Talk:Chad Smith

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Contents 1 August 2004 Deletion Debate 2 Middle Name 3 History? 4 Picture 5 Year of birth 6 Discography is a mess! 7 NPOV 8 Trivia Section 9 Hauptgebäude, Michigan? 10 Will Ferrell 11 What happened to the Chad Smith Page?

[edit] August 2004 Deletion Debate

For an August 2004 deletion debate see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Chad Smith

[edit] Middle Name

Can someone verify Chad's middlename as gaylord thank you Kurt000 18:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

IMDBIt lists his middle name as Gaylord, so I added it to the article. TheDavesr 22:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

that is not the chad smith who plays in the rhcp. It is an actor of the same name

The biography on IMDB clearly states information about his presence in RHCP. Please RTFA. --Mattarata 16:51, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I have reverted removal of his middlename many times now. Sometimes is is removed by bots who think its vandalism, others simply think there is no chance someone can be named Gaylord. The only source we have is IMDB and until IMDB is ruled as an unacceptable source, then I say it should stay in this article. --Mattarata 23:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History?

Does anybody knows something more about Chad Smith? Something like where or who did he study, some band before the Chili Peppers, or whatever?

yh i added that in from an interview i found.

chads idol was buddy rich, and his favourite rock band was kiss, (he is also the best drummer of today not because he is amazing. its because he has a groove and plays the drums with passion and power)

[edit] Picture

Why no picture of Chad Smith on the page??

I have added a pciture from their recent album promotion, hopefully it wont get canned for copyright reasons...i think it should qualify as fair use from promotional materials --Mattarata 22:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Year of birth

His year of birth is 1961, not 1962

his year of birth has always been said to be 1962....

[edit] Discography is a mess!

Should it be cleaned up with the current listing, or should it include everything he's drummed on? It's all listed on his website. Either way, it needs to be cleaned up. TheDavesr 22:41, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

Much of this article needs to be cleaned up including:

• fired by multiple employers, including a paint company (screwed up a big order)
• a Gap (never mastered the sweater fold) and a pancake house (spilled a vat of maple syrup)
• All he wanted to do was play drums
• "barely graduating"

and other lines needs much cite work, sources and general cleanup

[edit] Trivia Section

The trivia section needs to be converted into paragraph test per WP:AVTRIV. Also the fact that he looks a little like Will Ferrell is not really a fact, and does not follow WP:NPOV. --Mattarata 16:19, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hauptgebäude, Michigan?

There is no such place as Hauptgebäude, Michigan. Tiorted 15:07, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Will Ferrell

HAHA this guy could be WIll Ferrells twin, somthing about that should be in here.

no, it shouldn't.

[edit] What happened to the Chad Smith Page?

I just looked at the chad smith page, and it only showed his kit, albums, and trivia. WHAT ABOUT HIS LIFE?