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Cleanup

There are too many opinions in this article, as well as disparaging comments made toward other musicians and their fans. Plus, the language is a little harsh and could be considered offensive needlessly. Only the facts should remain in the article, and the language should be cleaned up a bit. RaiderTarheel 01:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your posts on talk pages per Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. Thanks! Hyacinth 10:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should've signed it a long time ago, but I guess it's better late than never.

RaiderTarheel 20:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

She was the first female rapper commonly acknowledged to be as hard as the men: she loves to curse, and she's got that fierce working-class Brooklyn voice and no-nonsense demeanor. But she's also written some of the most fearlessly honest and introspective lyrics in modern music. - Personal opinions have no place at Wikipedia. MagentaThompson 18:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Numbers vandal

Someone may want to check on this edit:[1]. There is an editor at that IP address who makes incorrect changes to numbers in articles; anything from that IP address should be carefully checked for accuracy. Kablammo 02:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did she

guest on a Basement Jaxx song? The b-side called 'Lollipop' maybe? -Anthony- 06:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scientologist

Is it relevant that she is a Scientologist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.231.6.65 (talk) 21:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Onion

This wikipedia page was featured in an Onion article today: [2]. I don't get it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.11.0.182 (talk) 19:15, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

One of the things The Onion does is make news out of things that people do in everyday life, like leaving Wikipedia pages open in their browser for a few hours if they think they might want to read and/or refer to them soon. GreenReaper (talk) 01:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Musical Career

This line is purely opinion and, if not, needs to be backed up with sources: "In 1987, when she was 17, Lyte began publicly outshining other MCs"Bekthewreck (talk) 01:42, 2 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]

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Reference named "BBD":

From Earth, Wind & Fire: "Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess (Top Soul Albums)". Billboard.com.
From Stop the Violence Movement: "The Stop The Violence Movement: Self Destruction (Hot Rap Singles)". Billboard.com.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:11, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of Stop, Look, Listen (MC Lyte song) into MC Lyte

WP:SONG indicates this song does not qualify for an article by itself. Merge to group is indicated. Whiteguru (talk) 06:01, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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+==Cleanup==
 There are too many opinions in this article, as well as disparaging comments made toward other musicians and their fans.  Plus, the language is a little harsh and could be considered offensive needlessly.  Only the facts should remain in the article, and the language should be cleaned up a bit.
+[[User:RaiderTarheel|RaiderTarheel]] 01:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
+:Please sign your posts on talk pages per [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages]]. Thanks! [[User:Hyacinth|Hyacinth]] 10:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
+Should've signed it a long time ago, but I guess it's better late than never.
+[[User:RaiderTarheel|RaiderTarheel]] 20:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
+==NPOV==
+''She was the first female rapper commonly acknowledged to be as hard as the men: she loves to curse, and she's got that fierce working-class Brooklyn voice and no-nonsense demeanor. But she's also written some of the most fearlessly honest and introspective lyrics in modern music.'' - Personal opinions have no place at Wikipedia. [[User:MagentaThompson|MagentaThompson]] 18:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
+== Numbers vandal ==
+Someone may want to check on this edit:[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=MC_Lyte&diff=prev&oldid=107713458].  There is an editor at that IP address who makes incorrect changes to numbers in articles; anything from that IP address should be carefully checked for accuracy.  [[User:Kablammo|Kablammo]] 02:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
+== Did she ==
+guest on a [[Basement Jaxx]] song? The b-side called 'Lollipop' maybe? [[User:-Anthony-|-Anthony-]] 06:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
+== Scientologist ==
+Is it relevant that she is a Scientologist?  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/163.231.6.65|163.231.6.65]] ([[User talk:163.231.6.65|talk]]) 21:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== The Onion ==
+This wikipedia page was featured in an Onion article today: [http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-guesses-he-doesnt-need-mc-lyte-wikipedia,21154/]. I don't get it.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/76.11.0.182|76.11.0.182]] ([[User talk:76.11.0.182|talk]]) 19:15, 21 August 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+:One of the things ''The Onion'' does is make news out of things that people do in everyday life, like leaving Wikipedia pages open in their browser for a few hours if they think they might want to read and/or refer to them soon. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] ([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 01:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
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+== Musical Career ==
+This line is purely opinion and, if not, needs to be backed up with sources: "In 1987, when she was 17, Lyte began publicly outshining other MCs"[[User:Bekthewreck|Bekthewreck]] ([[User talk:Bekthewreck|talk]]) 01:42, 2 March 2019 (UTC).
+== Orphaned references in [[:MC Lyte]] ==
+I check pages listed in [[:Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting]] to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for [[User:AnomieBOT/docs/OrphanReferenceFixer|orphaned references]] in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of [[:MC Lyte]]'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for ''this'' article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
+<b>Reference named "BBD":</b><ul>
+<li>From [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]: {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/ramsey-lewis/chart-history/BLP/song/317311|title=Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess (Top Soul Albums)|website=Billboard.com}}</li>
+<li>From [[Stop the Violence Movement]]: {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-stop-the-violence-movement/chart-history/rap-song/song/368717|title=The Stop The Violence Movement: Self Destruction (Hot Rap Singles)|website=Billboard.com}}</li>
+</ul>
+I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. [[User:AnomieBOT|AnomieBOT]][[User talk:AnomieBOT|<span style="color:#880">⚡</span>]] 20:11, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
-==Whoa, there!==
+== Proposed merge of [[Stop, Look, Listen (MC Lyte song)]] into [[MC Lyte]] ==
-''Within the hip-hop community, even though MC Lyte is considered one of the greatest emcees ever'''
+[[WP:SONG]] indicates this song does not qualify for an article by itself. Merge to group is indicated. [[User:Whiteguru|Whiteguru]] ([[User talk:Whiteguru|talk]]) 06:01, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
-Since when?
+==Wiki Education assignment: Hip Hop 50==
-''her title as the greatest female emcee is undisputed.''
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-Rule number one: ANYTHING can be disputed. And seeing that much of this was obviously written by a fawning fangirl, there is virtually no mention of Lyte's acting career. This needs serious work. [[User:PennyGWoods]] 21:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)