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Flav participated in Public Enemy not as a rapper or vocalist actions of any kind (vocals were mostly done by Chuck D), but as the rap band's drummer.????
Flav is an important vocalist in da group, though Chuck D uses to be da main one. Flav only raps shorter parts in many pieces but is da main vocalist in a few cut in every record. I saw PE live ten years ago and he didn't play drumms.--Erri4a 23:46, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

shouldn't the title and what he's refered to be changed to "flava flav"? flavor may be what "flava" is suggesting, but his nickname was "flava" not "flavor".

The name in the credits of the records, in the Fight the Power Live video and the lyrics that mention him uses to be Flavor Flav, or sometimes just Flav.--Erri4a 00:01, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
For instance, you may read Cold Lampin' With Flavor's lyrics at PE's official site. I'd never read that Flava Flav name before Wikipedia. Did Flav use it anywhere?--Erri4a 14:01, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Anti Semetic thats like saying the black man hates himself because a semite is and was a blackman!

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[edit] cant do nuttin' fo'ya man

flavor flav rapping himself on this track, pretty good you should check it out

I thought that Flav lived in Los Angeles, not Las Vegas. I don't know for sure, though. Still, he's such a well-known figure in hip-hop, I might someone might as well check. I might.

[edit] "straight up"?

While the article states that Mr. Flav always had his clock set to 12 or 6, both his pictures show them showing some random time (presumably the *correct* time). So, just remove the "straight up" reference? - Kamagurka 13:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC)i'm a very special person

[edit] Flavor of Love

Where is the information about the outcome of the show coming from? I was telling one of my friends about the band Magazine one day and we were watching that show the next. I want to be sure that's correct before I bring it up in conversation and look like an idiot down the road. Pimpalicious 02:54, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

All the "Internet rumors" seem to point to this article as showing the proof. Since noboy can prove anything as the final show hasn't aired, really the "New York" win (and in some cases "Pumkin") should be kept out of the article. 206.156.242.39 15:32, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] clock

The article states that "The clock is set to either twelve o'clock ("straight up") or six o'clock ("straight up and straight down")." The picture of Flava Flav wearing a clock in the radio station studio doesn't look like the clock is set to this time. Where did the 6:00/12:00 information come from? 66.58.113.18 03:29, 20 February 2006 (UTC)


No it is set to 12:00 in the picture, just doesn't look like it because of the angle of the shot. --12.221.216.171 10:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Rubbish - your eyes must be twisted :) It's clearly not set to 12 or 6, just like it isn't at [1], [2] or [3] - I don't think any of those are impersonators, anyway. StephenFalken 14:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Seconded --Kamagurka 16:31, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes, it's evident that it isn't set to 6 or 12. 66.55.225.252

[edit] We Need To Start International Flavour Flav Day

A Day We Can All Wear Clocks Around Our Necks..... i Propose November 14th....why...no reason but March 16th would be overshadowed by patricks day

Any Suggestions Owwmykneecap 04:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

The day was an international success pic up soon roll on flavor flav day nov 14th 2007 Owwmykneecap 04:18, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Counter Strike?!?!

I deleted a reference to a Counter-strike clan. It has nothing at all to do with Flavor Flav. If anyone isagrees, feel free to discuss it here.Gamer83 15:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

User TeslaDeathRay continues to edit in advertisements for his counter-strike clan. Will other please comment on this practice and explain why it is against wikipedia policy.Gamer83 23:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree, this has no place in the article. I am deleting it again.

Ok, this is why we think that our clan should be under the searchword "Flavor Flav"; we, as a dedicated CSS team have named ourselves "Flavor Flav" after the love and fandom for William Drayton Jr. himself [Flavor Flav] If you notice, we didn't put our clan's section under Flav's biography section, we put it under a section of the article. We aren't saying that this clan is apart of Flavor Flav's life, we are saying that there is a counterstrike source clan that is in the top of its division that is competing under the name "Flavor Flav". Many people in the CSS competitive community know about us and if they want to search or clan on wikipedia, they will find the life of Flav AND the Flavor Flav team. We definately aren't vandilizing this article, we are simply adding a subsection of the name "Flavor Flav".


To gamer83, Please learn to think about other people's views and thoughts, and not your own SET IN STONE thoughts about what should be on that page. I'd also advise you to read over your posts because your spelling is atrocious. Thank you for your time sir. -Chris "Friar" Gitre.

You cannot link your counterstrike clan in this article it is against wikipedia policy.Gamer83 00:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


Please refer to Wikipedia policy Wikipedia is not a soapbox . It's cool that you guys names your clan after Flavor Flav, but that does not mean that it belongs in this Encyclopedia article. Your clan’s continued vandalism is the reason this page had to be locked. Also Ad Hominem attacks are not welcome on Wikipedia..Gamer83 00:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

So, by your reasoning, if someone wants to find out more about our team, they will not be able to find it here. Am I right?

You are correct. And it's not my reasoning, it's Wikipedia Policy. Start a new page for you counterstrike group....but I'd be willing to be that it won't last to long as it really isn't appropriate for you to use Wikipedia to advertise your clan. Wikipedia is not a soapbox you cannot advertise your clan here. Also please sign your posts. Gamer83 00:38, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

So your telling me that its wikipedia policy to not let something about the keywords "Flavor Flav" be on the "Flavor Flav" page? Lets say that I post css things under the BIOGRAPHY section of "Flavor Flav". Then I understand you, but as I am posting this information on the COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE part of the page, there should be nothing wrong.

-ryu

^^I second this

-Mr_Butter


  1. Propaganda or advocacy of any kind. Of course, an article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to approach a neutral point of view. You might wish to go to Usenet or start a blog if you want to convince people of the merits of your favorite views. You can also use Wikinfo which promotes a "sympathetic point of view" for every article.
  2. Self-promotion. You are free to write about yourself or projects you have a strong personal involvement in. However, do remember that the standards for encyclopedic articles apply to such pages just like any other, including the requirement to maintain a neutral point of view, which is difficult when writing about yourself. Creating overly abundant links and references to autobiographical articles is unacceptable. See Wikipedia:Autobiography, Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Vanity.
  3. Advertising. Articles about companies and products are acceptable if they are written in an objective and unbiased style. Furthermore, all article topics must be third-party verifiable, so articles about very small "garage" or local companies are not likely to be acceptable. External links to commercial organizations are acceptable if they can serve to identify major corporations associated with a topic (see finishing school for an example). Please note Wikipedia does not endorse any businesses and it does not set up affiliate programs. See also WP:CORP for guidelines on corporate notability.

Please tell me how we are violating those rules. We arent contributing propaganda, we aren't self promoting, and we aren't advertising anything. We are simply adding information to the page about all things that are Flavor Flav. ^ownt #flav #club.187 #URBAD



Read the link I posted above. You can't do that. It is against the rules. Adding a new section for a countersrtike source clan IS vandalism. The section itself is inappropriate for this article as it has nothing at all to do with Flavor Flav's life....and this is a BIOGRAPHY for Flavov Flav, not his fans. Please read up of Wikipedia Policy to learn how to make meaningful contributions to the site. You have broken the rules because you are advertsing your counterstrike clan. It has nothing to do with Flavor Flav's life. This is a BIOGRAPHY page Gamer83 01:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


....THATS WHY I DIDNT PUT IT UNDER THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION..............................................ARE YOU NEW? Tell me why there is a distinct section 1. Biography when the whole thing is his biography.... it's so that other things pertaining to Flavor Flav can be added, such as Fan club sites, or CSS teams named after him, or products he has sponsered.

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The Flavor Flav CS team can be on the wikipedia page because it is promoting and supporting it. I dont see any reason why this is wrong in any way. You just make a new subsection/title entitled Counter-Strike:Source or something and add the relevant info there.

-Mr_Butter

Now you are vandalizing this talk page...please do not blank pages. I can't explain this to you guys and clearer. You break too many rules. Expect to be reported for these further violations. Gamer83 01:31, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Counter Strike Clans

If there is any other information about any other Counter Strike Clans on Wikipedia? I doubt they are, although I'm not educated on the subject well enough to say there are or not. If it's really that important create it as a seperate article as it's not endorsed by him or connected to him throughout. Merci Andrzejbanas 02:11, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed it in no way is connected to Flavor Flav and therefore has no place here. Start a new page for it....see if it survives peer review. Gamer83 02:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to make this perfectly clear. Your CS Clan fails WP:ORG. It's not relevant to this article. If you made an article about it, it would be deleted under WP:CSD A7 as obvious group vanity. Stop adding the section. Wikipedia is not your soapbox. I'm not sure how much more clear I can be about this. Alphachimp 02:42, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
It's simply idiotic to blank this talk page. Doing so will merit blocks of increasing increments. The messages will not disappear from the page history. I'd encourage you to engage in reasonable discussion instead. Alphachimp 03:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flavor Flav CS:S Clan

It's a personal project that all the members of and does not violate any rules. It's under ITS OWN SECTION so there should be no reason for any of this.

It boggles my mind that you can't comprehend the fact that just because you created a "section", that doesn't make it relevant to this article. Alphachimp is an ADMINISTRATOR and he clearly explained why this violates policy. I don't know how else to explain this to you except to say that you are just plain wrong. Go make a webpage for your clan. And pay for your own bandwitdth. Gamer83 04:55, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


OK, honestly, I give up. You guys are lame, do us all a favor and get a freaking life. While I realize that my additions probably violate rules, The members of my clan and I thought it would be cool to be on the page of a rap icon who we all RESPECT, we are not trying to make fun, we ADMIRE Flavor Flav. I do however call on all people who might read this and agree with me to launch a full-scale attack on any site that Gamer83 has edited, because idiots like him do not deserve to get their way. TeslaDeathRay out. Forever.

Im sorry for whoever blanked the page... that person isn't with us. If you checked the IP logs, than you would be able to find that out yourself. But you aren't competent enough to perfrom that task I'm also out. Sorry PZ~ U LITTLE SHITTY~ >:( late.

And you kids aren't competent enough to learn to sign your posts. You want me to get a life when you are the ones who are spending all of your time vandalizing Wikipedia pages. The hypocrisy of your statements is simply unreal. You broke the rules and got called on it, deal with it. Gamer83 21:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

-_- So if we wanted to add a page on wikipedia about our clan, then what should it be called. love ya cutie :P -_-

How about Flavor Flav (CS:S Clan)? Andrzejbanas 03:21, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

OK i tried to stay away but this is frickin lame. We dont spend all our time vandalizing Wikipedia. We just thought it would be cool to have our clan associated with its namesake. Apparently thats too much to ask, so whatever. But the truth is you people think that you're the real heroes out there, courageously devoting your time to stopping these "hoodlums" from vandalizing your precious pages, but all you really do is take all the personality out of an incredibly well-conceived web site. All I want is for you to really take a second to think about what you're doing here. This is a page about Flavor Flav, not you, Flav. If you knew anything about this person, like I do, because I've devoted the last, like, 3 weeks of my life to finding out, you would realize that this is exactly the kind of thing that Flavor Flav would like. You, my friends, are authority, and Public Enemy hates authority. Bye TeslaDeathRay 16:09, 14 October 2006 (UTC) (wow, i just signed my name, awesome!)

I'm still insistent if you think it's important enough that you can create your own page. I don't know how long it will last. And you didn't answer my question before if there was any mention to any other clans on Wikipedia. I don't think there are, but if there aren't, why singles your clan out? Andrzejbanas 18:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

You say that this isnt a website about the people who are moderating it, but rahter about Flav. Why in the world, if it is about Flav, should your clan be in it? This isnt a website about you either.


^-- My god, where do they find these people.

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