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Personal life

I’m surprised that there isn’t anything interesting about Tracy Chapman’s personal life except her sexual orientation. 71.223.45.22 (talk) 15:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hiatus between New Beginning and Telling Stories

Every time I try to reinsert the detail about the 5-year hiatus between New Beginning and Telling Stories it gets reverted, just because there’s “no source”. Really? All you have to do is look at the time period between the release of the two records to see. 76.104.229.144 (talk) 05:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the time period is original research. We need a source that actually calls it a hiatus. That's just how Wikipedia is. Graham87 (talk) 08:07, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In this edit summary, the link I added to my older edit summary went to the wrong place; it should've gone to this diff. Graham87 (talk) 15:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

“Bad content often stays here for a while”? So just because it was unsourced makes it bad content?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:77f:5a40:31d8:af94:2897:32f (talk) 04:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it basically does. Wikipedia:Citing sources is an important guideline here. Graham87 (talk) 07:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Baby Can I Hold You in the lead ==
-Hey guys, do you all think [[Baby Can I Hold You]] should be included in the lead as one of Tracy’s best known singles, alongside [[Fast Car]] and [[Give Me One Reason]]? I started to add it, but thought I’d see what everyone else thought first. I hear it on my local soft rock station from time to time, then it was in the news with the whole [[Nicki Minaj]] copyright lawsuit a few years back. It’s definitely notable and a fan favorite, and Tracy’s next highest charting single, just missing the Top 40, and it did hit the Top 20 on the AC charts. What do you guys think? It’s cool if not, but it’s certainly worth considering! [[User:Cryptkeeperfun|Cryptkeeperfun]] ([[User talk:Cryptkeeperfun|talk]]) 13:57, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
-:Naaaah, I think the songs already there are her best-known *by far* internationally (in terms of the number of high placements in charts) and they're enough here. Adding any more could start a slippery slope towards the list growing to mammoth proportions. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''[[User talk:Graham87|<span style="color: green;">87</span>]] 15:31, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
-::Good point, thanks for the feedback! [[User:Cryptkeeperfun|Cryptkeeperfun]] ([[User talk:Cryptkeeperfun|talk]]) 16:15, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
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 Every time I try to reinsert the detail about the 5-year hiatus between New Beginning and Telling Stories it gets reverted, just because there’s “no source”. Really? All you have to do is look at the time period between the release of the two records to see. [[Special:Contributions/76.104.229.144|76.104.229.144]] ([[User talk:76.104.229.144|talk]]) 05:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
+:Looking at the time period is [[WP:OR|original research]]. We need a source that actually calls it a hiatus. That's just how Wikipedia is. [[User:Graham87|Graham87]] ([[User talk:Graham87|talk]]) 08:07, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
+::In [[Special:Diff/1225897787|this edit summary]], the link I added to my older edit summary went to the wrong place; it should've gone to [[Special:Diff/1215347148|this diff]]. [[User:Graham87|Graham87]] ([[User talk:Graham87|talk]]) 15:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
+:::“Bad content often stays here for a while”? So just because it was unsourced makes it bad content?? <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2601:602:77f:5a40:31d8:af94:2897:32f|2601:602:77f:5a40:31d8:af94:2897:32f]] ([[User talk:2601:602:77f:5a40:31d8:af94:2897:32f#top|talk]]) 04:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)</small>
+::::Yeah, it basically does. [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]] is an important guideline here. [[User:Graham87|Graham87]] ([[User talk:Graham87|talk]]) 07:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC)