Talk:Patrice Wilson

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"Interview with Patrice Wilson". The Believer. February 2014.

Origin and discography of Patrice Wilson

Which city was Patrice Wilson born in, in Nigeria. Also he seems to have a long musical history prior to ARK Music Factory particularly in Europe. But what recordings has he released in the European phase of his musical career? werldwayd (talk) 00:28, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An anonymous user added this remark: "Chinese Food" is a racist song. http://blog.angryasianman.com/2013/10/wtf-this-music-video-makes-me-hate.html User:205.175.98.172

According to a quick google search, Patrice Wilson was born in South Africa. 101.169.213.56 (talk) 02:50, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Advance Fee Fraud

There seems to be many people editing this page to suggest that Patrice Wilson has been involved in Advance Fee Fraud.

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However, all the citations point to personal blogs that cannot seriously be referenced. Has anyone got an actual news link/verifiable citation to prove this fact? Until then I will revert these edits, unless someone tells me to stop. Thanks --andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 15:41, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Advance fee fraud is totally unwarranted in this case. Advance fees are scams to get more fees and deliver nothing. Ever since it was revealed Mr.Wilson was born in Nigeria, it has become a "free for all" for calling him a scammer. When you say, as ARK does, a song will cost you 4000 dollars and then you deliver the single with that exact payment, in a matter of days, it is no more an advance payment scam. It is just a contract. As simple as that. As for sources provided for such a claim, these are totally unreliable sarcastic sites and inappropriate for use as references, let alone basing facts on them in Wikipedia articles. The original text here said there were "allegations he was exploiting kids". And he addressed this concern in many comments he made. We duly reflected that and felt alright keeping that. But enough of this "scamming Nigerian" stuff. werldwayd (talk) 03:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday

His birthday is on the 28th of July. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.172.244 (talk) 15:21, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any sources for this date? We would also need a year. A month and day are useless without a year mentioned. werldwayd (talk) 03:33, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Protected indefinitely

Due to persistent, and rather egregious, BLP vandalism from one individual in a limited IP range--see here for the most recent example, and the talk page note two sections above for context--I have semi-protected this article indefinitely. While unfortunate I think it's necessary as time-limited protections have not bored the vandal to death. Editors without a user account who want to make legitimate changes to the article should start a discussion here on the talk page, or can try contacting me if they are not getting a response. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 04:36, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism? I saw that people are only putting up facts that others have questioned his character motives because of his Nigerian descent, and yet are removed, because its "racist" remarks. There are blogs outside that speculated that he is a scammer, which I dare argue may correlate to his Nigerian roots. 218.186.8.10 (talk) 14:39, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can you stop with the "Nigerian Scammer" stuff? It is getting ANONNYING. I hope you get ur compurter locked soon -.- FantageFan♥♥♥^{Duh, my talk page}♥♥♥My Contributions! —Preceding undated comment added 21:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from 81.110.208.32, 26 August 2011

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Hey his full name is Patrice Wilson-iteke source - http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=31fcf6e9815fc394&hl=en

81.110.208.32 (talk) 15:41, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The source you listed is very suspicious and is not considered reliable. Topher385 (talk) 20:12, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 11 November 2012

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I would like to remove the note that he is also known as 'Fat Usher'. The source provided for this claim is a private youtube video, so the claim cannot be verified. Toraton (talk) 19:25, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done thanks! i thought i had removed that yesterday, but I must have missed it. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm pretty sure Antoine Dodson wasn't in his video for "Happy", the sequel to "Friday". Antoine is touted to be in it in a promotional vid linked on facebook post by Pato, but checking the released video right here (oops, not allowed to link to the video?), Antoine Dodson's simply not visible in the video or mentioned in the credits, aka not in the video. The ARK Music Factory page would need fixing too.

Note: Can you work with the other editors to reach a consensus of what is or isn't in the various videos? Thanks, Celestra (talk) 15:27, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

what about this

i just copy pasted this from Rebecca Black article to this talk page for convenience. Shouldn't this be included on this page? Also, there is already "criticism" on this page and this is more, why not put it in a criticism section as is done on so many other pages. (I like the guy's work, and I've been happy to watch these fads unfold, I'm just trying to fill in information.) 68.174.97.122 (talk) 01:12, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In a March 29, 2011 letter from [Rebecca Black's mother] Kelly's lawyer to Ark Music, she alleged that Ark Music failed to fulfill the terms of their November 2010 agreement by not giving her the song and video's master recordings; claimed Black as exclusively signed to the label; and exploited the song without permission by, for example, selling a "Friday" ringtone. While Wilson stated that Kelly "will get the masters and the song. They can have it all" and agreed that Black was not exclusive to Ark, his attorney claimed that Ark owns the copyright for the song and the November agreement is invalid.^[1] In June 2011, Ark Music Factory started charging $2.99 to watch the music video on YouTube.^[2] In June 2011 Friday was removed as a result of the legal dispute and on September 16, 2011, was restored to YouTube, on Black's official channel.^[3]

References

^ "Exclusive: Rebecca Black Fighting Ark Music Factory Over 'Friday'". Rolling Stone. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
^ "Rebecca Black's "Friday" removed from YouTube". BBC. June 20, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
^ Youtube - Rebecca Black - Friday - Official Music Video

Wondering what to do with this source?

I came across this buzzfeed article on the new ABCDEFG video. It shows a frame of Patrice Wilson looking in a young girl's window and the article has the word "pedophile" as a tag. Can it be included in a criticism section to say that Patrice Wilson is encouraging creepy behavior towards young girls in his videos? http://www.buzzfeed.com/maycie/prequel-to-chinese-food-abcdefg-alison-gold-patrice-wilson-v — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedohunter (talk • contribs) 19:39, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: website link

The current external link to PMW (patomusicworld.com) is dead. It should be changed to pmwlive.com - Patrice's company's current website.

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2016

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Add an explanation for the controversy surrounding and removal of "Shush Up" video 74.108.36.5 (talk) 04:05, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: as you have not requested a specific change in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
More importantly, you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 07:00, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[rs20110401-1] "Exclusive: Rebecca Black Fighting Ark Music Factory Over 'Friday'". Rolling Stone. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.

[bbc-2] "Rebecca Black's "Friday" removed from YouTube". BBC. June 20, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2011.

[Youtube-3] Youtube - Rebecca Black - Friday - Official Music Video

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