Talk:Capleton

message: This article has changed a lot! On the way the original information about Xterminator has got lost. Rich Farmbrough 21:27, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Xterminator?

message: Caple lyrics where labelled as homophobic.  Well I need to see an example of this
Labelled as homophobic? How about this:
Yuh nuh se a Battyman dem
A Sodomite dem
A Heathen dem boy
True mi lotion di woman dem
Dem nuh like me and mi nuh like dem
Unu listen me again
Yuh nuh see a dead man dem
A duppy man dem
A demon dem boy
That's why wi naaaaaah,
Guh ina nutten wid dem
Triangle e 10:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Gates - you need to gather your information before even making a comment like that - you are the ignorant one! Freecharlesgrace (talk) 01:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cite needed: homophobic lyrics

message: Hello,
Could someone provide the phonetic pronunciation/spelling of his name? I would like to write an article about him in the Bulgarian Wikipedia. Thank you. --Vanka5 07:56, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  in patois, it is pronounced keeapleton (cyapleton).. 84.57.245.92 18:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation 

message: The last discussion regarding the unbalanced nature of this article is from July 2008. The article is still unbalanced; the section devoted to anti-gay lyrics is larger than both the "Early Life" and "Religious Views" sections, making the section devoted to his anti-gay lyrics the second-largest topic in the article. As mentioned in the earlier discussion, Wikipedia policy dictates for biographies that the length of the section be in proportion to the rest of the article. A section regarding the anti-gay lyrics of this musician of the current size is clearly disproportionate.
Additionally, there are factual errors within this section. It states, "burning ("bun out") of gay men," when to 'bun' something in Jamaican patois is not necessarily to literally set it on fire. This interpretation is sourced to a LGBT website with a very clear argument against Capleton's music, not an authority on Jamaican patois. Additionally, this statement is factually wrong: "The latent negative attitude against homosexuality in Jamaican society changed into active violence against lesbian women and gay men, after people from the DJ-scene like Beenieman, Capleton, Buju Banton, TOK, Bountykiller and others, started their agitating performances." One issue with this is that it is sourced to a website in German (the claim that Capleton "encouraged his audience to burn, kill gay men" is also sourced to a non-English site); this is an English Wikipedia entry. The other issue is that, as mentioned, it is factually wrong. Anti-homosexual attitudes in Jamaica, including violence against homosexuals, has existed in Jamaica long before the advent of Capleton, dancehall, or the Rastafarian religious movement.--ARoyal (talk) 13:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been 10 days and no one has endeavored to modify the unbalanced section. Perhaps no one cares about this article, or the people who do care would rather leave it, or perhaps this discussion wasn't helpful. In the latter case, I suggest using the controversy section for Sizzla as a model. If no one has any objections or a better idea, I'm going to change it in a few days based on the parallel controversy section for this similar artist from the same genre. --ARoyal (talk) 13:35, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Ya you clearly are bias. I completely disagree. Capleton's message is much larger, he protests against injustices and inequalities against black people worldwide. he does not support the LGBT community, but so what. It is mentioned in the article and that is sufficient. The focal point of his message and music is not a LGBT one, and neither is this article. smooth0707 (talk) 21:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Still Unbalanced + Errors

message: Most of it is unreferenced and appears to be copied information from the dancehallreggae.com bio page, which itself is unreferenced. I'm going to eliminate all unreferenced material and piece together what I can using better referenced material and interviews.--Chimino (talk) 11:13, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm also adding a "Later career" section, which should include his career from ~2000 to present, and tagged it for expansion. Please feel free to add to it with verifiable sources.--Chimino (talk) 17:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Biography & Early Career sections

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