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Well, if she just "likes people" maybe she's pansexual? But I really don't care what her sexual orientation is. I just care about her music...and what her favorite color is.[[User:Clockwork Angel|Clockwork Angel]] ([[User talk:Clockwork Angel|talk]]) 04:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC) |
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This Love
This Love is NOT a cover of the Veronicas. Kesha wrote the song, so the Veronicas version is a Kesha cover! ;-)
- http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=502974750&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.154.229.233 (talk) 18:25, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
- Actually she wrote "This Love" for the Veronicas. So her singing it would probably still be a cover, even though she wrote it. (She proabably sang on the demo version). 155.69.192.97 (talk) 05:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Right Round video
Is this really the same singer as the one featured in Flo-Rida's video "Right Round" ? Because to me she seems to be rather black in the video while she looks rather white on her Myspace page?--Daondo (talk) 21:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
- She is the featured female vocals on the song, but is not in the video... - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:06, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
- Oh, that makes sense then. I was sort of confused about that too, haha. I wonder why she wasn't in the video? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tikkuy (talk • contribs) 07:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
- Keyshia Cole is in the Flo Rida video while Ke$ha did the lyrics. Similar names, I was confused too. --82.141.225.169 (talk) 12:14, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- Oh, that makes sense then. I was sort of confused about that too, haha. I wonder why she wasn't in the video? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tikkuy (talk • contribs) 07:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
"LACE AND LEATHER" What does it mean by "Lace and Leather" by Britney Spears? She hasn't have a video for that song. Did she co-write the song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.27.63.103 (talk) 22:15, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- she just does background vocals for the song. it's an album track on britney's album 155.69.192.97 (talk) 02:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Glitch in edit summary
My last edit summary should refer to discographies, not biographies. Aargh. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 15:44, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
Article Issues?
Regarding this edit by Alankc, please show me where any of those issue templates are needed in this article?
- Additional references - 15 aren't enough?
- Fan Site - What about this article is anything resembling fancruft?
- WP:OR - Where in this article is there anything that is not cited by a reference?
- Factual Accuracy - what is disputed?
- Notability - Already survived one AfD, clearly passes WP:MUSICBIO...
- Context - The lead makes a clear introduction as to who she is, what could a reader be confused by?
- Expand - Sure... as much as I believe that every article needs expanded, but there is only so much information available about some subjects...
- Lead Expansion - Alright, I admit this one has some merit... The lead could probably use another line or two...
- External Links - Which of the external links does not comply with WP:EL?
- Footnotes - Did you miss the inline citations throughout this article?
- Orphan - What?!?!?
I think that this was either a mistake, a bad faith edit, or someone just didn't bother reading the article first... As such, I have removed them, please discuss before restoring... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:17, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Picture?
This is Kesha's press page by RCA (for journalists to use when writing about her) http://www.rcamusicgrouppress.com/index.php?artist=Kesha Does that qualify the pictures on the website for fair use? 155.69.192.146 (talk) 09:20, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
- No... because those image are owned by RCA, see WP:NFC#UULP, and the rest of WP:NONFREE... promotional (press release) photos are generally frowned upon due to the copyright being held by the promotional entity (in this case, RCA)... If you can email RCA, and get them to release one of the images into the public domain (or even under one of the Creative Commons licenses), then we could use it... - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
- If you wish to add a photo of Ke$ha, you will need it to be released to the public domain. If you take a picture of Ke$ha and you upload it to Wiki, that's ok as long as you are say it's ok. But then anyone, anywhere can use it. --82.141.225.169 (talk) 12:19, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Saying "Ke$ha/Kesha"
Is her name more like Kee-sha, and not Kesh-a, the IPA to me says Kesh-a. Just wanna make sure it's right. --82.141.225.169 (talk) 12:16, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- 'Key'-sha... - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but I don't see the rationale behind citing the YouTube video with her saying her name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#When_to_cite_sources ? Again, sorry if this sounds like I'm targeting whoever put the reference there. 155.69.192.168 (talk) 06:41, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
- Today on The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien said "Kesh-a," not "Kee-sha." 76.219.170.8 (talk) 05:29, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
The IPA and the English respelling pronunciations do not match, in fact the current "E" in the English respelling is not listed in the English respelling pronunciation key. Apparently the IPA and Conan O'Brien pronnciations do match. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.142.63 (talk) 16:04, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
It's definitely Kesh-a, NOT key-sha. Listen to the her song Paris Hilton's Closet where she says her own name pronounced Kesh-a —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.81.117.155 (talk) 01:52, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Facebook page/album information.
I personally don't think Facebook is a notable source. However facebook.com/kesha is her actual FB page as said in her site: keshasparty.com, (click the FB logo at bottom left). I think a reference note saying that her information on her album has been posted to FB should be notable. --Kei_Jo (aka Keithf2008) (Talk to me, baby! :P) 11:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Requested move
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The result of the discussion was move to Kesha (singer). --ҚЯĀŽΨÇÉV 13 other crap 00:07, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Kesha Sebert → Ke$ha — See WP:CN. --ҚЯĀŽΨÇÉV 13 other crap 20:32, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose - The article was originally titled Kesha (singer), but her real name is Kesha Sebert, and that was the name she used for her credits previous to Ke$ha... Ke$ha is only a recently created stage name, so I believe that the current title would be the correct one to use... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose. Special characters, such as "$", used for decorative purposes should not be included in article titles. --DAJF (talk) 10:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose. No special characters that stand in for letters/words per MOS:TM. Article has been moved to "Kesha (singer)" per common name anyway. Chase wc91 01:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
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Explanation of move
Ke$ha's real name is Kesha Sebert, but her professional recording name is Ke$ha; this is the name she is credited with on "Right Round" and "TiK ToK", which are right now her only single releases. For article titles, we often go with a person's more commonly-known name, such as Lil Wayne instead of Dwayne Carter, Eminem instead of Marshall Mathers, Katy Perry instead of Katheryn Hudson, Lady Gaga instead of Stefani Germanotta, etc. And "Ke$ha" cannot be used per MOS:TM; we cannot use special characters that stand in for letters or words. I recommend discussing before moving again. Chase wc91 01:42, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Interview with Digital Spy
Interesting interview here with DigitalSpy. Kesha gives more background on how Tik Tok came about, among other interesting facts and how she got signed. Here is the article Raintheone (talk) 03:36, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
- Eh re-phrase: Just for Tik Tok article, is there any more we could use from this article for Kesha's page? I'd go and edit but you all seem to be doing a great job already at keeping on top of things. Raintheone (talk) 03:39, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Hotel California.
It's been brought up in many of her interviews (mostly by herself) that she lives in a "treehouse/mansion" hybrid in Laurel Canyon "where the Eagles recorded Hotel California" (the song? the album?), I can't find information anywhere else that can be used to confirm the claim (that the Eagles recorded Hotel California in a mansion and not a conventional recording studio where most albums are recorded). And it's kind of hard to believe as well, can anyone confirm this for the article? Thanks! 155.69.192.183 (talk) 05:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
- It seems unlikely that she lived there, the Hotel California article lists the recording studios used, Criteria Studios, Miami, FL and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Neither is near Laurel Canyon. I think she could have been confused and that line should be removed. 155.69.193.5 (talk) 01:55, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Lead
Shouldn't there be at least a sentence in the lead about "TiK ToK" since it's coming into the public conscience? Just a thought. 155.69.192.212 (talk) 06:58, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
MOS
So, I've been reading up and nowhere in the MOS do I see anything about non-standard/unusual formatting being disallowed as stated by Nouse4aname.155.69.192.47 (talk) 10:45, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- Don't know if this applies, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(trademarks), but I guess that means we can refer to Kesha as Ke$ha in the lead and Tik Tok as TiK ToK the first time is appears only. Are those considered trademarks? 155.69.192.47 (talk) 10:49, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- See the requested move section above for further discussion. Essentially the words are rendered according to standard formatting, with a note in the lead along the lines of "Tik Tok" (styled as TiK ToK)... etc etc. Nouse4aname (talk) 11:04, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Single Discography template
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kesha_(singer)&oldid=329216935
What's the point in changing the whole code to make it look exactly the same as it was with the standard singles discography template? Seems like Ryan3896490 is waging an edit war. 155.69.192.175 (talk) 09:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
- Judging from his recent edits, seems like he just doesn't know how the code works and only knows how to add information to the table he made, thus the complete and unnecessary overhaul. He's also ignoring a message I left on his user talk page. 155.69.192.175 (talk) 10:09, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Ke$ha or Kesha
Should the infobox and links to this article say Ke$ha or Kesha? ([[Kesha (singer)|Ke$ha]] or [[Kesha (singer)|Kesha]]) -ραncακemisτακe talk 17:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
- I believe that anything other than her real name should use Ke$ha, since that is her stage name, but it seems everytime I change it, it is reverted without discussion... Ke$ha is her stage name, not Kesha, but her real name Kesha should be used within this article to differentiate her from her mother... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:54, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
- As per WP:MOSTM we should avoid "using special characters that are not pronounced, are included purely for decoration". Do we say her name as Kesha or Ke-dollar-ha? The "$" is purely for decoration and does not need to be maintained. A simple note (as is already present) regarding the styling of her stage name is all that is required. Nouse4aname (talk) 19:59, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Redirect undone
I've undone Adishesha's redirect to Ke$ha as 1) was not discussed here first 2) should be a move instead of a redirect so as to keep the editing history. --NeilN talk to me 17:20, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Merge?
- Merge Ke$ha to Kesha (singer)? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:35, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
- A history merge was more appropriate, because the page was moved by cut and paste a second time in this edit (note that the edit on the right of that diff used to be at the title "Ke$ha"). I've done the history merge and reversed the page move. Graham87 11:39, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Other leaked tracks which might be on a rumored deluxe album
Alien's invading, A bad girl's lament, Boom boom bang (Ft Busbee), Chain reaction, Disgusting, Former over exposed blonde, Fuck him (he's a DJ), Get in line, Mouth, This love, Never know bout love, Radio radio radio, Slow motion, V.I.P, Butterscotch, You're freaking me out and Secret weapon. The song This love was covered by The Veronicas for their Hook Me Up album. 188.220.159.101 (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- First, Kesha wrote "This Love", it was not a cover... second, do you have any references for these other songs? - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- Actually she wrote "This Love" for the Veronicas. So her singing it would probably still be a cover, even though she wrote it. (She proabably sang on the demo version, but that doesn't count as the Veronicas covering the song. Anyway, don't see why this information belongs on the artist article. 155.69.192.97 (talk) 05:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Firstly i said the Veronica's covered her song actually. Not sure it totally a source but http://www.aimini.net/file/?q=Ke$ha&crpl=kum0qk-0-u&tot=2w&nxt=30 Paris Hilton song is true as she talked about it on the Scott Mills show BBC Radio 1. She says her name in some of the songs and it sounds like it is her. (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- Not a good source, probably some compilation put together by a fan who wants more tracks. All of those songs are by Kesha. 155.69.192.97 (talk) 05:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Bisexuality
According to an interview in Out Magazine, Kesha is bisexual.
Reprint in Advocate.com A Man from Poland (talk) 23:42, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- Did you listen to the interview? She says she "likes people", "wouldn't say I'm gay or straight", and "don't like labels". Is that enough? --NeilN talk to me 23:56, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, she left it pretty open-ended, needs more confirmation. 155.69.192.97 (talk) 23:58, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- I've looked for other sources - all of them refer to "speculation" and "rumour". I don't think that's enough. --NeilN talk to me 23:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- There's no point to label her anything, unless she comes out and flat out says it. —Mike Allen 00:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- For me it's obvious that if she says not gay, not straight, that means that she is bisexual, but I understand why we should wait until it will be unequivocal. 79.163.255.234 (talk) 00:24, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- Well for me, it looks like people would be wanting to try and improve her article, not trying figure out what her sexual origination is and how to add that. Also see WP:BLP, WP:SYNTHESIS. and of course WP:OR :) At any rate, if more and more reliable sources publish this, then I think it would be fine to add. I mean I don't know how it would add anything useful, but WP is not against it. —Mike Allen 00:41, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think we can use any sources based on that interview. WP:BLPCAT requires self-indentification. --NeilN talk to me 01:08, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- Not supposed to be a source, but she specifically denies being bisexual here (@1:46 mark). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.69.192.75 (talk) 03:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think we can use any sources based on that interview. WP:BLPCAT requires self-indentification. --NeilN talk to me 01:08, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- Well for me, it looks like people would be wanting to try and improve her article, not trying figure out what her sexual origination is and how to add that. Also see WP:BLP, WP:SYNTHESIS. and of course WP:OR :) At any rate, if more and more reliable sources publish this, then I think it would be fine to add. I mean I don't know how it would add anything useful, but WP is not against it. —Mike Allen 00:41, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- For me it's obvious that if she says not gay, not straight, that means that she is bisexual, but I understand why we should wait until it will be unequivocal. 79.163.255.234 (talk) 00:24, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- There's no point to label her anything, unless she comes out and flat out says it. —Mike Allen 00:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- I've looked for other sources - all of them refer to "speculation" and "rumour". I don't think that's enough. --NeilN talk to me 23:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, she left it pretty open-ended, needs more confirmation. 155.69.192.97 (talk) 23:58, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone actually give a toss? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.113.179 (talk) 15:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC) Well, if she just "likes people" maybe she's pansexual? But I really don't care what her sexual orientation is. I just care about her music...and what her favorite color is.Clockwork Angel (talk) 04:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Reliability/Verifiability of "Official Bio", all material from it
I don't feel like Ke$ha's official artist bio meets verifiability and reliability guidelines under Wikipedia:Reliable_sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources.
Specifically
- http://ke$hasparty.com is not known for fact checking rigor
- it is a professional marketing tool, which is tantamount to—if not less reliable than—self-publishing
- it has significant reason to misrepresent or fabricate facts in the interests of marketing
- even as an autobiographical source, it
- references a third party
- presents reasons to doubt its authenticity
- is not based on third party publications
Cosmo the third (talk) 01:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- Perhaps linking to the official artist bio via RCARecords.com would be more acceptable? Since it would be better qualified for "fact checking rigor" and would not qualify as self-publishing (?)
- The first and last points do hold, it references a few third parties and seems to be a primary source
- However, I'm not sure how there is reason to doubt its authenticity (it is about Kesha, on Kesha's official website) 155.69.192.97 (talk) 04:12, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Redirection
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The result of the move request was: Page moved. Ucucha 11:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Kesha (singer) → Kesha — As agreed at redirection discussion.—Adabow (talk) 05:24, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I propose Kesha automatically redirect here and then have the disambiguation option. Since I'm 100% sure nobody searches for that Kesha (city), a Chinese city with an article that has nothing written on it. --Zefron12 (talk) 00:26, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
- Agreed. Only makes sense. Percxyz (Call me Percy, it's easier) 00:43, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
I agree. I'll add it to WP:REQMOVES. Adabow (talk) 05:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Support I think that their correct here, 2 uses = hatnote (I added a hatnote incidentally, which is pretty much a requirement regardless of what happens). Since the other use is a minor town in mainland China I'm fairly certain that this pop singer comfortably meets the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC criteria.
— V = I * R (talk to Ohms law) 04:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC) - Support However, shouldn't the town in China be at Kesha, Hunan per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)? Skinsmoke (talk) 11:36, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
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Photo
i've put an photo that i made while Ke$ha was in Echo. is it ok? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Difendarxxx (talk • contribs) 16:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Living out of her Trans Am
She denies it here. @1.58 mark 155.69.192.75 (talk) 03:29, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Inteligence
In an interview with Scott Simon on NPR's Saturday Edition (January 16, 2010), Kesha reported her SAT score at 1599 (out of 1600), that she was a serious student with many advanced placement classes, having a love of physics, math and history. Seems that much of Kesha's success and precociousness may be a function of a very high native intelligence coupled with focussed hard work and a mother who spent time after school with Kesha doing such things as writing song lyrics (which both are well known for). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.6.243.243 (talk) 17:04, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
As far as I can find, SAT scores were and are reported inmultiples of ten. She may or may not be that intelligent, but I seriously doubt she scored a 1599. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.142.63 (talk) 16:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
And this begs the question of why she is writing music about parties and getting drunk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.250.101 (talk) 03:41, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
- Because they are two completely different matters. 155.69.192.110 (talk) 22:36, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
I rewrote the early life section to include the information from the NPR piece while removing the minor bit about Nicole Richie. Maybe it can be considered for inclusion?
Kesha was born in the [[San Fernando Valley]] of Los Angeles to a single parent. Her mother, Pebe Sebert, a singer and songwriter, looked after then infant Kesha onstage while performing.<ref name=wwd>{{citation|url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/kesha-sebert-hard-candy-2248492|title=Kesha Sebert: Hard Candy|work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|publisher=[[Fairchild Publications|Fairchild Fashion Group]]|first=Nick|last=Axelrod|date=August 26, 2009|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> Pebe was struggling financially while supporting Kesha and her older brother, Lagan,<ref name=guardian>{{citation|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/29/kesha-interview-elizabeth-day|title=She's a walking, talking living dollar|accessdate=November 29, 2009|date=November 29, 2009|first=Elizabeth|last=Day|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]}}</ref> at the time and they had to rely on welfare payments and food stamps to get by.<ref name=bio>{{citation|url=http://www.rcarecords.com/artists.php#Kesha|title=Official biography|publisher=[[RCA Records]]|accessdate=January 10, 2009}}</ref> Pebe moved the family to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]] in 1991 after securing a publishing deal. She often brought Kesha and her brothers, Lagan and Louis, along to recording studios<ref name=guardian/> and encouraged Kesha to sing.<ref name=bio/> Pebe also taught Kesha how to write songs<ref name=guardian/> and they would often write songs together when she returned home from school.<ref name=npr/>
The Sebert family was featured in an episode of ''[[The Simple Life]]'' in 2005, as the host family after answering an ad placed in the newspaper.<ref name=herald>{{citation|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/keha-moves-from-reality-tv-and-being-broke-to-stardom-and-new-album-animal/story-e6frf9hf-1225820030135|title=Ke$ha moves from reality TV and being broke, to stardom and new album Animal|accessdate=January 20, 2010|date=January 15, 2010|first=Cameron|last=Adams|publisher=Herald and Weekly Time|work=[[Herald Sun]]}}</ref> Kesha was already working on her music<ref name=ew>{{citation|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/11/kesha-tik-tok-interview/|title=Ke$ha: A Music Mix Q&A|date=December 11, 2009|first=Joseph|last=Lynch|accessdate=December 12, 2009|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> and giving out demos by then.<ref name=irish>{{citation|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/features/all-that-glitter-2004689.html|title=All that glitter$|date=January 8, 2010|first=Aibhe|last=Malone|accessdate=January 10, 2010|publisher=[[Independent.ie]]}}</ref> Academically minded, Kesha would often drive to [[Belmont University]] to listen to Cold War history classes after school and achieved near perfect [[SAT]] scores.<ref name=npr>{{citation|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122610692|title=$uper$tar Ke$ha Top$ Chart$|date=January 16, 2010|publisher=[[NPR]]|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref> However, she dropped out of [[Brentwood High School (Brentwood, Tennessee)|Brentwood High School]] at the age of seventeen,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100119/PROMO/301200001/Ke-ha-a-Brentwood-High-school-dropout-cashes-in-on-pop-music-dream|title=Ke$ha, a Brentwood High school dropout, cashes in on pop music dream|accessdate=January 21, 2010|date=January 19, 2010|publisher=[[The Tennessean]]|first=DAVE|last=PAULSON}}</ref> after being convinced by [[Dr. Luke]] to return to Los Angeles and pursue a music career.<ref name=bio/> He had come across her demos and was so impressed<ref name=wwd/> that he immediately contacted her and began flying her to New York and Los Angeles to record music.<ref name=ew/>
155.69.193.5 (talk) 01:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Rihanna
"Rumored to be going on tour with Rihanna"? Does not belong on the page. 155.69.192.28 (talk) 00:46, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Kesha's older brother, Lagan, other edits
He's a political journalist, did some music before. Is this information (sibling occupations) relevant to the article? Should it be added?
http://www.dose.ca/music/Interview+Appetite+Construction/2465030/story.html
I also noted a grammatical error in the Artistry section, ...compared this vocal stylings...
And I believe the line by Ryan Dombal does not belong there because it does not add to the section.
Cheers
155.69.192.37 (talk) 03:13, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Image
Article says (in infobox) Kesha performing in January 2010 but on image it says that it is taken 21:16, 10 August 2009. Shouldn't infobox say smoething like Kesha performing in August 2009 ?--SveroH (talk) 17:56, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
- Actually I'm working on getting a flickr user to license their images, they have a lot of images so it will be a moot point if I can get those.--Terrillja talk 19:37, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
- ok, that would be great :) --SveroH (talk) 21:23, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Associated acts
Those two acts don't qualify. She's not credited on any of her Flo Rida track appearances and the 3OH!3 track was a one-off collaboration. (I think Right Round should be removed from the career beginnings section for the same reason as well)
Also a grammatical error in the Animal section. ...on the cover on WWD...
And the Metacritic has factored in even more reviews, making her aggregate score "mixed" instead of "generally favourable", perhaps that citation can be removed and "generally favourable" could be corrected to "mixed".
155.69.193.5 (talk) 01:47, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Influence: Uffie?
Surely the similarities with Uffie - as shown between Kesha's TiK ToK and Justice feat. Uffie's The Party - warrant, at least, a recognition of Uffie as an 'influence', if it is too far to say that Kesha is an imitation? 163.1.162.20 (talk) 00:14, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I agree, and if you listen to more of Uffie's tracks you'll appreciate this more. Kesha is basically a corporate-friendly derivative of Uffie. — Nathan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.32.245.125 (talk) 17:25, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Unless Kesha cites Uffie as an influence on her music, it doesn't belong in the article. Percxyz (Call me Percy, it's easier) 04:32, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
She broke the airplay record as well
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/tik-talk-ke-ha-breaks-pop-songs-record-1004061675.story 155.69.192.22 (talk) 00:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
She's also been booked for The Bamboozle music festival
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iab98e96f89cc5a36cfb81a185e0c29cc 155.69.192.22 (talk) 02:19, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
and presenting at the Grammys http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/miley-cyrus-kesha-to-present-at-grammys-2010141 155.69.192.22 (talk) 09:25, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
editprotected
Please add
{{confused|Keisha}}
hatnote to the top.
70.29.210.242 (talk) 12:08, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
- Done Regards, Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 13:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Born to a single parent?
I didn't know humans could do that yet. --Son of Somebody (talk) 23:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
- Say what now? O_o Percxyz (Call me Percy, it's easier) 06:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Scheuermann's Disease?
Vandalism? 155.69.192.235 (talk) 02:04, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Needs a Rewrite.
Mainly section 1.2. Such sentences as 'dabbling in telemarketing', 'crashing with friends', and 'she found and snuck into' bring the standard of the entire article, which is already written in the style of a womens' gossip magazine, down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.251.159 (talk) 02:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Non-free image
Why isn't the "Replaceable?" parameter in the non-free rationale is for File:Kesha10.jpg filled out? Because it can easily be replaced with a free image. Non-free images should not be uploaded if a free equivalent could ever exist and that's why they are not accepted in articles for living people, because they are living people. A picture can be taken of them at anytime and released under a free license. We're going to have to wait until a better quality free image exists of Kesha. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. –Scarce ✉ 04:32, 3 March 2010 (UTC)