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Retired or active?

Sidebar lists both "retired" and "last active... present" — Preceding unsigned comment added by HasanDiwan (talk • contribs) 20:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Daughter?

In the 80s I thought I remember Mr. T mentioning a daughter in an interview. Why no mention of her in this article?

"main inspiration with regards to style and mannerisms" - grammar issue

i'm almost certain it's "with regard to"; can someone with edit ability please fix this? or change it to "as regards style and mannerisms" - either will make my OCD happy, please. thanks.

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+== Retired or active? ==
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+Sidebar lists both "retired" and "last active... present"   <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:HasanDiwan|HasanDiwan]] ([[User talk:HasanDiwan#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/HasanDiwan|contribs]]) 20:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-==did Mr T buy google?==
-I seem to remember some news about Mr T buying google allong with some other people (it was a joint effort) is this true? it shouldnt be ommited.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/165.166.157.182|165.166.157.182]] ([[User talk:165.166.157.182|talk]]) 04:21, 15 March 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-I’m not sure. [[User:Jdietr601|Jdietr601]] ([[User talk:Jdietr601|talk]]) 03:12, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
-Yeah I don’t think he did. [[User:Jdietr601|Jdietr601]] ([[User talk:Jdietr601|talk]]) 03:13, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 == Daughter? ==
 In the 80s I thought I remember Mr. T mentioning a daughter in an interview. Why no mention of her in this article?
-== Semi-protected edit request on 12 April 2021 ==
-{{edit semi-protected|Mr. T|answered=yes}}
-born '''Lawrence Tureaud'''; May 21, 1952
-This bit in the very first sentence doesn't quite look right.  Please replace the semicolon with a comma ("born '''Lawrence Tureaud''', May 21, 1952"), unless you have a better idea. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1003:B866:B11B:F8B9:55E8:54F0:4AF1|2600:1003:B866:B11B:F8B9:55E8:54F0:4AF1]] ([[User talk:2600:1003:B866:B11B:F8B9:55E8:54F0:4AF1|talk]]) 01:53, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
-: {{done}}, reformatted. [[User:Ganbaruby|<span style="color:#960596">◢</span> <b><i style="background-color:#F7E3F7; color:#960596"> Ganbaruby! </i></b>]] <small>([[User talk:Ganbaruby|Say hi!]])</small> 07:18, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
-== Isn’t Mr.T his name? ==
-It says that his name is Lawrence Turead and he’s also known as Mr. T but I thought his legal real name is Mr. T in fact it even said this before. [[User:Jdietr601|Jdietr601]] ([[User talk:Jdietr601|talk]]) 02:29, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
-:{{u|Jdietr601}}, [[MOS:SURNAME]] gives information on this. I think it is kind of sticky, because "Mr." is an honorific prefix: would the text be understandable if we used "T" alone? [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 02:36, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
-Yes it would [[User:Jdietr601|Jdietr601]] ([[User talk:Jdietr601|talk]]) 02:39, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
-I agree. If his legal name is T, that's what should be used. Fred Rogers is also widely known as Mister Rogers, but on his wiki page he's referred to as Rogers. ([[Special:Contributions/2001:4DD7:1894:0:389E:B20A:5CE2:6FB9|2001:4DD7:1894:0:389E:B20A:5CE2:6FB9]] ([[User talk:2001:4DD7:1894:0:389E:B20A:5CE2:6FB9|talk]]) 18:47, 27 July 2021 (UTC))
 == "main inspiration with regards to style and mannerisms" - grammar issue  ==
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 i'm almost certain it's "with regard to"; can someone with edit ability please fix this?  or change it to "as regards style and mannerisms" - either will make my OCD happy, please.
 thanks.
-== In Pop Culture addition:  ==
-In the 1985 film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," Pee Wee pours and eats Mr. T cereal after a brief impression: "I pity the fool who don't eat my cereal." [[Special:Contributions/172.58.35.3|172.58.35.3]] ([[User talk:172.58.35.3|talk]]) 06:01, 2 August 2021 (UTC)