Talk:The Man

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[edit] Delete this!

Please, it's pointless! And looks like something that belongs to encyclopedia dramatica or something!!


Dude, "The Man" is a popular expression with cultural significance. Besides, "encyclopedia dramatica"? Slartibartfast1992 21:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Then how come there is less than one page for this article? It's a underused expression By the way encyclopedia dramatica it's a unfunny site that tries to imitate wikipedia, go figure!

Well, it is an expression that isn't used that much, but it still means something and people know about it. You don't talk about hydroxylapatite, for example, in your everyday life, but it's still in Wikipedia. Needless to say that The Man is way more important than "hydroxylapatite", so I think it's worth keeping. Slartibartfast1992 23:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


Is this article meant as a parody of Wikipedia? Because it seems like one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.188.169 (talk) 14:33, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

If you think it looks like a parody, do something about it and fix it instead of whining about it. --Slartibartfast (1992) 22:47, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stock character?

Is this really a stock character, like it is currently categorized? Sholdn't we remove this category from the article? Peter S. 21:19, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

You only want to do that because you're working for The Man 70.251.96.67 01:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

the man is everything that is wrong with the world; an immortal force that will forever exist, we all need to fight the power, fight the man, and stick it to the man,

Checking out the stock character list it seems to fit ok. Steve Dufour 20:29, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted

"Right now, in the U.S, there is one weary warrior, still fighting against "The Man" her name, Jasmine Anenberg. Although she acts like a hippie, many believe that is a ruse to lure The Man out of his hiding, so she can finally end his evil reign with one faithful swipe of her mighty sword, "The Cavemanyou"."

Reason: WTF? Google has no idea what this is about, and neither do I. Motmot 20:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Good work. I think it was a joke.  :-) Steve Dufour 19:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article?

I think this has the potential to be a featured article, with more references and citations which shouldn't be too hard. Steve Dufour 19:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to do a little to distinguish between the term "The Man" as in "The Man around here" and "The Man you want to talk to" and "the Man" as in "You're the Man!". One is an indication of seniority or authority while the other is a genuine compliment but with a slightly exaggerated or sarcastic tone, and a more modern parlance. 68.166.68.84 17:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Counterculture?

I will remove this. I think the expression "The Man" is used by lots of people, not just the counterculture. Steve Dufour 19:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

It originated as a counterculture term, and most of its use outside of such a context is ironic or satiric. It is as much a counterculture expression as any mainstream thing can be. -Silence 19:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
That sounds fair to me. I was thinking that saying "counterculture" might sound a little POV if the article in nominated as a featured article. Steve Dufour 20:28, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Socialist newspaper?

Through the electronic collections of my university I came across a publication called "The Man" based out of New York. The electronic archive hosted by Proquest does not provide any general historical information about it, but from that I can gather it ran from February until December of 1834 and, based on the overall rhetoric from many of the articles I read at random, it was a socialist oriented publication.

I came here to see what I could learn and this is the page I was brought to. Should a section be added to this article, as a stub, in an attempt to extract more information from those who may have it, regarding the publication?

Regardless, I think it may shed some more light on the history of the term "The Man". Opiumbrella 22:14, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


the quote about "the man" and "rock n roll" is from school of rock isnt it?

[edit] Sticking it to The Man

Shouldn't there be a section on how to stick it to the man? This is just describing him. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tapd260 (talk • contribs) 19:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC).


[edit] Dale Earnhardt

I removed Dale Earnhardt from the "See also" section because the Dale Earnhardt article contains nothing about "The Man", just that The Man in Black was one of his nicknames, there is no point in linking to the page on him because it doesn't expand on the topic. It seems like someone stuck him in there almost as vandalism. Mattwolf7 05:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Homie The Clown:

Does he play that?

[edit] Capitalization

Can someone provide justification of capitalizing it as "the Man," as opposed to "The Man" or "the man"? Seems awkward as is. 75.37.16.142 03:39, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I believe it should be The Man, being The entity named The Man. Slartibartfast1992 00:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Keith Tison

Haven't seen anything about him on google or anywhere else on Wikipedia, so I deleted this. Feel free to re-add if it belongs here.

[edit] WAY too much trivia here.

I'm gonna remove the whole section, per WP:BOLD. If anyone wants to integrate any of it appropriately, then fine.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 15:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Geez, I wish you would've suggested the deletion first here for discussion. Now that you have gone ahead and deleted it I wish you would've included a link to it like this (the man's in pop culture) so that editors could at least have an opportunity to integrate the text into the prose of the article.
I oppose this deletion and I vote to reinstate the entire "In popular culture" section to it's previous state. Ozmaweezer (talk) 15:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Uh, this isn't a deletion, it's just a removal of trivia, and you can revert it. I'm neutral on this discussion. --Slartibartfast1992 19:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Double uh, you say potato, I say po tot o (deletion/removal), and you're assuming I'm not aware I can revert the edit. 'Tis all for now. Ozmaweezer (talk) 09:39, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
First sentence: Wha...? (deletion isn't the same as removal). Second sentence: sorry if I misunderstood, by the way you were writing, I assumed that. --Slartibartfast1992 21:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
"(deletion isn't the same as removal)" — What's the diff? 24.6.66.193 (talk) 19:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

what i really want to know is what and who is a man.. when you will call the person a man? we have an oral defense tommorrow,please help. thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.111.234.73 (talk) 12:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)