Talk:Mocky

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Somali background
An editor has been removing reference to Mocky's Somali background from the lede on the grounds that "the description "Somali-Canadian" he himself is on record as saying is inaccurate" and that "Mocky is Canadian and wishes his Wikipedia entry to describe him thus". Besides the fact that, per WP:COI and WP:NOTADVERTISING, we don't edit Wikipedia bios according to the alleged desires of their subjects, the only link supporting this WP:REDFLAG claim is a blog. That is, it's a WP:SPS or self-published source, which aren't considered reliable sources for bios since "Anyone can create a personal web page or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published media, such as books, patents, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, personal or group blogs, Internet forum postings, and tweets, are largely not acceptable as sources[...] Never use self-published sources as third-party sources about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer". Moreover, in that blog link, the person identified as Mocky -- assuming it's even him -- actually admits that he is of partial Somali descent. He doesn't deny it (which, in any case, would take some doing since Mocky's real last name "Salole" is a typical Somali one), but emphasizes that he only identifies as "Canadian" rather than as just "Somali Canadian" since he is of diverse ethnic background and was born & raised in Canada: "I have a very mixed ethnic background including British, Italian, Somalian, Ethiopian and more, but I was born and raised in Canada and only identify myself as Canadian". Given this, I have removed the self-published source and restored the reliable sources identifying Mocky as "Somali-Canadian", ; I've also added another from The Guardian identifying him as such (c.f. ). Middayexpress (talk) 19:35, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Name
"Typical Somali name".. what?? You seem to be implying that his Somali heritage can be ascertained simply by this name. However, here's what came up when I searched this name, Salole, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/results/?q=salole&type=users

Ehhhhhh how many of those people are Somali? I count 0. No doubt he is part Somali, as he mentions in the interview. But he is clearly not half Somali, and the name doesn't even appear to come from any Somali heritage. More likely the Italian heritage which he mentions.

So yes, I can see how "Somali-Canadian" is not the most accurate designation for this man. But, of course, you're the authority (or was it God?) around here, and all Somali related pages will reflect your agenda.

Fucking moron.


 * Actually, the name in Somali is rendered "Saloole". And yes, Dominic Salole/Mocky certainly is Somali-Canadian . I'm sorry if this fact disturbs you, ip. For the rest, see WP:CIV. Middayexpress (talk) 15:39, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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External links modified (February 2018)
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