Talk:Mark "Chopper" Read
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This page should probably be moved to Chopper Read (or Mark Read, but he's probably better known as Chopper Read so Mark Read can be a redirect), and this redirected to the movie. Anybody object before I do so?--Robert Merkel 03:55, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)
This page was moved by copy and paste from Chopper, and chopper was made into a disambiguation page. See the history of Chopper for the original author of this page. Maximus Rex 00:40, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
"They have won a son at the circus, Roy Brandon." What the Hell does this mean? Is it Ozzy slang I don't get? Disambiguation please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pageantmalarkey (talk • contribs)
If his name is Chopper Reid, why is the article title Chopper Read? -- 125.238.205.112 13:23, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
His name is spelled read, got his book and its on the front page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.215.149.98 (talk) 12:28, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think the book titles are partially incorrect, especially the 4th book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.96.203.23 (talk) 11:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There have recently been several changes to the Organised Crime categories without any consensus for the change. This has apparently been initiated by one editor's decision to nominate an existing category for deletion.
Instead of simply reverting edits and becoming embroiled in an edit war, I encourage all interested parties to comment at The Cat for deletion page.
Cheers, This flag once was red 22:09, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Umm, how could they walk around in long coats with weapons IN PRISON??? Something's wrong here... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.108.52.23 (talk) 12:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The main villan in "Mad Max", an Australian film with a cult following, is"Toe-cutter". This must be in homage to Chopper. Perhaps more can be said about his cultural influences. Though, I'm not Australian, so I'm not one to know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.223.153 (talk) 20:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This section contains lots of information that has stood for long periods without any source. I'm going to start chopping it as per WP:BLP. Additionally, since Read is, my his own admission, prone to embellishing the truth, I think any statement that is only sourced by something he has said or written should be marked as 'Read claims that...'. Only reliable 3rd party sources should be used to make absolute statements of fact. 213.201.175.114 (talk) 13:13, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The reference to a Proceeds of Crime Bill 2001 needs updating by someone familiar with it. The Bill was enacted in 2002 and has been amended since then. --Rofish (talk) 01:33, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder if this page should not be protected, at least for a day or two? There has been some pretty crude vandalism by IPs, though it has also been reverted by IPs. --220 of Borg 13:57, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's currently Chopper Read, yet the lede starts out: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read .... The obvious question is: Is Chopper a name or just a nickname? We currently have a foot in both camps.
The infobox is labelled Chopper Read, and within it we see his alias was ... Chopper Read. How can an alias be the same as the person's name? This is somewhat Monty Pythonesque, I have to say.
Sure, he was widely called Chopper Read, and even just Chopper, but is that a suitable title? Compare this to Louis Armstrong, who was widely known as Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Satchmo Armstrong or often just Satchmo. Yet his article is titled Louis Armstrong.
I'd support the article being moved to Mark "Chopper" Read and the infobox being relabelled accordingly. That would make me happy. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:54, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Given the discussion on this name, I would like to get consensus on this.Proposal change article name to Mark "Chopper" Read with a redirect from the current title and alias listed in infobox as Chopper Read. The only other title I could find with a well known alias in the title was "Weird Al" Yankovich. We semed to have consensus on this before but it was never enacted. Flat Out let's discuss it 04:52, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The usage of Mark Read (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see talk:Mark Read (singer) -- 70.24.244.161 (talk) 06:48, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Death by liver cancer might not be notable for an aged and long-retired violinist but, given the article subject’s chaotic and violent life on the edge, the manner in which he lost it is notable if only for its incongruity. It is valid to note that he didn’t die by lethal injection or in a hail of bullets or by his own hand as might be expected.
The ability of the reader to rapidly locate key facts supersedes the dry issue of whether some round snippet fits a square hole in the template documentation. The guidelines are in service to the encyclopaedia, not vice versa. There is a solid argument for including the cause of death in his infobox whereas the argument against is bureaucratic.
I say IAR isn't even necessary because this qualifies on its own (inverted) merits. Captainllama (talk) 01:51, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]