Talk:Bruce Springsteen

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Bruce Springsteen article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the subject of the article.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed Article policies Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2, 3Auto-archiving period: 31 days

	Bruce Springsteen was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result December 5, 2005 Good article nominee Listed January 20, 2007 Featured article candidate Not promoted July 5, 2009 Good article reassessment Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard. If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

This  level-5 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to multiple WikiProjects.

Biography: Musicians Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation. This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians (assessed as High-importance). LGBTQ+ studies LGBTQ portal This article is of interest to WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies, which tries to ensure comprehensive and factual coverage of all LGBTQ-related issues on Wikipedia. For more information, or to get involved, please visit the project page or contribute to the discussion. Explanation for inclusion in WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies: LGBT rights activist New Jersey Mid‑importance New Jersey portal This article is part of WikiProject New Jersey, an effort to create, expand, and improve New Jersey–related articles to Wikipedia feature-quality standard. Please join in the discussion. Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Rock music High‑importance Rock music portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rock music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Rock music on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations: Claudine Beaumont (2009-02-03). "Bruce Springsteen victim of Wikipedia hoaxers". The Daily Telegraph. Stephen Foley (2009-02-03). "Is Wikipedia cracking up?". The Independent.

The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8yq19nm2o

Second to last part (alinea?) of born to run.

It says:....The River became Springsteen's biggest and fasting-selling album yet, topping e.t.c. e.t.c. Is the word "fasting" there right ? I thought fastest, but english not my native l... you get the idea. G Wijnsma (talk) 12:30, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed, thanks. WWGB (talk) 12:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Bruce Springsteen sig.svg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 10:09, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

College

What did he study, which classes did he take? Thanks, Maikel (talk) 18:41, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]