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I am the biological daughter of Tupac shakur I have verified X and Instagram accounts @lisajanehargreaves and I also have my medical records confirming my blood results.
I am of African American origin.
Lisa jane Hargreaves (
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18:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)reply
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.
This is a continuation of the discussion
here and
here.
Based on my review of sources, Tupac is indeed a song-writer and that should be in the
WP:LEDE. I believe it has been in the LEDE for quite sometime, so the removal is not justified.--
David Tornheim (
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04:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Then why is this not in the lead of every hip-hop artist that writes their own songs? The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem. I have looked up multiple artists and do not see this in the lead of their articles. Why is it for Tupac's article in particular and not these other artists? They should be edited for uniformity was my argument.
Darrencdm1988 (
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04:25, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I looked up
Notorious B.I.G. and
this category certainly indicates to me that he was a song-writer. So I agree with you that article should probably say so too. It's all about what the
WP:RS says. I did a google search and it appears to me that Tupac wrote many or most of his own songs.
this category also supports the claim. It is mentioned in the
WP:BODY, which should be fleshed out to say more about Tupac's song-writing. --
David Tornheim (
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04:50, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I apologize to both editors for engaging in the edit war. I'm not familiar with Wikipedia rules and shouldn't have been aggressive in my approach. This is the last I will post about it.
Darrencdm1988 (
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04:50, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Darrencdm1988: Thanks for the apology. You can continue to discuss any concerns you have about the article here on the article talk page. But it should be grounded in the
WP:RS. Also, I did look at
Notorious B.I.G. and it lists his occupation as "songwriter". I do know you are a new editor and I appreciate you acknowledging that. There are indeed a lot of rules here and many seem to contradict each other. If you have any questions feel free to ask me or any other experienced editor, or ask at the
Wikipedia:Teahouse. --
David Tornheim (
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04:58, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Previous discussion #1 on user talk page that should probably be here instead
I disagree with your reasoning and will continue to remove songwriter from the lead. Just because he wrote his own songs does not mean it was a "main occupation" of his or should be considered an occupation that he made money from. You're saying the fact other music artists don't have this in the lead of their article doesn't matter, and I also disagree. So therefore until settled by another editor, this will be considered an edit war because I will continue to remove your edits.
Darrencdm1988 (
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00:42, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't understand one thing: but what does it change to you if it says songwriter or not? It's been months since it wrote songwriter and no one has complained. So do we need to remove songwriters from all artist pages? Why shouldn't Tupac be written?
Pier1999 (
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00:48, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Before edit war, let's discuss. No need for an edit war. I want to understand why on Tupac's page there can't be written songwriter, this is written in the lead of many artists. Why can't Tupac be written? What's different for you? Tupac is considered one of the best songwriters in the history of music, Eminem considers him the greatest songwriter ever, Nas said in an interview that Tupac was better than Shakespeare. Songwriter is written in the lead of many pop stars whose lyrics are quite banal and do not have the literary complexity of Tupac's.
Pier1999 (
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00:53, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Every hip hop artist I have researched that wrote their own songs does not have this in the lead. Tupac did not write songs for other artists that I know of, so it shouldn't be considered an occupation he profited from much less a main occupation of his. Eminem, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas etc. would all have to be changed to suit your whims of adding this in the lead on Tupac's article. That's how I see it.
Darrencdm1988 (
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01:24, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Songwriter doesn't just mean who writes songs for others, it also means who writes their own songs. For example, on the page of Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Lil Wayne it is written. Why shouldn't it be written in Tupac's? For example, on the page of Bono of U2 and Nina Simone, there is also an activist in the lead. Yet these are not two of their main activities, they are above all artists. Why should only Tupac's page say only rapper? When he was also a poet, activist, songwriter and actor.
Pier1999 (
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01:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
It's not about tantrums, so according to your reasoning we have to take away songwriter from Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Lil Wayne as well. Right?
Pier1999 (
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01:50, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't agree with you, following your reasoning then we should take Songwriter off the lead of all the rappers who have it because Jay-Z, Eminem and Biggie don't have that in the lead. Wikipedia should be an information site, not a personal information site. When I've edited the lead several times, the admins have praised my edits, so songwriter needs to be written. Your reasoning has nothing to do with it, so if we take away songwriters from Tupac, we have to take it away from all artists.
Pier1999 (
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01:55, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
It's actually not true, it has been in the lead of the article for at least two months and a few days ago it was removed. Check the changes
Pier1999 (
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02:41, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
So, precisely it was added by me 26 days ago and was removed for the first time yesterday. You can check the changes to the page.
Pier1999 (
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02:45, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
As I stated, it was not in the lead of the article until you added it recently. It is your opinion only. The article has been on Wikipedia since 2005.
Darrencdm1988 (
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02:47, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
It was actually written before, even years ago, then it was changed several times. First it was written on the page that Tupac was a symbol of activism against inequality and then it was removed. In the past other people had written songwriters, you can go into the edits. It was actually written before, even years ago, then it was changed several times. First it was written on the page that Tupac was a symbol of activism against inequality and then it was removed. In the past other people had written songwriters, you can go into the edits. It was actually written before, even years ago, then it was changed several times. First it was written on the page that Tupac was a symbol of activism against inequality and then it was removed. In the past other people had written songwriter, you can go into the edits.
Pier1999 (
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02:53, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Of course, basically Tupac's lead is always changing, it changes every six months. While the other artists' leads always remain the same, which is a strange thing. Then there are often edit wars on the page. That said, what does it make to you if songwriter is written in the lead or not? At least that should be written, other artists have written all the occupations in the lead, even if they are secondary occupations.
Pier1999 (
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03:38, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
David Tornheim I ask you to intervene because there is a user here who is making an edit war. Remove songwriter from Tupac's lead just because in his personal opinion he shouldn't be put. When in reality Tupac is considered one of the best songwriters ever
Pier1999 (
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03:46, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I had to tag an admin because you're making edit wars and editing a page that doesn't make any sense. According to your logic, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne should also be stripped of songwriter in the lead.
Pier1999 (
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03:49, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
You are willfully engaging in an edit war as well. Don't put it off on me and act like you are not playing a part. That's what this entire thing is about, really. You are acting like your opinion is supreme. I have never noticed this in the lead before and have been editing this article for years, so if it was there before I am not the only one who has removed it. Others disagree with you as well.
Darrencdm1988 (
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04:11, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
--END OF DISCUSSION #1 COPIED FROM USER TALK PAGE--
Hi, I saw that you took songwriter out of Tupac's lead and added actor. Actor is not one of Tupac's most important occupations, while songwriter is. Also because songwriter is about his music, his main activity. It's okay as it says. There is no need to change the lead. His main activity was music, not being an actor. Actor is already reported in the occupations part. The fact that it's not written in the beginning to other artists has nothing to do with it, songwriter is one of Tupac's main occupations and it has to do with his music. Songwriters and rappers are the two main occupations, so they must remain so. Actor is a secondary occupation. As we have already written in several threads on this page. I don't see what it has to do with the fact that they didn't write it to other artists, so we should take songwriters away from all artists.
Pier1999 (
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00:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
--END OF DISCUSSION #2 COPIED FROM USER TALK PAGE--
Don't know if this is important enough to mention, but there's a web page that can be used to have Tupac's voice dubbed:
[1] I don't see how he can have given his permission for his voice to be used, but maybe his heirs did.
WiseWoman (
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20:25, 13 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
WiseWoman: Probably would need to be mentioned in
WP:RS to justify including any mention of it in the article. Sometimes external links are included in a special section at the end of articles, as is the case with this one:
Tupac_Shakur#External_links. Because of potential copyright infringement, I would be against inclusion. --
David Tornheim (
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21:54, 13 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Also, please note that according to our article
Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#Duration_of_copyright: 'Copyright protection generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the author. If the work was a "work for hire", then copyright persists for 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever is shorter.' However, as a paralegal--I am not an attorney and cannot give legal advice--Wikipedia is not a reliable source on law. There are better sources online and law does change and is often complicated by case law that can even vary by jurisdiction. Law libraries are good resources, but in the end if you want proper legal advice, you need to see an attorney who specializes in the appropriate field. --
David Tornheim (
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22:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)reply
personal interpretations
@
HumansRightsIsCoolhttps://theconversation.com/in-tupacs-life-the-struggles-and-triumphs-of-a-generation-79266 "Moviegoers this summer have enjoyed “All Eyez on Me,” the biopic of Tupac Shakur, one of the most iconic and influential musicians of the 20th century." Articles written by Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, professor of history and popular music at the University of Connecticut. The article describes Tupac as one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, does not mention "one of the African-American artists." You have to stick to the sources
Pier1999 (
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20:53, 19 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I just added a source which said he's one of the most influential black artists. Now I'm sticking to sources. Being black was a big part of tupacs career, he rapped about it, talked about it tons of times and was an activist for his own people, the fact that nowhere in this article says he's black is crazy
HumansRightsIsCool (
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20:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC)reply
So I read the article you wrote, but it's not as authoritative a source as the article written by Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar. He does not report that he is one of the most influential African-American musical artists, but one of the most famous ones. However, your source does not delete an article written by an academic.
Pier1999 (
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21:03, 19 May 2024 (UTC)reply
The article you cited is not written by an academic, while the one I cited months ago is written by one of America's leading academics in history and popular music. Also, as already written, it only reports that 2pac is one of the most famous African-American artists ever. I don't read influential writing. That said, a different source doesn't delete an authoritative source, I recommend you read the Wikipedia rules.
Pier1999 (
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21:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Yes, of course there are rules. You can contact the administrators to have them explain it to you. Anyway I removed Gangsta rap in the lead, because it's already mentioned in the music genres and on the page. I don't understand why Tupac's lead has to have changes every week...
Pier1999 (
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02:00, 20 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Cena332 In my opinion it is useless to write that in the final part of his career he did Gangsta rap, it is already written on the page. Otherwise we would have to write in the lead that he was a political and conscious rapper. But it's useless, it's already written in the genres and on the page
Pier1999 (
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02:27, 20 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Cena332 In fact, I'll write more: most of 2pac's songs are political rap and conscious rap songs, only in the final part of his career did he do Gangsta rap. So it would be more appropriate to write political rap and conscious rap in the lead. Or write both political rap and gangsta rap. (As it is written in the Ice Cube lead for example).
Pier1999 (
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02:31, 20 May 2024 (UTC)reply
It is already written in the contents of the article that he addressed say for example social injustice; but it's still included in the lead. I don't see a problem with including Gangsta rap respectively. He also did do gangsta rap before Death Row; (but when he got to Death Row it escalated) but yes he did had socially conscious songs like Keep Ya Head Up. I think this is already addressed in the lead by "His lyrical content has been noted for addressing social injustice, political issues and the marginalization of African-Americans".
Cena332 (
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02:36, 20 May 2024 (UTC)reply
it doesn't matter If it says "African-Americans" or "black Americans" they're pretty much the same thing. Most African-Americans are considering black and most people considered black around the globe have African ancestors
HumansRightsIsCool (
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03:17, 20 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Confunxion There is no need to write in the lead: "one of the hip hop artists of his generation", because it is already written: "one of the most influential rappers of all time." Let's avoid repetitions that can lead to edit wars.
Pier1999 (
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06:23, 22 May 2024 (UTC)reply
what action heros wants is "the source says African American, not people in the black community." He thinks we should copy sources word for word which is probably against wikipedia rules. And why does Confuxtion need to get involved? He was only complaining because the lead mentioned "African American" twice, so I wrote "people in the black community" so it wouldn't say the words "African American" twice, that was his only problem
HumansRightsIsCool (
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22:39, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Rappers;
Biggie Smalls,
Nas and
Jay-Z leads do not start out as they are "African-American rappers". It’s that they are "American rappers". 2Pac we know he is African-American, you can see that in the Infobox, This doesn’t need to be self-explained, Your making to much of an issue out of this over nothing. --
Cena332 (
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01:09, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Oh. I never listened to Jay-Z before. Only people I listen to is Eazy E, Biggie, and Tupac. Eminem is trash, Drake is trash, Kendrick is trash, youngboy is trash.
HumansRightsIsCool (
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08:06, 9 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Remove Makaveli as stage name
I suggest removing Makaveli as a stage name from the lead, and keep it in the other names section; as he never performed under the name Makaveli. Tupac's last concert was The House of Blues on July 4, 1996, and there he was still introduced as 2Pac.
Cena332 (
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02:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply