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Robin-John Gibb was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 07 October 2012 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Robin Gibb. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

A news item involving Robin Gibb was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 21 May 2012.

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New album

The New Robin Gibb Album is real good, I would suggest to any one to buy it, they won't be sorry.

Al Broderick

Robin's Brain

I can find no evidence of a bootleg album entitled Robin's Brain. I suspect this is a hoax and I have therefore removed the information. Jud 13:33, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deaf?

What's the deal with Robin holding his right ear when he sings? The photo shows a hearing aid. KriZe 22:04, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What you can see in the photo is an in-ear monitor, not a hearing aid Jud 23:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dwina

Just for the record - as noted in my edits, I have some concerns about the sentence calling Dwina a "bisexual Druid". I think it could raise BLP questions, but User: 62.64.221.168 said in an edit summary that "she was quite open and positive about it. -reported in many news outlets". I'd suggest throwing in a citation to that effect, in case others have the same concern as I do. And you might consider asking someone from the WP:BLP project to take a look at this, but that's just a thought. Tvoz |talk 23:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, there is a considerable difference between reporting that someone has been called a "bisexual druid" by a tabloid newspaper, which is allowable under Wikipedia rules and actually calling someone a "bisexual druid", which is not.Jud 20:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Dwina is the second-cousin-once-removed of Hannah Crory." There's no reference for this, and Hannah Crory is not a person of interest to anyone, based on my Google search. Unless someone can convince me that this fact is interesting, relevant, and true, I plan to delete it. dangold (talk) 05:10, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy

This is SUCH a clean-cut article, with no mention at all of "open marriages" or "illegitamate children." Wow...has any other celebrity bio been so sanitized? lol 65.248.164.99 (talk) 20:46, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:A Lover's Prayer.jpg

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Isle of Man

I thought Robin was born thereTomcat96 (talk) 14:27, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And it says so too, both in the text (first paragraph) and the infobox (under Born) Ferdinandhudson (talk) 16:51, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recommend article lock

With the media on death watch and by the looks of things some reverting already required due to false/premature reports, I suggest the article be locked down for the time being. I'm surprised it's still open for non-registered editing. (Yeah I know, what am I? In my case I'm an admin editing as an IP as part of a protest unrelated to this article, if anyone cares.) 70.72.223.215 (talk) 21:50, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's not actually that much in the way of IP/non-autoconfirmed edits that aren't constructive. In the last 250 edits to the page (going back to July 2011), there have been 7 edit summaries with reverts and 14 with "undid" edits (not taking into account any vandalism reverts that didn't have such an edit summary). This really isn't a problem that semi-protection would solve – and we shouldn't use protection to stop constructive edits. Yes, if this story develops then we may be inundated with anonymous disruptive edits, but we shouldn't pre-empt this. As it is, the level of disruptive edits is so low (I haven't seen any, personally, and had to check the history to find one) it's nothing that Twinkle or Huggle can't deal with. matt (talk) 22:10, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now may be a good time to have this article locked. Already spotted some vandalism (someone beat me to the removal) Ericloewe (talk) 12:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Referred to as "Gibb"

To be consistant should Robin be referred to as Robin instaed of Gibb? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.112.70 (talk) 01:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The subject of the article should be referred to by his surname; others with the same surname should be referred to by their first names. Jim Michael (talk) 23:05, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Liver cancer or colon cancer mets to the liver?

This article said he was diagnosed both with colon cancer and liver cancer. However, later on it says he suffered from advanced colorectal cancer. The Daily Mirror article linked to that indicates "liver cancer" does not give any details or links... I strongly suspect his colon cancer had metastasized to the liver - which was incorrectly reported as liver cancer, instead of [colon cancer] mets to the liver. The chances of being diagnosed with two different kinds of cancer briefly after each other surely are low and would warrant much more news coverage with more details.

Could the part on liver cancer be reworded to "cancer in the liver"? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.248.13.148 (talk) 18:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done It was colorectal cancer metastasised to the liver; the article has been corrected accordingly. Jim Michael (talk) 01:26, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Janno Gibb

Who is Janno Gibb? In the last section it says that he is survived by his brother Janno Gibb, yet it mentions nowhere in his early life that there was a Janno Gibb nor does it say anything on Janno Gibbs wikipedia page that he was related--Mjs1991 (talk) 02:00, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That was vandalism, look at the revision history - the surviving brother is Barry. Jim Michael (talk) 07:22, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree this is a case of vandalism. FYI, Janno Gibb is a famous celebrity in the Philippines. Is it possible that this article be semi-protected so that vandalism will be minimized? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.5.167.156 (talk) 03:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Death and cause in lead

Does not belong in the lead paragraphs, really. This will probably happen eventually, in any case, but it might as well happen as soon as possible. Anarchangel (talk) 19:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relevance?

What is the relevance of "[died] three days after another disco legend, Donna Summer"? I know it is true, but why is it important? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:12, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Its relevance is arguably trivial, and whether one considers it worth noting may depend on one's views on the value of trivia in articles. Personally, I can't get too excited about it one way or the other, but I can imagine it seeming important to some readers. One thing we might consider is whether any reliable sources found the need to note it in their posthumous articles on either artist. (Actually, I'm not too thrilled about the phrase "another disco legend", but I guess that's another thread.) Rivertorch (talk) 06:24, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

At the time, it was something worth noting. Just like when Jack Klugman and Charles Durning died on the same day, or whenever there's a rash of celebrity deaths in a short space of time. But for the future (= now), it's of no moment at all and should be removed. Unless Gibb and Summer had worked closely together, which afaik they didn't. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 07:21, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK, there is no connection between them, except that they both make disco records (among others). Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 07:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hand cupped over ear

There's nothing in this article about Robin's "trademark" method of monitoring his vocal by cupping his hand over his ear so he could hear himself better. In fact, I can't find an interview where he mentions this and few articles state -why- he did it, only that he did it. If someone can find a citation for it, it should be mentioned in the article with the necessary citation as it was a big part of who he was. Obviously, this was before in-ear monitors were available.-68.207.148.21 (talk) 22:10, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He continued doing that, at least some of the time, well after the advent of in-ear monitors. I agree that it's worth a mention if it can be reliably sourced. Rivertorch (talk) 23:58, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have wondered if he had hearing problems. When the Bee Gees did a TV show a few years ago (I think it was Storytellers), Robin was wearing headphones. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:57, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I’m pretty sure Kenny Everett mimicked it. You might find references that way. MBG02 (talk) 06:38, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

see 2007 (above); the poster (guy) mentions a photo. MBG02 (talk) 06:42, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 28 May 2015

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Done --Redrose64 (talk) 22:10, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Sister Lesely

Didn't he have a sister, Lesley Gibb? She should be listed as a relative. She toured with the Bee Gees for a bit. Ds77 (talk) 20:44, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]