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Contents 1 Super Bad 2 early discussion 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Space Bass.jpg 4 Superbad 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Space Bass.jpg

[edit] Super Bad

Credited as Bootsy Collins & The Superbad Band. They play a few origional songs, such as the one during the final credits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.130.29 (talk) 22:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] early discussion

According to his interview yesterday on WOCL 105.9 in Orlando, he was indeed fired for his LSD trip. I modified the entry to reflect this. -- ronincyberpunkMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK

• Is it just me or does anyone else find the signature on that last post really suspicious? I think we need a way to verify the claim that this interview happened. Murple 16:44, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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  • Finally, if don't think it's controversial or potentially libelous, and you want a better source, you could try to find one yourself. Peter Jebsen has interviewed many of the folks in P-Funk and has posted his interviews at New Funk Times, although it looks like the front page has been hacked. You could also try Google.
  • Personally, I've read a great deal about Bootsy and the rest of the Funk Mob, and I've heard the story about the acid trip before. I don't know if JB fired Bootsy or if Bootsy quit, but Bootsy says that the neck of his bass turned into a snake. But I don't have a reliable source at hand. I'll see what I can dig up. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 18:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Looking at the history, I see that story did not appear in the original 2002 article, only appearing in April 2004 as a "possibly apocryphal" story. Then in June 2006, the above editor removed "possibly apocryphal", thus elevating the story to fact. Yet, after nearly 4 years, no source (reliable or otherwise) has been cited in the article. An unsourced claim that a worker was fired for being under the influence of LSD while on the job certainly sounds potentially libelous to me, so I removed it. --Zahzuhzaz (talk) 03:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Space Bass.jpg

Image:Space Bass.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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[edit] Superbad

The article doesn't currently mention Bootsy's involvement in performing the soundtrack for Superbad (2007). Can someone with a verifiable source (e.g., recent interview or magazine article) fill in the details? Robert K S 20:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Space Bass.jpg

Image:Space Bass.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)