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Mistake in the number of parole attempts?

I found this while reading under the Parole subtitle: Chapman has been denied parole five times, by a three-member board, in closed hearings lasting less than an hour, in October 2000, October 2002, October 2004, October 2006, August 2008, and February 2010. So, has he been denied five or six times??? 190.234.253.3 (talk) 05:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Arturo[reply]

Additionally, why is he still in the jail though he was sentenced to 20 year to life and he was imprisoned in 1981? I heard that he was sentenced to life imprisonment with chances to request parole after 20 year imprisonment. It should be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:320:3106:1005:3163:F248:6EDB:81C3 (talk) 08:38, 20 November 2012 (UTC) 20 years to life does not automatically mean you will be released after 20 years. 20 years is the absolute minimum you will serve and you may never be released unless the parole board finds this is appropriate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.174.217.207 (talk) 08:33, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Own article, really?

Why does somebody who is only known by killing a great person getting an own article? A note in a paragraph in the Lennon article should be more than enough. By giving this person an own article Wikipedia is celebrating prominience by murder. This man doesn't deserve an own article, he's a footnote in history not a relevant person. --Jensbest (talk) 11:19, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Did you seriously just say, in the same paragraph, that John Lennon is a "great person", but that his assassin is "a footnote to history not a relevant person"? That sounds pretty contradictory to me. John Lennon is one of the most well-known people in history. In turn, Mark David Chapman is one of the most well-known people in history, whether you like it or not. That alone warrants him having a Wikipedia page. It's the same reason that Lee Harvey Oswald has his own page.

I'm sorry to tell you, but your opinion has no relevance to anything. It is exceedingly dangerous to scream "DON'T GIVE THESE PEOPLE PUBLICITY", because you are essentially saying "Don't teach people about bad things". And refusing to learn about bad things is dangerous. Wikipedia doesn't make pages about bad people for the purposes of "glorifying" them. We do it because we are a repository for information that should NEVER be tainted by the point of view of any readers or contributors. It's important to understand who Mark David Chapman is, and it's important to make information about him available. And there's enough relevant information to warrant his own article.

Your opinion of Mark David Chapman has no relevance to anything. This entire line of discussion is ridiculous, and has no place on Wikipedia. If you can't handle the brutal reality of providing such untainted information, then you need to leave Wikipedia. StrangeApparition2011 (talk) 08:46, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Main picture

The main picture of this article needs to be changed. It's not a picture of Mark David Chapman, it's a picture of John Lennon. Chapman is almost completely cropped out of the photo. That's a suitable picture perhaps for the article on the assassination of John Lennon, but not for an article on his assassin. The original main photo for this article was Chapman's mugshot, so why was it changed? IF this was because of copyright/fair use issues, that's fine. But if it was because of people who honestly believe that because Chapman is an evil man, that's not suitable. I've seen this debate right here on this very talk page. Well, there are thousands of articles on Wikipedia about assassins: Lee Harvery Oswald, John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, Gavrilo Princip, etc. etc. etc. Wikipedia is NOT a repository for personal opinion! It is a repository for information. Plain and simple. No one debates that Chapman was a bad man. But pretending that we need to bury him as not to glorify him completely and totally misses the scope of what Wikipedia is about. Having a picture of "Chapman" that is 90% John Lennon is quite frankly, dishonest. We all know who John Lennon is. The people who come to this page come here to learn about the man who killed him.
I only say this because of the fact that this argument exists in this very talk section.
Anyway, I am going to see if I can find a fair use image of Chapman to use that will be more suitable.StrangeApparition2011 (talk) 21:19, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Dylan

I assume this photograph is NOT of Mark Chapman with Bob Dylan, but it circulates widely as being so.

Has anyone debunked it? Do we know who the others are?

And should it be noted in the article as a false story?

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/346355027567277097/

or hundreds of other links...

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Article name

Isn't he more known as just Mark Chapman rather than his full name Mark David Chapman? DrKilleMoff (talk) 01:12, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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