Talk:Elton John
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"Elton has had a chequered personal history. Coming out first as bisexual in 1980, he married (1984) and quickly divorced (1988) Renate Blauel. He subsequently stated that he was homosexual and has lived with his partner David Furnish, for a number of years. He has occasionally battled addictions to cocaine and financial difficulties caused by his profligate spending.": I'm not sure if homosexuality should be lumped in with cocaine addiction and financial difficulties as something that "checkers" one's history. orthogonal 00:09, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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Rewrite
I'd rewrite the whole article to give it a better flow. Seems like no ones watching. Should I go to the authors talk page? Atticus 23:58, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)
- What author? Nah - just do it. If it's no good, we can always revert it ;-) Graham 02:54, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I ended up making only a few changes. The whole thing could be rewritten, but that's it for now. Thanks for the good word Grahm. Atticus 03:12, Sep 13, 2004 (UTC)
Dashes
I believe this edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elton_John&diff=8643454&oldid=8641989) to be an improvement, but another user felt it worth breaking the three revert rule by reverting four times in 24 hours. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 08:14, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dashes) may be of some help to you both? And pointing out the three revert rule to the person in question, particularly the relatively recent amendment to that rule (which states users can be banned for a period of 24 hours for violating this rule) may be good as well. →Reene✎ 08:30, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
Cleanup
I added a cleanup tag. This article doesn't do justice to its subject. The flow is poor. Characteristics of his 1970s era go unmentioned (the glasses, the flamboyant outfits, the autiobiographical Captain Fantastic album, etc). The 'two rooms' writing style goes unmentioned, the date he got knighted isn't listed, his collaborations with John Lennon are missing, his role in keeping the piano alive in rock ... there's just a lot of room for improvement here. -- jls 24 Mar 2005
- I agree and I believe that Taupin is, to say the least, understated here. There's very little mention of his recent projects, as well. ~~ Shiri 05:20, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)
POV
Putting "marry" in quotation marks with reference to his plans with his partner sounds a little snide and POV to me. Rhesusman 05:00 April 26 2005 UTC
Discography
I'm going to move the discography and hit singles to a seperate page, Elton John discography, since it's a bit lengthy. ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 22:04, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
God Bless you,
Hi Elton,
My God bless you and your works. My special prayes is that God will provide all your needs and guidence also for more annointing upon you.
Thank you, God Bless
Ebenezer
eby_jj@yahoo.com