User talk:Blackjays1/Archive 1

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Birth info

Re your recent Nina Sky edit. According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style, birth details generally are Joe Soap (born 1 December 1930, London); NOT Joe Soap (born 1 December 1930, in London). Nothing to do with me, but that is how it is. Regards,

Derek R Bullamore 01:23, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you undo your move?

Hi. I appreciate where you're coming from with wanting to have separate articles for the school and for the shooting. BUT we just wrapped up a painful series of Deletion discussions for the school, the shooting, the shootign victim and even the guy they named the school after. Can you undo your move and put it back the way it was? Just for the sake of the recently-achieved consensus?? Canuckle 01:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• For reference, see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute shooting and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jordan Manners and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles William Jefferys
  • You may not feel like being respectful of the consensus but it would mean a lot to those who have contributed and also be in the spirit of online collaboration. Like you, I do believe the shooting should have a stand-alone article. However, I also think it possible that the school could have its own article. What you've done is eliminate the school article entirely. Go ahead and have a stand-alone article for the shooting. But it would be appreciated if you undid the redirect from the school and at least let it have its own stub again. Canuckle 02:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Thanks for your comments. Yes the AfDs were weird. 90% of the current article got stuck in limbo on an upset admin's user page. Feel free to use your common sense but 2 articles are better than one. The school one never had a fair chance to get off the ground on its own steam. Canuckle 02:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Latin Canadians

Sorry if I changed your recently updated article. Haitians aren't Latino in the sense of Hispanic culture yet they're technically Latin Americans, as Latin American countries are countries in which a Latin-derived language is spoken (in Haiti's case, French and the French-derived Haitian Creole). Haitians make up a significant populace in Canada and so I thought they should've been included in the article. I apologize for the edit.

Spyder00Boi 12:11, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

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Kardinal Offishall

Fair use album covers cannot be used in an article about the artist, only in articles about the individual albums. There is no fair use rationale on the albums' image pages as to how they are useable in the artist's articles, and to put them there is a copyright violation. Corvus cornix 17:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Your message

MySpace is not a credible source. Also, those sources for December 18 were published before a new source that said Wayne again decided to push back the release date, check the source. I just don't bother explaining myself anymore and I can't tell Wayne stans apart from good editors. No one bothers to check the source so I just say it's vandalism. Again, about the songs, MySpace isn't good, find something else, or maybe on Wayne's MySpace, but with all these leaked tracks I have no idea which ones are actually gonna be on the album and which aren't. --- Realest4Life 14:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

In Regards to Young Deuce Comment

DEDICATED TO User talk:Blackjays1 (section) Everyone knows that with the exception of Kardinal Offishal,and maybe Jellestone, JB, or Don Million, all other rappers around Toronto are underground. I promo Young Deuce to the fullest. Black Jays are a joke, and the entire city knows this. They have to keep a circle because they are fearful of the real talent in this city coming from places like the STREETS of Parma ct. and Jane and Finch. Toronto would be much better off, if we all helped each other rise in a movement like the south. Instead, Kardi and friends get booed everywhere, and little to no respect. Jully Black has never been back to Jane and Finch to do track with aspiriing artist. These individuals mind you, are 29 years plus and barely have careers going. Note that since they've never actually represented a actual hood, they aren't even considered O.G.'s. This is the unforgiving truth. And to top it all off, they have no respect in the streets. In Jane and Finch, everyone will tell you about Young Deuce, The Corps, George Reefah, The Smugglaz. BlackJays keep to themselves and never have been in the streets. Do your research on Young Deuce and Jane and Finch. The amount that Jane and Finch's Driftwood and Shoreham are in the News is ridicuous. When the last time you heard Blackjays have the balls to claim a block. Or been in the news on some charges. Nobody claims them. They are weak, have no street cred, and boring old men who try to relate to a world they no nothing of. The recieve funding because their good little people whose white friends like Snow sit on the board of VideoFact to help them get grants like, "Jeah. This video will be hot". And since there is NO real competition in the video cateogories, they win all the Juno's, Which they paid for through publicity managers. Give some real street niggaz a chance, and we'll see what happens. Talent. Blood or Crip, people will respect it. And as for those videos on youtube, it did its job...How? Now you know the name and it puts fear in you. Bothers you. Gets under your skin. Just like this note....LOL. These are mere facts. I feel sorry for you and your camp by now in reading this.LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL...

primarica talk

I move the comment from my talk page to the Talk:Primerica_Financial_Services#Regarding_your_comments page. How did you do your cool user page ? My name's William too !  :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by DynV (talk • contribs) 05:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Skeeter

What are these soundtracks? I cannot find any info about them.Cosprings 01:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

On the Cousin Skeeter pageCosprings 01:02, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Dem Bow

Thanks for adding the dem bow beat to the reggaeton entry, good find and a good inclusion to the wiki. 65.0.125.120 (talk) 23:52, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Join the project

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Just by looking at your recent contributions, I thought you might be interested in this project. futurebird (talk) 19:15, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Great! Glad that you joined. You should add the project page to your watchlist, so you'll know what's happening. If you need help with any article or want to solicit more opinions on any African Diaspora related topic you can post to the talk page at WP:AFRO <-- that's our handy short cut, that make the project page easy to find. :) Cheers!futurebird (talk) 19:32, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Riddims List

Thanks for the sites, much appreciated. TeePee-20.7 (talk) 22:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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Rihanna edit

Actually, regarding this, it wasn't your edit that I intended to revert. In fact, I didn't even know you had edited. When I made this edit, I had done it less than a minute after you made your edit. You made your first edit while I was making mine, and my revert of your edit was a mistake. I hope that explains things. Acalamari 17:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Good, thanks. :) Sorry about the initial confusion. Seasons greetings to you too. Acalamari 17:51, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

e-mail

blackjays do you have e-mail cause id like to chat with you. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.56.197 (talk) 21:09, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Jamaica Religion section

Hi, thanks for reverting that user - I'd used up my reverts for the day. My question is, tho, should we split up the section in Culture on Rastafari, and put the religion-related portion in that section? I know there are some (notably a recent editor) who don't consider Rastafarianism a religion, so we may be swapping one fight for another. Another solution would be to reorder some of the section in the article, including splitting off the Religion section from demographics to its own section, as it is in most national articles. Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 03:46, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

indo jamaican?

I noticed there are no exact sources like most other ethnic pages. but from doing research and looking around a bit i found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_Person_of_Indian_Origin that stated we had 62,000 of them living in the country. also the indo jamaican myspace http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=105388177&MyToken=33cc8554-8f46-4555-8e42-2f58ad12d3d6 stated (Indo jamaican) a Jamaican of East Indian origin, descendant of the indentured immigrants that the British took from India in the 1830s for labour on the plantations around Jamaica. 37,000 Indians made it to Jamaica. Most were Hindu with a small minority of Muslims. The greatest influence was the cuisine. Roti and curries have become part of the nation's food.

Today, most Indo-Jamaicans are Christians due to converts and intermarriage, but the community is taking effort to revive Indian culture in the island. There are still several thousand Hindus. Different sources estimate the population of East Indians is 50,000 and half-East Indians at 42,000. Many have migrated to Florida, New York, Toronto and London. ive also done a little math but im not good at it. so i asked some one else to do it for me. and they got somewhere around 90,000+ just from multiplying jamaicas's population from the correct website UWI. but if thats not enough ill keep looking cause i want to see an exact number myself and not a percentage.

Also on the indo jamaican page the bottom paragraph said this: Approximately 70,000 Indians live in Jamaica today, maintaining their own cultural organizations and roots but assimilated into the wider community. Traditional Indian foods such as curry goat, roti and callaloo have become part of the national cuisine and are now seen as 'Jamaican'. The influence of the Caste system has largely atrophied and arranged marriages are no longer common. Descendants of the immigrant workers have influenced the fields of farming, medicine, politics and even horse-racing. Names such as Chatani, Chulani, Tewani, Mahtani, Daswani, Vaswani and Chandiram have become synonymous with manufacturing, wholesale, retail and in-bond businesses providing employment for thousands of Jamaicans. Cricketers of an Indian, as opposed to African, background have found success in representing both Jamaica on the domestic scene and the West Indies.

just go by what others are saying and stop being ignorant.

From what ive found out its better to put either 90,000 or 70,000. i dont care what the cia says there always changing something. anyways peace mi bredren*

Sorry:(

That was rude of me wasnt it...i just wanted to say sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizainfini (talk • contribs) 16:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

chinese jamaican?

There are 10,000 of them according to the overseas chinese page which you apparently edited for no reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizainfini (talk • contribs) 17:29, 4 January 2008 (UTC) like i said before dont go changing editing other peoples stuff because for all you know they could be right. and i think they are! very close but not accurate your 5,500 is so wrong im going to prove it. and keep changing it cause its rediculous. http://www.uwi.edu/en/territories/jamaica.aspx i multipled 2,754,000 by 1.2 and got 33,048. if thats not enough ill keep looking. and get some friends in on this.

blackjays i got to more sources http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=16386 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizainfini (talk • contribs) 22:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough RT

The picture in question in that article was shot in the same sequence as a Classic and Fishbowl shot on the TTC 54 bus line. Which station does the TTC 54 serve? This is pic 1 and this is pic 2, taken at the same location. --AEMoreira042281 (talk) 13:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

images

i have images of tessanne chin and sabrina colie...im not to keen on adding pictures so you could do it. or show me how lol. anyways here is a 3 for tessanne http://www.jamaicans.com/music/interviews/TessAnneChininterview2007.shtml if you have a myspace you should be able to look at sabrina's pictures. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=174244750 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizainfini (talk • contribs) 00:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

i aslo have some for tami chynn http://tami-chynn.org/ alot to choose from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizainfini (talk • contribs) 00:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Lauryn Hill

Actually I got that information on the wikipedia page on the Fugees. It says she was of Jamaican descent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiaddict8962 (talk • contribs) 01:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Yea she is. but some people claim her not to be like say the haitians....

I doubt that she is. I think she's only African-American, but after she hooked up with Rohan Marley everyone started calling her Jamaican, lol. Blackjays1 (talk) 20:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oscar Peterson's role

See my comments to your edits on the Oscar Peterson page. respectfully. Bellagio99 (talk) 14:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Could you take the time to check the quotes from Bob Rae, etc. at the memorial concert -- it's on CBC2 downloads -- but I have 4 deadlines this week and am also away. I hand transcribed at the concert (were you there?), but may have gotten a few words wrong. Bellagio99 (talk) 19:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Carter is on the decline

You may not want to admit it but without any bias you will admit Carter is on the decline. He is 31 years old and can you tell me he is going to get better? Just look at his stats for this season compared to previous years and if that doesn't tell you then next Thursday he will not make the All Star team for the first time since his rookie season. Its over. You should remove the fact he scored 29 points because these days, thats nothing.Roadrunnerz45 (talk) 02:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

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Raptors records and accomplishments

Solid additions! Now if only we could unearth the remaining records complete with sources that'd be cool. Chensiyuan (talk) 14:42, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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Are all or most Jamaicans mixed in Jamaica?

Hi Blackjays1. I know the British have settled in Jamaica and mixed with the blacks. Then the east indians arrived in Jamaica and they also married with the blacks. Later the Chinese came to Jamaica and some intermixed with the blacks. So there were a lot of mixing.

Are all or most blacks Jamaicans have mixed ancestries in Jamaica? Can you tell me what percentage of black Jamaicans have mixed ancestries? Thanks. 72.140.11.75 (talk) 01:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

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Not 4 Sale (Kardinal Offishall album)

Hi. I've reassessed this album, and at the moment it still seems to fit within the "stub" classification, as it lacks a personnel section. If you want to talk about that reassessment or if you add a personnel section and/or address other suggestions left in the assessment box at the article's talk page, please drop by my page and let me know. Thanks, and happy editing. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Cipha Sounds is Puerto Rican

Listen to the following audio and you'll hear that he says on minute 17:33 that he is not Dominican but in fact Puerto Rican, and how people erroneously change his wiki page. (Right Click to download) http://www.rosenbergradio.com/wordpress/podpress_trac/play/435/0/Cipha_Rosenberg-EP18-Juan_Epstein-Part_2.mp3 Are you ready to change that little fact now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.22.162.86 (talk) 14:39, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

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JO

Thanks, it's a work in progress. Can't wait to see the new lineup in action. Chensiyuan (talk) 01:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

War Edit

Blackjays1, why do you change my edit? Most Black Canadians are mixed and I have seen some have lighter skin or natural straight hair. Why can't you accept the truth? Sonic99 (talk) 04:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Ya, you wish that many Canadians identify as blacks even though they may have multi-ethnic ancestries. There are fair-skinned Black Canadians and they're out there, but I think you denied them. Why do I need to provide a link for that? Wikipedia should provide a real information. Sonic99 (talk) 02:08, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Dead links

Hi Blackjays, with ref to your recent edits to Toronto, it is my understanding that it is not acceptable practice to simply remove dead weblinks used in inline citations. Inline citations are used to support specific statements in the article and removing them leaves the text uncited, thus subject to challenge and removal.

Please see here for current practice on dead links in inline citations. In the event, I was able to find at least one link you removed as "dead" by checking the Wayback Machine. Checking archives and adding the relevant link is a lot harder than just deleting the dead link, as witness my flailing around that you can see in the article history. I think I finally got it right here though. Your review of my edits is welcomed. Regards! Franamax (talk) 00:42, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Reggae in your jeggae!

Hi, Blackjays! I'm proud to welcome a man with Jamaican ancestry to upcoming Wikiproject Reggae. I made a proposal few days ago, and project needs at least 5 participants to start. If you're interested, fell free to add yourself. Good luck! (= --Nagasheus (talk) 11:44, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for participation! (8 Now we can start a work! Wikipedia:WikiProject Reggae. --Nagasheus (talk) 16:33, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Let your Akon slide

Would you happen to know, with the runaway chart success of "Dangerous" in the United States, if it's now surpassed "Let Your Backbone Slide" as the best-selling Canadian hip hop song — or at least where we might be able to find a real source to confirm one way or the other? The Backbone claim has been sitting uncited in a few articles for years now, so given that Kardi's now a Top 10 star in the US it might be worth finally getting that clarified. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 19:28, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

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Bishop Brigante

Hey Blackjays, I was wondering if you'd take on the task of recreating the article, as you have a better grasp on the subject than I do. Nobody wants to un-delete it, so what if I can get the closing admin to hook you up with the deleted version of the article so that you can add to it, and recreate it? It's pretty obvious that he's notable, there just needs to be a better article that won't get deleted. --Pwnage8 (talk) 06:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

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Assistance required please

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Morningside Heights

Hey, thanks for the help with the Morningside Heights photo change. Do you think there's anything else that I should add. I'm waiting for the snow to go away before I take more photos to put up - although some winter photos would be fun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Underlie (talk • contribs) 17:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I drove around and snapped some shots, thought it would be fun. I like the changes you've made. I was thining about changing it even more along those lines. I was considering make subsections like the one about Schools with the pics, but one about Transportation, History, Demographics, See Also and External Links - like the page on the Willowdale neighbourhood - what do you think?

Also did you see the Morningside 116 bus running through the south part of the area? They are doing a trial run, but now we have a total of three bus routes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Underlie (talk • contribs) 16:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Nah, I don't think they'll cancel the 133 - I guess you live on the north east part of the area. - Anyways, I won't make any more changes unless there's new developments to list or something super important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Underlie (talk • contribs) 00:26, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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Sean Paul's name

listen his real name is Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques says so on his website http://www.allseanpaul.com/biography/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by DuttyYo (talk • contribs) 16:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

no problem. you could say its new because it replaced his previous official website. and the website also reveals his birthday is january 9th and not the 8th as we all thought it was DuttyYo (talk) 12:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Good

Good to see another Jamaican. Orane (talk) 08:31, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Regarding Toronto Blue Jays

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I just don't think it's a waste to have the history on the front page of a sports team. It's better to have it on a seperate page because the people who look up sports teams only really care about the recent history. You made the point of the other teams having it on the front, but I still feel it's pointless to have something on a page, which most people aren't going to read.--Fire 55 (talk) 22:09, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

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Crime in Jamaica

You probably noticed I moved the Crime section from the Jamaica article to the Crime in Jamaica. What was there was totally unsourced,a nd the section in Jamaica was sourcved and better written. I left only a short section in Jamaica to summarize. I did not leave anything on the gays and murder, as I wasn't sure it was needed in the main article, and I couldn't simplify it into one sentence. If you can sumarize that paragraph in one sentence, feel free to add it to the main article. I would like to find a few less-biased sources to add to the section in the crime articel to balance it out some - the exisitng ones are quite one-sided. - BilCat (talk) 03:53, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Music artist navboxes

Regarding your recent reversion of my edit to Template:Kardinal Offishall—navboxes are only supposed to include links to existing articles. In the case of musicians, that means that you don't list every album and single, only the ones that have their own articles. For an example of recent consensus regarding this issue, see this discussion. Please revert back to my version so that the navbox meets Wikipedia standards. TheJazzDalek (talk) 00:48, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I refuse to revert it. If that's the case, why do the navboxes of notable artists such as Busta Rhymes and T.I. include singles that don't have their own articles? Personally, I don't think it makes sense to not include the lesser-known singles. For an artist like Kardinal Offishall, not every single he puts out is a chart-topper, but it's misleading if only the linked singles are in the box. It's misleading because he didn't put out only 12 singles in 13 years, which is what your edit suggests. Blackjays1 (talk) 01:31, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Did you even read the link I gave you? Here's another one: WP:NAVBOX. That box is not for compiling information like a discography, that's what Kardinal Offishall discography is for. The overwhelming consensus at WP:MUSTARD is that it's for links only. Just because some other navboxes are incorrectly used doesn't change that. TheJazzDalek (talk) 10:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I understand and accept it, though I still disagree with doing it that way. Nice talk. I take it you're a jazz rap lover like me? Blackjays1 (talk) 19:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

That's cool, Wikipedia's like that, you'll do things a certain way until one day you find out that it's supposed to be done differently, or else the rules changed but you didn't hear about it. Part of the problem with the musician navboxes is that so many people do it the wrong way that if someone saw one done correctly it could be misleading. I agree that it could be more clear, and I'm trying to think of a good (yet unobtrusive) way to indicate inside the navbox that it's not a complete list. While I do like jazz rap, I can't say I'm more a fan of that than other rap; I'm not a massive rap fan but what I like is kind of all over the place. Actually, that's a fair description of most music I like, it's all over the place. Anyway, thanks for understanding—I don't enjoy butting heads with people on here, though it does appear to be an occupational hazard. Peace, TheJazzDalek (talk) 23:35, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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Maestro

When I click on the page (or on the link you provided), I just get a normal blank edit box with no edit history to indicate that the page was ever protected at all; normally I'd be able to see some kind of history to clarify why the page was blocked. So could you try again, just in case it was a weird technical error, and if it still doesn't work could you give me a bit more detail about what you actually see when you try?

Worst case scenario, if we can't figure anything else out then I'll ask you to create the article on a sandbox page and then I'll try to use some administrator magic to move it to the proper title. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 15:15, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Even though we can override the block itself, admins are still supposed to be able to see the pink warning boxes so that we know why the page is blocked — but for some reason I see nothing at all. Hmmmmmm. I'll keep looking into this, but yeah, if you get a sandbox version done before I have another answer for you, then let me know and I'll move it into articlespace for you. Thanks for the heads-up. Bearcat (talk) 18:41, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Progress! I just tried logging out so that I was looking at the page as an IP number instead of as an administrator, and finally saw the warning box, so I have a better idea of what's going on now. I think the problem is most likely the ?!! at the end, as one of the blacklist rules is "excessive punctuation"; I can't find any other rule that the title might be violating or any indication that the title itself has been directly blocked. (And if it's just a generic text string accidentally matching something on the exclusion list, that would explain why I wasn't seeing the warning earlier, too.) So instead of going through the whole sandbox rigamarole, try creating it at the unpunctuated Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada instead, and then I'll move that afterward. Sound like a plan? Bearcat (talk) 19:02, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Moved. I love it when a brilliant idea works out! (*grin*) Bearcat (talk) 17:21, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

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Content removal

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Books

I see what your interests are here on Wiki. I have a few new Books that i have digitized that can be used as refs ...perhaps you may also find use for them. I will post this at Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora may help out the project..........Moxy (talk) 08:23, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• Okpewho, Isidore; Nzegwu, Nkiru (2009). The new African diaspora. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253353375.
• Olaniyan, Tejumola; Sweet, James H (2010). The African Diaspora and the Disciplines. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253354648.
• Hine, Darlene Clark; Danielle Keaton, Trica; Small, Stephen (2009). Black Europe and the African diaspora. University of Illinois Press.
• Davies, Carole Boyce (2008). Encyclopedia of the African diaspora: origins, experiences and culture, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851097005.
• Wisdom, Tettey; Puplampu, Korbla P (2005). The African diaspora in Canada: negotiating identity & belonging. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1552381757.
• Olliz-Boyd, Antonio (2010). The Latin American Identity and the African Diaspora: Ethnogenesis in Context. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781604977042.
• Carter, Donald Martin (2010). Navigating the African Diaspora: The Anthropology of Invisibility. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816647774.
• Conyers, Jr, James L (2009). Racial structure and radical politics in the African diaspora. London : Transaction. ISBN 1412810450.
• Curry, Dawne Y; Duke;, Eric D; Smith, Marshanda A (2009). Extending the diaspora : new histories of Black peopl. ISBN 9780252034596. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |publihser= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Arthur, John A (2008). The African diaspora in the United States and Europe: the Ghanaian experience. Ashgate.

if you have time pls jumpin the talk at Talk:African diaspora#Overuse of the rarely used black african expressionMoxy (talk) 20:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to make that list. I will definitely check them out. Blackjays1 (talk) 03:31, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Old news, but still

Hi Blackjays--in Ahmad Jamal you made an entirely good-faith edit, here. But look at the talk page, and the OTRS ticket on top: there is no reliable evidence for such a name. There seem to be a few people who insist on reinserting that. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 20:00, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hey, Blackjays1, I'm a big fan of Andrew, but I don't see how Wiggins playing with Bennett is notable. You reverted me here: Blackjays1 reversion. The article is about Wiggins. If we list every big time player that Wiggins is going to compete against in the next three years then the article is going to get unbelievably long and still none of those references will be notable. We don't have a section on Paul Pierce's page or Mario Chalmers page listing every big-time player these guys competed against in college or in the pros. And that statement applies to all of the big-time players. It would be unending. It seems that if you edit so that you mention Bennett in relation to a big victory: a conference championship, a division championship, a tourney championship, etc. then the mention of both players would be notable, but as it now stands it is not notable.--Bing Norton 14:54, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Understood. However, I still feel it is notable because Wiggins played with the most recent number one overall pick (Bennett) at the tournament, and they won a bronze medal together. As a big fan of Canada Basketball and the Canadian men's national team, I felt it was important to point that out. It's not often that two Canadians who were both drafted in the first round played internationally together, AND won a medal together; when Wiggins gets drafted next year, I believe it'll only be the third time in history. Of course, the list of Americans who've done that would be very long, so I don't think that's a fair comparison. This whole thing is subjective anyway, but I hope you see where I'm coming from. I wasn't trying to "steal the thunder" from Wiggins or anything like that. Blackjays1 (talk) 20:56, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Well, you should edit it in such a way that it is clear that they won the bronze together in international competition. That would be notable.--Bing Norton 21:02, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

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Cory Joseph and Devoe Joseph

Hi, Let me tell you something about Cory Joseph and Devoe Joseph and his high school. He attend as a high school student called "Pickering High School" and Pickering High School is not located in Pickering, Ontario, Pickering High School is in Ajax, Ontario. You got the Pickering, Ontario category all wrong. On the Devoe Joseph article it should been added as People from Ajax, Ontario where he attended his high school in Ajax, Ontario not Pickering, Ontario. Go to Google and type in Pickering High School in Ajax, Ontario. If it's correct it should kept the People from Ajax, Ontario category. OK? Thanks. 2001:569:70DD:7500:39EA:19D8:DF90:EF4D (talk) 07:18, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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Trevor Berbick

I notice that you reinstated Canadian nationality for Berbick on his page after I removed it. I wanted to ask you about this. The evidence from reliable sources seems pretty strong that Mr. Berbick never became a Canadian citizen. I discussed this on the article's talk page prior to making my own change. One reference backing up my point of view is listed in the "Troubles with the law" section of the article. Another reference is from the CBC: Boxer Berbick wins deportation fight. Although the CBC article does note that Mr. Berbick was successful in winning the right to remain in Canada, it also notes that he never applied for Canadian citizenship and so his nationality should not be described as Canadian. I do not dispute that he lived legally in Canada for many years and for most of his professional boxing career was based in Canada--and many of his fights took place in Canada as well. But given that he never applied for Canadian citizenship, always retained his Jamaican citizenship, and eventually did return to Jamaica to live, it seems his nationality is best described as Jamaican only. Dash77 (talk) 16:43, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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VP Logo

Hey the VP Records Wiki is currently being update by employees of the label. Could you delete that ball logo because it is old and no longer the official VP Records logo. If you look at the VP Records Wiki you will see the current logo. We need the ball logo deleted because it still comes up when you search for VP Records on google.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selekta1993 (talk • contribs) 18:35, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

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Ethnicelebs.com

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Q-Tip just reassessment

Hi Blackjays,

I think you are right about Q-tip, the article is a C-Class to the least. I removed the Start and put it to C.Filmman3000 (talk) 22:45, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Large Professor production discography moved to draftspace

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