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[edit] Discussion

This page needs some cleaning up. The part on the Kirk Brandon situation is extremely non-objective.

This page needs ALOT of cleaning up. I made some changes, but the Legal issues section has several problems with it. For one, a few of the entries are ended with the names of books (I suppose? I'm not sure what they are in reference to actually) in parentheses as if they are the source for the entries. By no means is that the correct way to cite sources. Also, in the same section, one incident of him allegedly assaulting and imprisoning a Norwegian man is listed as two separate events with different dates and different sources, yet they both refer to the exact same man and incident. Also I don't like the use of the term "falsely imprisoned" in the aforementioned section mentioning the Norwegian man. It doesn't really make sense. It should be replaced with "held against his will." I know the examples I gave are petty things, but it counts to create a quality article. I'll try to fix up this and other things I found when I have more time, but my contributions have a habit of being reverted to the original. 68.198.130.84 (talk) 06:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC) Adam

[edit] Orientation

Boy George is bisexual not gay. 9 Jul 2004, Heegoop (UTC)

This is indeed what the article says. Why the introduction claiming otherwise? I'll change the introduction to match up with the rest of the article, as well as his own words, quoted at the bottom of the article.--69.158.51.130 23:04, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Category has now been fixed to correspond. -- Bovineone

[edit] Hare Krishna

"a band named Jesus Loves You, a tribute to the Christianity that helped him overcome his drug problem. Much of Jesus Loves You's material was life-celebrating stuff, including the hit "Bow Down Mister", which was attributed to George's belief in the Hare Krishna movement."

this makes no sense as Hare Krishna is a Hindu movement not a Christian one. Rmhermen 00:33, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Jesus Loves You redirects here.

I'm against it.--Greasysteve13 05:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The reason is explained by the article: "He also recorded under the name Jesus Loves You, (writing under the pseudonym Angela Dust)" -- Bovineone 04:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes to article

Hey, I made some substantial changes, so I figured I needed to outline them here.

(a) I regrouped information under subject - ie, time in CC, solo work, etc. I tried to put all of the subjects re: his music career first, then subjects regarding his personal life after that. (b) I substantially pared down the information about CC in here. Culture Club has its own article, which is where that level of detail should be. It should be mentioned here, but on a "high level overview". (c) I removed the quotes - there is a specific wiki, Wikiquotes, for quotations, and I moved it to that wiki.

I did pick out a little POV language as well. I like him too, but this is an encyclopedia, not a fan page, so we need to be neutral when we write about people.

Thanks! NickBurns 16:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh, and one other thing....

I did want to mention that it's normal protocol to refer to a person in their article by their last name. I debated whether the references to him should have been "O'Dowd" as it is his last name, but as he has never gone by that name, and most of the references were "George", I kept that and changed any that weren't. NickBurns 16:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I actually started to edit that, then realized it's too embedded for me to do at 3 am. However, we wouldn't do an entry on Ronald Reagan referring to him as 'Ronnie' throughout, so this should be fixed. I just really can't get into a big copy editing binge from bed (literally. yay, laptops!). I'll put it on my to-do, or if someone else does it, tell us (and thanks).Thespian 08:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
His stage name and the name he is known by (and the name of the article itself) is "Boy George" so it is correct to refer to him here as "George". 75.39.152.138 05:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vodafone LMA quote

I have moved this entry here because it is uncited and I cannot find any documentation online.

Boy George was involved in an incident on 11th October [Year???!!!], when he was attending the Vodafone Live Music Awards at The Roundhouse, in Camden, north London, was being interviewed by journalists when the youngsters began shouting homophobic jibes. George screamed: "I know I'm a queer. Shut your mouth 'til I knock you out."

He then flung his drink at the wall and headed towards some glass doors where the kids stood outside. Begged by his PR to come away, George swore at the ringleader. He then returned to the press pack and claimed he was "calm", adding: "Otherwise they'd be dead." (unsigned comment)

He did apparently have a confrontation with fans per this BBC News Online article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6043794.stm NickBurns 19:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Someone seems to think that the 1983 image is interchangeable with a current image of Boy George. Please pop by Image talk:BoyGeorge.jpg. Postdlf 09:43, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Songwriter

I would fix this sentence myself but I am not sure the correct way to word it.

"That George had become the main songwriter of the band became evident when Culture Club contributed to the movie soundtrack Electric Dreams" --Sexecutioner 09:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Data removed

Dear Wikipedia,

I have tried to add some new data and also a couple of links that I consider them important to people who want to find out about Boy George's life and career and they have been automatically removed and categoraised as "vandalism". The reason I was given was "Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion″. What I really do not understand is given the reason is that I have noticed you do allow many other Wikipedia pages to show as many links as they wish, many of them are fan sites and not even official just like the ones I added.

My intention when I added the links was not to promote the websites in any way (which by the way none of them are made for profit) but to add extra information about Boy George which is what Wikipedia is about if I'm not mistaken.

Will you please consider adding the data and the links back? Thank you for your time.

The links that were removed are http://www.allaboutboygeorge.com & http://www.boy.george.net

The data I added was "Human Beings" by Guarangi feat. Boy George (1994).

91.104.14.226 (talk) 17:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)A Boy George friend & Fan for many years.

Ps: I have just noticed the data I added was in fact already there... in my opinion in the wrong place but nevermind. I apologise for this mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.14.226 (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add the links again. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:07, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POV edit needed

Quite a bit of work needed here, but the thing that sticks out for me is the excessive amount of POV material. I'll try and do a good faith edit to remove that stuff shortly, as it's tricky to make any other improvements (e.g. references) when the text is so variable. Gusworld (talk) 07:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Ridiculous that a bio of this size can only manage 7 cites and a great deal of the article is POV. I may give it some attention as well. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Religious beliefs

Is Boy George a Hindu? Anyhow he wrote the lyrics for the song "Bow Down Mister" under the pseudonym "Angela Dust" in the early 90s. This song advertises the Hare Krishna movement. Was Boy George adherent to Hare Krishna? Is he still adherent?--Kevin L. from Germany (talk) 17:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Information on Jesus Loves You

Has anybody got information on the band Jesus Loves You? Who are the band members (beside Boy George)? What about the band history? Why did Jesus Loves You disband?--Kevin L. from Germany (talk) 17:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)