Talk:Big Al Downing

Copy violation?

Does anyone think that parts of this are a copy violation from this site: http://www.rockabillyhall.com/bigal.html I am new here, so I don't know the procedure, but would appreciate it if someone more experienced could look into it. 62.253.128.12 15:36, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

I have flagged this article as a possible copyright violation of the following site: http://www.rockabillyhall.com/bigal.html Parts of the article - namely Al Downing's biography seem to have been lifted from the above site. Any insight into this would be appreciated. Drable 15:57, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

The Al Downing's biography is free license. Al Downing gave the datas to us as well, since we were Al Downing's exclusive management for Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. You can see the biography also under Celebrity Direct website, they were Al Downing's USA management. User:Bamacher 00:47, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Note to Wikipedia Administrator:

• We need an urgent action from Wikipedia's administrator to format and cleanup the Al Downing's article.
• Please check the editing article dated 12 August 2005 14:27 as well.
• There is no copyright problem, the article has been taken from Al Downing himself to be published for public.

Bamacher 23:57, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.46.212.110 (talk) 13:28, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Following this claim up. --Ngb ^?!? 14:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Anyone can format and clean up the article, Bamacher. You don't need an administrator. Heck, you don't even need to be registered. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 04:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Clean-up wikification done. Couldn't find any evidence of a copyright infringement and there was no argument for lack of neutrality so those tags have been removed. Madmedea 18:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

What form of "roots" music did he play?

I have a question that I came upon while copyediting this article for the League of Copyeditors. In the Style section, one of Downing's musical styles is listed as "roots." There are currently four kinds of "roots" music listed on the Root (disambiguation) page: revival roots, American roots, roots/world music, and reggae roots. Which one did he play? Please clarify and link to the appropriate type. Galena11 21:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 28 June 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 17:40, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

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Al Downing (musician) → Big Al Downing – Most sources seem to refer to him as Big Al Downing, including his AllMusic bio, the Joel Whitburn books, and almost every source I can find about him. Retrospectives on his career almost unilaterally include the "Big", and I could not find any sources that omit it. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 18:11, 28 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 17:17, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. Subject's stage name was indeed "Big Al Downing". Analogous to such performers as Big Jack Armstrong, Big Bill Bissonnette, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Bully Busick, Big Bill Campbell, Big Dick Dudley, Big Joe Duskin, Big Bill Edwards, Big Chris Flores, Big John Hamilton (actor), Big John Hamilton (vocalist), Big James Henderson, Big Walter Horton, Big Jack Johnson, Big Joe Maher, Big Bill Morganfield, Big Walter Price, Big Bill Smith, Big John Studd, Big Jim Sullivan, Big Joe Turner, Big Joe Williams, Big Jim Wright or Big Jim Wynn. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 09:20, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

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