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I can find nothing suggesting his birth name is Robert so I have accepted a pending revision changing it. I did find all sorts of comments from him and in weblinks reporting bobby . If anyone can find anything please share. Thanks Govindaharihari ( talk) 20:29, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
Another editor has just restored "conspiracy theorist" to the lead. While this would be a controversial statement in many BLPs, I believe that specific statement or something similar should be in the lead.
Were B.o.B. someone else, notable primarily for one thing, who also happened to believe that the Earth is flat, 9/11 was an inside job or that his mail is being stolen by aliens from the planet rXachr'r, we would not include it in the lead. In this case, however, the subject believes in multiple unconnected* conspiracy theories, has received substantial coverage in reliable sources specifically centered on those beliefs and earned a dis-track from notable non-rapper Neil deGrasse Tyson resulting from one of the beliefs. (*I assume Holocaust denial, flat Earth belief and the U.S. government supposedly cloning celebrities are generally unrelated, though I'm sure someone has managed to tie them all together.)
Further, he has sought attention for several of his beliefs with a song referencing several anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and an attempt to raise $1,000,000 for equipment to test his flat Earth beliefs.
At absolute bottom, I'd see a possible argument that there might be a better term than "conspiracy theorist", but I think the term kinda captures what we are saying and fits the sources. As those sources create a fairly sizable section in the article, a summary of it in the lead is standard. - SummerPhD v2.0 23:01, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Did he ever get to see the curve? How much money did the GoFundMe raise before it was ended? Inquiring minds want to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2D80:5210:A900:2578:7831:914D:B839 ( talk) 16:54, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved to B.o.B. There is no consensus for a move here, which defaults to the last stable state. As BarrelProof pointed out, the last RM failed to gain a consensus for the current title, so reverting to the prior status quo with no prejudice against immediate renomination. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:21, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
B.o.B → B.O.B – Technically the "o" in B.o.B should not be lowercase, as all three letters are said in his name and they do not stand for anything. All respective pages with "B.o.B" are also included in this request if approved. JE98 ( talk) 03:31, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Page moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm ( talk) 14:59, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
B.o.B. →
B.o.B – B.o.B (without the final dot) is used by the artist and the vast majority of sources. A scroll through the
article's references can confirm this.
MTV,
The Guardian and
CNN all omit the dot, while the (very few) references that don't are relatively informal hip-hop blogs which are more likely to have misspelled (misformatted?) by accident. As
WP:TITLETM states: Article titles follow standard English text formatting in the case of trademarks, unless the trademarked spelling is demonstrably the most common usage in sources independent of the owner of the trademark.
I believe this article falls neatly into WP:TITLETM's exception. Let me know what you think!
Bernat (
talk) 15:54, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
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B.o.B is 32 years old now. 174.44.220.22 ( talk) 06:40, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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Forgot to add that B.o.B was featured on Quincy Jones' album "Q Soul Bossa Nostra" 68.58.5.198 ( talk) 12:53, 17 January 2021 (UTC)