Talk:Olu Dara

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:44, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Convert to Islam from Christianity

Are there any sources that Olu Dara used to be Christian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.109.177 (talk) 20:19, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

He has also played with Oliver Lake —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.63.165 (talk) 05:09, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Ancestry

This source: http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/ten-facts-about-nas/, is not a reliable source because it's a blog. The reason why I'm removing the supposed Yoruba ancestry of Nas and Olu Dara is because there are other similar sources that say he's not Nigerian firstly, and also because this rumour has not been confirmed by Nas in any media outlet. African Americans often adopt African names especially when Olu Dara was growing up. If we keep undoing it seems we'll need a third party resolution and I'm not sure these sources can be confirmed because things that relate to identity are usually highly scrutinised. Ukabia - talk 12:10, 21 October 2015 (UTC) — (Eruditescholar)

I currently only have access to Wikipedia and will not be able to access the websites you listed until later. I have edited, sourced and categorized various Nigeria-related articles of various ethnicites i.e Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fula etc. The source you mentioned is not a blog. Apart from the remaining citations, there are still yet other sources not included in the article. If you can provide sufficient reliable sources countering his Nigerian ancestry, it will be put into consideration. However Nas and Olu Dara have not made any personal or official statement renouncing their Nigerian ancestry. Eruditescholar (talk) 12:44, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

It's not a question of countering unreliable source, unreliable sources are unreliable sources. You need to find sources that are reliable and then this dispute can be settled. The problem is that there probably aren't any reliable sources because it's just a rumour. The sources you provided were blogs from obscure entertainment websites. Ukabia - talk 13:22, 21 October 2015 (UTC) — (Eruditescholar)

Third Opinion

A third opinion has been requested about the adding and removing of a category from this article and from Nas. I am not offering a third opinion, and will leave the request open for another volunteer, but I have requested page protection to stop the edit-warring, and am advising the parties to take the question about the reliability of the source to the reliable source noticeboard. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:47, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

I am not offering a third opinion either, but I would just like to say that I think WP:BLPN would be a better venue for this matter. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 04:13, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

I'll offer a third opinion. blackenterprise.com does publish blogs (they have a "blogs" section in that e-magazine) but the article in question is a column published in their Lifestyle section, and not a blog. The author of that article appears to be a journalist, not a blogger. Where he got his facts from may be a subject for another discussion, but from my point of view, considering the magazine, the author, and the section in which the article was published, I'd say this qualifies as a reliable source — or, at least, it isn't an un-reliable source. ~Amatulić (talk) 01:49, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Olu Dara/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

The name Olu Dara literal translation means "God is good."

Last edited at 18:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 01:49, 30 April 2016 (UTC)