Talk:Sami Yusuf

message: http://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2015/07/150729_music_sami_yusof_iran_reaction –Skywatcher68 (talk) 17:08, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The BBC is most definitely not fake! And that Twitter post has no bearing, given that the question was not about his birth name. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:46, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait, you're from Iran and you don't understand the language? I find that very hard to believe. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:52, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  A source for "Siamak Berenjan" and "Babak Radmanesh" 

message: Entire of this section is WRONG and misleading information. I surprised why you approve them! Check the sources, nothing about these lines mentioned there. Please address this at least. 
Sami Yusuf was born as Siamak Berenjan (سیامک برنجان) on 1980 in Tehran to Azerbaijani parents. His father is Firouz Berenjan, better known by his stage name Babak Radmanesh, an Iranian composer.[19][20][21] His grandparents are from Baku, Azerbaijan. His grandparents left Baku when it was recaptured by the Bolsheviks after the First World War.[22] Mjahangir777 (talk) 17:08, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The only currently un-sourced material was his birthname and his father, which is given in the BBC article above. His father's real name is then given here. – Þjarkur (talk) 01:53, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note the above: was unsourced. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the page back to the last stable version before all of this edit warring happened. What would you like changed, and why? Dusti*Let's talk!* 19:02, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: See below. Those names are not unsourced nor are the sources fake.–Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:20, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  PLEAE CHECK THIS (URGENT)  

message: Hello. We have received an edit request about Sami Yusuf's nationality in fawiki (This discussion).  says that Sami Yusuf is British. Sources are in that discussion.  Hello. Since you know Farsi as well, please talk to WPooya about this. You may also want to read that discussion in fawiki. Thanks in advance. AhmadTalk 17:21, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like my "power" blocked you again. --HistoryofIran (talk) 18:52, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps, History, you shouldn't be taunting users that you complain of harassing you. Else, that'll wind you up blocked yourself. Dusti*Let's talk!* 19:01, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Come on, it was just a light hearted joke. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:03, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

text: Joining two adjectives of nationality or ethnicity together does not imply dual citizenship. For a very long time it has been common in American English to use expressions such as "Japanese American" and "Italian American" to refer to United States citizens whose ancestry or ethnic background is from somewhere else, without implying dual citizenship. In more recent times the same has become common in British English, except that for some reason it is more common in British usage to put the words the other way round, so that "British Iranian" would perhaps be better. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:04, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

text: Ok. So Azeris born in Iran, comprising Iran's 2nd largest ethnic group, are not Iranian citizens? Also, in which country is Tehran located? - LouisAragon (talk) 14:00, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iranian-British or British 

message: From July of last year: From April of last year:From July of 2015:From September of 2015:From November of last year:All "fake"? –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:18, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: More block evasion by Mjahangir. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:29, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: https://samiyusufofficial.com/biography: "This site can’t be reached". –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:32, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: English Wikipedia has no requirement that sources be in English, otherwise there would be no option to cite works in other languages. Google has over 100,000 hits for "سیامک برنجان"; all above links have been verified that the "سیامک برنجان" in question is Sami Yusuf. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:41, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

text: Stop trying to ignore facts. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:57, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

text: ,  is quite right. There is no requirement for sources to be in English. Obviously it is likely to be more helpful to readers of an English language encyclopaedia to use English sources when they are available, but that does not mean that we exclude all content for which English sources aren't available. I have also posted a much longer message to the talk page of your original account, explaining various issues about which you have asked. I hope it may be helpful to you. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:06, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

text: , a few more points.
# I have looked at the "official" biography that you have linked to, and at present the full and complete text of the page is "Biography ©2019 Sami Yusuf is exclusively managed & represented by Clover Management Limited."
# We don't give priority to what someone chooses to say about themself in their own web site. On the contrary, we give priority to what reliable independent sources say. People's own versions are often heavily influenced by what they want people to believe about them.
# I don't know what you mean by "made up", but if you think there are good reasons for regarding a sourced as unsuitable, you need to explain why, not just announce that it isn't a good source and expect us to take your word for it. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:23, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  More sources for "Siamak Berenjan"  (سیامک برنجان) and "Babak Radmanesh" 

message: Seems there wasn't any problem with that in October of 2014. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 20:31, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, look, the source for that name is a BBC Persian article from 2013. Why is BBC Persian a problem all of a sudden? –Skywatcher68 (talk) 21:00, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about "Siamak Radmanesh"? 

message: Sami Yusuf's only label record company is Andante Records. He is not represented by Awakening Records and information about this record label should be removed from his bio and about. Please check and accept the edit I made HalaW25 (talk) 09:51, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Please refer to Template:Infobox Musical Artist#label and to Sami's discography. AlMu'allim and My Ummah were released by Awakening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Assem Khidhr (talk • contribs) 15:39, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record company name!