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I propose that the profession "Professor of Philosophy" be deleted from this page. Although he may have received his doctorate by now, "professor" is a job title that one holds at a particular academic institution. If he hasn't been appointed to a post somewhere that comes with that title, he's not a "professor".
Schneider ( talk) 23:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
He's still active as far as I know. He tends to have periods of inactivity but putting the year ending 2011 while having a pic of him performing live in 2012 makes no sense. He has not made any kind of announcement that he was retiring from music and it's not like he's a band that can break up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.148.13.101 ( talk) 08:13, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
I don't understand. It says in this article that Maus has had some underground releases coming out since 1991, but given that he was born in 1980, that would have made him 11 years old at the time. I find that hard to believe, especially given that I can't find any information about these releases ANYWHERE else on the Internet. Can someone explain where this information came from? PoprocksCk ( talk) 15:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
I agree. I also checked at mausspace.com which is an extremely devote fansite of Maus and it only mentions I want to live (2003), Love letters from hell (2000), Snowless winter (whose date is unknown according to mausspace) and the 2011 Demos as unofficial/minor releases. In absence of a better source I proceed deleting the current content of the section "underground releases" and replacing it with the releases I mentioned above. Also I have doubts about the relevance of the section "compilation appearances" but not having found guidelines about that I'll leave it 79.18.23.8 ( talk) 06:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
The Underground Releases section now has releases listed as early as 1984. Given that John Maus was born in 1980, this seems unlikely to be correct information. Please provide citations to support the section. Catwizzle ( talk) 10:03, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't mean to be rude but, at the very top of the entry, there's a statement which reads "…for the musician born John Maus, see John Walker" and, SURELY it's not beyond the wit of man to click/tap that link and see that John Walker (né Maus) was one half of the Walker Brothers, a duo who released a string of hit singles in the '60s and, therefore, to conclude that the 'underground releases' section has been appended to the wrong article (it's been tagged nearly a YEAR, FFS, HTF has NOBODY thought to put 2 and 2 together and realise that the John Maus who's the subject of THIS entry could not POSSIBLY be releasing material from the age of FOUR…?! I'm sorry, but to plop a section within an entry without checking to see if it's correct and/or appropriate (especially as you've to scroll past the personal info to GET to the discography) is, frankly, the height of fuckwittery!
I have COPIED the erroneous info, and I'll now go paste it into the entry for John Walker (I've not cut it in case I fuck it up (which, given my previous attempts at editing Wikipedia entries, is more than likely…).
But, PLEASE PEOPLE, exercise a modicum of common-sense when editing! But ya know what they say about common-sense… <SIGH> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margolotta ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 2 May 2014
I've seen nothing anywhere ever about Animal Collective using a keyboardist other than Doctess so I've taken that bit out for now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.226.122 ( talk) 02:06, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
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Someone my reverted my removal of the adjective "philosopher" from the lead. They say he has published papers on philosophy. I can't find any. He has a Ph.D. in Poly Sci. Can someone find a citation to a philosophy paper (or some other philosophical writing) he's published?? Danski14 (talk) 15:44, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
There are some obvious HEAVY influences from Joy Division, why no mentions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mizanthrop ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
[...] my introduction to music was via things like NIRVANA, who were mainstream in the 90ies, and they had this hatred of synths. Later, when I came to L.A., I met ARIEL PINK and he introduced me to all sorts of musical genres. [...] it's funny because people make a comparison with the baritone voice in my music. But I usually respond by saying that Ian (Curtis) had probably the same heroes as me, like Jim Morrison... [...] I knew who Stockhausen was before I knew who JOY DIVISION was. I was going to music school and I hadn't heard anything beyond what classic rock stations or MTV would have played. (source)
What do we think about these two claims in the Personal Life section:
Seems like both should be cut, the former because it's totally unsourced and the latter because there's no third-party coverage of the donations. I thought I'd open it up to discussion, though, before taking any action. NASAvegas ( talk) 21:22, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Surely the Trump donation not be stated as fact, as John Maus is a quite common name and there is no actual evidence it's him. There are two different people named 'John Maus' in the Trump donations alone, from different states. Citing a donation from someone named 'John Maus' in his state is not enough in my opinion. It's still just opinion as to whether it's him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.134.50.26 ( talk) 09:32, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
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Outsider artist? What is the basis for that? Does the person who contributed that mean to say 'experimental' or something more along those lines? I don't see what's 'outsider' about a musician who studied experimental music at Cal Arts. I certainly don't see what's 'naive' about his approach since he's possibly overly self-analytical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4479:5902:9700:9528:E630:D3D6:5CA2 ( talk) 06:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
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I propose that the profession "Professor of Philosophy" be deleted from this page. Although he may have received his doctorate by now, "professor" is a job title that one holds at a particular academic institution. If he hasn't been appointed to a post somewhere that comes with that title, he's not a "professor".
Schneider ( talk) 23:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
He's still active as far as I know. He tends to have periods of inactivity but putting the year ending 2011 while having a pic of him performing live in 2012 makes no sense. He has not made any kind of announcement that he was retiring from music and it's not like he's a band that can break up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.148.13.101 ( talk) 08:13, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
I don't understand. It says in this article that Maus has had some underground releases coming out since 1991, but given that he was born in 1980, that would have made him 11 years old at the time. I find that hard to believe, especially given that I can't find any information about these releases ANYWHERE else on the Internet. Can someone explain where this information came from? PoprocksCk ( talk) 15:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
I agree. I also checked at mausspace.com which is an extremely devote fansite of Maus and it only mentions I want to live (2003), Love letters from hell (2000), Snowless winter (whose date is unknown according to mausspace) and the 2011 Demos as unofficial/minor releases. In absence of a better source I proceed deleting the current content of the section "underground releases" and replacing it with the releases I mentioned above. Also I have doubts about the relevance of the section "compilation appearances" but not having found guidelines about that I'll leave it 79.18.23.8 ( talk) 06:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
The Underground Releases section now has releases listed as early as 1984. Given that John Maus was born in 1980, this seems unlikely to be correct information. Please provide citations to support the section. Catwizzle ( talk) 10:03, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't mean to be rude but, at the very top of the entry, there's a statement which reads "…for the musician born John Maus, see John Walker" and, SURELY it's not beyond the wit of man to click/tap that link and see that John Walker (né Maus) was one half of the Walker Brothers, a duo who released a string of hit singles in the '60s and, therefore, to conclude that the 'underground releases' section has been appended to the wrong article (it's been tagged nearly a YEAR, FFS, HTF has NOBODY thought to put 2 and 2 together and realise that the John Maus who's the subject of THIS entry could not POSSIBLY be releasing material from the age of FOUR…?! I'm sorry, but to plop a section within an entry without checking to see if it's correct and/or appropriate (especially as you've to scroll past the personal info to GET to the discography) is, frankly, the height of fuckwittery!
I have COPIED the erroneous info, and I'll now go paste it into the entry for John Walker (I've not cut it in case I fuck it up (which, given my previous attempts at editing Wikipedia entries, is more than likely…).
But, PLEASE PEOPLE, exercise a modicum of common-sense when editing! But ya know what they say about common-sense… <SIGH> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margolotta ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 2 May 2014
I've seen nothing anywhere ever about Animal Collective using a keyboardist other than Doctess so I've taken that bit out for now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.226.122 ( talk) 02:06, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
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1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. | The article complies with the manual of style guidelines. I couldn't find any issues. |
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2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. | The article is sufficiently sourced with reliable references. |
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2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). | The reliability of Weirdo Music Forever is questionable but it can be discussed elsewhere (e.g. talk page). |
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2c. it contains no original research. | The discography section contains no sources but a WP:BEFORE check shows the information to be valid. |
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2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. | Two paragraphs of text are copied directly from the source and are used as quotes but it is acceptable per fair use as the usage is minimal, have contextual significance and is not replaceable with free text. |
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Someone my reverted my removal of the adjective "philosopher" from the lead. They say he has published papers on philosophy. I can't find any. He has a Ph.D. in Poly Sci. Can someone find a citation to a philosophy paper (or some other philosophical writing) he's published?? Danski14 (talk) 15:44, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
There are some obvious HEAVY influences from Joy Division, why no mentions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mizanthrop ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
[...] my introduction to music was via things like NIRVANA, who were mainstream in the 90ies, and they had this hatred of synths. Later, when I came to L.A., I met ARIEL PINK and he introduced me to all sorts of musical genres. [...] it's funny because people make a comparison with the baritone voice in my music. But I usually respond by saying that Ian (Curtis) had probably the same heroes as me, like Jim Morrison... [...] I knew who Stockhausen was before I knew who JOY DIVISION was. I was going to music school and I hadn't heard anything beyond what classic rock stations or MTV would have played. (source)
What do we think about these two claims in the Personal Life section:
Seems like both should be cut, the former because it's totally unsourced and the latter because there's no third-party coverage of the donations. I thought I'd open it up to discussion, though, before taking any action. NASAvegas ( talk) 21:22, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Surely the Trump donation not be stated as fact, as John Maus is a quite common name and there is no actual evidence it's him. There are two different people named 'John Maus' in the Trump donations alone, from different states. Citing a donation from someone named 'John Maus' in his state is not enough in my opinion. It's still just opinion as to whether it's him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.134.50.26 ( talk) 09:32, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
References
Outsider artist? What is the basis for that? Does the person who contributed that mean to say 'experimental' or something more along those lines? I don't see what's 'outsider' about a musician who studied experimental music at Cal Arts. I certainly don't see what's 'naive' about his approach since he's possibly overly self-analytical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4479:5902:9700:9528:E630:D3D6:5CA2 ( talk) 06:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)