Talk:Tiffany Jackson (soprano)

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Distantstarglow (talk · contribs) This user has declared a connection. (I am one of Tiffany Reneé Jackson's students, who has edited her page because it lacks information about her. I am not being compensated in any way, but I am communicating her to ensure accuracy of the page.)

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Voceditenore (talk) 07:25, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of Interest editing

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

What I think should be changed (include citations):

I want to add the following text:

Jackson created an autobiographical one-woman show, From the Hood to the Ivy League, which debuted in 2019.^[1] In it, Jackson discusses her experience growing up in the African-American ghetto, singing operatic music styles as an African American, and her experience with teaching and bodybuilding.^[2] The show discusses racism in America, oversexualization of women in media (including women of color), police brutality, eurocentrism in music, and African American music. Later editions of the show added commentary on the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.^[3]

Jackson joined Western Carolina University in Fall 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Music.^[4] She gives voice lessons to undergraduate students at the university and directs the university's Catamount Singers ensemble, a small commercial voice ensemble.^[4]

I'd also like to add a section about her appearance on "America's Got Talent"^[2]^[5]. I'd also like to add information about her bodybuilding and health consultant certification^[4].

Why it should be changed:

Jackson's story as reflected in her Wikipedia article presently is limited to her education and role in Little Women, but she has done much more than that. With the acknowledgement that I know her professionally, I'd like to write about it while acknowledging my bias towards her.

I'd also like to prompt discussion about her WCU faculty biography.^[4] Is this biography considered a reliable source?

Distantstarglow (talk) 15:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, first, about the WCU faculty biography. Per WP:PST, "A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge." WP:BLPSELFPUB is more specific and relevant: "There are living persons who publish material about themselves, such as through press releases or personal websites. Such material may be used as a source only if ... there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity." So it's not a reliable source (WP:RS), but bios like that are generally assumed to be written or approved by the subject. Because it's on the university website, there's no reasonable doubt to its authenticity. What we're left with is that it's not a great source, but we can use it to verify uncontroversial biographical details (like alma mater).

As far as the requested changes go, I added most of the edits, which seem uncontroversial for an article this short. Suriname0 (talk) 20:21, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Doherty, Donna (2019-09-28). "New Haven success story Jackson readies Oct. 6 concert at church". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^ ^a ^b Gellman, Lucy (2019-09-16). "The Diva Is In". www.newhavenarts.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^ From the Hood to the Ivy League by Dr. Tiffany R Jackson, retrieved 2022-09-24
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Dr. Tiffany Renée Jackson". Western Carolina University. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^ Doherty, Donna. "New Haven success story Jackson readies Oct. 6 concert at church". CT Insider. Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

[1] Doherty, Donna (2019-09-28). "New Haven success story Jackson readies Oct. 6 concert at church". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[diva-2] Gellman, Lucy (2019-09-16). "The Diva Is In". www.newhavenarts.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[3] From the Hood to the Ivy League by Dr. Tiffany R Jackson, retrieved 2022-09-24

[wcu-4] "Dr. Tiffany Renée Jackson". Western Carolina University. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[5] Doherty, Donna. "New Haven success story Jackson readies Oct. 6 concert at church". CT Insider. Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

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