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Contents 1 Disambiguation 2 Questioning source 3 Overwikification 4 Solo section 5 songs 6 Born a Male

[edit] Disambiguation

disambiguation: the reporter Amanda Palmer; http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8FEAAFBE-72CF-4119-BE38-43DC6000105E.htm

disambiguation is needed when another article of the same name is found notable and added to Wikipedia. Lentower 10:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questioning source

The bit about Amanda being seduced by her piano teacher- where does that info come from? Is it a verifiable and credible source? If not it should probably be removed from the article.

--Dino213aa 23:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

It's from her bio on the Dresden dolsl website Lyo 00:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

-Does it really need to state the fact that she started playing in a band without being able to read music considering the millions of musicians who can't read the dots.

-does anyone know anything about her weird eyebrows? Are they tattoos?

they're eyeliner Lyo 02:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

She draws them on every time. See the "Girl Anachronism" music video if you'd like to see her do this. In the video, she actually signs her autograph as an eyebrow at one point.

[edit] Overwikification

Hi guys -- I had never heard of Ms Palmer until I stumbled on her page here in Wikipedia. A very interesting person, no question about it, and very original! I made very few changes since I don't know much about her, but I did do a little reorg, moved the References section to the end, etc. I also removed a number of non-essential wikilinks per the wiki style guide recommendations (for example, every date doesn't need to be linked). Only items whose content would enhance the reader's understanding of the current article should be linked (what the style guide recommendations refers to as "major connections...and...technical terms"), and of those only the first occurrence (or, if the article is REALLY long, maybe the first occurrence in a section) should be linked. (See Wikipedia Manual of style and style guide recommendations.) I think it actually reads better now -- less links means less distractions to the reader :) Bookgrrl 18:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Solo section

I believe that the Dresden Dolls did a cover version of I Love Rock 'N Roll, and not just Amanda by herself. I have the version where it's both of them, and I am going to remove that from the list unless there is a version of just herself.

Also, Kaledrina is both of them. Oreo

amanda originally did kaledrina before brian was ever in the picture. she has recently performed it solo also. it's solo material that he has played on.

[edit] songs

this list could go on and on and on. nip it in the bud before too many people add to it? user:wwwiii2

It's a possiblity, but..it isn't too long yet. I think it helps if we have this section, because Amanda doesn't always note that it's a cover song or not. Oreo

there's a whole list of her songs (and whether or not they're covers) on the shadowbox. i don't see why it needs to be transferred over here. just sayin'. wwwiii2

It helps give the proper credit to whoever wrote the song originially. Some covers she does aren't popular songs in the media, so one could easily confuse it's her own song. Oreo

[edit] Born a Male

There seems to be a very small following that is under the impression that Amanda Palmer was once a man; here's a site that mentions it [1]. The comment on that page reads...

Anonymous said... Are you, or have you ever been, a man? I mean, there seems to be a lot of hints in your songs. "It's not the way I'm meant to be, it's just the way the operation made me?" And I mean, the titles! "Sex Changes?" "Half Jack?" (Like half a man?) Also! Your name is Amanda! Like, "A man, duh!" Please clarify this

While I don't believe this to be true, does this warrant enough sources to be mentioned in the article? Eedo Bee 05:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

That source does not qualify for use here. It's an anonymous quote from a blog, which is itself not usable. Also, please remember that according to WP:BLP, any material inserted that could be seen as controversial has to be well-sourced or removed immediately. Jeffpw 08:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

That's why I checked. Thanks =) Eedo Bee 11:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)