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Is the picture legally here? What about the copyright? If I recall correctly, it is one of the official publicity photos! -- NicApicella 06/Jul/2005
According to Wikipedia:Publicity photos it is Fair Use as long as it has come from a press kit or similar, with the express purpose of being used for freely available publicity. This is what is claimed on the page for the picture. JP Godfrey 15:55, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Her name is Mingrelian. Has she ever claimed to be Mingrelian? pavel76 12/08/05
Katie is a Mingrelian(Megrelian) singer.Her family were born Lazistan-Megrelia.She is a Megrel isn't Georgian (moved from article page)
Megrels (Megrelians) are Georgians. Oldest representatives of Georgians, who speak their own dialect of Georgian language. Megrels, Imeretinans, Svans, Ajarians, Kahkhetinas, Gurinas are all Kartvels (Georgians).
I have noticed the changing of her name from Ketevan Natasha "Katie" Melua to Ketevan "Katie" Melua and back again. I know her real first name is Ketevan, but what about her middle name? Is it sourced? 11:21, 30 October 2005.
In keeping with the naming conventions of her native country, Katie Melua does not have a middle name. The 'Natasha' rumour is untrue. This was confirmed in a post by her uncle, Zurab Melua, on the unofficial fan site, Melualand.com - Mark Bishop
I have heard it mentioned from a couple of sources (based on direct interviews with Melua) that she was born in Kutaisi, Georgia. Any information on this claim?
Is she agnostic? Is it sourced? I thought she went to catholic schools. Hera1187 09:33, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps someone expert in the subject of vocal ranges could add an extra paragraph about the vocal range of Katie Melua?
The article says she's british, although she's born in Georgia; does she have a double citizenship? Or it says so just because she lives in the UK? -- Εξαίρετος ( msg) 16:17, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I strongly reject the clam that I am homophobic or snobbish as User:TerriNunn suggested here. Forgive me for thinking the phrase "News of the World exclusive: Melua's secret lesbian lover" is a bit suspect. I think it should be reverted, not because I'm homophobic, because the newspaper article is clearly a tabloid talking a load of rubbish and it has no place on Wikipedia. Philip Stevens 15:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
we need to be sure about its factual accuracy. Andrew D White 01:52, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Difficult one- if it is cited only as a newspaper report then may amount to speculation. She is also quoted as neither confirming or denying it, only saying no comment- not sure if this makes any difference? Rob 00:20, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Even if she is currently in a lesbian relationship, she has had hererosexual relationships prior to this even going as far as considering marriage. So I think she should be described as bisexual. 77.99.233.169 ( talk) 16:58, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
The problem is the article needs to be better written overall. It has some good points, number one of which is that the editors actually bothered to extensively research the singer. Please don't undervalue this--as it is appears to be something that is not frequently done or not well done (as in the number and variety of sources) with young popular singer's articles on Wikipedia. The article is also, overall, a rather general article about the singer that could be useful for people who aren't fans to consult. A lot of articles about young current singers tend to read like fanzines and just turn the general audience off. These are two very strong points, imo about the article, research has been done, and it is written for a general audience, not just her fans. It made me curious about Katie Melua's music--what it should do, ultimately, and imo, as a FA on Wikipedia's front page. I love to find an article there about something or someone I've never heard of that makes me read to the end. This article has the potential to do that. It is however, rather poorly written, and sparse in some areas. Too much so on the former, for it to be a FA right now, or a FAC, imo. The prose is simply not compelling.
"It was whilst at the school that Melua was spotted by producer Mike Batt.
As a result of being spotted at a young age, Melua didn't attend University though she has often stated her desire to do so, citing English literature, history and physics as her courses of choice should she ever get the chance to go.[17][18]"
Spotted? Is she a musician or a model? He "spotted" her and this caused her to not attend university? Didn't her choice of careers have anything to do with it.
Weekly World News, by the way, is a tabloid, and it should be stated within the article when relaying information from tabloids, that the source is a tabloid, especially when dealing with a biography of a living person.
Anyway, lots of problems with the prose, too many, imo, for this to be a FAC. Although I hope you work towards making it one, especially as an example for other articles about popular singers, because of the effort towards research and a generalist article. Maybe there is another article in this area that has compelling prose that you can look at? KP Botany 16:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
This quote does come from a link, but is not true: "The ceremony was important to Melua because if her had father lost his job before becoming a citizen, the family would have been forced to return to Georgia."
It might have been true in the early years of their time in Britain, but once permanent residence ( Indefinite Leave to Remain) had been obtained, there would have been no question of having to return. Under the rules at the time this would likely have been given after 4 years. ILR is a pre-requisite for naturalisation as British.
I will delete this in a few days if there are no objections. JAJ 00:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
I feel that minimually all referenced web site references should have the date the data was retreived and one should possibly even use the Template:Cite_web to site these sources. Additionally in my opinion, the sourcing in general could look a little neater, please use some offically reconized format for sourcing. I feel that no article should make GA without following one of the major formating schemes for its sources. See Wikipedia:Citing_sources for details. Until these issues are resolved I must fail it on style. I would also like to see more printed sources as references. Just fix these issues and I will have no problem with it reaching GA. Andrew D White 22:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Above is the more graphical representation of how I rate the article. Note that I do not feel completely qualified to rate 6 but I feel that it is acceptable as long as no one else sees any major problems. They are all tagged as fair usage (possible FA elimination). See my above notes for my problems with style involving references. Andrew D White 22:42, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
It was more than 7 days since this nomination was on hold; therefore, I decided to be bold and fail this article on the basis that images in this article are without fair use rationale.-- Crzy cheetah 05:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I tried to add in her instruments played (guitar, piano and vocals) but the infobox just didn't show it even though I put it in the infobox, Help! User:Speedboy Salesman My talk page 06:39, June 30, 2024 ( UTC).
So, she's British because... she was born in Georgia, moved to Ireland and, at the age of 14, she moved to Britain? Just clarifying here.... 89.100.195.42 17:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Note that
Northern Ireland is part of the UK, and that it's semi-traditional around WP to have the semi-Easter-egg link [[United Kingdom|British]]
, in much the same way one gets [[United States|American]]
. (
British and
American are both ambiguous in their scope, as those pages make fairly clear.)
Alai
05:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
See discussion (10 above). It is absurd to say it is not sourced. 62.64.208.62 13:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
It is not.
Is there a better source that "a friend" said, nudge,nudge" story in the news of the screws? -- Fredrick day 20:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Basically there is some unfounded gossip about someone's sexuality. Go to a hair salon for that, leave wikipedia for verified facts please. Nina 61.95.116.45 12:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
It isn't made clear in this article, but this artist has done quite well on Billboard's jazz chart. While it is true that none of her albums have made the top 100 on the pop charts, she has spent months on the jazz charts (alongside other contemporary jazz artists, including Diana Krall and Madeleine Peyroux). She just hasn't crossed over to the pop field, like Norah Jones and Michael Buble have. This article seems to indicate that she is practically unknown in the US, but that certainly isn't true in the case of American jazz fans. Jrs1010 16:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I just changed the release date of her next album to 1 October 2007 and removed the "citation needed" tag. I got the information from [2], which is her official site, but can't link directly to the statement because of the method of navigating the site. To find the announcement, just click on 'news' at the top. Maybe someone with a bit more knowledge could put in the necessary reference? - Jetekus 01:52, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
i'm the one who's deleting the chapter "criticism", totally irrelevant, for the following reasons (and users like hera1187 should read and understand, instead of unwise undos): 1) when you read the sources (obviously hera never did), there is NO criticism about the fact melua is not writing all of her stuff... so, to mention these blog-quality-articles is not relevant at all: they just say, melua does not write everything, ok and so what? 2) she is not described as a songwriter, why? she is! 3) for instance, Whitney Houston is described (first paragraph) as a songwriter! a joke! i controlled all of her songs and discovered ONLY ONE song she co-wrote ("queen of the night" on the album the bodyguard, and of course there is no criticism about her non-ability to write anything (i'm a huge fan of her anyway))(has been corrected by... me) 4) the general fact there are sources anywhere on the net is not a good reason for a publication on wiki 62.167.44.57 14:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Why is Jamie Cullum listed as an associated act, when there is no mention of him elsewhere in the article, and no mention of Katie on Jamie's page? If there is a link, then it clearly needs to be explained, or deleted as superfluous information with no backing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.104.224 ( talk) 15:03, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm writing the hungarian version of this article, and just need the source of the sentence "Pictures has now sold over 1.3 million copies worldwide, and over 400,000 copies in the UK alone, being certified Platinum and becoming the 49th Best selling album in 2007". Well, I've been looking for the source everywhere, but couldn't find. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.130.149 ( talk) 11:01, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much... And I'll say thankyou if you'll have a look for it! Daderth from the huwiki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.130.242 ( talk) 19:45, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
I propose the whole paragraph to be cancelled for three reasons:
This is a biography, an article about the subject's life, not merely her career. Sourced information about all aspects of the subject's life that are relevant to her life should be present. Even if something is irrelevant to the person's career, it should be included if it is reliably sourced. That is true regardless of whether the article is about a musician, an actor, a sportsperson, a scientist or a serial killer. Qzm ( talk) 14:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
The German version of this article mentions that Melua's family, after having moved to Batumi, has lived for an unspecified amount of time in Moscow. However, that claim seems not to be sourced. Anyone cares to do some research on that matter, by chance? I lack the time at the moment, unfortunately. Vargher ( talk) 01:49, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm reviewing this article for GA sweeps. After reading through it, there are some things that need to be done to the article to help it maintain GA status:
I'll put the article on hold for five days. If progress is being made I can extend the date though. If no progress is made, the article will be delisted, and when everything is completed it will most likely be retained as a GA. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 20:33, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Name "Melua" is a partitive to finnish word "melu". It means "hard unpleasant voice". :) Is it ok to tell it in artcile? By the way, in Finland we have an artist name Koriseva, it's mean "stertorous". :D -- EsaL-74 ( talk) 20:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't her name be pronounced ˈmɛlua ? -- Morellus ( talk) 23:47, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1500734/How-Katie-put-the-science-back-into-songwriting.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.86.117.208 ( talk) 20:07, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
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Putting source that describes her as English : [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. NewThere ( talk) 14:26, 13 August 2022 (UTC)