Talk:Robert Ford Jr.
 | A fact from Robert Ford Jr. appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 14:40, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
- ... that Robert Ford Jr. wrote the first article about hip-hop in a major publication? Source: "Mr. Ford’s article... is considered to be the first coverage of hip-hop’s germinal era in a mainstream publication." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/arts/music/robert-ford-jr-dead.html
"Ford got his start in the music industry as a writer for Billboard in the late 1970s, giving the nascent genre its first look in a major music trade magazine..." https://pitchfork.com/news/hip-hop-journalist-and-producer-robert-ford-jr-dead-at-70/- Reviewed: Not required
Moved to mainspace by The Midnite Wolf (talk). Self-nominated at 15:36, 13 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Robert Ford Jr.; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Reviewing... Will complete soon. Rublamb (talk) 20:31, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
Article length and age are fine, no copyright violations or plagiarism concerns, very reliable sources are used, QVQ not required.- This is my first review so a double-check would be appreciated.
Robert Ford III
editHi! I am a researcher at Binghamton University and I completed an oral history of Robert Ford III's mother, Gail McLean for a project about early hip hop and women's record collections. When I saw came to this page looking up information about Rocky, I was surprised to see Robert Ford III listed as one of the children from Rocky Ford's marriage to Linda Medley, he is not. The obituary articles are very clear to say he is survived by his son Robert Ford III, but not that he is a child of Linda's, as is Raque, his daughter with Linda. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/arts/music/robert-ford-jr-dead.html ProfJsto (talk) 01:56, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for fixing that on the page!! – MW(t•c) 04:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)