Talk:Brooks Brown
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Google "Knowledge Graph" troubles
editJust tonight I Googled Brooks Brown. Google showed me their so-called Knowledge Graph on the right side of the screen. This consisted of (basically) five parts:
1. A capsule biography of the Oregon saxophonist, formerly a member of the band Cherry Poppin' Daddies. This was attributed to Wikipedia.
2. A year of birth, namely 1980. This seems thoroughly implausible for the saxophonist, since he joined Cherry Poppin' Daddies in 1989 and therefore would have been nine (9) years old. I imagine this is intended as the date of birth of the Columbine High School survivor who wrote a book about the Columbine massacre of 1999, although it seems to be off by one year -- the Columbine Brooks Brown appears to have been born in 1981.
3. An entry "Education: Columbine High School (1999)," which is a clear reference to the author of "No Easy Answers: the Truth Behind Death at Columbine."
4. An entry "Books: No Easy Answers: the Truth Behind Death at Columbine."
5. An entry "Music Group: Cherry Poppin' Daddies (1989-1994)".
I know of three people named Brooks Brown:
A. The Oregon saxophonist, who I believe was born in the 1960s; Yes, I was born in 1961.--Brooksrichardbrown (talk) 00:29, 9 November 2024 (UTC) B. The Columbine High School guy, author of the book about the Columbine massacre, born in 1980 or 1981; C. A major-league baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies,born in 1984 or 1985.
Conclusions:
- "A" and "C" both have Wikipedia articles, while "B" does not, although he is arguably notable as an author. Both articles are short; the article about the saxophonist ("A") does not even include his date of birth.
- The Google "Knowledge Graph" is an incoherent pastiche of "A" and "B". In a way, this "Graph" is attributed to Wikipedia, which is an insult to Wikipedia. To whom can we complain about this?
- Google's "Knowledge Graph feature is so lame as to be useless.
Comments from the subject
edit- I was born in 1961.
- I joined the band in fall of 1988.
- I recruited James Phillips and Chris Azorr in addition to Dana Heitman all of whom I played with in the University of Oregon jazz band.
- I played on the album Zoot Suit Riot (not the track). This is logical since the article states that I received a platinum album for it. So, Zoot Suit Riot should be included in the discography. Although the wikipedia article for the album does not credit me, I'm credited here: https://www.discogs.com/release/2425467-Cherry-Poppin-Daddies-Zoot-Suit-Riot-The-Swingin-Hits-Of-The-Cherry-Poppin-Daddies?srsltid=AfmBOop6xtrkRmos9KtMy3KvvG7AdQhfjeV4HhEakALQRecOWQvMbPtD
Sorry, I don't have online references for most of these, and I realize I have a conflict of interest. My hope is that this information adds accuracy and completeness. Brooksrichardbrown (talk) 15:28, 10 November 2024 (UTC)