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Not finding the quote for note number 3

I tried to access the link that was given for the "note 3", not even though I tried to search on the Telegraph's site or even through the Archive.org website did I find it - but since I'm a huge Elvis fan I think this is something the Colonel is very likely to have said - however, assuming isn't good enough. Can anyone else find a reputable source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.155.21 (talk) 09:50, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a new reference that I hope is acceptable.ElvisFan1981 (talk) 09:59, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) Keep up the good work for Elvis on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.183.44 (talk) 23:56, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whose credit?

It took the energetic 1968 television special, Elvis, and a subsequent series of stellar recording sessions in Memphis, Tennessee, to restore Elvis Presley's musical reputation. To his credit, though, it is open as to whether he was allowed much choice in the matter; Parker allowed both to happen with little impediment

I'm having trouble parsing this. Whose credit, and who was or was not allowed much choice - Presley or Parker? And why would it be to either one's credit? Shari 07:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

restructured. Took out "to his credit" as NPOV. 70.183.63.108 22:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Date of death?

article lists January 21, 1997 (findagrave lists Jan. 22!) at the beginning and June 26, 1996, at the end - which is it? 70.183.63.108 22:53, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He died on Jan. 21, 1997. He was born on June 26, 1909. It looks like this has been fixed in the article. Brents1 (talk) 04:30, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Opening segment

The opening segment contains information that is vital to the article, but I don't believe it belongs in the opening segment. Most of hte information that I removed earlier was repeated further in the article. I don't have time to rewrite the whole article now, or to even make an attempt on it, but I have noticed a few mistakes within the article that I will try to rectify soon. I'll leave the opening segment as it is now, seeing as some have taken my previous edit the wrong way, but I do still feel that the information I removed should be taken out of the opening segment and only used in the relative section.ElvisFan1981 (talk) 09:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright issue

Researching this subject online to possibly improve it, I came across this page (http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_loanne_parker2.shtml) written on March 24, 2006. The earliest date I could find on Wiki for this article was July 4, 2006. The Wiki article is practically word for word the exact copy of the http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_loanne_parker2.shtml article. Is this a problem? I'm fairly new to Wikipedia but was led to believe that this kind of "copy/paste" job was not allowed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ElvisFan1981 (talk • contribs) 09:57, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kids? Marriage?

Was Parker married? did he have kids? Kingturtle (talk) 17:48, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kingturtle, you don't seem to have read the article. It says that Parker was married to an American citizen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.116.24 (talk) 16:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article would be improved by more information about Parker's wife, marriage, children, etc. --Design (talk) 03:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Departure

There were rumours about Parker's rapid departure from Holland. He seems to have left the U.S. Army because of mental trouble. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.116.24 (talk) 16:10, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Left the army? I read he was rejected by the United States army when he drafted. Eligius (talk) 03:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Parker served in the US army for two years, but went AWOL during his second stint. He was classed as a deserter and charged, ending up in a mental hospital for a couple of months. He was then discharged from the army for a constitutional psychopathic state; an honorable discharge due to illness. As the article currently stands it doesn't discuss his Army days much, but hopefully that will soon be remedied. ElvisFan1981 (talk) 09:00, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great sectiontitles

I do like the sectiontitles: "Finding Elvis", "Surviving Elvis". But should it not be (more like):

"On his way to Elvis" (=previous life)
"Finding Elvis",
"Managing Elvis",
"Surviving Elvis"
"Death"

-DePiep (talk) 17:19, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, DePiep, and I think the article could do with a little re-writing and shuffling around. I think a lot of the information about his life before Elvis should be put at the beginning of the article, not the end. ElvisFan1981 (talk) 09:02, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a good start then to reorder the sections (by complete section) into chronological order. The intro already focuses on Elvis. Let's not wait another year ;-) Go ahead if you like. -DePiep (talk) 10:24, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I gave it a go, started the work on it and hopefully it's a good, solid start. I'm still debating in my head whether his marriage should be mentioned earlier in the article, before his talent management section, or if it's well placed in the personal life section. ElvisFan1981 (talk) 20:36, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Outside influence

Parker might well have been afraid of outside infuences but this does not explain his reluctance to travel aboard. Outside influences could have spoken to Elvis in America itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.118.111 (talk) 10:30, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Colonel" Tom Parker, with scare quotes

I was mildly surprised to learn from this article that Colonel Tom was really a Colonel, in the Louisiana State Militia. In light of this fact, shouldn't the scare quotes be removed from the two occurrences of the word "Colonel" in the lede paragraph? That isn't how we style the names, for instance, of "Admiral" Chester Nimitz or "General" George Washington.

"Duke" Ellington was not an actual Duke but it turns out that Tom Parker was really a Colonel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TypoBoy (talk • contribs) 15:40, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The funny thing (which I also learned from this article) is that the name Tom Parker was a complete pseudonym. So he wasn't "Colonel" Tom Parker; he was Colonel "Tom Parker".

I added this section to the talk page some weeks ago, and nobody has made an argument that the scare quotes should be retained. TypoBoy (talk) 01:53, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

shortened footnotes

Since some sources are being cited many times, may I suggest that we start using shortened footnotes (as we add new citations). The documentation at Template:Sfn explains how to do this.

Please note that this means that one would need to add "|ref=harv" to the "cite web" or "cite book" template elsewhere on the page. (I've attempted to do this for the sources in the "Further reading" section.)

I started to do this for a new cited source, and I converted one of the Nash citations to this source. DougHill (talk) 19:19, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]