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== Date of birth discrepancies ==

By most accounts, he was born August 4th 1901, but the article mentions July 4th 1901 in the body, and July 4th 1900 in the infobox. I harmonized both with the right date [[User:Koubiak|Koubiak]] ([[User talk:Koubiak|talk]]) 20:28, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
:Well done {{u|Koubiak}}. Your valiant efforts have been noticed and I have awarded you a barnstar. [[User:ImmaculateMeddler|ImmaculateMeddler]] ([[User talk:ImmaculateMeddler|talk]]) 20:37, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
:Yeah, didn't Armstrong state he was born in 1900 in a Dick Cavett interview or was he joking? [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:EC30:2A40:B8AE:99B0:229E:AB44|2600:1700:EC30:2A40:B8AE:99B0:229E:AB44]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:EC30:2A40:B8AE:99B0:229E:AB44|talk]]) 00:46, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
:I found an article on Brittanica about this, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Armstrong.
:it looks like the birthdate issue has been discussed for years now with zero edits occurring  
:I was able to update the July 4 birthdays, but I’m a newb here   So that’s all she wrote at this point  
:would be nice for someone to show some initiative and correct the error [[User:IronGoat-trp|IronGoat-trp]] ([[User talk:IronGoat-trp|talk]]) 14:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2021 ==

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he good at song and 1919-1971 [[Special:Contributions/161.97.191.27|161.97.191.27]] ([[User talk:161.97.191.27|talk]]) 21:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
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== Semi-protected edit request on 2 April 2022 ==

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 [[Special:Contributions/2601:245:4100:38A0:20CD:B82C:2378:E43D|2601:245:4100:38A0:20CD:B82C:2378:E43D]] ([[User talk:2601:245:4100:38A0:20CD:B82C:2378:E43D|talk]]) 06:56, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  

Louis Armstrong page. Satchmo is the name of his instrument.  He  preferred the name Louis.  Not louie either.  Straight Louis.  But Mainly Satchmo is his horn's name.
:[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done''': The naming of the subject is already covered in the article, supported by book references, at [[:Louis_Armstrong#Pronunciation_of_name]] and [[:Louis_Armstrong#Nicknames]]. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 08:04, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

== Daughter ==

S7E1 of the PBS show Reel South Ms. Preston-Folta provides quite a bit of circumstantial evidence in the form of letters and pictures from Armstrong and support via Glaser that indicate that he believed that she was his daughter.[[Special:Contributions/96.240.128.124|96.240.128.124]] ([[User talk:96.240.128.124|talk]]) 01:58, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2022 ==

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Add the following paragraph at the end of the section on "Health Problems": 

On March 22, 1964, Armstrong appeared as a "mystery guest" on the television game show "What's My Line" and stated that he had been out of the hospital for "4 or 5 days." He said he "couldn't stand up for a while" because of pain in his "left treader" (foot). A visitor, he said, had remarked to him, "Man, they tell me you have very close veins." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PM5Xk9Hxxo at 22:20.</ref> [[User:Zazuzaz|Zazuzaz]] ([[User talk:Zazuzaz|talk]]) 18:08, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
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== Add reference to The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White ==

A section called "Trumpet of the Swan" should be added which indicates that the main character of the novel, a trumpet-playing swan, is named Louis after Louis Armstrong. Several of the songs mentioned in the book were covered by Armstrong, including "Ol' Man River" from Showboat, the jazz standard "Lazy River," "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, "Beautiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster, and Brahms' Lullaby. [[Special:Contributions/86.7.252.150|86.7.252.150]] ([[User talk:86.7.252.150|talk]]) 19:35, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
* That a fictional character was "inspired by" an actual person can be significant for the understanding of the fictional work or film, and should be covered in that article (as is this, at [[:Trumpet of the Swan]]), but is less relevant to the biographical article on the person in question, unless the fictional character has in some significant way inflected the subject's life and work. In this case Armstrong's career all but preceded White's fictional work. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 19:58, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

== Armstrong said on the Dick Cavett Show that he was born in 1900 ==

The quote in question can be seen at watch?v=OusPn2SIerk?t=91 on Youtube.

Since the article lists his Date of Birth as 1901, it should probably mention why Armstrong himself may have misreported his own date of birth. Or give additional verification for what the year was. Otherwise, if there's any discrepancy in dates and no strong evidence suggesting 1901, I imagine they should be in line with what Armstrong himself said. [[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:A35B:EE00:E901:D673:D934:E046|2600:4040:A35B:EE00:E901:D673:D934:E046]] ([[User talk:2600:4040:A35B:EE00:E901:D673:D934:E046|talk]]) 07:46, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
* See past discussions about Armstrong's birth year in the archives: [[Talk:Louis_Armstrong/Archive_1#Armstrong's_Date_of_Birth| 2009 discussion covering baptismal and census records]], [[Talk:Louis_Armstrong/Archive_3#Correct_birthdate|2018 discussion about gravestone and biographical consensus]]. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 08:50, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
:This should be explained in the body of the article since both Armstrong's gravestone and Armstrong himself gave a different year. [[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:A35B:EE00:1547:DD42:D936:9701|2600:4040:A35B:EE00:1547:DD42:D936:9701]] ([[User talk:2600:4040:A35B:EE00:1547:DD42:D936:9701|talk]]) 10:20, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
::There is an explanatory note at the bottom of the article, linked as ''<nowiki>[a]</nowiki>'' from the text about his birth date in both the [[:Louis_Armstrong#Early_life]] and [[:Louis_Armstrong#Death]] sections. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 11:10, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2023 ==

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He was a beloved trumpet player and made wonderful songs. [[User:TrumpetPlayer14|TrumpetPlayer14]] ([[User talk:TrumpetPlayer14|talk]]) 08:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
:described in the article as "an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz..." which summarizes that. --[[User:Mvqr|<span style="color: #8f8;background:#85b;border:1px solid #999">Mvqr</span>]] ([[User talk:Mvqr#top|talk]]) 12:56, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 6 July 2023 ==

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Add external link to archival documentary of Armstrong's visit to small-town Ontario, hosted on Archives of Ontario YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNxcOiU3rU [[User:JoelDickau|JoelDickau]] ([[User talk:JoelDickau|talk]]) 13:02, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
* As the [[:Louis_Armstrong#A_jazz_ambassador]] section indicates, Armstrong visited many places in his later years. It isn't clear how the inclusion of a link to this particular interview resource would meet [[:WP:EL]] by extending the understanding of the subject. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 15:09, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

== "...the family who had raised him"? ==

Under the heading "Early life", the final sentence in the fifth paragraph states <i>"Armstrong wore a Star of David until the end of his life in memory of <b>this family who had raised him</b>"</i> (emphasis added). This seems to be significant overstatement. The Karnoffskys cannot accurately be said to have "raised him", given that he had not met them until he was 6, he left their home and their employment 5 or so years later, and during the entire time his mother was with him. Surely there is a more accurate way to characterize the fact that the Karnoffskys were indeed very supportive of him, and certainly contributed to his well-being, without engaging in hyperbole that diminishes the hands others had in his raising, including his own mother. [[User:Bricology|Bricology]] ([[User talk:Bricology|talk]]) 05:26, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 28 September 2023 ==

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He had no confirmed children but on the arrival it states that he had one child there are claims he had a daughter Sharon Preston Folta but the only evidence is her claiming it in a book she published and no DNA test. Though he did adopt one child his son Clarence Hatfield Armstrong who this may be referring to but I do suggest clarifying. [[Special:Contributions/2607:FB91:614:58E5:15F2:6DDA:A696:8763|2607:FB91:614:58E5:15F2:6DDA:A696:8763]] ([[User talk:2607:FB91:614:58E5:15F2:6DDA:A696:8763|talk]]) 20:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
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== Date of birth is not true ==

Look at his grave. July the 4th in 1900 [[Special:Contributions/2A02:908:1571:FF20:F417:1694:E6CB:39A1|2A02:908:1571:FF20:F417:1694:E6CB:39A1]] ([[User talk:2A02:908:1571:FF20:F417:1694:E6CB:39A1|talk]]) 16:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

:See the previous discussions, most recently at [[:Talk:Louis_Armstrong/Archive_3#Correct_birthdate]]. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 17:31, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
::Wrong [[Special:Contributions/50.54.201.85|50.54.201.85]] ([[User talk:50.54.201.85|talk]]) 23:51, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

== Early recording of Armstrong ==

Somebody just uploaded an audio file to Wikimedia Commons a recording of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's "Dippermouth Blues" (1923). The recording's copyright has expired on January 1st, 2024 and has entered the public domain. I was wondering if it is significant enough to be added here in this article considering that this was an early recording featuring Armstrong.

Link to Commons: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dippermouth_Blues_-_KING_OLIVER%27S_JAZZ_BAND.flac [[User:AsianStuff03|AsianStuff03]] ([[User talk:AsianStuff03|talk]]) 02:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

== The Jewish family ==

In 2017 {{u|Oldsanfelipe}} changed the spelling from Karnofsky to Karnoffsky<ref></ref> on the basis of Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life by Laurence Bergreen but doesn't indicate why his spelling is preferred. In view of Louis Armstrong + the Jewish Family in New Orleans, LA., the year of 1907<ref>https://archive.org/details/louisarmstrongin00arms/page/3/mode/2up?q=511958+</ref>, Louis Armstrong’s “Karnofsky Document”<ref>https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mp/9460447.0009.105/--louis-armstrongs-karnofsky-document-the-reaffirmation?rgn=main;view=fulltext</ref> and the spelling relating to the family's shop<ref>https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/02001162</ref> Is there any reason not to change it back the spelling back to Karnofsky? [[User:Mcljlm|Mcljlm]] ([[User talk:Mcljlm|talk]]) 08:38, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

:Pinging current account {{u|Oldsanfelipe2}} who may want to comment here. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 11:12, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
:Thanks for the ping. That's a good question. Right off the top of my head, I recall all other sources spelling "Karnofsky." I know Bergreen corrected the birth date issue, so the preference against consensus there was warranted. I can think of no reason to prefer Bergreen's spelling "Karnoffsky," though. I don't recall my thinking at the time, but I have no objection to reverting the spelling to the consensus of the sources.[[User:Oldsanfelipe2|Oldsanfelipe2]] ([[User talk:Oldsanfelipe2|talk]]) 14:25, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

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== Pronunciation of Louis ==

Armstrong's name has always been pronounced Louie.

But I just heard it pronounced with a "s" in a MOJO documentary at YouTube. [[Special:Contributions/142.205.202.71|142.205.202.71]] ([[User talk:142.205.202.71|talk]]) 21:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

* Certainly not "always".  Note he clearly pronounces it as "Louis" in the film "Hello, Dolly".  Both "Louie" and "Louis" are used by people who know and worked with him. -- [[User:Infrogmation|Infrogmation]] ([[User talk:Infrogmation|talk]]) 17:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

== Satchmo? ==

Where’d he get that nickname? [[Special:Contributions/76.105.250.115|76.105.250.115]] ([[User talk:76.105.250.115|talk]]) 00:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

:See [[:Louis_Armstrong#Nicknames]]. [[User:AllyD|AllyD]] ([[User talk:AllyD|talk]]) 07:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

==Dates==
I edited some dates - Oliver leaving town is well documented as 1918, not 1919. As Armstrong makes clear in his autobio, he kept his day job driving the mule wagon for the coal company until Armistice Day - he was correct that that "work or fight" was state law at the time, and being a musician was not "work" that would exempt draft eligible young men.  He'd already replaced Oliver as the main cornetist in the Ory band when he could be available, but wouldn't be making long out of town trips playing on the riverboats yet. So while he'd played professional jobs before, November 1918 is when he became a full time professional musician. -- [[User:Infrogmation|Infrogmation]] ([[User talk:Infrogmation|talk]]) 17:11, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 17 October 2024 ==

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Update section about the Louis Armstrong musical. The show began previews on Broadway on 10/16/2024 at Studio 54. [[User:RainfromNYC|RainfromNYC]] ([[User talk:RainfromNYC|talk]]) 05:42, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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