Talk:Randy Jackson

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I removed this:

Randy Jackson is also a TV news reporter.

We would need qualifying information to list a TV reporter here. They must be the host of a nationally broadcast program, like Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw to be notable enough to include in this article. --b. Touch 23:35, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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This article was recently (and without notice) moved from Randy Jackson to Randy Jackson (American Idol). I think the move was a mistake, for the following reasons:

1. This Randy Jackson is much more accomplished and well-known than the brother-of-Michael one, who wasn't even an original member of the Jackson 5
2. The person who did the move never changed the 40 or so links to the old article, so now people have to go through the plain Randy Jackson page to get to this article
3. This Randy Jackson has had more roles than just judging on American Idol, so even the article title is a bit misleading
4. There are other Randy Jacksons out there, including the above reporter and a 1950s baseball player who was in the major leagues for 10 years.

Therefore, I propose to move the current Randy Jackson page to Randy Jackson (disambiguation). Then I'll move this article to Randy Jackson, adding the Otherpeople template. Now all the existing links to this Randy Jackson to be correct again. Links to the brother-of-Michael will also remain correct. I'll fix up the 2 or 3 articles that link to Randy Jackson (American Idol) to link to just Randy Jackson. I'll then update the new (disambiguation) page with these two Randy Jacksons, and have red links or no-link mentions to the baseball one and perhaps the reporter one if he seems notable enough.

In other words, I propose to handle Randy Jackson the same way that Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Michael Jordan, Michael Howard, and other famous people with common names are handled.

Let me know if there are objections to this plan. Wasted Time R 12:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No objections heard from yet. Somebody else jumped the gun and did the Randy Jackson to Randy Jackson (disambiguation) move already, which just makes matters worse unless this is moved to Randy Jackson. Have applied to admins to do this (mortals can't). Wasted Time R 02:48, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

All done now.

[edit] Albums produced?

A short mention of some of the albums he has produced for big name artists would be helpful. youngamerican (talk) 05:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jackson 5???

It says under Early Years, "His first big break in the industry came when he played with the Jackson Five... and was adopted by the Jackson Family." Is this true? That basically contradicts what it says under Personal Life: "Contrary to a widely circulated story, Randy Jackson is not related to actor Samuel L. Jackson, nor to pop star Michael Jackson. [1] (Michael Jackson's brother is another Randy Jackson and was a member of The Jackson 5.)" --Jkisch 02:30, 4 July 2006 (UTC)