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Misleading heading info about BPA?

> In 2008, Cook formed the Brighton Port Authority with David Byrne.

I think this is slightly misleading, as it implies BPA is a collaborative effort between the two of them, when Byrne only featured on one song. I think it might be more reasonable to describe it as

> In 2008, Cook formed the Brighton Port Authority, collaborative effort with a number of other famous artists including David Byrne.

QwertyFinger (talk) 18:39, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Claim he holds a Guinness Record that does not exist

Under aliases this line:

"It was reported in 2008 that he held the Guinness World Record for the most Top 40 hits under different names.[5] The following is a list of lesser-known aliases used by Cook in performances."

This is a common claim in online information about Cook. However, no such record exists according to the official Guinness site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:1324:2D00:6D73:ED88:F58A:17A5 (talk) 18:42, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Here Lies Love

There is no mention of Here Lies Love on the Fatboy Slim Wikipedia page? That is an oversight for sure.

https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Here_Lies_Love Beatrix Pothead (talk) 23:51, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Housemartins section

It describes Cook as the bassist for the Housemartins, who are then said to have had a number one hit with an a capella song. Doesn't that mean Cook was not involved with that single, assuming he was not also a vocalist in the band? It's an odd thing to mention if it was one of the only songs they recorded that he didn't play on. SlackerInc1 (talk) 03:32, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Aliases

Aliases redirects to section that contains no information 31.125.72.187 (talk) 11:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

It looks like the list was removed in January due to lack of source, however the reference in the infobox stating "Also known as: See Aliases" wasn't. I'm guessing this was probably an error. StarkRG (talk) 14:16, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

BHA shareholder

The piece says he's a 12% shareholder- ref 50 link is broken but the 2009 version from wayback machine does not mention shareholding? And the last published accounts (Mar-2023) list one person (A Cook) having >90% of the shares in the club: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00081077/filing-history (page 34) Guess he sold his shares? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0C:5BC0:40:142C:A28C:FDFF:FECA:87E7 (talk) 11:45, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Fatboy Slim Are We Having Fun Yet song

I'm trying to figure out which songs Slim used to layer this. This song is not on an album yet, as far as I know; it was a live performance track. I've looked around the internet and my music collection for days and can't find JACK SQUAT! I swear I heard some techno song around 2000 or before, maybe the Chemical Brothers or the like, that had that computer voice singing house, if you've heard the song. Driving me crazy. DandyDan68 (talk) 05:36, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Article issues

I have (or will be) adding some maintenance tags. See the info box "Notice about sources" under "Editing Fatboy Slim". The below content is the result of things I notice on articles as a reader and editor. I may be doing other things and pause long enough to make notations or perform some easy editing but don't want to get side-tracked from what I am doing at the time. At a point I tend to revisit my editing history to check up on things but any editor can certainly jump in or take over.

There are several issues that may become more relevant upon attempting a reassessment for promotion. I deleted two dead links in the "External links" section. It has become so common place to see AllMusic, Discogs, and IMDb on many articles. It is hardly a thought, afterthought, or considered at all, if the sites actually conform to policies and guidelines for inclusion and not just an indiscriminate collection of information. A site added should be: those that contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy. A review would mandate going through the entire article and sourcing to see "IF" one or more of the sites ("External links") follow ELPOINTS, WP:ELNEVER, and other criteria for inclusion. Many times they do not and sometimes the number of links ranges from too long to "extremely too long". A number that seems to carry broad community consensus ranges from none to three. Any more then this "should" involve editorial consensus.

Sources: The article was tagged in February 2024 that some of the "listed sources may not be reliable". The reliable source guideline This page in a nutshell states: Wikipedia requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all quotations. This is covered in the Verifiability policy and non-negotiable Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. The sourcing criteria becomes more critical on WP:BLP's.

Sourcing issues have been mentioned (categories):

• Articles lacking reliable references from February 2024,
• Articles with unsourced statements from July 2024.

The two categories (a result of inline "citation needed" tags) do not do justice to the approximately thirteen tagged instances creating the categories. This does not account for the

• unsourced third paragraph of the "1985–1995: The Housemartins to the Mighty Dub Katz" subsection,
• the third paragraph of the "2008–2012: The Brighton Port Authority" subsection, the
• largely unsourced (3 out of 4 sentences with only one tagged) of the "first paragraph of the "2013–present: Return of Fatboy Slim" subsection, the
• first sentence (one of two) of the "Other works" section, the
• Performances section: a)- partially unsourced sixth (last) sentence, b)-the eighth one sentence paragraph, c)- the ninth partially unsourced sentence, d)- the eleventh one sentence paragraph, e)- the fifteenth and f)- sixteenth unsourced one sentence paragraphs, and the
• Unsourced content in the "Collaborations" section.

The above is fairly substantial, and I may have missed some, but pretty much covers the definition of "challenged". Note: Any material lacking an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the material may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. Whether and how quickly material should be initially removed for not having an inline citation to a reliable source depends on the material and the overall state of the article. Objections (next sentence) does not mean WP:BRD can be implemented. As a BLP a "reasonable" timeline would be already past so "source it or remove it" might be available options. ---- Otr500 (talk) 10:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Typo

In the section on Life and Career, I think it should be "the Greyhound pub", not "pup"! Sorry, don't know how to edit, 14.2.7.181 (talk) 00:18, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

@14.2.7.181 Worked how to edit this minor typo and fixed it. 14.2.7.181 (talk) 11:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)