Talk:Ragga

message: What is the difference between ragga(muffin) and dancehall reggae? I always thought that while ragga is a type of dancehall music where a dee jay (=rapper) is chatting, dancehall is a more general term for any kind of digital reggae music. Wathiik 14:32, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Allright, I mostly agree with you guys, so I proposed the merger on the main page. I'll take the two signed comments as supports of merging....
Personally, I think I agree with Wathiik, except that dancehall has been pretty much used to describe the most modern style of reggae since just after the studio one days (long before the digital days). But I do think that ragga implies a DJ vs. a singer. Further, I think that "ragga" is term more used in britain (although I have no research on that at all) and by non-reggae listeners in the USA. Reggaedelgado 05:32, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

text: This debate has been going on for a long time - over a year in fact is it time to close it down one way or the other.  If it's tagged to be merged that will prevent people (including me) from spending time editing an article that may be merged.  Time to bite the bullet and remove the tag or merge??? Escaper7 08:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, I think the articles shouldn't definitely both start with Sleng Teng, in any case, so we have to find a solution for that. As for the definition of ragga itself, maybe we could include that the term isn't used at all in Jamaica if that's true - don't they differentiate between dj/toaster based dancehall and singer based dancehall at all? 
Wathiik 12:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: Shall we just have a simple vote that closes in a couple of weeks?  It takes ages to wade trhough the comments above, some of which are unsigned...Escaper7 10:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a massive take up on this, makes me wonder why it was ever suggested for a merge.  Shall we give it until the last day of October 2006 and see how it looks then? Please add comment directly below - follow the layout beneath that if you're simply voting on the merge. Escaper7 12:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vote on Merge

message: * The intro doesn't reflect that the term "ragga" as definition of a (sub-)genre was coined by non-Jamaicans. Someone with enough concern about this article should take care of that. 
* The difference between dancehall and ragga is not clear, the definition (quote: "Ragga is often used as a synonym for dancehall reggae, but more typically, it is used for dancehall with a deejay chatting rather than singing on top of the "riddim".") is _very_ vague, and unsourced. In fact, the whole article is unsourced. 
* In the origins section, it is stated that "ragga revolutionized reggae music". Source that, or it's gotta go. No Jamaican reggae artist, disc jockey or critic ever uses the word "ragga" in the context of a genre, and certainly wouldn't use it in a sentence with reggae revolution.
And about the straw poll above, the people against the merge provide no explanation, or only a vague one - Wikipedia is not a democracy, the method of determining consensus is discussion, not voting. And just because the article is "long enough" it doesn't have a right to be here.
I'm not getting involved further (at the moment) because, like I said before, my point of view is that this is maximum a merge into dancehall. More like a brief mention in dancehall. Just put away your opinions and start citing sources.
I'll start you off with the Gleaner's thought on the topic -  'Gargamel' makes basic error
Maybe I'll join the fun some other day. Happy editing, #29 (talk) 14:31, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ragga and dancehall 

message: ...the merge failed. "Ragga" is a British term for digital reggae (dancehall) and it's silly to have two separate articles for the same genre.--Chimino (talk) 01:47, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too bad... 

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message: I think you should add “InI” in the list of raggahop artists. 94.181.145.34 (talk) 20:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raggahop artists