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Meelar (talk) 21:12, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

April 2013
Hello, I'm Dan56. I noticed that you recently removed some content from The Weeknd without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Dan56 (talk) 05:04, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Dan, Dan56, The changes made to the The Weeknd page were made because the information previously existing on the page in regards to the personal realtionship with Jeremy Rose was all personal opinion from Jeremy Rose and had nothing to do with the early beginnings of Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd). The facts given by Rose to Vice magazine were fabricated and never confirmed nor denied by the artist. I work with The Weeknd and have direct knowledge of his biography and business dealings and have recently been discussing with Wikipedia on changes that we should make to that paragraph. I was advised by them to consult with the artist The Weeknd and re-write the paragraph so that it better reflected his personal life, and find a source. I only removed the personal statements of Jeremy Rose and replaced it with the facts such as the mixtape releases, his concert quoting his biography on Billboard.com

PLEASE put back the edit that I had made on the page....


 * This appears to be a conflict of interest. Please remember that Wikipedia articles are based on reliable third-party sources, and the subject matter in the source citing the content you removed has been reiterated in multiple sources covering The Weeknd, the article's topic. Removing information you believe to be incorrect suggests you know something that has not been significantly covered or published by reliable sources. Please understand that Wikipedia cannot simply take your word for it, as it would breach the formal tone and verifiability expected from an encyclopedia. Beyond obvious errors in an article, a concern about an article involving yourself or those close to you can be resolved through posting suggestions at the article talk page or asking an administrator from Wikipedia for help. Dan56 (talk) 05:22, 20 April 2013 (UTC)


 * BTW, the "biography" you found is a reprint from Allmusic.com found here, and statements like "sonically, there were clear traces of radio-friendly contemporary R&B à la" appear to be aesthetic opinions given by a music critic (WP:SUBJECTIVE). As I said before, feel free to resume this discussion at the article's talk page or ask an administrator for help with this template. Dan56 (talk) 05:24, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that biography is the most acurate "about" article on the net about the artist. The Weeknd has never done an interview with ANYONE or adressed ANYTHING that has to do with Jeremy Rose. I will however take your advise and let Wikipedia editors make the appropriate changes. (Iluvlola (talk) 05:28, 20 April 2013 (UTC))

Also truth of the matter is that Jeremy Rose has never been credited in ANY work and his "side of the story" is simply fabricated and has NOT been confirmed though media outlets have jumped at the opportunity for interviews with anyone related or close to The Weeknd since the artist himself has never actually done an interview and refused to speak to media, but rather chose to voice his opinion over twitter. Even there he has not addressed Jeremy Rose. Why not remove all the detailed description given by Rose from THE WEEKND's personal page? Maybe Jeremy Rose can open his own living person's page and write about whatever he wants regarding his personal life. I just don't think it's fair that the entire "Early beginnings and 2011" about THE WEEKND's life and career is based on Jeremy Rose, an individual never addressed by the artist, by the label or by anyone else that is directly related to The Weeknd. (Iluvlola (talk) 05:42, 20 April 2013 (UTC))

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to The Weeknd, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Conflict-of-interest edits in particular should be discussed at an article's talk page, as explained at WP:COIU. Thank you. Dan56 (talk) 05:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Please read the following paragraph taken from WP:COIU.
 * Biographies of living persons ("BLP"s) must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives: the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a BLP, whether or not that person is the subject of the article, and to material about living persons in other articles and on other pages, including talk pages.-

This is exactly what I was trying to do. The Weeknd's personal page is being used to magnify Jeremy Rose's personal agendas for his claim to fame via The Weeknd, and you are clearly disregarding the subject's privacy by refusing to at least acknowledge that the information provided (though sourced) is not necessarily correct. You don't have to REMOVE everything but you can make the appropriate changes to rectify the situation. (Iluvlola (talk) 06:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC))


 * What source suggests the content you're removing is "titillating" or of "harm to" the article's subject, or that there is a "situation" that needs to be "recitif[ed]"? Following your logic, this article should also exclude the subject's birth date, because he did not offer it himself in a primary source such as an interview. Wikipedia articles are based on reliable third-party sources independent of the article's subject. This piece of the information has been covered significantly enough (WP:NOTABILITY) to be included here. You said it yourself that the person you claim to be involved with professionally has not addressed the topic of Jeremy Rose, so forgive me if your adamance in "toning" down its inclusion in the article is a little dubious. You said you were going to ask an administrator for help as I encouraged before, but you didn't. Also, you're statement about Rose never being credited for his work is incorrect: the songs he "arguably" produced for the Weeknd were later credited for Trilogy in that album's liner notes. That text you quoted also was not from WP:COIU, but from WP:BLP; you admit to be affiliated with the topic of the article and are attempting to make changes based on that relationship, which would make it a conflict of interest. Dan56 (talk) 06:21, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S. This is my last message with regards to discussing this topic at your talk page. Dan56 (talk) 06:23, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

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