Talk:Mark Wills

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"Inexplicably" topped the charts? I know nothing about the man, but that seems POV.

When You Think of Me

Why is this single constantly being removed from the introductory paragraph? Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 22:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe because the single didn't do as well as some of Mark's other singles. I don't think it even made the Top 20.

Well, it certainly got played a lot where I live. Great song, too. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 05:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to add a table with his singles soon. The above poster was right, "When You Think Of Me" was not a Top 20 hit. 68.188.191.9 04:57, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Full name

RfC closed

First RfC response: I didn't see any discussion on this matter, so I looked into the edit summaries, and saw Mark Wills's full name removed by Swelchmgt because "Mark has requested that his real birth name not be viewable by the public for privacy and security reasons." If that's the case, it should be easy to reference that this, is in, fact his desire (which I am not even sure we would follow even then since his full name is commonly known). Otherwise, the information should be included. Removing verifiable, neutral and notable information without verification or consensus is bad practice.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 16:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. If the name is publically documented, there's little point in avoiding it here. If Mr. Wills wants information about himself kept off Wikipedia, it's better for him to file an OTRS ticket. However, as a public figure, he has to understand that something as simple as his real name is going to be widely known. -- Kesh (talk) 22:33, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with both above. His full name appears to have been widely reported outside of Wikipedia, so I can't see any problem with keeping it in. Nothing in the WP:BLP policy suggests otherwise. --Beloved Freak 16:46, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find a reference to Mark's real name on the referenced source (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3nfixqqgldae~T1). Has it changed? I agree that his name should be in the article if a source for it exists, but it looks like that no longer applies. —BradV 16:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was in the sidebar on the AMG page; apparently it's been removed. I guess that takes care of that. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 18:30, 3 April 2008 (UTC) There are still a couple sources left that list his full name; this, this and this to name a few. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 21:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we can call this case closed, now that I've found a couple more sources reporting his full name. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 23:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that we can close it, but not with your reasoning. The question was whether the fact that the subject wants his name removed means that it needs to be removed from the article. And the consensus here is that it does not. I've removed the tag. —BradV 23:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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