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Overuse of the word "Rather" by one contributor here. Question is, can I be bothered to edit it now, or do I wait until later?

Saintjohnny Saintjohnny 13:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By all means, do what you can. There's not so many of us working on the Simpsons wiki project, so any little bit to take off the load is more than welcome.--Kiyosuki 10:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

and then once you are done editing, come join us at the WikiProject The Simpsons... ;) - Adolphus79 22:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed this clumsy sentence: "Regardless however, generally although they are far from competent, the Springfield police force seems to get the job done for the most part...albeit barely." Feel free to review. 218.215.22.28 23:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fat but not obese

chief wiggum is not obese and certainly not morbibly obese, if he was he would barely be able to move. i think this should be changed.

          *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obese
           I disagree, he appears to be obese. However, so do Homer, Barney, Bart, Ralph and a host of others. 
           So until we get their official weight and height, we can not judge it. It should therefore be removed.
              -robin.lemstra- 14 August 2007 21:17 AMS

This whole page is a mess grammatically. It's rife with subjective statements too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.73.75.201 (talk) 16:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Age

There's a little controversy it terms of timing, which affects Wiggum's age. It's true that in his childhood, he used to play "with Homer and other kids his age" but he was also present as a trainee or a co-op student "in one of the University's germ research labs (run at that time by Prof. C. Montgomery Burns) when Mona Simpson and the hippie activist group she was part of sabotaged the germ experiments", i.e. when Homer (who is supposed to be of Wiggum's age) was still a toddler. Shouldn't this be mentioned? 74.122.177.68 10:02, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

The article states Wiggum using the earth's sun to find his location is part of his incompetence, but later it says this is one of his good qualities, which one should be removed?Davie4264 19:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

remove it from the good qualities

Biography Revision

The biography was a mess. I did some sentence revision, but its still very rambly and not very factual. feel free to compare. the previous author had five-line sentences and went off on tangents (read: the end of the be sharps) that had nothing to do with Wiggum.

Something else... During the episode where Sideshow Bob robs the Quick-E Mart, Chief Wiggum has black hair and a darker skin tone. What gives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.176.208.98 (talk) 17:30, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name Discrepancy

I've noticed that in some later episodes, people refer to him as "Chief Wiggums," not in a plural or possessive sense, but actually when addressing him directly. Consult Ep. Homer of Seville from Season 19, when Homer is about to be shot with a poison dart. I don't want to presume it's a mistake, but does anyone else know anything about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.186.176.52 (talk) 21:30, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, what other episode? I can confirm it does happen at the end of Seville, but just once could be a voicing error. CTJF83Talk 02:17, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edward G. Robinson

I've heard all over that his voice was based on Edward G. Robinson's, but after viewing Soylent Green I have found this to be untrue. What's the deal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.4.205 (talk) 11:54, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it was more the voice of EGR when he played gangsters much earlier in his career. I would mention a small coincidence about EGR and Clancy Wiggum: In The Cincinatti Kid, the character played by EGR is named "Lancy".--Jrm2007 (talk) 18:08, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Police Dog

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"He has also refused to come to the aid of citizens, claiming that they were just too busy to help, when all he was doing was playing checkers with one of the police dogs."

Which episode was that? Please help as I am compiling a filmography of checkers. 84.175.171.154 (talk) 10:16, 25 August 2011 (UTC))[reply]

I believe it was "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood". A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 16:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

I'd like to propose moving this article to "Chief Wiggum" - this character is very rarely referred to as "Clancy", either in or out of the show. Per WP:COMMONNAME, it seems to me that "Chief Wiggum" is how readers might search for an article on this character, so it makes sense to me to move it there. For comparison, a Google News seach for "chief wiggum" returns 799 results; a search for "clancy wiggum" returns only 86. I welcome the thoughts of others on this matter. Thanks, A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 16:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as we already do this with Sideshow Bob, Reverend Lovejoy, Grampa Simpson, Mr. Burns, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Fat Tony. --Maitch (talk) 16:51, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support We should probably also move Joe Quimby and Julius Hibbert. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:58, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - And support moves for Quimby and Hibbert as well. Gran² 17:13, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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