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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)
How is idolization of a fictional character a motive for murder? Holden Caulfield doesn't kill anyone and describes himself as a pacifist and a coward throughout the novel. This is ridiculous, like the old idea that women would get corrupted by reading Gothic novels in their closets -- idolization of Holden is more of a idiosyncrasy of MDC's, not a motive for murder that has encyclopedic tone. I'll fix this myself if no one has any objections. --Robert Burns 2602:A2:68DD:BA00:9934:2851:48D0:F2C ( talk) 21:49, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Jones asked Chapman to tell his story for Mugshots, a CourtTV program in 2000, with his first parole hearing approaching. Chapman refused to go on camera but consented to tell his story in a series of audiotapes. citation needed
since Jack Jones is mentioned in the previous paragraph, when his name comes up again in the article, just using his last name, makes that section extremely unclear. this is because other individuals are mentioned in the article between the first mention and the second. It would be much clearer and easier to read to you edit it to use the first and last name "jack jones". I would do it myself but I don't have a wikipedia account and I don't want to cause any trouble.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.189.54.6 ( talk) 11:51, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
It seems unnecessary to name this person per WP:BLPNAMES, WP:UNDUE and also WP:NOTEVERYTHING. They are only mentioned by name once in the article and knowing how they are doesn't really seem to improving the reader's understanding of the article. The name mention also appears to becausing them some undue stress per WP:THQ#Article on Mark David Chapman. If at some point more reliably sourced content about this person's relationship to Chapman is added to the article that does improve the reader's understanding of Chapman, then perhaps the name could be re-added. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:01, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
So while he has given out conflicting motives, Chapman has recently stated he only wanted self-glory and fame. Indeed, I can't find any reference to a desire to kill a 'phony' in his 2020 parole transcript for instance, or any other transcripts. - Anonymous Wikipedian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.4.72 ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
I've just removed Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Ronald Reagan, George C. Scott, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Ronald Reagan, and George Ariyoshi as other potential targets Chapman supposedly considered. Where are these coming from? The only other targets I see with sources are Elizabeth Taylor and Johnny Carson. Meters ( talk) 23:51, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
I found that Mark David Chapman was added to the category . Is this anywhere near true? Race To Oblivion (ネザーへのハイウェイ) ( talk) 16:52, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
Has anyone received information about whether Mark Chapman's parole hearing this year was accepted or rejected? The article says that his hearing is scheduled for the next few days after the 30th August of this year. But it should have ended by now. I presume it was rejected as usual. I don't know why he's still bothering to apply for parole. Since he's definitely safer in prison. ― C.Syde ( talk | contribs) 22:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
If his parole hearing was scheduled for Feb 2024, why isn’t there anything about it on the news? 146.90.135.179 ( talk) 07:46, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
He’s been denied parole according to the N.Y. government parole calendar 146.90.135.179 ( talk) 18:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
If you open the link I added on the page, search his first middle and surname and it brings up a load of people with the same name, and if you look at his (81A3860), his earliest release date says 8/2025 Movies09 ( talk) 10:48, 24 March 2024 (UTC)