brown) finish instead of red. 213.37.205.116 ( talk) 09:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
The movie One Love wasn’t only released in the U.S. on February 14, 2024. I saw it in Canada on the same date. Someone please add: “and Canada”. 142.161.151.243 ( talk) 06:26, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
@ Glman I'm removing the bit about his supposed "Syrian-Jewish" roots. There is no RS for this. Perhaps it was a belief in some parts of the family about this, as perpetuated in pieces like https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/bob-marleys-jewish-father , but this is really more urban legend than anything encyclopedic. The underlying claim of Jewish heritage needs to be WP:V, rather than sources talking about doubt cast upon the claim. Samp4ngeles ( talk) 08:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
The article said something about his father claiming to be in the Royal Marines, but the source said "colonial Caribbean army," so I changed the article to reflect what is in the source. Maybe there is a more reliable source out there, if in fact Norval Marley claimed to be a captain in the Royal Marines. Samp4ngeles ( talk) 19:03, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
The article currently lists his father's birthplace as Crowborough, England, based on this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27426329 . Other sources contradict this, pointing to his birth in Clarendon, Jamaica. Roger Steffens has done biographical research that supports the latter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BABBE4SnA Samp4ngeles ( talk) 22:00, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
Bob Marley was baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in 1980 before he died in 1981 2601:642:4C01:7DAD:6809:FDF3:DF69:ECF9 ( talk) 00:39, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
The Movie One Love was released in USA and likely international theaters in February 2024.
Details: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8521778/ Peter H. Rosen, founder V.A.R.I.O.U.S. ( talk) 00:43, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
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Donisha Prendergast (granddaughter) AlexanderG561 ( talk) 21:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
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Marley also has several notable grandchildren, including musicians Skip Marley and YG Marley, American football player Nico Marley model Selah Marley, and filmmaker and activist Donisha Prendergast. AlexanderG561 ( talk) 02:33, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
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Change “Norman had written the extended lyrics for Kai Winding's "Time is on My Side" (covered by the Rolling Stones)”
To:
“Norman had written the extended lyrics for Kai Winding's "Time is on My Side" (originally recorded by Irma Thomas and covered by the Rolling Stones)”
And add hyperlink to the song’s and to Irma Thomas’s Wikipedia page:
/info/en/?search=Time_Is_on_My_Side
Irma Thomas was the first person to record the song with the extended lyrics and is what inspired The Rolling Stones to record their version. It is informative to give the full history and credit of the song. The Wikipedia page for the song even states how The Rolling Stones didn’t give Irma Thomas proper credit.
Source:
/info/en/?search=Time_Is_on_My_Side 2001:569:7BB7:5700:2829:9957:3B81:183F ( talk) 04:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
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Bob was not a "white Jamaican", that description is incorrect.
Thank you. 47.202.233.246 ( talk) 21:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
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Under "Illness and death", I feel uncomfortable with the following part: "Marley rejected his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated (which would have hindered his performing career), citing his religious beliefs, [...]"
I can't find anything that supports the claim that a toe amputation would've hindered his performing career, nor can I understand why it would. I did find rumours that he didn't want an amputation because it'd hinder him in playing soccer, but he's not a professional soccer player. Should we remove what is in brackets? Sketch~nlwiki ( talk) 05:48, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Why is the child Rita bore without Bob labeled as "the result of an extramarital affair" while the numerous childen Marley fathered outside the marriage are not similarly labeled? This is unnecessarily sexist. Just list the child's name and father the same way Marley's children are listed. 2600:1700:3EC2:7810:1E0:3465:DC1E:ECD0 ( talk) 05:01, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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The Gibson Les Paul guitar Bob Marley was buried with was a natural wood (brown) finish instead of red. 213.37.205.116 ( talk) 09:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
The movie One Love wasn’t only released in the U.S. on February 14, 2024. I saw it in Canada on the same date. Someone please add: “and Canada”. 142.161.151.243 ( talk) 06:26, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
@ Glman I'm removing the bit about his supposed "Syrian-Jewish" roots. There is no RS for this. Perhaps it was a belief in some parts of the family about this, as perpetuated in pieces like https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/bob-marleys-jewish-father , but this is really more urban legend than anything encyclopedic. The underlying claim of Jewish heritage needs to be WP:V, rather than sources talking about doubt cast upon the claim. Samp4ngeles ( talk) 08:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
The article said something about his father claiming to be in the Royal Marines, but the source said "colonial Caribbean army," so I changed the article to reflect what is in the source. Maybe there is a more reliable source out there, if in fact Norval Marley claimed to be a captain in the Royal Marines. Samp4ngeles ( talk) 19:03, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
The article currently lists his father's birthplace as Crowborough, England, based on this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27426329 . Other sources contradict this, pointing to his birth in Clarendon, Jamaica. Roger Steffens has done biographical research that supports the latter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BABBE4SnA Samp4ngeles ( talk) 22:00, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
Bob Marley was baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in 1980 before he died in 1981 2601:642:4C01:7DAD:6809:FDF3:DF69:ECF9 ( talk) 00:39, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
The Movie One Love was released in USA and likely international theaters in February 2024.
Details: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8521778/ Peter H. Rosen, founder V.A.R.I.O.U.S. ( talk) 00:43, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
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Donisha Prendergast (granddaughter) AlexanderG561 ( talk) 21:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a
"change X to Y" format and provide a
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Marley also has several notable grandchildren, including musicians Skip Marley and YG Marley, American football player Nico Marley model Selah Marley, and filmmaker and activist Donisha Prendergast. AlexanderG561 ( talk) 02:33, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
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Change “Norman had written the extended lyrics for Kai Winding's "Time is on My Side" (covered by the Rolling Stones)”
To:
“Norman had written the extended lyrics for Kai Winding's "Time is on My Side" (originally recorded by Irma Thomas and covered by the Rolling Stones)”
And add hyperlink to the song’s and to Irma Thomas’s Wikipedia page:
/info/en/?search=Time_Is_on_My_Side
Irma Thomas was the first person to record the song with the extended lyrics and is what inspired The Rolling Stones to record their version. It is informative to give the full history and credit of the song. The Wikipedia page for the song even states how The Rolling Stones didn’t give Irma Thomas proper credit.
Source:
/info/en/?search=Time_Is_on_My_Side 2001:569:7BB7:5700:2829:9957:3B81:183F ( talk) 04:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
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Bob was not a "white Jamaican", that description is incorrect.
Thank you. 47.202.233.246 ( talk) 21:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)