Talk:The Singing Brakeman (film)

A fact from The Singing Brakeman (film) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jimmie Rodgers's appearance on The Singing Brakeman made him the first country musician to be featured in a film?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Rodgers in 1929

... that two different versions of the short The Singing Brakeman, starring Jimmie Rodgers (pictured), were released? p. 93 and p. 111: Mazor, Barry (2009). Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 978-0-195-32762-5.
- ALT1:... that Jimmie Rodgers' (pictured) appearance on The Singing Brakeman made him the first country musician to be featured in a film? p. 144: Malone, Bill (1976). The Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-380-00867-4

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Created by GDuwen (talk). Self-nominated at 15:56, 16 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: According to MOS:PLOTSOURCE, no inline citations are needed for the Plot section. Joofjoof (talk) 10:14, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"The Singing Brakeman" Nickname

I added a paragraph on "The Singing Brakeman" being a well-known nickname for Jimmie Rodgers. Not sure I did the reference exactly right; I had not used that format before. Anyway, I found a biography of Rodgers at http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/39/jimmie-rodgers-the-father-of-country-music that was also cited several other times in the article; however, the citation points to a Wayback Machine entry rather than the actual, active link. Is that really what you meant to do, or has this biography been restored since 2010, or whenever it was? Hard to believe, since Jimmie Rodgers is one of the most famous Mississippians ever. I would think that these links should be reworked to point to the actual link. Right? But there was another citation that also pointed to the Wayback Machine. I can promise you: The State of Mississippi is going to be around a whole lot longer than the Wayback Machine. Shocking Blue (talk) 18:11, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding that, I moved the information to the production section (and used a book reference). About the Wayback Machine website, are you referring to the biographical entry of Jimmie Rodgers rather than this article? I mostly use books or newspaper articles for the references, as I did with this particular article. The biography entry of Rodgers needs for sure plenty of improvement. I was thinking to tackle it at some point, but it does take plenty of work. I guess I'll get around it at some point anyway.--GDuwenHoller! 19:15, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]