User talk:Thedustyfoot

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September 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not include unsupported or inaccurate statements. Whenever you add possibly controversial statements about a living person to an article or any other Wikipedia page, as you did to K'naan with this edit, you must include proper sources. If you don't know how to cite a source, you may want to read Referencing for beginners for guidelines. Thank you. Trusilver 06:09, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I had noticed this modification in a . As I explained in my edit summary, it isn't clear that the Globe & Mail article (link) is referring to his wife: "Perversely, the girl who left him earlier this year has set him free. Heartbreak has given him new freedom."  (In fact, as written, I'm wondering if the author is speaking metaphorically, perhaps not even referring to a specific woman.)  The article does say that "Toronto is where his sons, 4 and 6, live with their mother, but it is no longer home for him."  This implies that K'naan and the mother of his children no longer live together.  However, it doesn't specify that they were separated or divorced (or that they are even talking about his wife, although personally I believe that's the case).  I just don't think the article gives us enough information to draw the conclusion you did, and it is not Wikipedia's job to make such an inference.  Finally, please don't cut and paste from other sources (unless you format it as a direct quote, and properly cite it as such).  Thank you, -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 18:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)