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Introduction

The introduction paragraphs all start by saying 'later he went on to do great things'... its not informative, maybe someone should give it a little fix up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.121.40 (talk) 15:02, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

The Beatles

If you like contributing to articles about The Beatles, you should add your name to this list... :) --andreasegde 22:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I removed the entire "Quotes" section

This is not Wikiquote, see WP:NOT.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 14:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Overview

The Overview section should be a part of the Lead, or merged into the article.--andreasegde (talk) 17:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Death certificate; legal residence

The SmokingGon.com web site has an image of George Harrison's death cerificate posted at TSG --- one piece of information presented at the TSG site is that Harrison's legal residence was within Lugano, Switzerland:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gharrisoncert1.html

I do not know if that legal residence implies nationality, but I did not recall seeing this information within the Wiki article. Bee Cliff River Slob (talk) 16:29, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

gretsch duo jet

should George's gretsch duo jet be included in his notable instruments section? it was common in the Beatles' early days and often seen in the Ed Sullivan pictures. Wonderwallmusic (talk) 03:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

guitarists-in-law

regarding one minor [citation needed] bit:

Despite this, Harrison and Clapton remained close friends, calling themselves "husbands-in-law."[citation needed]

what i've read is that George referred to Eric as his guitarist-in-law. if you google that you'll see references to it - i don't know if any of them look eminently cite-worthy, but it must be in some decent Harrison and/or Clapton literature. i'm suggesting:

Despite this, Harrison and Clapton remained close friends; Harrison sometimes referred to Clapton as his "guitarist-in-law."[citation needed]

hope that helps a little ... swing on Sssoul (talk) 20:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Good grief...

This article badly needs references. You could find loads of them in related articles: Pattie Boyd, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, or The Beatles. If you comb through these articles, you will find lots. It's all there...--andreasegde (talk) 16:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

-ize vs -ise

i don't object to the -ise spelling variant in UK-oriented articles (and am definitely in favour of consistency within an article!), but thought it's worth pointing out that -ize is now preferred by Oxford, and has been adopted by a bunch of venerable institutions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28spelling%29#British_English_with_Oxford_Spelling_.28-ize.29 isn't that interesting Sssoul (talk) 11:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Harrison quote

moved from Krishnaism talk page.

I found this quote. But do not know where to place it:

These days, of course, George has forsaken most of the external signs of his interest in Krishnaism. But by no means should that lead anyone to believe he is not intensely serious about the process of devotional service. Page 12 of Dark Horse: The Life And Art Of George Harrison Geoffrey Giuliano

Any suggestions?

Wikidās-ॐ 21:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

George Harrison page. ATG ^Contact 13:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Good idea. Let us see how this will go. Wikidās-ॐ 14:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done

WikiProject Hinduism reassessment: C

Fails B-criteria:

• The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary.

"citation needed" tags. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 06:35, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Table in Friar Park?

The article says that the then three surviving Beatles are shown sitting around a table in Friars Park; is there a citation for this being Friars Park? The Simpsons DVD which including Paul McCartney as a guest star mentions that they met Paul in his house and sat at the same table. Apepper (talk) 19:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Clapton-Harrison feud

While Harrison was a long-time close friend of Eric Clapton's, the two had a long and bitter falling-out for much of the 1970s and 1980s, due to Clapton's affair with, and marriage to, Pattie Boyd. None of the articles mentions this. Perhaps someone who knows more about the details than I do could add this to the article. ProhibitOnions ^(T) 13:33, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

POV passage in need of amendment

i'd rather point this out here on the talk page before just deleting it but this passage (in the 1970s section) looks strongly subjective and therefore not in accordance with WP:NPOV:

All Things Must Pass was a triumphant entry into the solo market by Harrison and marked by four full sides of excellent Beatle-worthy material, followed by an additional two sides of extended rock jams by Harrison and other musician friends. In terms of its breadth and virtuosity, it in some ways resembled The White Album, but this work was the achievement of a sole ex-Beatle, rather than that of a four-member supergroup.

The superb quality and success of the album certainly gave pause to many who considered George to be out of the league of Lennon and McCartney as a performer and songwriter. Along with John Lennon's Imagine the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album and Wings' Band on the Run, All Things Must Pass is generally deemed one of the finest solo efforts by the ex-Beatles, or groups headed by ex-Beatles.

if this were from a published source where a noted authority was making these judgements about ATMP and the other albums mentioned: okay, but in that case the quote needs to be attributed, the source cited, etc. as it is it appears to be some editor's personal opinion, which doesn't belong in a wikipedia article, whether we agree with it or not. it looks to me like the passage in question can be deleted from the article without harming the flow/cogency of the section it's in. and i think that's what should be done. thanks ... Sssoul (talk) 16:22, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

update: okay, since no other solutions have been proposed, i've gone ahead and deleted the overly subjective POV passage. swing on ... Sssoul (talk) 11:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

what is "Blacklers"??

in the "personal life" section there's a sentence that starts: "George's father, Harry, was disappointed that George had to quit at Blacklers to make the first Beatles trip to Hamburg in 1960". what is Blacklers - the butcher shop referred to in the previous paragraph, or what? it needs clarification - thanks! Sssoul (talk) 08:46, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I reckon it's a reference to Blacklers. I'll expand this in the article, although it leaves one problem, whereby the supplied source (the IMDB biography) doesn't actually mention Blacklers. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:45, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

thank you! Sssoul (talk) 07:30, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Picture looks nothing like him?

If someone has a picture that actually looks like him, please put it up.

If this picture was in a random group of similar looking people, I could easily identify it as a picture of Harrison in the 1970s. But if you can find a non-copyrighted image that you think is better, then by all means let us see it. Ward3001 (talk) 23:36, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

The picture looks exactly like him. Last time I seen him he looked like that, but had a longer hair. Whats the problem with the picture? Does anyone own any other photo that is better? Wikidās ॐ 00:11, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

I have seen hundreds of George Harrison Pictures and I can tell you this is one of his worst. In fact. All of the articles on the Beatles Including Lennon, McCartney, and Starkey have terrible pictures. These are influential people at its finest and yet they have some of the worst pictures on wikipeida for Christ sakes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.55.180 (talk • contribs)

Thank you so much for that amazing insight, anon 69.209.55.180. How did we ever edit Wikipedia without you? I'm sure that the only reason you haven't found a suitable, non-copyrighted replacement image is that you have been so busy bringing hundreds of other Wikipedia articles up to your high standards. Ward3001 (talk) 03:01, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree, This picture sucks. Although most pictures on wikipedia suck anyway. So, it really doesn't matter. User:Chasesboys —Preceding undated comment was added at 06:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC).