Talk:Richard Bach

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[edit] comments

I removed the bizarre "low importance" tag. R. Bach is, what, one of the top 20 biggest-selling authors of all time. 81.149.36.207 (talk) 19:21, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

This page needs to be fixed up. I don't have enough experience to know how to wikify it, but I will try. It seems to me that the quotes belong in a Wikiquote instead. Any suggestions out there appreciated. KarateLadyKarateLady 15:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] removed quote section

I removed the quotes section since the quotes are listed in Wikiquote.

[edit] wikify added

I've added the wikify tag. I'm a new user so if this is an error...somebody please remove it.

[edit] WP:BLP

As a reminder, it is important to keep unreferenced, or poorly referenced, opinion and personal information out of this article, per Wikipedia:Biographies of living people. I'm going to keep an eye on this article, but it would be best if editors here help out by demanding reliable sources for new additions. Jkelly 20:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of which, the information at IMdB is apparantly wrong. There has not been any divorce.Allmovie.com, for instance gets this correct. Jkelly 17:47, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Right, and how old is that information? Have you followed Bach's work? As I understand (and forgive me if I'm wrong as I haven't read anything of his since One), Out Of My Mind was post-Leslie and partly about his new flame; I forget her name. And I remember reading on his web site (since removed) about how he got a bunch of hate mail after going on about how Leslie was his forever soulmate, then they ended up getting divorced. There was a pretty big controversy at the time, as evidenced by a thousand or so Google hits; I'm not sure why you're so convinced they're still married. I'm also not sure what makes Allmovie.com a more reliable source than IMDb--certainly it's not exactly admissible as evidence in court, but I've seen very little on there that's flat-out wrong, as you're implying the divorce is.
And speaking of court documents, I just found one (see the top of page 10, c-02-01-002) that references their divorce (in 1999, not 1997 as IMDb claims). Is that a more reliable source? Peter 20:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
That certainly seems to me a more reliable source than either IMdB or Allmovie.com, if a somewhat odd thing for us to be citing. IMdB is really just a terrible source; we shouldn't be using it any more than we should use an unreferenced statement from a different Wikipedia article. I'm by no means invested in the accuracy or completeness of Allmovie.com, but it at least has an editorial process. Jkelly 20:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Right, I'll put it back in, then, and update the date and reference accordingly. As for IMDb, I assume you mean its bio information, as opposed to actors/titles/roles/etc., which seem entirely accurate. The bio information does indeed seem a little sketchy sometimes, like quoting Celebrity Sleuth for actresses' measurements, and "Who Are They Dating Now" gossip. Peter 20:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I meant their bio information. Jkelly 20:43, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Illusions

This was commented out from the main article. I checked, and as I also find no evidence of the Illusions movie, I deleted it from the article. VikÞor | Talk 05:48, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Commented out; it's silly to have out-of-date movie info and then say it's out of date in the next sentence. If this isn't updated with current info, this whole block should be deleted.

One of Bach's most popular and inspiring works,[citation needed] Illusions is now in the movie-production phase (2006).[1] The film is being directed by French filmmaker Yann Samuell. As of January 2007 there is no indication that "Illusions" is being made into a movie on Internet Movie Database either under the listing for Richard Bach or Yann Samuell.

[edit] "His Quarrel With The Producers Of The Movie"

Poorly written, and it is nto clear what has actually happened?

"As Bach agreed to produce a Jonathan Livingston Movie, he enjoyed it so far, until he came across seeing a scene which wasn't written in the book [which scene?], angered by that he also witnessed in the ending credits in the movie, that his name was never mentioned whatsoever [difficult to believe. Another urban Bach legend, just like his connection to J.S. Bach? Found no supporting evidence], so he filed a case and sued the producers for changing the movie without Bach's permission, and for not mentioning Bach's name in any crediting scene of the movie."

And??? - I mean, if there had been a lawsuit (and please reference that), what were the results?

--Karpada 09:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HondaJet

Richard should be HondaJet's spokesman and celebrity pilot so he can gracefully live down that 'prediction' from "One:" "Honda does not even make jets, never have never will." Maybe that was what got them going! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.225.22 (talk) 15:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)