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The photo JilesPerryRichardson2.jpg does not appear to be genuine? It is a picture of his son J P Richardson Jr. 67.160.173.249 17:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC) reply

That was indeed J.P. Richardson's son, replaced image. Wurmis--19:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)~~ reply

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Fernkes 20:45, Sep 20, 2003 (UTC)

First of all, the man's name is J.P. Richardson not The Big Bopper. The article should be titled J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Nixon's nickname was "Tricky Dick", but that's not the title of his article is it? Doing it this way screws up the encyclopedia. By way of illustration, someone clicks on the category of "Plane Crash Victims" looking for Holley, Vallens and Richardson, but Richardson is alphabetized under "Big Bopper". So nobody can find him.

I agree. The article should be titled with his real name.-- Dennis Fernkes 12:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Second, the Wikibox to the right of the introductory paragraph should be filled in. It has been that way for a long time. What's the deal here.

I believe this box contained an unsourced and unlicensed image and was removed on March 13, 2006.-- Dennis Fernkes 12:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Third, the last paragraph in the first section says he lost 35 lbs. in 5 days during a marathon radio session. I don't think so.

This used to be a good looking article. Crisp, accurate and full of detail. But now it looks as though it has been the victim of "urban blight".-- Hokeman 19:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC) reply

I'm calling on the major contributors of this article to give their opinion on whether to change the name of this article from The Big Bopper to J.P. " The Big Bopper" Richardson (or some other slight modification). In accordance with Wikipedia standards, I think we should re-name the article.-- Hokeman 04:39, 10 April 2006 (UTC) reply

You have my vote. I think it should bear his real name. So Jiles Perry Richardson is what I would like to see. I think his nickname should be in the article but not in the title. It would be too hard to search for. What would Britannica do??-- Dennis Fernkes 11:53, 10 April 2006 (UTC) reply

I don't think that article titles for people are supposed to include both the person's real name and the person's nickname. This article's name should probably be either The Big Bopper or J.P. Richardson. Because The Big Bopper is more commonly used to refer to the artist, it should be the title of the page. Theshibboleth 00:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC) reply

The man's name is J.P. Richardson or Jiles Perry Richardson not The Big Bopper. Nixon's nickname was Tricky Dick but that's not the name of his article is it? The major contributors took a vote back in April in regard to the man's name; also the MOS calls for it to be done this way.-- Hokeman 03:28, 30 September 2006 (UTC) reply

How many fans of the Big Bopper know that his name was J.P. Richardson? How many of those know that J.P. stands for Jiles Perry? On the other hand, far more people know Richard Nixon by his real name than his nickname. So perhaps there's a better analogy. I note that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Samuel Langhorne Clemens both redirect to the authors' respective pen names. And back to the music world, searching for Gordon Sumner will lead to an article about Sting, not Gordon Sumner. John Michael Osbourne? Redirects to Ozzy. Cheryl LaPierre? Not even a re-direct there. Reginald Dwight? I think the point is made. Btw, I find nothing in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style regarding pen names, stage names, or nicknames. As for J.P., he picked a stage name for a reason, right? In any event, the Wikipedia de facto standard seems to be to use the stage name as the title of the article.

He's credited with working at KTRM radio -- that's Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. Was there an earlier station with these letters, and they were recycled later? Adamdavis 15:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC) reply

According to the Wikipedia article for KTRM, the call sign was in use for AM 990 in Beaumont during the time he worked there. The call sign for that station is now KZZB. Laura1822 01:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC) reply

Tried to clarify. DavidOaks ( talk) 19:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply

A small inconsistancy here. If his daughter was born in Dec. 1953, she would have been 5 (not 4) at the time of his death in Feb 1959. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 98.199.120.129 ( talk) 16:37, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton ( talk) 04:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC) reply

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There seems to be a lot of coming & going regarding Richardson's birth date. So I decided to look it up my limited, though usually adequate library. I found, Talevski's Knocking On Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries, it's Oct 10, 1932. Whitburn in his Top 40 Hits says 10/24/30. Lazell in Rock Movers & Shakers reports as Oct. 29, 1932. Any ideas? Is this an all-or-nothing scenario? Carptrash ( talk) 04:57, 21 October 2016 (UTC) reply

"The bodies of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson were ejected from the plane on impact and probably tumbled along with the wreckage across the icy field before the mangled plane came to rest against a barbed-wire fence. While Peterson's body remained entangled in the main mass of plane wreckage, the fully clothed bodies of Holly and Valens came to rest several feet away from the wreckage on open ground.

Wearing only a red-checked flannel shirt and light blue cotton pants, the body of J.P. Richardson was thrown approximately 100 feet beyond the wreckage, across the fenceline and into the next cornfield. Like Holly and Valens, Richardson died instantly of massive head and chest injuries." Those seem like contradictory statements.-- Khajidha ( talk) 01:16, 19 June 2017 (UTC) reply