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== 15 children ==
The article says "It is reported that he fathered 15 children with several different women and, as of 2004, had 50 grandchildren.<ref name="jazz">{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzandbluesmasters.com/bbking.htm |title=BB King: American Blues Musician, b. 1925 |first=Quincy|last= Troupe |publisher=Jazzandbluesmasters.com |date=June 4, 1958 |accessdate=February 17, 2010| quote=...was born on a cotton plantation, in Itta Bene , Mississippi, just outside the delta town of Indianola.}}</ref> So that must be an agreed reliable source, to be even included in this article? Why then does the infobox say he had only 3 children, with no source given? ] (]) 11:08, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

:Well, the source doesn't say anything about "50 grandchildren" (so I removed that), and the "15 children" really should have a second source (but since he's no longer a ]...). Some IP added to the infobox with no explanation - so that has been reverted. --] (]) 02:25, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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==Career==
King started working with ] when he was just 18. It was a short run. Please discuss before reverting. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 18:56, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

:{{u|GenQuest}}, ] is being followed here: you were ''bold'', I ''reverted'', now we are ''discussing'' (except you reverted my revert instead of discussing first). Anyway, these are the problems with your edit:
:* Years active: According to Troupe's linked bio, in 1946, King was still being taught by White and "though they never played in public they jammed together in private" and in 1947, he returned to farming. In 1948, he was playing on street corners and after returning to Memphis in late 1948, he entered "the music business". This source is used in the article. Another source first mentions "In 1948 King found employment with a blues group in West Memphis". He also began working for WDIA in 1948.(ibid) A new source is needed for beginning his career in 1946.

:*Genres: Following ], the first letter in the first genre is capitalized: "Note: most genres are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. However, the first word in a list of multiple genres should be capitalized".

:*Occupation(s): Again, following the Infobox description: "Please observe sentence case and capitalise only the first letter of the first item (e.g. Musician, actor, singer-songwriter)".

:*Instruments: Capitalization should follow Genres and Occupation(s), i.e., capitalize first term. Also, no explanation was given for removing the hidden note "If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first". It was put there for a reason.

:*Religion: This is not a supported parameter and therefore, it is not displayed. There is no point or benefit in including unusable, superfluous text in an infobox.

:*Lead: No explanation for removing the non-breaking space. Its use is consistent with ] "between dates in different years" (although there should be two more).
:—] (]) 14:56, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

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