Talk:Casey Anderson

Removed trivia info

I hereby 'discussionpage' (meant as verb) the following trivia information, because it really didn't suit the page. It was almost bigger then the information about Anderson himself. Here it is:

"Pictured on the cover of his 1965 album Blues Is A Woman Gone is Nico (Christa Päffgen), then a model, later becoming known as band member of The Velvet Underground and as singer of her own fame."

Cheers, Face 23:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

My initial information about musician Casey Anderson being no more among the living has been changed and made him - erroneously - a "living person" again - supposedly because I hadn't given a proper source for his claimed death (which I didn't have at that time)... Me I haven't the nerve to start a discussion about if those sources I will quote are (in the Wikipedia sense, of which I don't know enough) reliable sources or not and therefore just repeat what I wrote in my recently updated Casey Anderson discography after doing a bit of further research about his whereabouts, so someone else might (or might not - I don't have any own interests in that subject) change his status in that regard:

- born in Montgomery, Alabama, date of birth unknown, brought up in Oklahoma --- according to ABC-Paramount ABC/ABCS 408 liner notes (and introduction as MC) by Oscar Brand

- died mid 1970s in Altadena/Pasadena, California from severe diabetes and after losing both legs to amputation --- according to Randy Sparks' (founder of The New Christy Minstrels) and Bob Stane's (owner of the "Ice House") memories (sources: e-mails to the subscriber (Stefan Wirz) of March 2015)

StefanWirz (talk) 10:15, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

I've expanded the article - mainly using information on Stefan's own site (a highly reliable and excellent source, in my view), but also this 1970 article (which actually seems to draw in part from album liner notes). Well worthy of an expanded article, in my view. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:11, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you - I updated the very short article in the German-language Wikipedia, de:Casey Anderson, accordingly with the information regarding Anderson's death, giving Stefan's site as a source as well. @StefanWirz:, maybe you'd like to expand the German Wikipedia's article? Gestumblindi (talk) 15:12, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your contribution, Gestumblindi! ... and let me add that I do *not* like to expand the German Wikipedia's article - the main reason being that I generally stopped my active cooperation at Wikipedia (except for the occasional correction when I notice an obvious error) when I realized that my discographies were mostly accepted as "reliable sources" when quoted by others, but were promptly deleted (as "link spam") when I myself added an external link to them - this behaviour made any collaboration utmost unpleasant for me --- and aren't we walking this earth to have fun, not hardship? ;-) StefanWirz (talk) 05:49, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

I think that's probably just because different editors take different views in different circumstances at different times, which is, I suppose, inevitable. I regard your site as highly reliable, for what it's worth, and would be happy to try to reinstate links to it when necessary. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:33, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words, Ghmyrtle --- I should add that en.wikipedia generally to me seems to be a more pleasant place than de.wikipedia in that regard ("Am Deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen." - kind of a Schäuble syndrome, methinks ;-) StefanWirz (talk) 10:43, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

@StefanWirz: Well, I'm German-speaking, but Swiss ;-) - anyway, I wouldn't say that German Wikipedia is particularly "unpleasant" in general, and I assume that most Wikipedians there wouldn't consider you using your site as a reference in an appropriate way as "link spam" - however, I think there might be a different issue for editors: When Ghmyrtle or I consider your site as highly reliable, we can do so as disinterested third parties. If we decide to expand an article based upon information from your site and giving that site as a reference, we're another pair of eyes. In contrast, people might - even just on principle - frown upon using one's own site as a reference, because - in theory - you could modify it as you see fit in order to "reference" possibly contested content. I don't think that's really a problem here, but thinking more about it, I think it's good that Ghmyrtle did the work here, and so it's probably more likely that additions sourced from your site will be accepted in German-language Wikipedia if they're not made by you, the operator of that site. That said, I'm afraid I, too, will not be the one expanding the article in German Wikipedia - I have to admit that I'm not that interested in blues and folk; if I remember correctly, I put the article in my watchlist through an appearance in de:Benutzer:MerlBot/Vermutlich verstorben, a list of people categorized as deceased in other Wikipedias, back in 2010, based on which I try to fix inconsistencies from time to time (wasn't updated lately). Gestumblindi (talk) 21:52, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Death date

I am pretty sure that Casey's date of death is inaccurate. He used to come to my city (Winnipeg) about once a year, and play at The Paddock, a local night spot/restaurant. When my kids were old enough, we went there for supper so that they could hear him. My daughter, who was about two or three, shushed people who were eating at a nearby table so that she could hear Casey better, which made him laugh. That incident became part of our family folklore. My daughter was born in 1978, so this incident would have to have taken place in 1980 or 1981.Wpg kid (talk) 16:52, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

OK, thanks. There is newer information at StefanWirz's website giving a 1989 date death, so I'll correct this article. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:04, 18 October 2019 (UTC)