Talk:Fergie (singer)

2003–2006: Success with The Black Eyed Peas

Second paragraph of this section is very confusing... singles for Monkey Business album are listed out of order. Oh no! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.252.132.6 (talk) 15:36, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Fergie is not 34, she is 45. Fix the DOB and age.

Mario Lopez dated her and had her first kiss with her in 1984 - she would have been 1 year old if the current page is true. YUCK! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fergieisold (talk • contribs) 22:37, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

DOB is incorrect based on cited references

Based off all the listed reference links fergie should be listed as born in 1975 making her 42 years old. Mamawirt (talk) 07:57, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

DOB fixed in line with reference

User Goalsmini changed the subject's birth year to 1983 simply because the user felt "she is not that old." Stacy Ferguson, based upon the cited reference (and references all over the place) was born in 1975. I've fixed her birth year in line with citations. HillbillyProfane (talk) 15:50, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Place of birth

When equally reliable sources disagree, we include both; otherwise it's disallowed POV, and a WP:BLP vio. (See Mariah Carey, Mick Mars, etc.) Neither User:Krychek nor any user can unilaterally declare AllMusic and particularly Biography.com — an A&E Networks-owned cable network literally specializing in biography, with an entire research staff — to be non-RS. And his edit-summary claim "Whittier is a more likely place of birth" is disallowed OR speculation. The next step is to come to the talk page to work out the discrepancy. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:57, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Biography.com's so-called "research staff" has been known to paraphrase Wikipedia articles for quite some time now. This type of circular reporting is exactly the opposite of reliable. Also, have a look at the Wild Orchid entry at allmusic.com (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wild-orchid-mn0000959591/biography) -- it says Fergie was born in Whittier. And here's another journalistic source [1]. I honestly don't care about either town -- I have no connection to California whatsoever. I'm perfectly fine with mentioning both places until someone can find a definitive answer. Though I don't know what that would be, short of a birth certificate. Krychek (talk) 16:42, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

That's a reasonable, collegial compromise. I do want to hear more about whether Biography.com is cribbing from Wikipedia — I did a couple of Google searches just now and came up with nothing alleging that. If true, I agree with you that this is something that warrants larger discussion. I do know there is a research staff since I was interviewed once for an episode of Biography in my capacity as a journalist, and I witnessed firsthand that it is a professional operation with at least 10-12 people on staff that I saw. --Tenebrae (talk) 18:20, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

This article makes it sound like she moved to Hacienda Heights when she was four years old. — Status (talk · contribs) 21:53, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

It sort of does. The text reads: "We moved into our home in Hacienda Heights, a suburb of Los Angeles, when I was four years old - my sister, Dana, who is four years younger than me, my mother, Terri, and father, Pat Ferguson. My mother and father divorced when I was a teenager, and my mom now lives at the house with her second husband of 15 years." It's possible she means they moved from one home in Hacienda Heights to the home where she was largely raised and her mother lives now. But while it's ambiguous, it does seem to indicate to me she wasn't born there. We need to do a little more nosing around, but that's a great find. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

California Birth Index only says Los Angeles County, which could mean either of those town.--Tenebrae (talk) 22:14, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Anyone find anything since then? My gut tells me Whittier, but I'd really like to nail it down. --Tenebrae (talk) 23:00, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Edit Television Filmography

Please add two shows to the Television Filmography list:

YEAR: 2018;
TITLE: The Four: Battle For Stardom;
ROLE: Host;
NOTES: Season 1 

YEAR: 2018;
TITLE: The Launch;
ROLE: Guest mentor;
NOTES: 31 January 2018 (Season 1: episode 4) 

ChangingRivers (talk) 22:38, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:44, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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