Talk:Seal (musician)

message: Should Seal's contribution to the vocals on the S-Express song Superfly Guy in 1988 deserve a mention? This was pre his big breakthrough with Admaski and does I feel deserve brief mention.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.79.222.87 (talk) 10:12, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Work (S-Express)

message: "Can someone tell us how he got the scar"
I am no expert, but it seems like lupus is not the disease he suffered from. it seems like he might be dead by now, or at least not very healthy if that were the case. Lupus is a chronic disease...can somebody help us out here...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.186.99.184 (talk) 27 February 2008
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The scars on his face were caused by a disease, lupus.
Is there any explanation for this? It's a question that's been there for a few edits, and seems to break the tables, and asks a question (I presume they mean "scar") that's already answered. --Golbez 03:04, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I just combined a similar sentence about discoid lupus, with this Nightline reference.  It's weak, though (like a book reference, just text) and preferably would hyperlink to something more concrete.  Alas, this article is filled with problematic, unreferenced statements....   20:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed yet another lupus comment. Upon looking at the reference, found it was a fansite/blog type document. I clicked "name" and got 3 possible names, all of which had only two names, like Samuel David, or some such thing. There MUST be a verifiable solid reference, particularly when discussing a live person, and why they look the way they do! This is an encyclopedia, please remember that gossip, speculation and our desire to make this a complete article aren't good enough. I did leave in a sentence to show that many explanations are being given, but as yet there's no confirmed reason. From what I do know of lupus, it's hard to believe that he'd have only one massive breakout, and then no other dermatalogical episode ever again from a disease that is incurable. Either way, Fansites aren't reputable. --leahtwosaints (talk) 07:46, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~)! Also, use horizontal lines (----) sparingly, if you have to. Qwerty (talk) 06:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Scars

message: I'm slightly pissed off by this artcle. One of the things I've always admired about Seal is the fact that he is an accomplished songwriter who composes (almost) all his own material. Yet the only mention of his songwriting in the article is him having co-written "My Vision". I've changed the intro from "soul vocalist" to "soul vocalist and songwriter", but I think his composing skills do deserve more of a mention. Crisso 14:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Songwriter?

message: A childhood battle with discoid lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring and hair loss
I don't think this can be true, since when his first album was released he was commonly seen with funki dreds (i.e., short dreadlocks) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.50.111 (talk) 2 March 2007
I must admit his face looks far less scarred (no scarring?) as well though that can be due to aging.
Wait-- I take that back. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xKgBKa9mGLY/U52MUfeuNVI/AAAAAAAAFmw/pY7XA-qx_KQ/s1600/adamski+seal.jpg
FrJosephSuaiden (talk) 07:14, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Hair Loss

message: "and as a recovering Lupus survivor he now spends his time collecting rubber bands"
I'm thinking that this is someone's idea of a joke? Hey, it made me laugh, but someone should probably fix it. Unless, of course, he does collect rubber bands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.3.221 (talk) 30 March 2007
:It's a joke. Sign your messages, please! Qwerty (talk) 06:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rubber Bands

message: Maybe someone should put something about that in 64.221.248.17 18:35, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with his nine names 

message: Shouldn't this article be under Seal (singer), as that is what he is known for?  Even in the opening paragraph, it states that he is a singer/songwriter, not a musician. SKS2K6 (talk) 07:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Singers can be called musicians.  The voice is a musical instrument. 76.111.80.228 (talk) 02:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation

message: Shouldn't the personal life part of the article moved before his works?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.205.32 (talk) 16:06, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely.  First, the comment about the photo has not gone unnoticed.  There Must be a better photo of Seal!  Anyone??  I'm attempting to make some changes if folks will help with seriously hunting up references instead of speculating. :) --leahtwosaints (talk) 11:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Presentation

message: I understand that a banned user isn't supposed to make any edits, although I haven't looked into this and don't know which banned editor this happens to be...but why are we adding unsourced information back into BLPs? There is without question material being restored that doesn't belong without sourcing. --Onorem♠Dil 20:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is also plenty being removed which is without doubt, for example mentions of his most famous songs. --BrucePodger (talk) 20:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  but it's ALL unsourced - the whole thing relies on quotes that have no sources at all - unsourced quotes should be removed on sight- regardless of what they say. you are actively breaching our BLP policies by readding unsourced quotes when it has been pointed out to you that they are unsourced. Don't just blank revert, READ the section and re-add that which does not rely on unsourced quotes - thus bringing in line with our BLP policies.  --87.112.86.10 (talk) 20:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I've brought the issue to WP:ANI. Some good material being lost isn't a valid reason to reintroduce unsourced contentious material into a BLP. If I had time to go through piece by piece myself right now, I would...but I don't. --Onorem♠Dil 20:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

text:  But it's not even lost - the material is still there in the history for someone to check and re-add with sources. What we see here is the lazyness that infests lots of BLPs - "too much trouble to read and source, so we'll just leave it!". I'd do it but since I'm banned, I'd only be reverted. --87.112.86.10 (talk) 20:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

text: *It's also a copyvio from here, originally added in this edit. One Night In Hackney303 20:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Banned user's edits

message: "Seal (pronounced see-ell)" - Sorry, can't understand from this what is correct pronunciation. Please clarify. -- 201.53.7.16 (talk) 15:43, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Please clarify pronunciation of name

message: the E! True Hollywood Story episode about heidi klum says that seal was 'born into poverty in nigeria', but the article states he was born in the uk. badmachine (talk) 18:57, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  E! True Hollywood Story 

message: The Buckethead task force is currently working on an article about Seal's percussionist Ramy Antoun. Any input from your side is highly appreciated! --Avant-garde a clue-hexaChord2 19:05, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ramy Antoun 

message: Quite a clever piece of graffiti there. Citation is a BBC article about an actual seal being bitten by a shark.
"In 2008, the BBC reported that he had been bitten by a shark off the coast of Norfolk.[25]"
Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/7169415.stm
I've removed it.
--134.117.251.3 (talk) 20:17, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bitten by a shark 

message: Heidi and Seal have had a lot of racist remarks made against them over the internet, most seem to derive from a sense of jealousy of the success of black and white couple. I was going to mention this article, are there any objections? http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s72/project-runway/news/a313584/heidi-klum-seal-and-i-value-our-marriage.html?rss ₭₦→ [talk?] 17:40, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mentioning the following article 

message: There was a story floating out there (pre-internet days, FWIW) that Seal had at one time been in the militry. ¿Any truth to this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.175.21.87 (talk) 06:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: ¿Militry Career?

message: * Various sources report that Seal was actually born in Nigeria
(1) http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/seal.html
(2) http://forum.cybereagles.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=187356
(3) http://forum.cybereagles.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22295
Can we have some more accurate biographical information with respect to this person.
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replies: text: Your "sources" (forums and bio channel) are not sources, they are also false. The Guardian and The Boston Globe are sources. His birth was also registered in London. Carlos Rojas77 (talk) 14:51, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

text: The fact they are not sources means they are not valid. Anyone can write anything about someone, forums especially. Unless it is verified in published sources whats written carries zero validity.Carlos Rojas77 (talk) 11:13, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

text: in the following video, after 40 seconds, Seal says that it is his grandfather who was Brazilian. So his father is probably Nigerian, too!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8me-ulACqgE --CapoeiraES (talk) 18:23, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  This Article is Propagating Inaccuracies  

message: Nobody's interested why he has such a strange nickname? -- TVippy  15:19, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure there are explanations given by the subject. They just need a proper citation. Karst (talk) 09:29, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  SEAL name ORIGIN 

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message: Please change the first name from Henry to Sealhenry (one word) per sources:
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*Plus: any other reliable source on the subject
2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 21:13, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Sakura CarteletTalk 22:35, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay.  There are now edits "pending review". 2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 23:59, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Sealhenry

message: My edits were reverted (see above) -- why?  The sources are reliable. Would the New York Times interview somebody, get their name wrong and fail to correct it?  Certainly the name of the subject is an important piece of information for this article.
*Comments encouraged for consensus. —107.15.157.44 (talk) 06:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Sealhenry pt.2

message: In the sketch show SCTV Network, on the June 5, 1982 episode, Chariots of Eggs, there was a sketch called Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town: Prison (see youtube link below). There was an inmate in the sketch named Mohammed. He is a dead ringer for Seal. I can't verify that it is/isn't him, but I wonder if anyone has any insight on this. Although Seal's notable facial scarring is primarily absent, the actor doesn't really have smooth facial skin, and that could have been addressed by the heavy makeup and prosthetics that the show frequently used. Also, it doesn't match what's known about his early career. This was shot in Canada and he grew up and worked early on in England and would have been 19 at the time of this show. This actor does look older. However, the face and shaved head appear identical, and the ears are very similar. The character only has a single one-word line, "Manslaughter" so it's tough to tell by voice, but it does sound similar to Seal's speaking voice.
Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town: Prison
Fgoron2000 (talk) 15:52, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible early acting role??? 

message: freebmd.org.uk has a record for an Olusegun A.A. Samuel born in the first quarter of 1963 in Paddington to a Mrs. Ogundeji. Could it be that Olusegun is his proper name and he was given the name Henry by his adoptive parents? Heepman1997 (talk) 06:54, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name question 

message: Where do we keep repeating that his father was Afro-Brazilian from? An in-depth New York Times from 1996 mentions his "Nigerian parents" and that Seal traveled to Nigeria at the age of 15 to scatter his father's ashes there. Regardless of what anyone said - including Seal - the only documentation we have is that his father was from Nigeria. Criticalthinker (talk) 23:26, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father