Talk:Fantasia (singer)

message: There is an article by her stating she can not read, this is supposed to be an encylopedia!  By not incuding all relevent information wikipedia is becoming a biassed medium.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.92.215.184 (talk) 00:38, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Include literacy

message: Many of the details in this artist's "Vocal profile" subsection are being frequently edited.  To make this article more reliable and prevent the daily changing of these stats, can someone please WP:CITE a source for characteristics such as "vocal range" and "highest note"?  Hall Monitor 19:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  No sources for vocal profile 

message: Hey, I think someone should make a seperate page, or pages, for Fantasia's Singles. Kinda like how they did for Beyonce's page, or better yet, Mariah Carey's page. I like how they gave a brief history about the single, and best of all, how they included music video information and pictures. That would be pretty cool, if someone talked about the making of the "Truth Is", and "Free Yourself" music videos.
: Added Discography.  Anyone who wants to look up the chart standings - feel free to add those. Michigan user 19:31, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single Information 

message: Removed rumor about the movie part as the part was put out for audition AFTER that rumor went around.  Also removed the praise granted by "someone" and "anonymous".  If the source can not be cited - it should not be referenced. Michigan user 19:31, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Put back the singles that have been released to radio after someone deleted them (????). Michigan user 15:17, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michigan changes 

message: I discovered that this article had gotten all messed up in mid-September.  Edits were done that lost the whole Idol section, lost links in the post-Idol section, and introduced other problems.  I've restored the article as of the "06:32, 16 September 2005 Fandash m (rv vandalism by 71.139.24.31)" change, then re-applied every change since then that seemed accurate and worthwhile.  Wasted Time R 22:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoration merge 

message: This article was looking very fanboyish. The entire section on "peer acclaim" was inappropriate; wikipedia is not a repository for quotes from magazines about how much people love Fantasia Barrino. If someone wants to contribute SOURCED QUOTES to wikiquote under a Fantasia entry, that's up to them. Frankly I think the whole section should be removed but I have neatened it. It is hardly uncommon for celebrities to heap praise upon one another or admire each other's work. During my revision I made some textual changes to eliminate POV, and I also added a sourced comment about Barrino's illiteracy and rape. Pacian 04:26, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed with removing the peer acclaim stuff.  Unfortunately an anon re-messed up the article again (pulling all the Idol material) in between my restoration merge above and your changes.  I've reverted the article and reapplied your changes.   Wasted Time R 16:08, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major revision 

message: She is not a pop artist but an R & B artist.  The major success and records she has broken at r&b radio keep being removed and the fact that she didn't crossover to pop is emphasized.  Stop that, her r & b records need to be recorded as she is an R & B artist.  If I were to go over to Kelly Clarkson's page I am most certain it doesn't say she failed to crossover to r & B.  If it doesn't then don't do that to fantasia.  If you must leave the records that she has broken at r & b radio IN!
:OK, I'm glad you're discussing this here.  I have made another edit that leaves in your additions about R & B charts performance.  I agree that she is an R & B artist; maybe the intro should be changed to reflect that.  Note that many of your edits remove links (the "[ [" and "] ]") -- please don't do that, as it destroys much of the value of Wikipedia.    Wasted Time R 03:15, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made that change to the intro.    Wasted Time R 03:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

text: You are right, anyone is free to make a change.  But you have to work well with other people also making changes!  The problem is, your changes about the R&B charts, which are reasonable, were made at the same time that you made other, unreasonable changes.  Such as removing information about her early life.  Such as removing the American Idol section completely!  (Why?  She's proud of being on American Idol, why shouldn't you?)  And such as removing many of the links in the text.  That's why I was reverting all of your changes.  But now that you've stopped doing that, we can work together on the article.  Go ahead and put in the item about two of the top three songs on the R&B chart, that's ok.  As for making a mark on the pop chart, it looks like "Truth Is" and the following singles made it to the middle range of the chart, not a big pop success, but not nothing either.  So go ahead and change that too if you like.   Wasted Time R 03:38, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

text: I did in the last couple of edits put back in the bit about the bottom three controversy during Elton John week, you are right that needed more explanation.  A fuller discussion is in one of the main American Idol articles.  Diana Degarmo should be mentioned, every Idol winner's article mentions the other finalist, you can check Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Carrie Underwood to verify that.  The article says the winning margin is 2% which is not "handily".  If you have a different source for the margin, please give it.    Wasted Time R 03:43, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

text: I see you deleted her winning margin against DeGarmo again.  I've restored it, but this time as a number of votes (1.3 million) as opposed to a percentage.  And I've given a cite for it, which was lacking before.  Note that she beat out thousands of other singers!  Stating the margin, whatever it was, hardly makes her look bad.   Wasted Time R 10:55, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an ENCYCLOPEDIA. Whether or not a comment "makes someone look bad" is irrelevant as long as it is factual. This is becoming an edit war, and as a third party I reserve the right to settle it. The margin of Barrino's win in American Idol is factual and relevant, and therefore should be included in the article. Done and done. And to the anonymous person who continues to make these changes and comment here: wikipedia DOES have a policy against continual changes made by unregistered users. In fact there are some admins who routinely revert ALL changes made by unregistered users on the assumption that they are probably vandalism. So please, register yourself immediately and sign all future posts with four tildas. Pacian 02:50, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussions with anon 69.217.194.248 [and related addresses] 

message: Can someone add the bit about how a couple in High Point, NC, want people to remove posters promoting Fantasia because of what she said in her book. She stated that High Point, was also known as the "Land of the Dead", and she also said that despite the fact that she went to school in High Point for 9 years, she still couldnt read that well after dropping out in 9th grade. Theres also a fuss about the community she lived in. She said that she lived in the ghetto, etc. The people in High Point feel that shes not representing the town, or state for that matter, correctly, and that she doesnt need to. If you dont know what Im talking about, just type in "Fantasia Barrino" in Yahoo News, and see what comes up. I feel that this should be on her page because not only is it one of her first controversies, and Im not saying that Im happy that it is, but its some information that I thought her fans should know. If your going to talk about someones life, talk about it all, lol. 
:If you can supply a cite for this, go ahead and add it yourself.   Wasted Time R 03:17, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: High Point Controversy

message: Thought you'd want to know that this guy-- only idol--is claiming your work as his own, and even posting a copyright notice! -Jmh123 14:42, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Your work is being stolen

message: 67.86.223.47, please look at the article history for the reasons I have been reverting most of your edits.  You keep inserting the same misguided texts over and over.  Wasted Time R 00:16, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: To 67.86.223.47

message: The texts inserted before were not misguided.  You're wording was not appropriate, therefore I have changed it to be more suitable for the article.  Stardust6000
:Your repeated change of "I Believe (Barrino song) |I Believe" to "I Believe" is incorrect because I Believe is what Wikipedia calls a disambiguation page ... something that points to various pages with the same underlying name.  Since there are many songs called "I Believe", Fantasia's "I Believe" has to be called something different, which is I Believe (Barrino song) (the thing in parentheses is the disambiguation part).  Nobody has written an article about Fantasia's "I Believe" yet, so the link is in red, but when they do, it will be blue and it'll be the right link to get to the article.  If you look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/I_Believe_%28Barrino_song%29 you'll see that several other articles also have red links to this article-to-be.    Wasted Time R 03:21, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Your attempt to change the text about the Grammys to:  "In 2006, Fantasia was nominated for four Grammy Awards, making her the first Idol to receive that many Grammy nominations, although she unfortunately did not win any of her nominations." has two problems.  First, there's no need to repeat "Grammy" and "nomination" again, and there's certainly no need to link "Grammy" again.  Second, "unfortunately" is your opinion, and not objective.  Other people are ok with the fact that she didn't win any (especially fans of whoever did win those awards).   Wasted Time R 03:26, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

text: As Simon Cowell himself would say, "I don't mean to be rude, but ..."  Your recent edits said Fantasia was "a brilliant singer" on Idol with an "her amazing vocal range and stage presence".  This is way too fannish to be in this article.  Then you said that her "Summertime" "left her and the audience in tears". It's true about her, but not true about the audience, who liked it a lot but weren't crying that I could see.   Wasted Time R 22:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

text: The goal is to be neither positive nor negative but instead truthful.  You are right that she did show a "strong stage presence" during AI, and I have left your last change in now that "amazing" no longer preceeds it.  However, it's also true that she was known for her unusual diction during AI; I've restored that with a specific example.  Saying this is not necessarily negative; her style helped her stand out as different, which is very important in a contest like AI.   Wasted Time R 15:59, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: To Wasted Time R

message: I have made an interesting discovery.  I did some research on Carrie underwood after I saw that she was triple platinum on her wikipedia article.  Many sources came up immediately confirming this from the RIAA.  Yet, when I went to the official RIAA website there was no confirmation.  It is the same thing with Fantasia's album.  I think that her double platinum might instead mean only shipments.  Carrie Underwood has not sold 3 million records, but she has shipped 3 million.  None of this information was on the RIAA website, so I think that you all might be taking this into too much consideration.  Every official source that I have gone to after typing in Fantasia's album certification has said that Free Yourself is double platinum.  I don't think that all of these websites made up this information.  That would be silly wouldn't it?  --Stardust6000 11:00, 8 April 2206
:: Well Wikipedia is maintained by the public.  If FANS can get away with exagerating the truth - they will.  You need to get the Carrie folks to correct the facts. But you need to stick to the facts also.  -- 69.19.14.36 03:23, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, and there are LOTS of news sources that incorrectly state that Aiken has gone triple platinum - and you verified that it is just NOT true.  The encyclopedic FACT is that RCA has not applied for 3X certification through RIAA yet. That is why the Aiken article has been corrected back to 2X Platinum several times.  Many of those news sources get their information directly from the Label, and the Label WANTS it to sound more successful than it may really be.  It is just PR putting a positive spin on the sales figures.  Wikipedia is not the place for PR spin.  This is the place for verifiable facts.  -- 69.19.14.41 13:55, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I corrected the Underwood article. -- 69.19.14.41 14:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

text:   They probably have not yet applied.  In order to qualify they have to prove that they have sold over 2 million CD that are not returnable.  If they have shipped more than 2 million CDs, they start talking about the CD being double platinum to the press - but they can not yet prove that the CDs can not be returned.  -- 69.19.14.28 01:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think I mis-understood the question.  Yes, J Records has received certifications above 2x.  for instance:
ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 07/23/01 J RECORDS P ALBUM SOLO Std 
KEYS, ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 07/23/01 J RECORDS G ALBUM SOLO Std 
KEYS, ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 08/08/01 J RECORDS M (2) ALBUM SOLO Std 
KEYS, ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 09/17/01 J RECORDS M (3) ALBUM SOLO Std 
KEYS, ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 11/28/01 J RECORDS M (4) ALBUM SOLO Std 
KEYS, ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 03/04/02 J RECORDS M (5) ALBUM SOLO Std
 
KEYS, ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 11/07/03 J RECORDS M (6) ALBUM SOLO Std 
KEYS, ALICIA THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS 01/09/04 J RECORDS G ALBUM SOLO 
MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 10/17/03 OCTONE / J RECORDS G ALBUM GROUP Std 
MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 02/12/04 OCTONE / J RECORDS P ALBUM GROUP Std 
MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 08/13/04 OCTONE / J RECORDS M (2) ALBUM GROUP Std
 
MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 10/06/04 OCTONE / J RECORDS M (3) ALBUM GROUP Std
 
MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 06/23/05 OCTONE / J RECORDS M (4) ALBUM GROUP Std 
-- 69.19.14.28 03:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Album Sales and Certification

message: Does anyone know the significance of her surname? Did Italian immigrants own slaves in America? Did she marry into the name, or inherit it via marriage of her own parent. Does she have an Italian forefather via a consentual relationship? Is it an altered spelling of another surname, done so to disassociate from a family line? Did she or her family give themselves this surname; is it a reinvention? Relir 16:20, 16 September 2006 (EST)
:According to EllisIsland.org people with this surname were immigrating into the US between 1890-1930. 5 Syrian, 1 Portugese, 4 Spaniards, the rest Italian. Residences Include Havana, Spain, Chicago, Italy, and the Azores. 
:Similar surnames with alternate spellings are listed. 
:Accoding to Ancestry.com around 1840 most people with this surname lived in the State of South Carolina. 
:Most people with this surname lived in the state of North Carolina around 1880. 
:Around 1920, most people with this surname lived in Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The rest lived in Washington State, California, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, and New York.
:Perhaps there's some Spanish influence?
:In Sister2Sister Magaizine (Volume 22, Issue 1), Barrino states that people often think that her name is Italian, but that her father is of Cuban descent.  How do I cite this and edit the article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ZerEpiphany (talk • contribs) 09:54, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian Surname 

message: This section of the bio is totally superfluous.  It would MAYBE (but probably not) be OK if it had some citations or proof.  Just saying it exists without documenting it or providing supporting facts, is of little value as a legitimate reference.  It's great if it's true, but then prove it.  If it's conjecture or theory, leave it on a fan website.
--The section will stay and detailed information will be added.  It is relevant and supporting documentation need only be transferred from the site that was linked.  It is not theory nor conjecture, but relevant and true information.
*** I agree! The section is NEEDED it's just as relevant and as anything else on the page. It's who she's worked with and is recognized by!
:::::: If you want this sort of stuff, it is typically put on a separate article and have this link to it - then you can get as wordy as you want in that other article.  Well, within reason ;)  Michigan user 23:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:   This section needs to go - it is not encyclopedic and written as fancruft.  The section would need to be completely re-written to remove all the non-sourced POV verbiage that is currently in that section.  Do the re-write in TALK and we can see if we cam reach a consensus on what is NPOV enough to add.  66.82.9.90 18:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Celebrity Support

message: The guidelines for external links can be found here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EL
Actually the guidelines say no more than ONE fan site listing.  You really need to decide which site that is going to be.
And the LINAFT movie page belongs on a page dedicated to that movie - not on a Fantasia page.
Non-"official" links also do not belong on this page (such as the voilator references).
69.19.14.43 12:44, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: There has been an edit war going on on this article.  I have blocked those who have violated WP:3RR, and will do so again in preference to semi-protection.  To move forward, please intiate some form of discussion here, and do not edit-war on the main page. As it is, based on the source of most edits coming here which are causing the war, I'm going to put some semi-protection on, as it is an article about a living person, and we don't want to offend anyone if the information is wrong.  Note that the use of the edit summary "rvv" means "revert vandalism" and is being used too much here - none of the edits I've seen have been vandalism.  Martinp23 18:57, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I am now unprotecting.  User:Naradasupreme has been determined to have been using a sock network to avoid WP:3RR on this article.  The socks have all been indefblocked, and Naradasupreme remain free to edit (for now).  Martinp23 21:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit war 

message: i think that she knows how to read cause if she droped out of school in highschool  she knows how to read she just said she had trouble reading that is all.  blackmoney
:: Well she said in her book that her goal was to be able to read a childs book to her daughter as a bedtime story.  Apparently she is still working on doing that.  But apparently she has hired tutors to help her learn.  Gotta admire someone who works to improve themselves.  69.19.14.41 22:10, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  she can read 

message: Hood Boy is just a promo. Its not her first single.Blueandgold200 06:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hood Boy 

message: I find it interesting that someone who admittedly can't read can win American Idol, and nobody will blink an eye.PatrickJ83 08:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It isn't a reading contest.  She can sing, that is what counts.  66.82.9.73 21:27, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Singing is one thing, but you also need to show that you're a smart person and not some illiterate redneck from the south.
Norum 14:58, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of her illiteracy? 

message: According to the RIAA "Free Yourself" is still NOT certified double platinum.
If you check out this listing at Riaa:  http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/122206.asp
At the bottom of the article it has links to a PDF were it lists all the CDs that were certified in 2006, and an update for Dec 2006.  "Free Yourself" was not certified during 2006 according to this.  
Please stop putting it in the article that it is CERTIFIED double platinum, unless you can source it.  Casual mentions of "double platinum selling" does not mean that it is certified - just PR spin.  Find a press release or Billboard/RIAA reference please.
69.19.14.41 12:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RIAA Certification 

message: This article should definetely be entitled "Fantasia (artist)". She doesn't use her last name professionally. Madonna's article isn't called "Madonna Ciccone". Rhythmnation2004 18:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That could be considered, something like Fantasia (singer) is another option. Simply Fantasia will not work due to disambiguation issues (unlike with Mandisa). CrazyC83 18:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fantasia (singer) is probably the best option, as with Monica (singer) or Madonna (entertainer).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lone twin (talk • contribs) 07:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of this article 

message: Oops! The article starts with "Fatasia", 'n' is missing. Edyirdaw 07:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling error 

message: Following site guidelines, rumors are not considered legit. In the citation cited for Fantasia's so called Afro-Cuban ancestry, she says:
"Family rumor has it that my father's family has Cuban lineage, which would explain my last name"
Family rumor, nor any form of rumor is valid and concise information for this or any article. The information has been removed. Please do not add this information as it will be reverted.  --XLR8TION 01:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately since Barrino is black and descended from slaves, there will never be concrete evidence as to the whereabouts of her familial origin. She can't log onto ancestors.com and get a detailed analysis. But this was in her official autobiography, so obviously it's something she believe and self-identifies with. 74.225.36.136 22:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ethnicity

message: *Note: This in regard to the argument in Users:  74.225.36.136 talk page
As an administrator, I have taken a look at the controversy between both Users, XLR8TION and 74.225.36.136 in regard to the Fantasia and Jeff Bezos case. Let me remind all parties involved that there is no need for personal attacks. This is stricly forbidden in accordance to Wikipedia policy which requires civility among users.
 
To start off, I must remind those involved that "No One" I mean absolutely no one owns the articles in Wikipedia and therefore all articles are open to all editors. To tell a user to "Stick to editing the pages of those chock full of talent Puerto Ricans of yours and to leave the Cuban pages to Cubans" is not only disrespectful and racist, but is also against policy. 
Wikipedia policy requires that all of the information added to an article be accompanied by a "Verfiable Reliable source" or otherwise said entery will be deleted.  In the case of Bezos I ask: 1. Was he born in Cuba?  2.Was he a Cuban citizen? 3.Did he have Cuban Ancesters? Adoption of a surname does not make you a citizen of the surnames origin nor does it make you a descendent of the person who adopted you. Unless a verifiable reliable source is provided which states the contrery, then it would be false to assume that one is of a certain nationality just because he or she was adopted.
In the case of Fantasia, rumors are baseless. This is an encyclopedia and the policy of a verifiable source also applies. Now, it can be stated in her article what she said about the rumors as long as it is sourced, but it cannot be automatically assumed that she "is" of Cuban descent when she herself is not sure.
With this said, I hope that this puts an end to the discussion and the constent reverting. I am sure that you all are well intended contributors, but policy is policy. Tony the Marine 04:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stop the nonsense

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message: The first subsection of this article, "Early Life" is written by someone who appears to share Miss Barrino's literacy issues, which is alright if the person who edited that wants to live that way, but not so good for a text-based information medium such as Wiki.
The last paragraph of section "2006-present" looks as if it's probably been written by record company people trying to promote her.  Also not a good thing for a Wiki page.
Also, anyone familiar with the book or at least some of the things she's done regarding the whole "being functionally illiterate" thing care to add any information? Personally, I couldn't care less about her music career, but I would like to know what she's done to help the world.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.41.56.5 (talk) 08:01, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Commentary

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:56,2008 (UTC) 2 January she os 23 years old
"On March 5, 2008, Fantasia confirmed to MTV News that Oprah Winfrey has casted her as Celie in the film adaptation of “The Color Purple” musical. A musical version of the Steven Spielberg classic that was made famous twenty years ago. Fantasia revealed the movie will begin production after the release of her third album."
Shouldn't this be the Alice Walker classic? Although many musicals are adapted from current movies, I would guess that any subsequent versions should be considered adaptations of  the original source material.
____  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.129.133 (talk) 15:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Freeyourselffantasia.jpg

message: Zion's father is one Brandel Shouse not "Rodney". Rodney is a character from the movie. A fictitious name.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.68.153.10 (talk) 09:22, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Zion's father

message: The litigation cited as to Fantasia's father allegedly filing suit against her is incorrect. Such litigation actually names Simon & Schuster, the publisher of a ghostwritten book, and does not name Fantasia as a defendant. Please correct according to the citation which so indicates such circumstances.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.248.63.138 (talk) 17:27, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Litigation reference incorrect 

message: "Fantasia, who is African-American descent, is the first cousin of K-Ci & JoJo of the group Jodeci."
Someone fix that.  I have no clue what is trying to be said.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.214.1.54 (talk) 11:08, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awkward sentence. 

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message: appeared in the 2012 announcements show for American Idol with Joshua Ledet; the man who looked certain to win then went out before the end. Outfit for the show unflattering. Song very soulful, if shouty!
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message: I feel like he should be mentioned...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.237.55.23 (talk) 10:40, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
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message: Should it be noted that this is her legal full name, as well as the one by which she is currently choosing to identify herself?  Couple sources below, one personal, and another from a reputable third party.
* https://www.instagram.com/tasiasword/?hl=en
* https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/entertainment/the-color-purple-movie-cast-intl-scli/index.html MichaelProcton (talk) 21:20, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fantasia Taylor?