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Is it time for a Marley family page yet?

Hi y'all. I just did some slight modifications on YG Marley (Bob Marley's grandchild)'s page and it sort of hit me, making a Marley-family page on Wikipedia might not be such a bad idea given how the family appears to keep ever-expanding.

It might make adding more family member's pages in the future a lot easier too.

This mission is beyond my scope though, so I wouldn't be up to the task. Lafi90 (talk) 16:08, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox image

Looks like Marley had a hard night. Interesting and unique, but not the best, as primary image. Guess we don't have many free options. Something to show his happy smiling self would be more appropriate to his reputation, personality and music, if we can find it. -- GreenC 15:38, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2025

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At Early Life, change "Norval was a white Jamaican born in Clarendon Parish" to "Some sources suggest that Norval was a white Jamaican born in Clarendon Parish. Other sources (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27426329) state that he was British and born in Crowborough, East Sussex, UK". 155.190.33.28 (talk) 14:00, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That BBC source does not claim he was born in Crowborough, East Sussex, UK, but just says: "Giving his place of birth as Crowborough, East Sussex, he enlisted in Liverpool on 12 August 1916, after arriving from Cuba, via the USA." Martinevans123 (talk) 14:07, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]