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[edit] Sources/clean up/vandalism
I cleaned up the article a lot tonight. Past vandalism was still in the article from 20 or so edits ago.
About the sources: His mother gave him Blue when he was 11 years old. He stated this in a video on the Idiot Club, however you have to pay to join the club and see the video. I don't know what to do about this, because people keep going through and changing "mother" to "father." His father died when he was 10, he received the guitar when he was 11.
I noticed there's a lot of statements that sources have been requested for, and I'm digging up what I can, but if you have anything, but you're unsure if it helps, go ahead and reply back here with whatever links you can and I'll fish through them and help figure out what's best.
I've noticed the big issues on the article are: People deleting the bisexual fact even though it's sourced, and people changing "mother" to "father" in Equipment in relation to Blue. So if you guys could help me check those regularly, that would be better than great.--Jude 14:42, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- The same two trivia facts and the "bisexuality" section of the article keep disappearing from the same IP, and then suddenly started disappearing from a new IP address:
- 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:139.168.132.197
- 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:202.168.107.14
- Just FYI to keep a look out.--Jude 12:12, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Driven
Does anyone know the name of the song that he plays at his talent show in driven?--69.113.131.124 20:21, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Joseph's b-day
Is his first son's birthday in febuary or in march? The article says it's in febuary,but i read somewhere it was march 15 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tamwyn alex (talk • contribs) 23:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC).
- The source from the article says February, but I'd rather not get into a huge discussion about kids you/other fans don't even know.--Jude 11:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Still,i'd like to know.People here talk about all sorts of things.I'd rather not get into a discusion about his sexuality,but it's here,right.After all this is talk.I was just wondering—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.8.69.18 (talk) 01:36, 27 January 2007
- Well, the huge difference is that his son is a child and Billie Joe is a grown man who chooses to have his sexuality known. If Joey's birthday is sourced twice as February, then it's most likely February. I'm sorry that I don't know how else to help you.--Jude 04:18, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes,but I've seen tons of places where it says he's born in March.I'm looking for someone who actually KNOWS when his birthday is.Since YOU don't,I'll wait for someone who DOES.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.8.69.18 (talk) 05:59, 27 January 2007
- First of all, please Sign your posts. It gets tedious when people have to sign them for you. Second of all, I do, personally, know when his birthday is, however I'm telling you straight up that the article, with valid sources ( Mr. Armstrong himself ), says that it's in February, therefore, it is in February. I keep telling you over and over and you keep asking and it's taking up valuable space on the talk page. Please refer to the article for any other questions you may have, because the information is there.--Jude 07:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
So he directly tells the whole world that his son was born in febuary,and you saw it ?Alright just checking.Please,don't eat me.I'm new.-Tamwyn alex—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.8.69.18 (talk) 04:16, 30 January 2007
- No, no one saw it but the person doing the Rolling Stone interview and the other guys in the band. He directly told Rolling Stone that his son's birthday was in february. I'm not trying to hold anything over anyone's head. I'm not going to eat anyone lol. I'm just trying to clarify that this was in an INTERVIEW. He said it to someone of notability who wrote it in an article. I didn't hear anything. 8-|. Just FYI, this is the source right on the front page of the article that has the quote straight out of his mouth: Rolling Stone Scan--Jude 09:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Football
He didn't play on the high school football team. He was the waterboy (source Nobody Likes You).--Kingforaday1620 22:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- No, actually he played for the team. That's why he had a uniform, a position and protective equipment and was also pictured in the team photo as a player and not an assistant.--Jude 23:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pictures
What happened to the pictures in this article? James P Twomey 15:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] divorced
Who put that he divorced Adie and is a 17 year old?--69.113.131.124 20:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
"Armstrong rececently divorced wife Adrienne Nesser because she was reported to be having an affair with his best friend and band mate Mike Dirnt. He is now rumored to be dating a seventeen year old girl from Texas named Jewel"
even though i dun like Billie Joe but i guess the person who must have put that must b Jewel G..........if billie joe has divorced adriane then i want proof≈—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dm1989 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 28 January 2007.
- I removed it. It's bull.--Jude 00:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thank u....n who ever who put that next time give proof..............—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.148.64.18 (talk) 10:26, 29 January 2007
Actually,on a fan site,there was a MADE up story about him divorcing adrienne a dating some 17 year old.IT WAS A FAN STORY.someone probably mistook it for reals.
[edit] Nice pic
Whoever put the Billie joe pic,it's aewesome.Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.8.69.18 (talk) 04:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Panic Attacks?
Could someone just verify for me when this is shown in the Basket Case video? I've seen it, and I can't see anything that looks panic attack related.--JJ
- I can't verify the original editor's point of view when they added the trivia, but I could try to elaborate on it. While I'm neutral about whether or not his panic attack symptoms are portrayed in the video, it is completely possible that they are there. He exhibits a frantic, panicked set of movements throughout the video, which can be associated with panic attacks. His symptoms are exclusive to his personality, therefore it's hard to say what he does when he has an attack. Those of us who experience panic attacks typically have some generalised symptoms and also completely individual symptoms. So you see, it's very hard to tell. If there was an interview where Billie Joe stated that the video portrayed this, it would help a lot, because that's the only method we would have to verify it. I'll see what I can find on it, because I do recall reading the "fact" in question, however it could have been a flub.--Jude 09:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- The only source I could find that verified his panic disorder is this one:
- VH1: What do you feel you were addressing in "Basket Case?"
- Billie Joe: "Basket Case" was about anxiety attacks and feeling like you're ready to go crazy. At times I probably was. I've suffered from panic disorders my entire life. I thought I was just losing my mind. The only way I could know what the hell was going on was to write a song about it. It was only years later that I figured out I had a panic disorder.[1]
- which doesn't state the video portrays his attacks. I'm going to re-write the fact to fit the facts.--Jude 09:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Smoking?
Does he still smoke?--69.113.131.124 22:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
Are his first names really Bille Joe or are they, in fact, William Joseph and no one knows him under his real name, expecting family and friends? --86.103.207.38 16:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- His name is Billie Joe. Technically, I suppose in western cultures "Joe" would be considered his middle name, however in some southern (USA) cultures people go by their first and middle names (like my family, who call me by my first and middle names). He is the only member of Green Day to go by his birth-given full name.--JUDE talk 18:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- Danke ;-) --86.103.207.38 19:47, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] another photo
I notice the photos tend to get switched in and out a lot. Of course, that doesn't mean there can't be more than one. I've changed the photo again because the previous one was a far away shot of a screen, and this one is up close, as well as freely licensed. So there you go, do with it as you see fit. — coelacan — 11:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks! I dig.--JUDE talk 12:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Cool with me. What is it about men with eyeliner that makes them look so good... Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:21, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I believe this is still one of science's great unanswered questions. — coelacan — 20:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Cool with me. What is it about men with eyeliner that makes them look so good... Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:21, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] party member
I don't think the Advocates for Self-Government are a reliable source regarding his party membership. Are there any reliable sources that don't have a vested interest in claiming him that can be used to source this? — coelacan — 12:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- How about the East Bay Express? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
