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Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2024

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Addition of Azealia Banks as the Queen of Hip House LordBeesechurger (talk) 15:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --AntiDionysius (talk) 15:29, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aya Nakamura as "Reine de France" (Queen of France)

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Please add Aya Nakamura in Individual titles section as Reine de France (Queen of France) Many Internet users (on "X", for example), newspapers (like Konbini) and her fanbase call Aya Nakamura "La Reine de France" (Queen of France). Sources

More sources after the Summer Olympic ceremony

JO PARIS 2024 - Ses fans l’appellent « la Reine de France ». La chanteuse franco malienne de 29 ans Aya Nakamura a enchanté le public à l’international en chantant lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture des JO 2024 ce vendredi 26 juillet, alors que les rumeurs sur sa participation allaient bon train depuis des mois.

ADD AYA NAKAMURA Elementress2306 (talk) 12:45, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request for w:Lady Gaga

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RfC: Mother Monster

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J.avanzado (talk) 19:24, 30 October 2024 (UTC) Kindly add the sobriquet "Monster Monster" to w:Lady Gaga, I believe this title befits an honorific description as it is supported by following sources:[reply]

... and numerous other sources -J.avanzado (talk) 09:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This still does not meet requirement 3: mother "monster" is a nickname, not a honorific nickname. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 17:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There's at least one article that explicitly states "Mother Monster" as an honorific title for Gaga. Also in the book The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and American Popular Culture by Dan W. Clanton Jr et. al., the authors used the phrasing "referred to as Mother Monster" which is contextually similar to the usage of the terms "widely", "dubbed" or "often called" which is one of the requirements for inclusion of such title. As a point of contention it would be wise to discuss why you believe the title "Mother Monster" is just a nickname and not an honorific title bestowed to her by media and her fans. -J.avanzado (talk) 04:33, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Mother Monster" doesn’t carry the same honorific weight as titles like "Queen of Pop", which Gaga is already listed for in this article. To be honest, even her Wikipedia article writes Gaga's fans call her "Mother Monster", and she often refers to them as "Little Monsters", which tells me that this nickname isn't used much outside her fandom. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 22:01, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If that's the case, then shouldn't it be too for "Father, Son and the Holy Ghost", "Vocal Trinity", "Asia's Songbird", "The Boss", "The Stupendous One", "The Chairman of the Board", "The Artist", "The Sun of Mexico", "Mama Africa" (this one even resembling Mother Monster), etc which were all listed in this wiki page? In my view honorifics shouldn't be boxed in titles that has "Queen/King of something" in them and that Mother Monster by definition fits the categories of an honorific title separate from her Queen of Pop title which has been contested by other people most notably by fans of Madonna, as does all these titles I listed and all the cases of such titles throughout history which most of the time started as sobriquets attached to them by other people like historians, journalists or fanatics. —J.avanzado (talk) 04:28, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If I may add, "Queen Bey" which is a nickname given to Beyoncé by her fans was permitted to be added here as one of her honorific titles. In that light, shouldn't it be fair for Mother Monster to be added to Lady Gaga's as her honorific title too, since it carries the same prestige as that of Beyoncé which is the point of contention here? —Haley.Parrot (talk) 12:17, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2024

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Queen of Soca

Alison Hinds Barbados

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Charliehdb (talk) 14:20, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2024

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Alison Hinds Barbados Queen of Soca 196.3.206.149 (talk) 11:57, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ⸺(Random)staplers 17:49, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 September 2024

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Queen of Soca

Alison Hinds  Barbados 196.3.198.19 (talk) 14:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ⸺(Random)staplers 16:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 September 2024

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Queen of Soca Alison Hinds Barbados 196.3.196.53 (talk) 11:56, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Ïvana (talk) 12:22, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Individual titles

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Keith Richards is often called The human riff; Leonard Cohen was known as The doyen of doom Durajohnpatrick (talk) 10:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 October 2024

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Byun Baekhyun Title: Genius Idol Country: South Korea 2A02:CE0:3002:783C:3CB0:4065:632F:4F7A (talk) 18:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Bowler the Carmine | talk 19:09, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark

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Can someone be kind and add Twinkie Clark on this list under the honorific nickname " The Mother of Contemporary Gospel Music." [1] "This is an article from approximately 2 decades ago crowning her as The Mother of Contemporary Gospel." PBS also has a video on YouTube featuring Twinkie Clark and the well-respected literary critic and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr, the title of the video being " Twinkie Clark is the Mother of Contemporary Gospel Music." If further sources are needed, talk to God about it (just playing.) Phenomfrom305 (talk) 20:41, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2024

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"Queen of Soca" Alison Hinds Barbados 196.3.198.175 (talk) 15:27, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Please provide reliable sources proving that the name meets the requirements listed at the top of this talk page. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 16:44, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Winehouse

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Add Amy as queen of jazz , because she is! 88.155.234.16 (talk) 12:57, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2024

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"Goofball prince of indie rock" for Mac DeMarco

Here's a list of sources calling him that honorific:

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/mac-demarco-indie-rock-film/

https://themontclarion.org/entertainment/mac-demarco-releases-two-surprise-tracks/

https://www.facebook.com/Pitchfork/posts/happy-birthday-mac-demarcothe-goofball-prince-of-indie-rock/10156205214641000/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQIbehZcLs

https://thedefiningelement.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/mac-demarco-salad-days/

https://manual.co.id/article/salad-days-mac-demarco/

https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/shows/palacetheater/mac-demarco

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/arts/music/mac-demarco-this-old-dog-interview.html

https://kure.stuorg.iastate.edu/mac-demarco-salad-days/ 2A00:79E0:9A:200:158A:FE7B:E954:C6C1 (talk) 08:06, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]