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A news item involving Walter Becker was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 4 September 2017. |
http://www.jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/music/the-jews-who-rock-wiki Clem Snide might have taken their name from a certain talking orifice, but Yiddish-fluent 'non-Jew Walter Becker''''Bold text Italic textand authentic Hebraic rocker Donald Fagen went with the moniker of a giant dildo. Music The Jews Who Rock Wiki By admin / November 15, 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.186.201.33 ( talk) 05:32, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
"As a guitarist, Becker is known for his intelligent, tasty, rhythmically savvy playing"
This sounds like something Walter himself would write. Zeusnoos 19:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I was browsing the internet for more information about Walter Becker, when I found this website. As I started reading, I noticed that it was sounding very familiar. It is exactly the same as the wikipedia article. So my question is, who stole it from whom. If the writer of this article stole it from that website, we should fix this. TreeWithAChainsaw ( talk) 21:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
There is a death notice on his official website. However there are allegations on Twitter that his site has been hacked. So awaiting official confirmation. Manning ( talk) 13:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
LOL. That isn't how Wikipedia works SURELY - you work from reliable sources, not gossip/nonsense off social media. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.180.18 ( talk) 3 September 2017 at 13:35 UTC
Yep, the official site is a reliable source - twitter isn't. You have used alleged posts on Twitter to refuse the information. That YOU don't know that it is/was his official website is neither here nor there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.180.18 ( talk) 3 September 2017 at 13:39 UTC
Rolling Stone is only relying on the Becker webpage as its source too, though? Fstix ( talk) 13:55, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
NYT, heavy on their fact-checking, might qualify as qualified. Certainly Donald Fagan's remembrance letter would indicate the verisimilitude of the earlier word from W. Becker's website. Rainbow-five ( talk) 22:59, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't call him a jazz guitarist. He didn't call himself that, just as he and Fagen didn't call Steely Dan jazz.
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He died of esophageal cancer. Did Becker smoke? Thanks in advance to anybody who knows. Betathetapi454 ( talk) 11:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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A news item involving Walter Becker was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 4 September 2017. |
http://www.jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/music/the-jews-who-rock-wiki Clem Snide might have taken their name from a certain talking orifice, but Yiddish-fluent 'non-Jew Walter Becker''''Bold text Italic textand authentic Hebraic rocker Donald Fagen went with the moniker of a giant dildo. Music The Jews Who Rock Wiki By admin / November 15, 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.186.201.33 ( talk) 05:32, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
"As a guitarist, Becker is known for his intelligent, tasty, rhythmically savvy playing"
This sounds like something Walter himself would write. Zeusnoos 19:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I was browsing the internet for more information about Walter Becker, when I found this website. As I started reading, I noticed that it was sounding very familiar. It is exactly the same as the wikipedia article. So my question is, who stole it from whom. If the writer of this article stole it from that website, we should fix this. TreeWithAChainsaw ( talk) 21:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
There is a death notice on his official website. However there are allegations on Twitter that his site has been hacked. So awaiting official confirmation. Manning ( talk) 13:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
LOL. That isn't how Wikipedia works SURELY - you work from reliable sources, not gossip/nonsense off social media. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.180.18 ( talk) 3 September 2017 at 13:35 UTC
Yep, the official site is a reliable source - twitter isn't. You have used alleged posts on Twitter to refuse the information. That YOU don't know that it is/was his official website is neither here nor there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.180.18 ( talk) 3 September 2017 at 13:39 UTC
Rolling Stone is only relying on the Becker webpage as its source too, though? Fstix ( talk) 13:55, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
NYT, heavy on their fact-checking, might qualify as qualified. Certainly Donald Fagan's remembrance letter would indicate the verisimilitude of the earlier word from W. Becker's website. Rainbow-five ( talk) 22:59, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't call him a jazz guitarist. He didn't call himself that, just as he and Fagen didn't call Steely Dan jazz.
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Vmavanti (
talk) 02:24, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
He died of esophageal cancer. Did Becker smoke? Thanks in advance to anybody who knows. Betathetapi454 ( talk) 11:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)