Talk:John Ono Lennon II

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[edit] Re: cleanup

I am disappointed that edits to this article have been largely superfluous, or appear to have missed the point (such as the removal of the Goldman reference as "not a reliable source", when the reference itself already noted that the point was unsupported; it was mentioned merely as a background detail). Zephyrad 08:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

An article about a stillborn? GoodDay 23:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

An article about the lost child of a famous couple, commemorated on record (Life With the Lions and the Wedding Album pressbook), remembered in interviews (including Lennon Remembers), and discussed in biographies (The Ballad of John and Yoko, Come Together). Conceiving and losing this baby were critical points in Lennon and Ono's lives and relationship. Zephyrad 05:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

It should be merged with the John Lennon article. GoodDay 18:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I completely disagree. On what grounds should it be merged? Shouldn't it be half-merged with the Yoko Ono article, then, by the same token? (Takes two parents...) Zephyrad 22:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I can see that there's plenty of encyclopaedic material here, but even so, it does seem like a slightly crazy subject for an article! How many other unborn children have pages on Wikipedia? Terraxos 19:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

How many unborn children are commemorated on record and mentioned in pop history books, by name? Zephyrad 03:58, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You've got to be kidding me

There's a whole article on a miscarried baby simply because he would've been John Lennon's son? This is a joke and a waste of space in my opinion. Armyrifle 23:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Read up... and maybe read the article again, or its sources. Ono's pregnancy was a factor in the end of Lennon's first marriage, and his relationship with Ono, and by extension a factor in the Beatles breakup, as their lives continued to change and they grew apart. "Simply" has nothing to do with it. Zephyrad (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)