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76.89.213.132 ( talk) 02:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)i recommend this article for deletion. not notable enough
did a she die today/yesterday? recently added " 25.04 2011 Poly sadly loses her battle against Cancer and died peacfully with her family present." - doesn't seem to be anything offical just people posting R.I.P on Facebook & Twitter (+ other posts asking about "the rumour". 109.224.137.121 ( talk) 00:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Have also heard this, but no confirmation as yet. Terribly sad if true. Matthau ( talk) 00:51, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
She's dead, it's been confirmed by multiple news sources now. http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a316400/poly-styrene-dies-aged-53.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wickedxjade ( talk • contribs) 08:58, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
It's on the BBC [1] :( 81.156.126.53 ( talk) 09:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
For adding more information when this is unprotected: [2]. 81.156.126.53 ( talk) 09:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
There is an entry on the Twitter feed (that the BBC says is her official Twitter feed ( [3] but which isn't certified as such on Twitter) which says her name is spelled Marianne. 81.156.126.53 ( talk) 10:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
The current version of the article refers to her, variously, as "Poly", "Styrene", and "Poly Styrene" - even in discussing her childhood. Nowhere (apart from the first sentence) does it use her real name. My view is that, in the section on her childhood, we should use her real name, Marianne Elliott-Said - or Elliott-Said, or Marianne. After she began using the name "Poly Styrene", it would be better to use that name - but as a whole. It seems bizarre to me to use either "Poly" or "Styrene" as though those were her first and second names. It's one of those articles where it's probably best to use the word "she" as much as possible, so long as the context is clear. What do others think? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 11:54, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
A fair bit of this article appears to be close paraphrasing of the Telegraph obituary here. I've not checked whether other aspects may also be close paraphrases of other sources, but it does not sit particularly well. - Sitush ( talk) 00:25, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
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Re: Music Career / X-Ray Spex section, the following needs to be rewritten, shocking grammar: "So it was from that, she went as singer with X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene". Doesn't really make sense at it is. Thanks.
An image of Poly Styrene rocking out in her youth would be really great. I hope someone finds one that can be used here. Givemedonuts ( talk) 10:42, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
The article says her first single was influenced by then popular ska music. Ska music was not popular at that time. It had been popular in the mid-60's and was very popular in UK in 1979/80 when revived by The Specials, but not at the time of her single. 192.252.235.104 ( talk) 02:47, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
While viewing the X-Ray Spex page (which of course links to Poly Styrene's page) I noticed that the preview text when you hover over this link has a nasty, racist description rather than the text that actually appears at the top of Poly Styrene's entry. I'm newish to WP and don't know how to fix this -- hope somebody else does. Themadwiggler ( talk) 19:16, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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76.89.213.132 ( talk) 02:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)i recommend this article for deletion. not notable enough
did a she die today/yesterday? recently added " 25.04 2011 Poly sadly loses her battle against Cancer and died peacfully with her family present." - doesn't seem to be anything offical just people posting R.I.P on Facebook & Twitter (+ other posts asking about "the rumour". 109.224.137.121 ( talk) 00:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Have also heard this, but no confirmation as yet. Terribly sad if true. Matthau ( talk) 00:51, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
She's dead, it's been confirmed by multiple news sources now. http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a316400/poly-styrene-dies-aged-53.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wickedxjade ( talk • contribs) 08:58, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
It's on the BBC [1] :( 81.156.126.53 ( talk) 09:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
For adding more information when this is unprotected: [2]. 81.156.126.53 ( talk) 09:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
There is an entry on the Twitter feed (that the BBC says is her official Twitter feed ( [3] but which isn't certified as such on Twitter) which says her name is spelled Marianne. 81.156.126.53 ( talk) 10:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
The current version of the article refers to her, variously, as "Poly", "Styrene", and "Poly Styrene" - even in discussing her childhood. Nowhere (apart from the first sentence) does it use her real name. My view is that, in the section on her childhood, we should use her real name, Marianne Elliott-Said - or Elliott-Said, or Marianne. After she began using the name "Poly Styrene", it would be better to use that name - but as a whole. It seems bizarre to me to use either "Poly" or "Styrene" as though those were her first and second names. It's one of those articles where it's probably best to use the word "she" as much as possible, so long as the context is clear. What do others think? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 11:54, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
A fair bit of this article appears to be close paraphrasing of the Telegraph obituary here. I've not checked whether other aspects may also be close paraphrases of other sources, but it does not sit particularly well. - Sitush ( talk) 00:25, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
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Re: Music Career / X-Ray Spex section, the following needs to be rewritten, shocking grammar: "So it was from that, she went as singer with X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene". Doesn't really make sense at it is. Thanks.
An image of Poly Styrene rocking out in her youth would be really great. I hope someone finds one that can be used here. Givemedonuts ( talk) 10:42, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
The article says her first single was influenced by then popular ska music. Ska music was not popular at that time. It had been popular in the mid-60's and was very popular in UK in 1979/80 when revived by The Specials, but not at the time of her single. 192.252.235.104 ( talk) 02:47, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
While viewing the X-Ray Spex page (which of course links to Poly Styrene's page) I noticed that the preview text when you hover over this link has a nasty, racist description rather than the text that actually appears at the top of Poly Styrene's entry. I'm newish to WP and don't know how to fix this -- hope somebody else does. Themadwiggler ( talk) 19:16, 8 February 2023 (UTC)