# Talk:Pon de Replay

"Bajan"? And all this time I thought the title "Pon de Replay" was Jamaican "patois" (or rather I should say Jamaican "creole"). See, "pon" is a word I often hear in dancehall tracks, etc.

Pon = "put on"?  Not so sure about that.  Do you have a source for that?  And "Bajan is not English"?  Of course it is.  'Pon = Upon, and it's an archaic English feature which is preserved in several Caribbean English creoles.  Guettarda 16:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm more towards it being in Spanish (pon=put de=on replay=replay), not English slang (pon=upon de=the replay=replay). Firewithinfreak (talk) 18:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

-It's not Spanish, despite what it looks like. Rihanna is from Barbados, "Pon" is a common word in most Caribbean Creoles, and means "on, upon". The title could then be translated into Standard English as "on replay", if "de" is understood as an article. Also, "de" does not mean "on" in Spanish, it means "of, from". There's no reason to assume it's Spanish.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:CC:8000:96:14BF:4BE:8A0E:59AE (talk) 02:04, 4 September 2014 (UTC) 

Hey the song Hit Me Up by Gia Farrell is remeniscent of this song. Does anybody any additional information? Thanks. Meursault2004 10:48, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Not really.. 211.30.195.154 12:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Is it just me or do the chart positions not match on the sidebar and on the table?

Actually, "For the Love of You" is by The Isley Brothers and Houston just covered it. Does the source state Houston's "For the Love of You"? Somehow The Guardian isn't loading for me. Novice7 (talk) 15:18, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

It says Whitney Houston in two sources given, indicating she sung the song in the way that it was sung by Houston. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon!  15:39, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Ah okay. Thanks. Novice7 (talk) 06:19, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Why is the article scrunched up at the bottom? Muthamonster (talk) 05:08, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

What? It's not. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon!  09:42, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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Reviewer: SCB '92 (talk · contribs) 13:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Hmm... I see a few flaws
Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality: 
This seems to be written in American English, with the date format as "May 24, 2005", but "favourite" seems to have a "u" in it as in British English; isn't it supposed to be "favorite"? same with "cancelled", which supposed to have one 'l' if it's AE, despite the two ls are used a lot in American society; either that, or change the date format to "24 May 2005"; In the lead, why use the date of when it was first released on iTunes (August 26, 2005)? it's better to use the date when it was first released, which is May 24, 2005 as a vinyl single; why is Evan Rogers surname used as "Rogers' " throughout, after being used as "Rogers' wife"? so sentences like "Rogers' asked Rihanna and her two friends" don't make sense, unless you're talking about the couple as a family, which should read "The Rogers'" otherwise it should just read "Rogers"; in "and compared it to Beyoncé Knowles 2003 chart topper", "Knowles" should have the apostrophe at the end, to read "Knowles' "; "protoganists" should read "protagonist's"
B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists: 
Evan Rogers is overlinked in the main body of the article, first being wikilinked in the Background section, but then again in the Composition section as "Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers"; should remove the second wikilink
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources: 
good, but the display of ref#69 is a bit messed up; please fix
B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary: 
good
C. No original research: 
okay
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects: 
fine
B. Focused: 
okay
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias: 
good
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc: 
no problems here
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales: 
good
B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions: 
I think there should be an screenshot from the music video
Overall:
Pass or Fail: 
Please address the issues I mentioned
The date format is fine. It is allowed.
I can see FN69 is mucked up, but when I click edit to fix it, I can't actually see what is wrong?
Have done everything else.
I fixed the reference part of it; seems you missed out the "http://" part of the url; since you changed everything to American English, the date format is now ok; I'll pass it; though I do find it weird that you put an image of Whitney Houston in the article instead of a screenshot from the music video-SCB '92 (talk) 18:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks and thanks lol. I put a pic of Whitney because I don't know how to upload pictures, and I thought I would add one sooner rather than later. Calvin • Watch n' Learn 18:47, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

"Pon De Replay" samples heavily from the Diwali Riddim. This should be noted in the article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali_Riddim  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Infamous30 (talk • contribs) 10:06, 18 May 2012 (UTC) 

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I do not agree with 2004 being listed as the recording date, for the actual commercially released track. Can someone actually provide evidence that Rihanna did NOT re-record the song for commercial release? I do not see any evidence that the demo was released "as-is". Am I missing something?--Carmaker1 (talk) 10:29, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

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