Talk:John Duncan (artist)

Verifiability

Hi,

I fear there are too many claims in the article that are not [[]]. Are there sources for the interviews cited as references? Published/broadcast anywhere? Without a source they cannot be checked and verified. Lame Name (talk) 13:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. The [cit. needed] tag is useful, citations added where indicated they were needed. Please feel free to suggest other problematic areas. Allquestions (talk) 14:15 (UCT) 19 January 2009

Sources for interviews have all been cited where published. Allquestions (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC).

There are claims about a blank gun being fired at point blank range. This has been proven, even at low calibers such as .22, to be harmful, possibly lethal. There is very good reason to be sceptical about that claim. I can provide videos of various materials being fired at with blank guns if it should be needed. Anyone with weapons experince will not need those, though. 90.238.18.133 (talk) 18:30, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Overlinking & templates

Please be aware of the general style guide of "Link only the first occurrence of an item." rather than repeatedly linking the same item. Also please leave templates requesting improvements to the article until all the issues have been addressed. Lame Name (talk) 13:42, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allquestions (talk • contribs) 20:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Cleanup

Tag is mostly related to verifiability, but also it seems a little non-neutral/biased in favor of this pervert. Sure, the facts are all there (supposedly?), but wonderfully decorated with things like "experiment" and "existential research". Too much detail and importance is given to each incident/performance in the person's life. While not challenging the facts, a lot of the adjectives used certainly aren't verifiable. (what does "operating (very) illegally from apartment block roofs" mean?) I guess he's not really controversial/known enough to have anyone else notice this. I just found this article via another. Consequently, the article seems way too long. It reads like it was written by a fan and mainly copied from somewhere else. As for verifiability, most of the descriptions of his work only cite his own work/interviews. For example, "Bus Ride sexually stimulated unsuspecting passengers on a city bus with a liquid poured into the ventilation system" Really? Wow. And you can only provide the name of a book and page numbers (written by the subject itself) to support this? "He was raised with a strict Calvinist upbringing where self-reliance, hard work and the suppression of emotional suffering were considered virtues, questioning authority was severely punished" I can definitely believe that, but it sounds like the guy's opinion not a fact.

Would love to make this article a more direct summation of the subject's life events and affects on society, but I'm not the best person to do it. I have no desire to read the guy's "work" and I'd hate to violate Wikipedia's BLP policy. ;) --70.142.37.94 (talk) 06:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh and this is somewhat related:

The collage series that he produced for display in strategically selected public men's toilets, The Toilet Exhibition, combined graphic war-damage images from world events with commercial pornography to emphasize links between them, in private stalls frequented by men from government offices...

He also directed a series of commercial adult videos for Kuki Inc. under the name John See...and occasionally acted in incidental roles.

I don't get it. --70.142.37.94 (talk) 06:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

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