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Awards section

Chapin was never nominated for an Emmy or Tony award. An awards section is for awards directly received (or nominated) by the subject of the article. Make a Wish nomination was to Tom Bywaters and Lester Cooper. WMAF awards were to the actors and actresses involved. Harry was never nominated for an "actress award". There is no Wiki article on the Rockola awards, and the sourcing for such is an advert site, and as such is not a reliable source. Only include content for which he himself was nominated, can be verified, and is notable for inclusion in a list.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 23:31, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your point on WMAF and the Emmy and Peadbody now. However, Rockola is a different story. So let's go down this one by one. Starting with easiest: Notability. I know the notability guidelines, and although they may not have a wikipedia page that doesn't completely exonerate them. A Google search will yield you with MULTIPLE articles in the Billboard Magazine. As I'm sure I don't have to explain, Billboard is considered the nation's leading musical magazine. That takes care of notability, in the fact that it DOES qualify as notable. (I recall that the notability guideline states that if something has media coverage of any form that it is notable) Now, I have read up about the advert site not being reliable enough. And I see where it could come off as that. Quite frankly, I'm surprised to see that there are no other articles about the awards. I don't know about other artists though. However, there is no doubt that he DID in fact win these awards. It states that advert sites shouldn't *usually* be used. It doesn't state that they cant ever be used. In this case, why can't it be used is the question. The references show the physical award which shows a certificate of authenticity and seal of authenticity as well. What is to stop someone from uploading these images to a website and that be considered a source? It literally has all of the information required for verification. A seal of authenticity, proof that the award exists, and a certificate of authenticity. Citybuild122 (talk) 05:20, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Emmy

https://www.ascapfoundation.org/news/2017/04/harry-chapin-workshop From article: "He also won an Emmy award for this contribution to ABC’s television’s children series, Make a Wish, and his Broadway show The Night That Made America Famous earned two Tony Nominations." ASCAP would know. 75.161.16.253 (talk) 02:45, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not a balanced article

I have no problem with describing Chapin as a great artist or as deeply empathetic, but the level of unsourced exaggeration in this article makes it sound like it was written by a publicist. Fielding99 (talk) 04:41, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wife

"Chapin met Sandra Chapin, a New York socialite eight years his senior," Wouldn't it make more sense to refer to her by her name as it was at the time? I'm not sure if it would have been her maiden name ("Gaston") or if it would have been her first husband's last name ("Cashmore"), though. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 15:00, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It should be the name at the time of meeting.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 01:11, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Big John" Wallace

The article asserts, without evidence, that Wallace had a "five-octave" vocal range. Like most such assertions, I suspect this is exaggerated. If there's evidence that Wallace actually did have such a tremendous range (which would range from the bass to whistle-tone soprano ranges), it should be cited. Otherwise, a less-specific description (such as "who had a very wide vocal range") would be more apt. Spanghew2fs (talk) 22:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CONFLICT

July 1981#July 16, 1981 (Thursday)
Died: Harry Chapin, 38, folk singer and hunger activist, was killed in a car wreck near Jericho, New York on the Long Island Expressway. Chapin had shifted lanes into the path of a Rickel Home Centers truck, which was unable to avoid a collision with his car, and died of a ruptured aneurysm caused by the impact. A jury later found Chapin to be 40% at fault in the accident, with the driver primarily liable, and awarded $7,200,000 to his widow.
"Singer Harry Chapin Killed In Auto Crash". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. July 17, 1981. p. 10-A.
"Jury Awards $7.2M to Widow of Chapin in LIE Accident". Newsday. October 7, 1986.

2601:646:201:57F0:15D6:68E0:AA00:A90A (talk) 09:14, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]