Talk:Wizkid/Archive 1

Official web site
I removed the Twitter web site as it's best to only have one official web site listed. Any more than one and it starts to look spammy/promotional.

Does this person have an official web site of his own that can be used instead of Facebook?

Also, I did not move the official web site into the Infobox. I'm hesitant to put a "3rd party" web site (i.e. Facebook, or for that matter Twitter) in the info box, but a web site owned by this person or his promoters would be fine in the infobox. If an official web site is added to the Infobox, the the Facebook page should be removed from the External Links section. If the External Links section becomes empty as a result, it should be removed entirely. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  04:22, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Official web site
Why did you remove the external twitter link? American artists have more than one official external link on their wikipedia pages but you tell me it's "spammy" to have more than one. Also, were you the one who removed the personal life section of the "Wizkid (muscian)" article?

versace1608 15:06, 29 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Many commercial entities have more than one official web presence, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a marketing forum. The more "marketing"-like a Wikipedia page is the more likely it is to viewed in a negative light.
 * As for the personal life section, see the page's edit history. It was removed in [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wizkid_%28musician%29&diff=565053568&oldid=564905040 this edit] of 13:31, 20 July 2013‎ by, with an edit summary of "Personal life: rumormongering, RS failure".  RS refers to Reliable sources. My guess is that Hullaballoo Wolfowitz is saying that the sources given weren't reliable and as a result the content needed to be removed.  See WP:Biographies of living persons, it explains that content about living people that might be challenged needs to be backed up by reliable sources.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  23:44, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protection: I need Wizkid's Wikipedia page to be semi protected because I don't want unregistered users messing with it. versace1608 02:41, 5 August 2013 (UTC)


 * You need to make your request at Requests for page protection. Requests made here are not seen by the people who need to see it.
 * Please note that "because I want/don't want" is rarely going to be honored. Please read Protection policy and Ownership of articles before making your request and state what part of the protection policy justifies semi-protecting the page.
 * Given that 2 of the 3 recent edits by non-logged-in editors are unquestionably constructive and the third was a change of an image which does not appear to be vandalism, it is highly unlikely that this page will be protected in any way. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  16:14, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The removal of List of songs recorded by Wizkid
I removed the "List of songs recorded by Wizkid" article that was merged into this article. I have expanded the artist's discography article extensively. I decided to delete the aforementioned article because I feel that it is redundant to have the same information mentioned repeatedly. versace1608 (talk) 02:25, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Proposing removing "pending changes" protection
Is the level of vandalism low enough that we can drop the pending changes protection?

As it stands, if a brand-new or unregistered editor edits, that edit and all future edits get put "on hold" until they are accepted by someone with "reviewer" or "administrator" rights. Logged-in users may see the "real" last edit but non-logged in users see the last "accepted" edit.

Unless there is still persistent vandalism, I recommend dropping the protection. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  04:32, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't think we should drop the PC1 protection. IP users are still vandalizing and adding irrelevant contents to the article. Today, a newly register user added an irrelevant citation of a webpage in an attempt to use Wikipedia as a means of promoting his/her website. versace1608 (talk) 15:56, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed this newly-registered editor's contributions. He'll be autoconfirmed in a few days, making PC1 and even semi-protection moot with respect to him. Two of his edits still stand. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  23:20, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I will revert the user's edits to Flavour's Blessed article. versace1608 (talk) 23:46, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Editing Policies
hi. i am kind of new at this. please i would just like to know if i have to explain any change i make here on the talk pages. For instance if i do something as minor as fix broken links do i have to give details here? Thanks in anticipation. Acquilawrites (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * see Help:Edit summary. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 23:08, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Konvict Muzkik signing
I am going to remove Konvict Muzik from the infobox since there are conflicting reports about Wizkid's signing to Konvict Muzik. On December 19, 2011 sources such as OkayAfrica and Vanguard reported that Akon signed Wizkid. However, on December 25, 2011, Nigeria Entertainment Today reported that Wizkid's management denied reports about the signing.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 10:53, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The report made by Nigerian Entertainment Today is quite true because neither Wizkid nor Konvict made any official statement about the deal. —Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 19:20, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * You're absolutely right. Thanks for commenting.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 04:20, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Change of alias
, I think Wizkid's alias is "Starboy" as stated here not "Lil Prinz", as the former is his former stage name. In his music, one can hear "Starboy Wiz" often; and his record label is also called "Starboy Entertainment". Happy Editing! —Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 18:35, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Greetings bro. According to Template:Infobox musical artist, the alias field is intended for listing official stage names for the act or solo artist other than the name in the |name= parameter. The field is not for nicknames such as Starboy or Yong Pablo. Wizkid has never released music under the stage name Starboy. Wizkid was known as Lil Prinz prior to his record deal with E.M.E. According to this source, he went by the stage name Lil Prinz when he released a 7-track album entitled Lil Prinz. He also confirmed that his stage name was Lil Prinz in this video posted on YouTube. Nicknames do not belong in the infobox, only official stage names.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 19:49, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. It totally went out of my head. —Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 20:00, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * You're welcome bro.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 20:29, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 July 2017
I'd like to edit the information about this Nigerian singer in Spanish since he is becoming an international and well-known artist. Fanyela (talk) 10:11, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, kindly use the Spanish version of Wikipedia to create the article. Regards. —Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 10:44, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Wizkid
Please I would love to add his new single hot song titles Manya Marvi D (talk) 13:39, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Wizkid
Just that his page is locked and cannot be edited Marvi D (talk) 13:39, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, you can request for changes via this talkpage if you feel there's an error somewhere. Regards, Mahveotm (talk) 13:42, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2017
Please Update Associated acts Maleek Berry Sarz Legendury Beatz L.A.X Banky W. Shaydee Wale Wande Coal Tiwa Savage R2Bees Efya Runtown To Associated acts Chris Brown Drake Vybz Kartel Akon Jeezy Tinie Tempah Future Skepta Wale TY Dolla Sign Kranium DJ Mustard Banky W. Wande Coal Tiwa Savage R2Bees 9jaThanos (talk) 08:07, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Completely replacing a list of associated artists not only needs sources justifying the new ones but also sources for why the old ones were incorrect. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:49, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Review comments
I was asked to comment on this article. It seems well written, but could probably benefit from the attention of a copyeditor. I think it has FA potential, with some work.
 * Comments.
 * "somewhat confirmed the signing while speaking to Music Business Worldwide in January 2017.[6]" I'm not sure I favor "somewhat confirmed". It sounds vague.
 * I would say generally that the long paragraphs in the article could use some breaking up, including the first paragraph of the article, as well as the early sections.
 * "Moreover, he became the first Afrobeats artist to appeared in the 2018 Guinness World Records for his contribution to Drake's hit song "One Dance".[11][12]" Assuming they do not update this thing from time to time, if he was in the Guiness book he would be the first, along with any other such artists who appear. Are you saying the first ever? Then I would move the 2018, perhaps putting it thus "Moreover, in 2018, he became ..."
 * "During his upbringing," I might say "During his childhood,"
 * "During an interview with Adesope of Factory 78 TV, Wizkid described his life in a nutshell. He said he formed a group called the Glorious Five with a couple of his church friends.[" I think that if you are going to say "nutshell", you should put in a quote for the second sentence. Otherwise it sounds a bit too opiniony.
 * "Wizkid later met OJB Jezreel, a record producer who prevented him from recording for a year.[17]" This sounds unusual. Can it be explained?
 * "The song earned him the Next Rated award at The Headies 2011, and was nominated for Best Pop Single at the aforementioned awards show.[21] " I might sub for the last five words, "there as well."
 * "freestyle". Do we have a link, even to wiktionary?
 * " receptive of his music" you mean, "receptive to his music"
 * Too relieve the word sandwich of which Iridescent spoke, I would move the music sample to the next section. It is close enough to where you mention the song to be OK.
 * "he was dropping his EP" you haven't mentioned him planning an EP.
 * "Wizkid toured London in 2012" Were there several shows in different venues there?
 * "On 5 March 2013, Charles Mgbolu (a writer for Vanguard) reported that Wizkid established his label imprint Starboy Entertainment." This needs a "had" before "established"
 * "After Wizkid tweeted a subliminal message" A subliminal message on Twitter? Can you clarify?
 * "Wizkid wanted a 50–50 share with Banky W. " I might say split rather than share.
 * "It was also reported that things started getting sour as a result of both parties disagreement." There's an issue with an apostrophe missing on parties, but more fundamentally, I'm not sure this sentence makes sense, or tells the reader anything.
 * "The Republic of Benin." surely "Benin" is adequate.
 * "baby mama" I have at least heard that some view this phrase as a bit offensive. Consider an alternative.
 * "When the story broke out, close friends and associates of Wizkid didn't confirm the story due to DNA results that were pending at the time.[97" I would cut "out". Also, we don't use contractions in articles see above and also "doesn't" later in paragraph and anywhere else.
 * "want to find himself in that peculiar situation." Fatherhood? How is that peculiar?
 * I would split the fatherhood subsection into two paragraphs with the second having to do with that he actually was the father.
 * "He got nominated six (6) categories of the 2017 Sound city award and won the 'Digital Artiste of the Year'." This is unsourced, badly phrased. Is it artist or artiste?--Wehwalt (talk) 18:13, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 4 January 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Moved: in accordance with the original proposal as the consensus is clearly that the musician is the primary topic. However, there are two !votes which imply no dab is needed and one which implies the current dab page should be redirected to something else, so there is not as clear a consensus there as there is for the page move itself. Either way, the titling or indeed existence of the dab page can be discussed at a separate RM or MfD respectively, with no prejudice to speedy nomination once I've finished the move. Many thanks, (closed by non-admin page mover)  SITH   (talk)   15:43, 11 January 2019 (UTC) Edit: I'll set the MfD in motion and ping you all.  SITH   (talk)   15:47, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

– There is only one other entry at Wizkid, and that is a 1992 video game, Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II. Considering the musician's prominence, the |Wizkid_(video_game) pageviews statistics, and the video game's only three references from over twenty years ago, I think it's safe to assume the musician is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC here.
 * Wizkid (musician) → Wizkid
 * Wizkid → Wizkid (disambiguation)

Note: Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II was moved from Wizkid (video game) by me today because that is the full name of the game.  Lazz _R  15:00, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Per WP:PRECISE and WP:2DABPRIMARY I don't think we can call the story a full match.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 20:47, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per Crouch, Swale. Apparently we don't need a dab page for this. –Ammarpad (talk) 10:22, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support 1st move. Redirect current disambiguation page to other disambiguation page Whiz Kids. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:25, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. Page views aren't everything, but 99.9% is pretty compelling. Keep the DAB page to help readers find the WP:PTMs. Narky Blert (talk) 11:54, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Change of age from 29 to 30
The change of age from 29 to 30 Mista Meg (talk) 09:50, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Change Wizkid picture
Change Wizkid picture Pabløuriel (talk) 04:07, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2021
Wizkid is a Oduduwa singer not Nigerian Alexander okoye (talk) 10:02, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg 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. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:06, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2021
Damian Marley instead of Darmian Marley Alkasim Liman (talk) 14:35, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

yes Alkasim Liman (talk) 14:35, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ (assuming you mean in the associated acts section) - a search yielded no related results for 'Darmian Marley', and did for 'Damian Marley'. TungstenTime (talk) 17:14, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Net worth
Wizkid Net worth 105.112.18.208 (talk) 20:40, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2023
I was going through the page and noticed a dead link which needs to be updated

Kindly update or change: Wizkid, Linda Ikeji in dirty social media war (http://www.punchng.com/wizkid-linda-ikeji-in-dirty-social-media-war.html) to this (https://midevibez.com/wizkid-linda-ikeji-in-dirty-social-media-war/)

Thanks. JohnsonAjiboye (talk) 12:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Per the contact page, that source is not reliable. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:52, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Not reliable in what way? JohnsonAjiboye (talk) 13:11, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Fatherhood
Can we remove the entire fatherhood section? It's written with appalling prose and is quite unencyclopedic. The child is already referred to under personal life. No Swan So Fine (talk) 16:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I agree DollysOnMyMind (talk) 08:27, 8 February 2024 (UTC)