Talk:John Lennon

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Lead image

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Jumping here before further edit warring on the lead image. The 1969 image has been in place for a while, and User:Eggbrother has been trying to change it to this image from 1964. There's not a great difference in quality between them, as both are crops. The 1964 image has some merits - it's in color, and arguably more iconic as it's from such a famous tv appearance. Still, I weakly support retaining the 1969 photo. One, I think being black and white hides/"excuses" (probably not the right word) some of the quality issue. And, while only having the look for a short time (and being still in the band while having it), I think it speaks more to Lennon as a person apart from his time in the Beatles - all my opinion. Seltaeb Eht (talk) 03:12, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

in my opinion, i think the image underneath should replace the image of Lennon in Formation, fame and touring: 1956–1966. Notrimoes (talk) 17:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think the 1964 photo should be the lead image. It shows what people think of John Lennon, in respect to the Beatles. That, or the current 1973 photo. Ch3sp1n13 (talk) 02:33, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Can I nominate this image for lead?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lennon_(GB,_Liverpool_1940)_Aktuil-052-1970.jpg
It has both young and old Lennon in it and shows Lennon smiling, which is nice 205.186.52.209 (talk) 13:58, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
I like this one. Since it has Lennon both at the height of his Beatles fame and height of solo fame, and since his happy face is visible, we should change it to this. Anyone oppose? 2600:1700:95FA:E3C0:2C24:7050:302B:1B94 (talk) 03:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
This image is way too low quality to be considered given the quality of the other candidates. DrMarvello82 (talk) 05:39, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Also, while there are certainly different options at Commons, I don't see anything better than either of these personally. Seltaeb Eht (talk) 03:14, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

 
I think this 1974 image of Lennon (perhaps with some retouching to remove specks and scratches) would make a good candidate for lead image. It doesn't have the same "deer in the headlights" lighting quality or glazed expression, as pointed out by Echoedmyron and ili, that the current image does, contains greater detail, and isn't a crop from a photo with other people. Miklogfeather (talk) 20:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
it's definitely better than the current one! Artem.G (talk) 20:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think the current image is better in that he's looking fowards and has a straight and neutral pose, but I don't feel too strongly opposed to the 74 image. Humbledaisy (talk) 23:01, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think the 74 image is an improvement certainly, and it's one I've never seen before. Echoedmyron (talk) 02:09, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Agreed. The '74 image is higher quality (2k by 3k vs. 612 by 883) and encapsulates Lennon's public image very nicely. The Midnite Wolf (talk) 16:06, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
The new photo is kind of unsettling. Nothing against you personally it just kind of looks weird. HoolaHoopsSuck (talk) 14:37, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
I agree the previous black and white one was better, the current one is an odd expression TheLoyalOrder (talk) 08:55, 24 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Dude the previous black and white one looked so not like him 2001:569:BF19:B800:A016:1C10:A152:400D (talk) 23:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think this '74 picture is one of the worst pictures of John Lennon I've ever seen: it's uncanny; aggressively lit; unflattering; he's wearing glasses; he's hunched forward, mid sentence; and it is not representative of any major artistic period, being neither from the 1960s nor his radical period of the early 70s. Even if it was from one of these periods, one would surely have to replace it with another contemporary photograph. The image I replaced it with, a photograph of him in 1969 taken by Linda McCartney, resolves all of these aesthetic issues, and finds him at a moment where he's part of the Beatles, but still becoming that singular figure that immediately followed their breakup. Quadruple Deck Burgers (talk) 20:54, 14 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Just because you don't like the image doesn't mean you could change it. I am saying it knowing that your photo of John Lennon is superior. However, this is not your photograph, not under CC0, it's Linda McCartney's photograph Wcamp9 (talk) 03:30, 18 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
I personally think it should be the silly walk picture. Really shows who he is. -me, linton411, but xsigned out and i dont know how to do the thing the other guys are doing

Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2024

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People in the Plastic Ono Band with John Lennon are: Eric Clapton, Yoko Ono, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Alan White, Keith Moon, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Klaus Voormann. And after John Lennon died in 1980. Then Yoko Ono made her Plastic Ono Band with her son Sean Lennon from 2009 to 2015 and made there own Plastic Ono Band called the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band.

The Plastic Ono Band was a band named by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and formed in 1969 (or started in 1969). After John Lennon died Yoko Ono made her own Plastic Ono Band with her son Sean Lennon called the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band from 2009 to 2015.

  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Also, if you have a source, where should this text go? McYeee (talk) 05:41, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

John Lennon Political Activity

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Lennon carried the Red Mole paper “For the IRA Against British Imperialism” in August 1971 at an OZ newspaper demo. The issue concerned came out on 14 Aug 1971 and his photo appeared in the 1 Sept 1971 issue. It was not after Bloody Sunday as stated here. https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/redmole/v02n14-aug-14-1971.pdf https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/redmole/v02n27-sep-01-1971.pdf JohnR1969 (talk) 09:36, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2024

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Pattie Boyd is called George's wife in a paragraph about their fist LSD trip. It was 1965 and they got married in following year. I suggest changing the word wives to partners, as it's meaning is much more broad. Jpxvrd (talk) 17:12, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

So: "In March that year he and Harrison were unknowingly introduced to LSD when a dentist, hosting a dinner party attended by the two musicians and their wives.." could become: "In March that year he and Harrison were unknowingly introduced to LSD when a dentist, hosting a dinner party attended by the two musicians and their respective partners.."? Or something more awkward? Martinevans123 (talk) 17:19, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
"Respective" adds nothing. WWGB (talk) 00:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done Agreed, I changed 'wives' to 'partners' per the original request. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 23:39, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Reply