Talk:Alexz Johnson

message: I'm reading the above notice and the associated policies.  I'd like to think that this article is in compliance and is moving further in the right direction, over time.
I think that the article is reasonably complete at this point - but with Alexz, so much is happening (TV, film, singing, songwriting) that it's hard to stay up-to-date.
Will soon need to add more on:
(1) Her solo CD (apart from the show): how is it going, and what is the release date?
(2) Any new movie roles - rumours here and there of some more of these.  A number of movies are being shot in Vancouver these days, and that's her home town, so there are possibilities.
(3) Season 3 of Instant Star will soon be in production - will need to add more on that as it becomes available.
(4) Sales figures for the CD's (will see if any info is available from the Orange Record Label).
One question (which I may ask on CTV's Instant Star forum):  Many people say that they keep hitting the repeat button on Alexz's songs, and that they leave the CD in their players for long periods of time.  Why?
For my part, It's because of the precise control she has over her voice and her attention to getting the details right (in part, because of her opera training) - that plus everything else we might expect in a singer.  She just takes all this to a different level. Of course, that's a point of view that I can't put in the article itself.
JD_Fan, Ottawa, Ontario (June 15/06)  Updates done on Aug. 4/06
Further edits: Aug. 18/06
Somebody put in a paragraph concerning Alexz's dating life, but with no attribution to a reliable source - mentioned that "somebody in the family said".  Also, the edit was full of spelling errors, which reduces the credibility of this source still further.  I'm not sure that the Wikipedia is the place to discuss someone's dating life, and if there are any references they must be absolutely verifiable.
User:JD_Fan
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Because she is awesome.  (Unsigned comment, not sure who said this.)
The info about instant star episodes on ctv.ca is incomplete, it should note that you have to have be in Canada to view the videos due to copyright restrictions.
Could you clarify this?  Is it impossible to view the videos from other jurisdictions (i.e., is access blocked), or is it technically possible but with some copyright concerns?  
User:JD_Fan
Finally did updates to the section on Song Samples.  Sorry for taking so long to get to this!
User:JD_Fan 18 April 07
I'm OK (actually pleased) with this article being assessed as "B" class on the quality scale, given the limited amount of information available so far.  I'm looking to improve the article gradually over time, and would welcome anyone else pitching in on this!  Thanks to all those who have helped out so far.  And thanks to those who have been vigilant in trying to keep this article free from vandalism - that can be a bit of a chore in the Wikipedia context.
I wrote to Epitome Productions for more info on Instant Star and Alexz Johnson, but have received no reply at this point.  I'm hoping at least to get some high-quality photos under a Creative Commons licence.
I lost some of my motivation to work on all this when they weren't showing Instant Star in Canada for the longest time, but now it has started up again, so there is more to work with.
User:JD_Fan 3 June 07
As per the guidelines above, I removed the "personal myspace" section.  It's true that a video did surface in which Johnson stated she did not have a myspace page.  As for the supposed later interview done in 2007, however, without a source or link for the interview, the myspace page stated to belong to Alexz could easily be a fake.  Further, the tone of the section was not at all sufficient for a wiki entry. --Happyberry04 07:19, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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message: We have now obtained a set of very high quality pictures from Epitome Pictures, the producers of Instant Star.  We currently have 8 pictures, with file sizes totalling 90 mb.
I will upload these into the Wikimedia Commons and make sure that all the necessary licencing permissions are in place (Attribution ShareAlike), and will then incorporate the pictures into the articles.
Thanks very much to Epitome Pictures for providing these photos!
JD Fan 20:00, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures Now Available 

message: Sorry for the delay in getting the Alexz and Instant Star pictures into the articles.  I have to admit that I got away from Wikipedia work for a while, mainly because of pressures at work, and also because I became discouraged by various deletion-related hassles.
But now I'm back at it (with a set of edits today), and will soon upload the pictures, with the specific permissions required.
JD Fan (talk) 23:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorry for the Delay! 

message: Thanks to Epitome for providing the pictures, and thanks again for providing specific permission for each of the pictures under an SA-3 licence.  A bit of work for all concerned, but well worth it!
JD Fan (talk) 03:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  THANKS VERY MUCH TO EPITOME PICTURES FOR THE PHOTOS AND THE SPECIFIC LICENCING PERMISSIONS! 

message: 52,508 page views in June, 2008.  Not bad!
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message: Updates are needed here and there through the article, e.g., in the section on Song Samples + adding more on the new album (which will have to wait until it comes out) - a New Year's project!
In my opinion, we have pretty good photos already (thanks to Epitome Pictures), but some people feel that we need new pictures (reflecting her current style).  I'll write to Epitome Pictures again, to see what else they have, and may also check with Alexz' management to see if they have anything further.  This sort of thing always takes time, so I'll try to get these requests out before Christmas, if possible.
Thanks again to Epitome Pictures for all the help they provided earlier!
JD Fan (talk) 00:21, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates Needed 

message: Did some edits to the lead-in to shorten the sentences and make the tone more neutral.  Some mixed feelings about dropping the specific reference to her being Canadian: in principle, it's good to note that, but it's there throughout the article + the show was seen in over 100 countries + this should be evident from her winning a Gemini Award, if people are curious enough to follow that link.
JD Fan (talk) 16:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits to the Lead-In 

message: Moon-sunrise left me a message at my talk page asking for a third opinion on the  tag in this article.  The short answer is, yes, the first two tags are both valid.  There are multiple long unsourced sections that read like they're just a personal essay (one editor's idea of Johnson's career, not backed up by any sources).  In this case, the missing sources and OR problems go hand-in-hand.  It's especially problematic because this is a BLP; with other articles it would be ok to slap tags on the bad sections and wait years for someone to come along and clean them up, but with a BLP it's generally more of an issue and should be time-sensitive; if references and stuff aren't added within a couple days we might have to majorly trim it.
I'm not sure the cleanup tag is needed; formatting seems ok for the most part, it needs a copyedit for grammar and stuff but I don't see major cleanup issues (now that I have fixed some image formatting problems).  I think any remaining cleanup issues will probably get dealt with as a side effect of dealing with the citation and OR issues, and after that all it'll need is a copyedit. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 20:55, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
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message: We used to have a lot more references and footnotes.  In fact, at one point, virtually all the sources were documented.
Here's what happened:
(1) Along the way, various people deleted references here and there - don't ask me why.
(2) People entering new information often did not not document their sources.
(3) Some of the original sources are now hard to find, e.g., the Alexz bio from the Orange Record Label - the source of some of the basic facts at the beginning of the article.
In theory, we could go back into the history of the article and ferret out references that are now missing.  But this is a labour of Sisyphus that I'm not too keen on doing.  I don't mind doing some clean-up edits and entering new information as it becomes available, but I don't want to chase down references that were originally there and which were subsequently deleted.
I'm also getting a bit discouraged by the deletion of pictures.  I went to a lot of trouble to get properly licenced photos from Epitome Pictures.  If someone wants to replace them with other properly licenced photos, then OK, but please don't delete them unless you have a better alternative.
JD Fan (talk) 02:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note on Sources / References 

message: Stop adding this to her page. Alexz is not in talks for Scream 4. This is just another stupid rumor like Land of Canaan and Halloween remake. Reports have said that the script is not finished and they are only in negotiations to get Neve Campbelle back and Courtney Cox and David Arquette are the only confirmed cast members. They even denied the rumors of AnnaLynne McCord stating that the script is not finished.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.231.18.70 (talk) 19:44, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
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message: Can someone make one for her just look at Alexandra shipp house of House of Anubis
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