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Moby recently revamped his website. The URLs to his journal entries have changed; therefore, the ones referenced in the article must be updated. Fetology 23:42, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
I've heard him described as a "fundamentalist" "evangelical" and "radical". Does that mean that he is a young-earth creationist who believes the world is no more than 5,000-20,000 years old and believes the bible is entirely literally true or that he's merely devout in his religious beliefs? Thanks for clarifying! -- Havermayer 22:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Lol @ ^ it's a good thing people like you keep their opinions to themselves and don't try and force their glaring fallacies upon other people...oh wait nevermind.
I have no idea what the motivation of the person who made those edits.
Moby Versus Berlin? Article? -- Jingofetts 20:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC) Who is Berlin? -- Jingofetts 20:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Is Moby racist? You decide! {{disputed}} -- Jingofetts 20:27, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Somebody messed w/ his pic... Hillarious...
Is he really racist? I'm sure a few of his songs feature a black female artist as a backing singer.
Yes he has, MC Lyte (from Jam for the ladies off of 18) is very much a black female artist.
Removed " vegan non-denominational Christian." Maybe relevant, but certainly not in the first sentence. He's a well-known vegan and that could be mentioned later on. He is already metioned in the list of notable vegetarians. -GG
What if that info were put back in the first sentence by saying that he "self identifies" as ... -- Zoe
I stand corrected, I didn't think that Moby's religion was much discussed or well-known, but I guess it is. I still don't think it's top-line information though - he's primarily a musician, that's what he's known for. AFAIK he's less well-known for being vegan or Christian. I agree that it's clumsy as-is, but I think it's even more awkward at the top. --GG
I'm 90% sure "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" has become CNN's official disaster bumper music. I started hearing it last year during Tsunami stories and heard it almost constantly during Katrina and Rita. Keep your ears open. Moby is ubiquitous.
I remember reading somewhere that Moby has an album from which every song has been licensed to be used on commercials, but I cannot remember the name of the album. Can anyone help me out here? -- Jalabi99 23:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
it's either 18 or play, i forget which.
It's Play that had every song licensed.
The other wikipedias say he is born in New York. 62.94.51.186 09:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
He was definately born in NYC and moved to Connecticut at a young age. He has said this numerous times in his journal and in interviews. He now lives in the Village in NYC. Elixer25 07:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
From doing some looking (at AMG and discogs.com), it appears that Moby (album) (which I just created) and The Story So Far are not actually the same album. Looks like TSSF was the Euro release. The two records are published by different companies, and the tracklistings are different. Heck, even the UK and German releases of TSSF carry different tracklistings from each other. Come on, record companies, let's all get on the same page! — Wwagner 19:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to add the MobyPlay: The DVD, a collection of videos from Play and some other stuff, but I'm not sure where it ought to go in the discography. The albums section? A new DVDs section? Has he released other DVDs? Comments, please! — Wwagner 16:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
A single editor persists in removing this quote as without a "source," even though it was published in an interview with Moby, Moby hasn't denied it, and there's no evidence he hasn't said it. This needs to be restored. -- FRCP11 12:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Moby writes about politics on his blog several times a week. If we are to include every little phrase that he mentions politics this section would be huge.-- 8bitJake 17:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Both reasons. I don’t think a New York tabloid rag is really the best source or information for an encyclopedia biography. The other reason is that Moby is a very involved political activist and we are going to include political quotes we should include a wide swatch of quotes not just one that the readers of Rightwingnews.com want to focus on. This article is not Wikiquote.-- 8bitJake 22:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
"TOP COP ADMITS HANKY PANKY" "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" Come on it is still a pulp tabloid.-- 8bitJake 23:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
He doesn´t belong to the category "Christian Musicians", because this category it´s ONLY for musicians who do christian music, as you can read there.
Just wondering. In the Gobliiins game titles someone named "Moby" is mentioned (music & sound effects). Is it this Moby or somebody else?
IIRC, Moby was physically assaulted outside of a nightclub last year or so. I couldn't find anything about this in the article, but it may be a valuable inclusion since it made national headlines. Czj 05:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Moby isn't a band, why the artice uses a band infobox?
In my opinion, the infobox template should be replaced with one for musical artists. I don't do this myself just because I don't know much about the artist, plus I'm afraid to mess everything up.
Litis
13:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Someone anonymous changed "ambient" to "math rock". I've reverted it. Ambient definitely needs mentioning; I'm not certain that he doesn't do math rock, but the rock songs I know (What Love, Bodyrock and those on Animal Rights) don't fit the description. ( Chorleypie 18:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC))
I know that Moby isn't a RELIGIOUS Jew, but he still could be an ethnic Jew. Does anyone know his ancestry? He seems, looks, and acts Jewish to me, and was born in NYC to boot. So, I only have to ask: is Moby a Jew? -- 64.12.116.70 15:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Moby remixed Sophie Ellis-Bextor's song "Is it any Wonder". As far as I know his remix has yet to be released, though it certainly has leaked (I have it). Is this worth noting? I think it would have been done around 2001ish. This was actually a Production job, his version didn't make the album though. ( read my lips)
Moby's version of the song "Is it any wonder" is on Sophie Ellis-Bextor's debut album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.44.57 ( talk) 12:48, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
What's all this talk about racism and him being a Jew?? Also he is most DEFINATELY not a fundamentalist Christian. I think most of the article needs a re-write as it is poorly written and more emphasis needs to be placed on his left-wing political beliefs as these are very near and dear to him. Much more detail is needed on each of his main albums from Play onwards. I think the political quotes also need to go as these are confusing and pointless... Feedback? Elixer25 07:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
The best thing about Moby is there is years of political blogs in his journal for us to use at our disposal for sources... Chorleypie I believe the fundamentalism essay is in the Play notes? He also touches on this in the 18 notes as well. Anyway I think that the separation of dates in Moby's career should go and be replaced with album subheadings followed by the text. Is there also a better picture of him!? Elixer25 07:23, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
He had these other aliases early on. There's no mention of these. I've seen a CD of his, attributed to "Moby/Voodoo Child", and the artist info block on the top of this article lists a bunch more that I've not even heard of. It would be a nice bit of information to know when he used those and what for.
Please remove Gayfag from Also Known As.
Someone keeps adding Pippy Baliunas the the list of aliases. This is incorrect, i'm not sure why this keeps being added in. Tomarg23 ( talk) 13:40, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
My personal feeling is that accusations of "selling out," which the "early fans" here are likely to have used instead, are generally irrelevant: the complaints of people who found something obscure, liked it, then became nonplussed that the obscure thing they'd found to like had become popular, and so their imagined coolness had been diminished as a result. (imagined coolness being a function of scornfulness and antisocial attitudes). I've seen this happen with fans of R.E.M. (Out of Time), Metallica (The black album, then again with Napster), and even South Park (what could Matt Stone and Trey Parker possibly have sold out? Has there been a more iconoclastic show on TV?) Bob Dylan, of course, "Sold Out" when he plugged in a guitar--that dastardly fellow, so inconsiderate to all those people who moved cashed out their Paul Anka stock to buy into a Zimmerman portfolio.
My favorite story about "selling out" is about The Beatles--the ubiquitous unnamed "early fans" in some article released in 1965 were cited as saying that with Help!, The Beatles had Sold Out. Slaves to the system, those boys, with not a whit of creativity, and of course 1965 was the year they compromised their artistic integrity and were forgotten. Some musicologists still remember them as a historical footnote, mostly as an influence on The Guess Who. Koyaanis Qatsi 20:24, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)
his song Beautiful from Hotel was in the movie The Devil Wears Prada, so can someone please add it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.128.254.35 ( talk) 22:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
I have deleted the discussion of Moby's faith in the magazine "Campus Life" in agreement with High on a Tree and disagreement with IzaakdeM. I think Wikipedia should list Moby's comments on his faith but not other people's comments. ( Chorleypie 10:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC))
Moby's songs used in other media should be merged with his discography IMHO. TubularWorld 19:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
In the introductory section it reads that Herman Melville was Moby's great great great great uncle and that Moby was the nickname given to him by his parents "soon after birth". In the section Besides music Melville is stated to be his great great uncle, and that Moby chose that name as a tribute. These sections should be brought to correspondence. __ meco 20:35, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Not much is needed before this article should be presented for a GA evaluation. There are a couple of citation needed tags, and the issue involving the section Moby's songs used in other media needs to be resolved. __ meco 20:39, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
There is a progressive music link in a section. Please disambiguate by linking to the proper style. [2] -- Kl4m Talk Contrib 06:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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Nevermind, I am an idiot. 58.108.225.51 ( talk) 02:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
That is awesome.. I see no reference in the simpsons articles, I wonder if Matt Groening named Bart after him, it's just too much of a weird coincidence. Moby was basically unheard of when he created the simpsons. 121.72.135.114 ( talk) 23:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
http://music.guardian.co.uk/electronic/story/0,,2260505,00.html Read up, in this interview Moby talks about his drug addiction problems, sex parties, etc. He states that his image as a vegan, christian were "just the tip of the iceberg" and also brings up that he's done enough ecstacy for his brain to be "swiss cheese". Lots of great background info and personal aspects he's never discussed before. Should fit into the article nicely.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pafufta816 ( talk • contribs) 16:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
A few songs of Moby could be categorised as big beat, and this genre it's not apearing on front page. For example: James Bond theme, Ah-ah, Aint Never Learned, Anthem, Electricity,... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarkozila ( talk • contribs) 09:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
As the only online documents mentioning the name "Pippy Baliunas" seem to be copies of older versions of this Wikipedia article (highly unusual for such an information about a global pop star from the last two decased), and the only editor who insists on including this information is an anonymous user with a contribution history consisting almost exclusively of vandalism and insertion of fake information, I suggest that we wait for an user in good standing to verify the claims of 98.197.207.69 with regard to the given offline reference. Regards, High on a tree ( talk) 15:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I am not completely familiar with how Wikipedia's system works but i can guarantee from Moby himself that this "Pippy Baliunas" is not a true alias and needs to be removed permanently. Tomarg23 ( talk) 13:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
(undent)No hits from google except wikipedia mirrors, making it very, very dubious. Please provide a quote with the information, perhaps we'll be able to turn up a hit from google books. If not, a page number should be provided so the source can be verified by other editors. His blog search turns up nothing for pippy, I think it's dubious. I'm going through the rest of his aliases and they're turning up. All of them turn up non-wiki sources except PB. Dubious. WLU ( talk) 01:09, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
A source is currently missing for the claim that Moby is related to Herman Melville, and got his middle name and pseudonym in reference to him. It is currently not mentioned in the biography on moby.com. This blog posting rather convincingly argues that both are not related. It is in German and probably not citable as a reliable source anyway, but the sources cited there are in English and look quite solid - for example, it says that there is no Richard Melville Hall mentioned in ISBN 0801881862, an extensive Herman Melville biography with a family tree of his descendants up to birth year 2001.
Until it can be disproven definitely, I have changed the statement, qualifying it as a mere claim by Moby, who actually sort of distanced himself from it in this CNN interview:
Regards, High on a tree ( talk) 03:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see a citation for the part of the page, which states that he lived on Food Stamps, in Darien CT? An area that has a median house hold income of $146,755??? Is this correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackdelyelis ( talk • contribs) 16:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC) ( Jackdelyelis ( talk) 16:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC))
Could we possible merge the mentioned categories into two or perhaps even three different ones?
much of the information inside the categories are interchangeable and could be applied in any of the topics.
anyone agree?
Wikifan12345 ( talk) 02:40, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Could someone please find a better picture of Moby? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.209.123.126 ( talk) 15:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Moby say's he believes Jesus to have been "divine" now aside from Muslims and a few random micro-religions the only people who would say that are Christians so he's a Christian. -- Protostan ( talk) 02:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
And there's more: check this out "I can't really know anything. Having said that, though, on a very subjective level I love Christ. I perceive Christ to be God, but I predicate that with the knowledge that I'm small and not nearly as old as the universe that I live in. I take my beliefs seriously for myself, but I would be very uncomfortable trying to tell anyone that I was right." [3].
He sees to be a humble guy who doesn't identify with the media's portrayal of what a Christian is yet he believes deeply. -- Protostan ( talk) 03:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
The article says about Moby's remix for Nas. I never heard about such thing. Does anyone know what it is - if this information is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.23.25.110 ( talk) 19:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Please stop adding this as an alternative name, unless you can find a referenced, authoritative source. It is not listed on Moby's webpage. It seems to appear only in a block of text that features on several dozen gossip and info sites that all appear to be using content originally taken from Wikipedia, in a bizarro feedback loop. Metao ( talk) 03:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Has this page ever featured a section on rapper Eminem's attacks on Moby? Many fans of pop culture have a limited knowledge of Moby, relegated essentially to "Southside" and "that guy who got called a fag by eminem".
It says it's the guy be he performs with a girl... who's the girl? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spoon45 ( talk • contribs) 16:29, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
"...remixed the Beastie Boys, David Bowie, Nas..."
Someone give me please info that Nas really have Moby's remix. What song? I can't find any info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitrandisc ( talk • contribs) 22:01, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Moby also contributed the soundtrack to the animal rights documentation EARTHLINGS. http://www.earthlings.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.134.174.21 ( talk) 11:05, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the line about Moby's description of the released album contradicting his comment from Jan 2010 as he said it would be "less electronic", not "not electronic". There's no inherent contradiction in the statements. Jack of Many ( talk) 20:07, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
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Moby recently revamped his website. The URLs to his journal entries have changed; therefore, the ones referenced in the article must be updated. Fetology 23:42, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
I've heard him described as a "fundamentalist" "evangelical" and "radical". Does that mean that he is a young-earth creationist who believes the world is no more than 5,000-20,000 years old and believes the bible is entirely literally true or that he's merely devout in his religious beliefs? Thanks for clarifying! -- Havermayer 22:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Lol @ ^ it's a good thing people like you keep their opinions to themselves and don't try and force their glaring fallacies upon other people...oh wait nevermind.
I have no idea what the motivation of the person who made those edits.
Moby Versus Berlin? Article? -- Jingofetts 20:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC) Who is Berlin? -- Jingofetts 20:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Is Moby racist? You decide! {{disputed}} -- Jingofetts 20:27, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Somebody messed w/ his pic... Hillarious...
Is he really racist? I'm sure a few of his songs feature a black female artist as a backing singer.
Yes he has, MC Lyte (from Jam for the ladies off of 18) is very much a black female artist.
Removed " vegan non-denominational Christian." Maybe relevant, but certainly not in the first sentence. He's a well-known vegan and that could be mentioned later on. He is already metioned in the list of notable vegetarians. -GG
What if that info were put back in the first sentence by saying that he "self identifies" as ... -- Zoe
I stand corrected, I didn't think that Moby's religion was much discussed or well-known, but I guess it is. I still don't think it's top-line information though - he's primarily a musician, that's what he's known for. AFAIK he's less well-known for being vegan or Christian. I agree that it's clumsy as-is, but I think it's even more awkward at the top. --GG
I'm 90% sure "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" has become CNN's official disaster bumper music. I started hearing it last year during Tsunami stories and heard it almost constantly during Katrina and Rita. Keep your ears open. Moby is ubiquitous.
I remember reading somewhere that Moby has an album from which every song has been licensed to be used on commercials, but I cannot remember the name of the album. Can anyone help me out here? -- Jalabi99 23:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
it's either 18 or play, i forget which.
It's Play that had every song licensed.
The other wikipedias say he is born in New York. 62.94.51.186 09:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
He was definately born in NYC and moved to Connecticut at a young age. He has said this numerous times in his journal and in interviews. He now lives in the Village in NYC. Elixer25 07:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
From doing some looking (at AMG and discogs.com), it appears that Moby (album) (which I just created) and The Story So Far are not actually the same album. Looks like TSSF was the Euro release. The two records are published by different companies, and the tracklistings are different. Heck, even the UK and German releases of TSSF carry different tracklistings from each other. Come on, record companies, let's all get on the same page! — Wwagner 19:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to add the MobyPlay: The DVD, a collection of videos from Play and some other stuff, but I'm not sure where it ought to go in the discography. The albums section? A new DVDs section? Has he released other DVDs? Comments, please! — Wwagner 16:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
A single editor persists in removing this quote as without a "source," even though it was published in an interview with Moby, Moby hasn't denied it, and there's no evidence he hasn't said it. This needs to be restored. -- FRCP11 12:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Moby writes about politics on his blog several times a week. If we are to include every little phrase that he mentions politics this section would be huge.-- 8bitJake 17:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Both reasons. I don’t think a New York tabloid rag is really the best source or information for an encyclopedia biography. The other reason is that Moby is a very involved political activist and we are going to include political quotes we should include a wide swatch of quotes not just one that the readers of Rightwingnews.com want to focus on. This article is not Wikiquote.-- 8bitJake 22:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
"TOP COP ADMITS HANKY PANKY" "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" Come on it is still a pulp tabloid.-- 8bitJake 23:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
He doesn´t belong to the category "Christian Musicians", because this category it´s ONLY for musicians who do christian music, as you can read there.
Just wondering. In the Gobliiins game titles someone named "Moby" is mentioned (music & sound effects). Is it this Moby or somebody else?
IIRC, Moby was physically assaulted outside of a nightclub last year or so. I couldn't find anything about this in the article, but it may be a valuable inclusion since it made national headlines. Czj 05:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Moby isn't a band, why the artice uses a band infobox?
In my opinion, the infobox template should be replaced with one for musical artists. I don't do this myself just because I don't know much about the artist, plus I'm afraid to mess everything up.
Litis
13:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Someone anonymous changed "ambient" to "math rock". I've reverted it. Ambient definitely needs mentioning; I'm not certain that he doesn't do math rock, but the rock songs I know (What Love, Bodyrock and those on Animal Rights) don't fit the description. ( Chorleypie 18:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC))
I know that Moby isn't a RELIGIOUS Jew, but he still could be an ethnic Jew. Does anyone know his ancestry? He seems, looks, and acts Jewish to me, and was born in NYC to boot. So, I only have to ask: is Moby a Jew? -- 64.12.116.70 15:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Moby remixed Sophie Ellis-Bextor's song "Is it any Wonder". As far as I know his remix has yet to be released, though it certainly has leaked (I have it). Is this worth noting? I think it would have been done around 2001ish. This was actually a Production job, his version didn't make the album though. ( read my lips)
Moby's version of the song "Is it any wonder" is on Sophie Ellis-Bextor's debut album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.44.57 ( talk) 12:48, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
What's all this talk about racism and him being a Jew?? Also he is most DEFINATELY not a fundamentalist Christian. I think most of the article needs a re-write as it is poorly written and more emphasis needs to be placed on his left-wing political beliefs as these are very near and dear to him. Much more detail is needed on each of his main albums from Play onwards. I think the political quotes also need to go as these are confusing and pointless... Feedback? Elixer25 07:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
The best thing about Moby is there is years of political blogs in his journal for us to use at our disposal for sources... Chorleypie I believe the fundamentalism essay is in the Play notes? He also touches on this in the 18 notes as well. Anyway I think that the separation of dates in Moby's career should go and be replaced with album subheadings followed by the text. Is there also a better picture of him!? Elixer25 07:23, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
He had these other aliases early on. There's no mention of these. I've seen a CD of his, attributed to "Moby/Voodoo Child", and the artist info block on the top of this article lists a bunch more that I've not even heard of. It would be a nice bit of information to know when he used those and what for.
Please remove Gayfag from Also Known As.
Someone keeps adding Pippy Baliunas the the list of aliases. This is incorrect, i'm not sure why this keeps being added in. Tomarg23 ( talk) 13:40, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
My personal feeling is that accusations of "selling out," which the "early fans" here are likely to have used instead, are generally irrelevant: the complaints of people who found something obscure, liked it, then became nonplussed that the obscure thing they'd found to like had become popular, and so their imagined coolness had been diminished as a result. (imagined coolness being a function of scornfulness and antisocial attitudes). I've seen this happen with fans of R.E.M. (Out of Time), Metallica (The black album, then again with Napster), and even South Park (what could Matt Stone and Trey Parker possibly have sold out? Has there been a more iconoclastic show on TV?) Bob Dylan, of course, "Sold Out" when he plugged in a guitar--that dastardly fellow, so inconsiderate to all those people who moved cashed out their Paul Anka stock to buy into a Zimmerman portfolio.
My favorite story about "selling out" is about The Beatles--the ubiquitous unnamed "early fans" in some article released in 1965 were cited as saying that with Help!, The Beatles had Sold Out. Slaves to the system, those boys, with not a whit of creativity, and of course 1965 was the year they compromised their artistic integrity and were forgotten. Some musicologists still remember them as a historical footnote, mostly as an influence on The Guess Who. Koyaanis Qatsi 20:24, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)
his song Beautiful from Hotel was in the movie The Devil Wears Prada, so can someone please add it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.128.254.35 ( talk) 22:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
I have deleted the discussion of Moby's faith in the magazine "Campus Life" in agreement with High on a Tree and disagreement with IzaakdeM. I think Wikipedia should list Moby's comments on his faith but not other people's comments. ( Chorleypie 10:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC))
Moby's songs used in other media should be merged with his discography IMHO. TubularWorld 19:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
In the introductory section it reads that Herman Melville was Moby's great great great great uncle and that Moby was the nickname given to him by his parents "soon after birth". In the section Besides music Melville is stated to be his great great uncle, and that Moby chose that name as a tribute. These sections should be brought to correspondence. __ meco 20:35, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Not much is needed before this article should be presented for a GA evaluation. There are a couple of citation needed tags, and the issue involving the section Moby's songs used in other media needs to be resolved. __ meco 20:39, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
There is a progressive music link in a section. Please disambiguate by linking to the proper style. [2] -- Kl4m Talk Contrib 06:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Image:Govideo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
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Nevermind, I am an idiot. 58.108.225.51 ( talk) 02:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
That is awesome.. I see no reference in the simpsons articles, I wonder if Matt Groening named Bart after him, it's just too much of a weird coincidence. Moby was basically unheard of when he created the simpsons. 121.72.135.114 ( talk) 23:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
http://music.guardian.co.uk/electronic/story/0,,2260505,00.html Read up, in this interview Moby talks about his drug addiction problems, sex parties, etc. He states that his image as a vegan, christian were "just the tip of the iceberg" and also brings up that he's done enough ecstacy for his brain to be "swiss cheese". Lots of great background info and personal aspects he's never discussed before. Should fit into the article nicely.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pafufta816 ( talk • contribs) 16:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
A few songs of Moby could be categorised as big beat, and this genre it's not apearing on front page. For example: James Bond theme, Ah-ah, Aint Never Learned, Anthem, Electricity,... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarkozila ( talk • contribs) 09:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
As the only online documents mentioning the name "Pippy Baliunas" seem to be copies of older versions of this Wikipedia article (highly unusual for such an information about a global pop star from the last two decased), and the only editor who insists on including this information is an anonymous user with a contribution history consisting almost exclusively of vandalism and insertion of fake information, I suggest that we wait for an user in good standing to verify the claims of 98.197.207.69 with regard to the given offline reference. Regards, High on a tree ( talk) 15:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I am not completely familiar with how Wikipedia's system works but i can guarantee from Moby himself that this "Pippy Baliunas" is not a true alias and needs to be removed permanently. Tomarg23 ( talk) 13:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
(undent)No hits from google except wikipedia mirrors, making it very, very dubious. Please provide a quote with the information, perhaps we'll be able to turn up a hit from google books. If not, a page number should be provided so the source can be verified by other editors. His blog search turns up nothing for pippy, I think it's dubious. I'm going through the rest of his aliases and they're turning up. All of them turn up non-wiki sources except PB. Dubious. WLU ( talk) 01:09, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
A source is currently missing for the claim that Moby is related to Herman Melville, and got his middle name and pseudonym in reference to him. It is currently not mentioned in the biography on moby.com. This blog posting rather convincingly argues that both are not related. It is in German and probably not citable as a reliable source anyway, but the sources cited there are in English and look quite solid - for example, it says that there is no Richard Melville Hall mentioned in ISBN 0801881862, an extensive Herman Melville biography with a family tree of his descendants up to birth year 2001.
Until it can be disproven definitely, I have changed the statement, qualifying it as a mere claim by Moby, who actually sort of distanced himself from it in this CNN interview:
Regards, High on a tree ( talk) 03:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see a citation for the part of the page, which states that he lived on Food Stamps, in Darien CT? An area that has a median house hold income of $146,755??? Is this correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackdelyelis ( talk • contribs) 16:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC) ( Jackdelyelis ( talk) 16:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC))
Could we possible merge the mentioned categories into two or perhaps even three different ones?
much of the information inside the categories are interchangeable and could be applied in any of the topics.
anyone agree?
Wikifan12345 ( talk) 02:40, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Could someone please find a better picture of Moby? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.209.123.126 ( talk) 15:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Moby say's he believes Jesus to have been "divine" now aside from Muslims and a few random micro-religions the only people who would say that are Christians so he's a Christian. -- Protostan ( talk) 02:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
And there's more: check this out "I can't really know anything. Having said that, though, on a very subjective level I love Christ. I perceive Christ to be God, but I predicate that with the knowledge that I'm small and not nearly as old as the universe that I live in. I take my beliefs seriously for myself, but I would be very uncomfortable trying to tell anyone that I was right." [3].
He sees to be a humble guy who doesn't identify with the media's portrayal of what a Christian is yet he believes deeply. -- Protostan ( talk) 03:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
The article says about Moby's remix for Nas. I never heard about such thing. Does anyone know what it is - if this information is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.23.25.110 ( talk) 19:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Please stop adding this as an alternative name, unless you can find a referenced, authoritative source. It is not listed on Moby's webpage. It seems to appear only in a block of text that features on several dozen gossip and info sites that all appear to be using content originally taken from Wikipedia, in a bizarro feedback loop. Metao ( talk) 03:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Has this page ever featured a section on rapper Eminem's attacks on Moby? Many fans of pop culture have a limited knowledge of Moby, relegated essentially to "Southside" and "that guy who got called a fag by eminem".
It says it's the guy be he performs with a girl... who's the girl? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spoon45 ( talk • contribs) 16:29, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
"...remixed the Beastie Boys, David Bowie, Nas..."
Someone give me please info that Nas really have Moby's remix. What song? I can't find any info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitrandisc ( talk • contribs) 22:01, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Moby also contributed the soundtrack to the animal rights documentation EARTHLINGS. http://www.earthlings.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.134.174.21 ( talk) 11:05, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the line about Moby's description of the released album contradicting his comment from Jan 2010 as he said it would be "less electronic", not "not electronic". There's no inherent contradiction in the statements. Jack of Many ( talk) 20:07, 7 August 2011 (UTC)