Talk:Tinsel Korey

Biographies of living persons
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Although I realize that there's a significant niche on the Internet devoted to trying to ferret out revelations about Korey's childhood, the simple fact is that the references in question are not reliable for the purposes of an encyclopedia. Assertions of personal knowledge are not acceptable sources, and neither is original research published on a Tumblr page. I don't know whether the claims are true or not -- but Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy is quite clear on this point: until a real media outlet actually publishes one or more of said claims on the record, they cannot be in our article regardless of whether they're true or not.

For the record, I have no interest in her career whatsoever (couldn't care an iota less if I tried, actually), and I don't even really give a shit whether the claims are true or not. But Wikipedia simply is not the place to make statements that have not already been published on the record by genuinely reliable media sources. If you people really want to invent Birtherism 2.0, what you needed to retain from the first version was the "reason why it might actually matter" part, not the "total fucking batshit crazy" one. Hope that helps, and get a new hobby. Bearcat (talk) 02:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Birthdate
On twitter here, corey is claiming March 25, 1980. Just saying, 27,000 watchers, appears to be clearly the subject.It's not really a reliable source though but it is according to the subject on her twitter page Off2riorob (talk) 16:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 February 2018
Please add that her birth name is Harsha Patel. Also there needs to be a new header for 'Controversy' in which the details of how she pretended to be Native American to gain movie roles is explained, and that she now been outed on social media because of it. 24.235.35.191 (talk) 04:09, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

The tribe she claimed to belong to has no record of her birth. She is using a fake tribal affiliation to get movie roles and is profiting from a false identity. This could be placed under a "controversy" section without violating standards of encyclopedic integrity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suzwoehrle (talk • contribs) 05:07, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 15:06, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Once again, a reminder to everybody that loaded biographical claims may not be referenced to Twitter tweets or Blogspot blogs. Any claim about Tinsel Korey misrepresenting her identity must be referenced to reliable source confirmation of it in real media, not blog or social media speculation. Wikipedia is not a place for publishing blogsourced claims about a person's biography — until a real news organization investigates the claims and reports that they're true, Wikipedia does not and will not even allege such things ourselves, and anybody who ever even tries this stunt again will be immediately editblocked. This works the same way it did when Joseph Boyden's indigenous heritage was in dispute a couple of years ago: once media had dug into the claims and reported the facts, our article was able to reflect that because the content could now be referenced to reliable sources, but until there was media coverage available to support the claims they had no business being anywhere near our article at all. Bearcat (talk) 15:27, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2021
In Life and career, change "Native American women" to "Indigenous women" because the play is written by an Métis author in Canada (Marie Clements), set in Vancouver, BC. Nwodeltsihw (talk) 06:22, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Changed to "First Nations" per Unnatural & Accidental. ◢  Ganbaruby!   (Say hi!) 07:08, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2023
In "Occupation", Tinsel Korey is an "actress", not an "actor" 2601:580:C180:22D0:44CC:7D37:C786:7E4D (talk) 00:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ EnIRtpf09b chat with me 13:05, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Followup to controversy on 28 May 2023
Yes, this is in reference to the claim that Tinsel Korey is actually an Indian woman named Harsha Patel. Here is a link to her actual high school, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. She was featured as part of their "50 for 50" wall of fame for the school's 50th anniversary. She's in the fourth row, and clicking takes you to her page. The description provided by the school says "Tinsel Korey, born Harsha Patel." That line is referenced in other blog posts from around that time, as well. The domain www.wlmac.ca still belongs to that school.

I despise rumors that get perpetuated solely through word-of-mouth online, but frankly, I don't think it gets much clearer than this. Unfortunately there's just no other articles on the subject because she has refused to speak about it (this was allegedly on her MySpace page in 2009). I believe this deserves a mention on her page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.186.209.243 (talk) 03:49, 29 May 2023 (UTC)


 * If Korey is actually an East/Asian Indian and not an American Indian, and thus, may be considered a "Pretendian", then that will need better sources. We cannot go solely by assumptions of family names. Otherwise, most people who identify as, and are verified American Indian or First Nation Canadian tribal members aren't really Native American/First Nations because European colonization has given many of them European surnames and/or ancestry, especially British Isles or French origin.
 * For all we know, Korey could've been adopted by an East Indian family. And what if Korey were to hypothetically state that in an interview? There seems to be a lot of mystery around her, and for better or worse, she has chosen to stay silent and there's currently no high quality, third-party source that doesn't count as original research available. Clear Looking Glass (talk) 10:56, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2023
tinsel korey appears in wyvern 2009 as beaver mills' ak dj, vynl hampton 2601:404:D680:A990:B8B4:A19A:5084:3CAB (talk) 13:24, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  13:32, 25 July 2023 (UTC)