Talk:Calvin Harris

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In the past I add at this site that he has a relationship, which is true. Although this, it was deleted. Can anyone say why it was deleted?

Real Name
Calvin Harris is a stage name, his real name is Adam Wiles. x Should the article name be changed to adam wiles and then calvin harris link to that? GarethParker 20:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Articles are generaly under commonly known names (so stage names) not birth names. See Elton John or should I say Reginald Kenneth Dwight, or Engelbert Humperdinck or should I say Arnold George Dorsey.  However if you can find a reference (on the web) for his real name then add this to the article with the reference using Template:cite web.  Chappy • T • C • 20:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The Only Reference I can find on the web to his "real name" being "Adam Wiles" is on some chat rooms where people that claim to have been at school with him also claim that they know him better as "Adam Wiles". No Credible Sources can be found via A Google Search. Chappy • T • C • 15:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

His real name IS Adam Wiles. Just because Google doesn't tell you that does that mean it's not true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.225.209.23 (talk • contribs) 00:34 24 June 2007
 * It doesn't mean its false but without proof it could be a rumour and rumours or possible rumours can't be added here as fact. Chappy TC 13:15, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I also know his name to be Adam Wiles as most 18+ residents of dumfries will be able to tell you as many of my friends have worked with him and others have went to school with him, Im pretty sure theres isn't and "Proof" of this unless you post his birth certificate up here or something, but we could still put it there and put a citation needed tag beside it or something.Gavinvin (talk) 19:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

A certain "Adam Wiles" is credited on X (Kylie Minogue album), and someone has linked his name to this page, with the result that it's the #1 Google result for "Adam Wiles". However, I can't see any grounds for including it - Wikipedia is supposed to work on the basis of published sources. Billwilson5060 (talk) 16:04, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

There is a partial revalation here: Billwilson5060 (talk) 11:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The liner notes to the US release of the Dragonette album Galore contains a cover of his song "The Girls". It's credited to "Adam Wiles p/k/a/ Calvin Harris." VonGenderless (talk) 20:19, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Google now does note his "real" name. I've added this to the article, with the relevant references. Feel free to remove if anyone's not convinced. captain_belly —Preceding undated comment added 22:43, 13 July 2009 (UTC).

Genre
Electro??? - I don't think so, where's the robots?

It's most definately electroclash, especially with the 80's inspired synths. --Reubot 13:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

i think electro is short for electronica which basicaly means any music that was sytheticly made — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:6900:B400:8463:1C7D:A860:E3C1 (talk) 19:07, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Nationality
Calvin Harris is Scottish. You can make all the usual arguments about his passport saying "British", but referring to him as such on here is simply inconsistent with the rest of wikipedia. So unless you are willing to go around the pages of every English singer and change them to British singers, leave the article alone and quit pushing your own agendas. He is a Scotsman whether you like it or not. 82.40.19.192 22:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Your passport statement proves the point. It is a general consensus on WikiProject Music that British artists should have the nationality of British, as it's what is stated on their passport.  You may hate the idea of Britain be fiercely pro Scottish and want Scotland to be a completely separate however you can't change international politics. Chappy TC 09:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Unless every English artist is changed to British, Calvin Harris should be referred to as Scottish in the interest of consistency. I do not hate the idea of Britain.  I hate the idea of people being stripped of their identity.  Citizenship is not the same as one's ethnicity or their nationality.  I am a British citizen, but I am Scottish.  By referring to Harris as Scottish the fact that he is British is inferred.  82.40.19.192 23:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Your talk page shows you have a history of deliberately altering Scottish born people's nationality to Scottish from British. From your talk history you seem to be offended by the fact that people identify British people as English when in fact they don't. This goes to prove my point that you dislike the idea of people having a British nationality.  Just because not all articles have the nationality as British does not mean we should change all to Scottish, English or Welsh.  Wikipedia is an on-going project intent providing the facts trying to standardise articles as other encyclopaedias do. To do this WikiProjects are set up to define these standards which are agreed on by all members of the project.  This means that whenever a member comes across a page which doesn't conform to these standards is found then they are altered to conform with these standards.  The relevant projects for this article are WikiProject Music and WikiProject Biography which use the passport nationality as the nationality therefore Calvin's nationality is British. No-one is denying that Calvin is Scottish and indeed the article states he grew up in Scotland, UK.  We are simply trying to slowly ensure these standards.  Please refrain from making further reverts.  Chappy [[Image:White Rose Badge of York.svg|God's own county|20px]] TC 17:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I do not have a history of reverting people's nationality to Scottish from British. I ammend these pages, as the subjects were initially described as Scottish, not British.  What you said implies that I go around changing subjects who have long since been described as British.  Referring to Scottish, Irish, and Welsh people as British only serves to perpetuate people's ignorance.  You know fine and well that most Americans see "British" and assume "English".  The finer details are irrelevant.


 * "England" and "Britain" are oftentimes used interchangeably. That is why Andy Murray is often referred to as "English".  There is nothing wrong with being English and I have nothing against people who are.  It is offensive, however.  Would you not be quick to correct people who referred to you as "Scottish"?  Changing everyone to British benefits England, while at the same time adversely affects the other nations.  I don't think you quite grasp how ignorant people are to the fact that Britain comprises more than just England.


 * By referring to the subjects as Scottish, English, Irish, and Welsh their Britishness is inferred. Calling them British only serves to perpetuate ignorance.  The consensus on the vast majority of these pages is that people should be reduced to their nationality, not their citizenship.  82.40.19.192 16:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Referring to people as British does not benefit England. It's simply a defensive stubborn streak on your own part that sees it this way.  Americans do use just English and British interchangeably but they equally use Scottish and British and Welsh and British interchangeably.  They however do not use Irish and I never mentioned Ireland.  The Americans know that Ireland is not part of Britain.  Besides taking the American view as the view of every user of Wikipedia is small-minded, presumptuous and stereotyping.  As I have said the Wikiprojects which aim to implement standards throughout the whole of Wikipedia state that the nationality should be British.  As I have also said they cannot ensure all pages meet these standards as it is an ongoing constant task.  Throughout charts in the world Calvin is stated as a British artist and the Charts that cover Scotland England and Wales are the British Charts therefore having Calvin's nationality as British is applying Industry (including this kingdoms own industry standards) as well as Wikipedia standards to the article.  The subject of Calvin Harris' page is not sottish either, the subject is himself and the music he has created.  The subject of any individuals article is themselves, their actions and their achievements. Your talk page shows you have disagreed with many people reverting your edits of changing British to Scottish. I am also not the only person to revert your edits on this article.  As I have said the page does NOT deny that Calvin's heritage lies in Scotland, it simply tries to convey his nationality according to the standards set out by Wikipedia. Chappy [[Image:White Rose Badge of York.svg|God's own county|20px]] TC 17:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * "British" is inferred. What exactly are you not getting about that?  How utterly ignorant can you be to say that people use "Scotland" and "Wales" interchangebaly with "Britain"?  That is absolute nonsense and fine you know it.  No one ever mistakes Britain for Scotland or Wales.  They mistake it for England incessantly.  "Scottish" infers "British".  And I was referring to Northern Ireland.  I think you know I was.


 * You keep referring to these standards, but I see no evidence of their implementation. Could you link me to where it states that these artists are to be referred to as "British"?  Not that it matters.  It's a nonsense rule and perpetuates people's ignorance.  It's also absurd to say "Dumfries, Scotland, UK".  That is redundant in the extreme, almost offensively so. I also notice you were on Gareth Gates' page and contributed to his talk page, yet he is still introduced as being "English". 82.40.19.192 21:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Insulting people is not welcomed on Wikipedia and people have been banned for doing so. You however must read your own argument to ensure you don't contradict yourself when trying to put forth your point.  Stating that "British is inferred" then stating that people don't "use Scotland and Wales interchangeably with Britain" is a contradiction (I would point out that not everyone in the world would instantly know that Scotland is in Britain).  I added Scotland in-front of UK in the infobox to try and compromise and also show to you I was not trying to deny Calvin's heritage.  The standards are decided upon  on the Wikiproject's talk pages by all of the members, to which there is no restriction on joining. You state that I have edited the Gareth Gates page yet if you actually checked I didn't visit Gareth's page, I altered a re-direct Link on the articles talk page, which you can easily reach without going to the main articles page just be clicking on the link on Leeds United A.F.C.'s What Links Here Page.  You can see from my edit history at that time I was changing a lot of pages to remove the Re-direct links to the Leeds United page.  I am also surprised by you using Ireland when you meant Northern Ireland. For someone who is so determined on countries not being mistaken for others and whom becomes offended by people doing so, I'm sure the Unionists in Northern Ireland, that are as passionate about the country they are from as you are, would fiercely deny that they were from Ireland. I can however see no compromise here despite several other editors apart from myself changing this to British.  You seem stubbornly determined to ensure that this article states that Calvin is Scottish rather than British. Chappy [[Image:White Rose Badge of York.svg|God's own county|20px]] TC 18:10, 30 August 2007 (UTC)


 * ''The following discussion is an archived copy from the talk page of User:82.40.19.192 with an agreement being made on the nationality issue. Please do not edit or delete it.

Calvin Harris
If I change "He grew up in Dumfries, Scotland, UK" to "He was born and grew up in Dumfries, Scotland, UK" and leave the infobox on the right hand side origin as "Dumfries, Scotland, UK" would you be ok with this? Chappy TC 18:29, 30 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that sounds fine. I would remove the "UK" part though.  "Scotland, UK" is a bit redundant.  And that's not me being awkward and trying to minimise any mention of the UK.  It just doesn't look right.  Feel free to leave it if you wish, but most articles of this type tend to say "London, England", "Glasgow, Scotland" etc. 82.40.19.192 22:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hes Scottish for f*** sake
Will the person who reverted Calvin Harris' Nationality to British please f*** off, he is f***ing scottish, deal with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skutar (talk • contribs) 10:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Secondly, British has been agreed on by users as you can see above and the article doesn't try to deny his is heritage lies in Scotland therefore the article should be left as British. Chappy TC 11:41, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Firstly you are not supposed to use Personal attacks on wikipedia according to their guidelines. If you persist then your account will most probably be blocked

How come then if it is someone that is English which is also British gets called English. He lived in London for a short while I don't see why that doesn't make him Scottish instead of British... Skutar
 * On that argument living in London would make him more Brittish and less Scottish. The reason he is British is mentioned above (Wikiproject standards). Oh and to sign your comments you can use the four tides ~ . Chappy [[Image:White Rose Badge of York.svg|God's Own Country|20px]] TC 11:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * seems to me a genuine problem here if we go by consensus rather than a proper rule. Scots being a tiny ethnic minority are always going to lose this argument on wikipedia. Does that mean it is correct for most English singers to be labelled English, but most Scottish singers to be labelled British (as appears to be the case on wikipedia)? it's racism really from the majority against a minority who refuse to assimilate... strange outcome because Scots have never really viewed themselves as Brits whereas British more or less equals English to most people 82.35.59.204 06:28, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Concensus is the only way to create rules for article standards on a community run Encyclopaedia. Creating standards throughout the project is the only way to make it easier for users to read the articles.  These standards cannot unfortunately be enfoced due to the editability of Wikipedia however wherever people can these standards are usually implemented, hence he's british here.  If musicians are listed as english, they shouldn't really be they should be listed as british. Whether scottish people view themselves as British is unfortunately irrelevant to the nationality displayed here, as they are British, just like English and Welsh people are British. Chappy [[Image:White Rose Badge of York.svg|God's Own Country|20px]] TC 15:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * but virtually every single English musician I have looked at today is labelled as "English" whilst Calvin Harris repeatedly gets changed to "British". As any non-English Brit will tell you, this is the attitude most English people have - a successful English person is English, a successful Celt is British. But it's not appropriate for an encyclopaedia. 86.165.198.169 (talk) 15:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I just gotta add that regardless of what we say or think Calvin Harris considers himself Scottish - not British as he has stated in interviews with Scottish newspapers and Scottish news programmes plenty of times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.242.143.229 (talk) 18:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

My thoughts. I saw him on Youtube, recognised Dumfries, came to Wikipedia to find out if he was indeed Scottish and where he came from..got the information I needed.. perfect! For what it's worth I think he should remain labelled as Scottish, especially if British people from England or elsewhere are also labelled so.Bawdekin (talk) 07:58, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Why is Wikipedia infected by irrational anti British sentiment? Calvin Harris is both Socttish and British. This isn't even a debate, but a fact. Britain is a country and a nationality. Abroad people from Britain are said to be 'British nationals'. Anyone born in Britain is a British national and receives a British citizenship, that is a fact. Wikipedias greatest strength, being open source, is also it's greatest weakness. It is left open to ignorance and personal bias. I can't be bothered to supply the tons of evidence on my side, because it's like debating what colour the sky or clouds look like. Come on people, leave your anti-Scottish/British/Welsh/English/whatever aside, it's seriously immature and ruins the accuracy of Wikipedia. Erzan (talk) 21:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

If You Are Scottish then you come from Scotland, Calvin Harris was born in Dumfries or something which is in Scotland, not England (or Britain), I am Manx and I do not like being called English, and I am a DJ myself and I classify my self as a Manx DJ, not a British DJ. Just Saying anyway, listen to Skutar. -DJ Daaar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.226.190.1 (talk) 22:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No-one is calling him English so that argument is ridiculous. Isle of Man isn't part of Britain so that argument is ridiculous.  Both of his parents are English and he holds a British passport. When he can show a Scottish passport, he's Scottish. Until then, he's British.  But I won't go into battle with the McWikipedia and O'Wikipedia bigots who hate any mention of English, British or UK.  Like the people who explode with rage when you point out that two members of U2 were born in England to English parents and still have British passports.  86.2.64.179 (talk) 17:49, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Stouffer record
To Chappy84: You're doing an incredible job moderating this page! Many hats off to you. It's a minor point but I think we can combine the two Stouffer entries, the record is entitled "Da Bongos / Brighter Days" and has the following tracklisting which I'm reading off the record sleeve :-) A1: Da Bongos (Original); A2: Da Bongos (Shark & Fotr Remix); B1: Brighter Days (Original); B2: Brighter Days (Peter Presta's Looney Tune Mix). If we need a web reference the best I could find is from Hard To Find Records: http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR87644 Many thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Purplepiano (talk • contribs) 14:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Apologies, so many new users/anonymous users vandalise pages that if I can't find a source for claims I revert them. I've changed it to one release and added a reference from discogs (which has an image for the cover).  Chappy [[Image:White Rose Badge of York.svg|God's Own Country|20px]] TC 19:03, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

How could he have been 21 years old in 2002, if born in 1984? Hmmm - we have a conundrum.--202.7.95.71 (talk) 03:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

"Artists worked with"
That section in the navbox, shouldnt someone put Dizzy Razkal (or whatever his name is lol) in there too? ΤΕΡΡΑΣΙΔΙΩΣ (Ταλκ   ) 02:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC) adam willies love me charlotte!!! :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.137.3.195 (talk) 19:12, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

New Album
Removed new album name as no reference givne and a quick Google searches proves fruitless - in addition previous link was incorrect also Nik The Stoned (talk) 11:49, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I've gone slightly further and commented-out the TBC album; when/if there are more details it can be re-added but at the moment it just seems to be uncited speculation. Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 12:21, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

He has relecced a new sondg called not alone he has enjoyed producing it and will ahve a new album out soon his oparents will be congratuating him becoause he has be rewarded with beind number 1 in the charts this year(2009). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.18.221.121 (talk) 10:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Calvin Harris is not Electroclash
Why is Calvin Harris listed under Electroclash. Calvin Harris emits cheesy pop hits. This mistake should be remedied —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.76.154 (talk) 16:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Good Work
I loved the way you took the Mickey out of jedward that night on the Xfactor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.130.19 (talk) 13:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Producer Discography
Why is not a producer discography? or at least put in the discography the songs he have produce, like Kylie Minogue songs "In My Arms", "Too Much" and "Heart Beat Rock" and also the new song of The Ting Tings is produce by him "Hands"..and there have to be others that I don't remember, but since there is a list of his Remixed songs why there is not one of the songs he have produce? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.8.104.27 (talk) 21:22, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

References?
Upon looking at this paragraph:

Recently, many tracks have surfaced with a distinctive 'Calvin Harris' sound to them. Singles such as Chris Brown's "Yeah 3x" and JLS's "Eyes Wide Shut" allegedly sample Harris without official recognition. Brown's single begins with what sounds like 'You Used To Hold Me', then creeps into 'I'm Not Alone'. Harris has acknowledged these tracks and admits he does favour the JLS hit over Brown's single. He confirmed that he would not be taking any legal action against either artists.

I could not see any sources which support this statement. 85.229.222.58 (talk) 14:29, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Associated acts note
Upon going to edit the page I see this comment in the Background info box= "Please do not add associated acts/artists here. Calvin Harris works as a freelance record producer, therefore he is not associated to anyone or artists. Thanks"

Is this standard for certain artists? Being freelance doesn't seem to have much bearing on the apparent purpose of the associated_acts section, that is that the listings aren't meant to imply that said artist is anything more than an independent collaborator. What am I missing? I feel this artist should have associated_acts restored. 76.189.185.71 (talk) 13:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The problem with the "associated_acts" labes is that everytime Harris release a song as a collaboration is that the artist with whom he did the contribution will be added even if they are associated only by that song/album.. Those places become WP:LAUNDRY lists that should be avoided. Tb hotch . ™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions.  03:53, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

UK in birth place
has been persistently adding "UK" or "United Kingdom" to birthplace after being repeatedly told it is not the standard when lone country is known. and have had their input essentially disregarded. Erzan, whether UK is a country or not, the standard is to list a lone country for birth/death location, which in this case is Scotland. UK consists of the countries Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland. That's a union of four countries. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 01:33, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * After discussing the issue at Acalamari's talk page, I was willing to give Erzan the benefit of the doubt, but seeing how they continue to not only revert other users' edits without providing any reason whatsoever, but also change UK-related nationalities for no apparent reason, I've changed my mind. The user has been warned several times before (and blocked once) for edit-warring over the very same issue—it's like this is the sole purpose of their account. As I've said before, this kind of behavior is neither helpful nor constructive to Wikipedia. Snap Snap  02:14, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I noticed that, and the only reason I haven't reverted Erzan again is to keep from edit warring myself. Take caution if reporting to WP:AN3, as we've all been skating on the line of warring (though it is really 3 users disagreeing with 1). XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 02:18, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I was initially unsure as to whether I should report Erzan to WP:AN3 or WP:AIV, since I crossed the 3RR myself as well, but this seems to be the only solution for Erzan's obsessive editing behavior. Should we bring in an administrator or something? Snap Snap  02:32, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * These aren't cases of vandalism so certainly not AIV. It looks like one admin's input alone (Acalamari) wasn't enough. If you request admin input, caution should still be taken for in case it comes off as a case of the pot calling the kettle black. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 02:38, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Problem solved. At least for now. Snap Snap  03:01, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi, the manual states ‘’in geographical references that include multiple levels of subordinate divisions (e.g., city, state/province, country)’’


 * The trouble here is twofold:
 * 1) The misunderstanding of the political constitution of the UK. You see the UK is a country with 3 main tier of governance and its 2nd subordinate divisions are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.


 * 2) The misunderstanding that state and country are words often used interchangeably. So while calling Scotland and Wales a country is correct, they are both subordinate divisions of the UK. Even Northern Ireland use to be called a province although that has fallen out of fashion.


 * Following from the above, the correct subdivisions using the main capitals as examples are:
 * London, England, UK
 * Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
 * Cardiff, Wales, UK
 * Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. --Erzan (talk) 21:52, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Which manual are you referring to? If anything, it would be more like "Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland" or "Westham, East Sussex, England". XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 22:15, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Westham is not a city (it's a county) and nor is Tarland. Abesenshire and East Sussex are not States/countries/provinces. --Erzan (talk) 22:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I was following a format used in other countries such as "Los Angeles, California, U.S." or "Toronto, Ontario, Canada". XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 22:34, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Tarland is a village and doesn't have city status in the UK, that can only be given by royal approval. Canada is the 1st tier of government and corresponds with the UK. Ontario is the 2nd tier and corresponds to Scotland. Toronto is a city and corresponds with Edinburgh. Canada and the UK are both countries (and states), with various subordinate divisions (called countries/states/provinces). --Erzan (talk) 00:43, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * That's not the point. I was listing a format used. Either way, it would be things like "______, ______, Northern Ireland" or "_____, Northern Ireland" or "_______, _______, Wales" or "______, Wales". Simple as that. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 00:55, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Using phrases like 'simple as that' on talk page after disagreement between editors is hardly the language required to reach an agreement or compromise. I came here to discuss the issue, after all Wikipedia is an open source site welcome for all. The format you have used, does not match the example you used of Canada. You compared Tarland a village, to the city of Toronto. --Erzan (talk) 01:19, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The "simple as that" bit was referring to how simple the format is, sorry if it came off as an attempt to end the discussion. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 01:30, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It did come across like that, which is unfortunate because this is suppose to be a place where compromise can be reached. What is stopping a compromise of having Dumfries, Scotland, UK? The UK is a country, people from Scotland have pages with UK/Britain included (Andy Murray mentions Britain as his country and Chris Hoy includes UK) Scotland is mentioned, the edit of the UK is not vandalism and complies with the manual format of having ‘’geographical references that include multiple levels of subordinate divisions (e.g., city, state/province, country)’’. What is stopping a compromise? --Erzan (talk) 11:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It certainly isn't vandalism, but is not needed when Scotland itself is a country. The standard would be "_____, _____, Scotland". In Calvin Harris' case, it would be "_____, Dumfries, Scotland" or "Dumfries, ______, Scotland". XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 12:52, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * So we have agreed it's not vandalism. Can we also agree the UK is a country? --Erzan (talk) 09:10, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Comment
After looking at the latest edit confrontations on this page, i'd like to add my view.

Every other person from England, Scotland and Wales also has "United Kingdom" added to their place of birth. So why should Calvin Harris's Wikipedia page be any different?

We can either add United Kingdom to his place of birth, or go around and remove United Kingdom from every other British persons Wikipedia page.

Is United Kingdom not being added for patriotic reasons, or...?

--Kandyce 2013 (talk) 16:01, 1 May 2014 (UTC)


 * First of all, not everyone from those countries has it in their articles. Secondly, it isn't needed (and is being kept out) since Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland are all lone countries on their own. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 16:08, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi SNUGGUMS. After speaking to some of the powers that be high up in the Wikipedia HQ, it seems that there is no general consensus on whether to add "United Kingdom" or "UK" to British peoples Wikipedia pages. It's basically neither right or wrong to add it, a none issue. Many British people have it added, and some don't. I guess you could just take a vote for it in here. Or look back and see how many people in the talk page are for or against it. --Kandyce 2013 (talk) 16:40, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't think there was any consensus for inclusion. In this case, it is being kept out since an editor named Erzan kept persistently changing after being told to stop, and is known for changing things like "English" and "Scottish" to "British" and ignoring all warnings. It was unhelpful since "British" is an ambiguous term, as it can refer to English, Scottish, Welsh, or Scotch-Irish (those from Northern Ireland, and not to be confused with someone who is Irish and Scottish). XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 16:54, 1 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Although tagged as an edit protected request, it is not; it is the continuation of a talk page discussion, which will not be implemented until consensus has been reached - if that consensus requires any changes to be implemented. I have, therefore, marked the request as answered. - Arjayay (talk) 17:19, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

XXSNUGGUMSXX. It is not against Wikipedia rules to add "United Kingdom" or "UK" to any British persons Wikipedia page. Adding it is neither right or wrong. Many British people have it, and some don't. So nobody should be warned for adding "United Kingdom" or "UK" as adding either is not vandalism. Neither you or user Erzan is right or wrong. I don't understand why people are being so aggressive about the whole thing.

It's just a case if you lot can be grown up about the whole thing and come to some sort agreement. Maybe take a vote here in the talk pages. --Kandyce 2013 (talk) 17:56, 1 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Definitely not vandalism. It was more of a persistent edit warrior known for ignoring warnings that had to be stopped than it was "right vs. wrong". User once went so far as to replace "Scotland" itself with "UK" or "United Kingdom". XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 18:01, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Beware the McWikipedia Police. Just as bad as the O'Wikipedia Police, and iWikipedia Police. You will never, ever win against any of them, because fanboism, bigotry and nationalism always win over sensible reason, and facts. 86.2.64.179 (talk) 17:53, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora
Did he go out with these? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlfonsiniGumezez (talk • contribs) 14:52, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Other work section
His other work section should be merged inside the article according to succession of years, it makes no sense to put his collaborations and contributions to other artists's albums in a separate entity when it is a great part of his career as a producer and makes up a large part of his career. Meryam90 (talk) 14:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Genre.......
Deep House??? Coldplay made one EDM song, does that turn them into an EDM band? No. Then why is Calvin Harris listed as a deep house artist "How Deep Is Your Love" is his only deep house track. Meanwhile almost every single Calvin Harris song can be classified as Dance-pop, and yet it is not listed as his genre. "Under Control" "Let's Go" "Drinking From The Bottle" and "Summer" trance inspired progressive house (which should also be listed as his genre) fused with Dance-pop. I'm using my ears listening to the the leads, the synths, the stabs, the saws, the bass, the kick, the clap, the snare, the tempo and the use of reverb, noise, delay and filter. How do you think the people that wrote those article determined the genre of his songs? "The hidden secret book of how to determine music genres"? Don't be dumb, reconsider the use of sources to determine genres. Let's take it to the talk section instead. BrandonWLam (talk) 20:54, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

-- Wikipedia doesn't rely on people's ears or experience. In order to add a piece of information you need a RELIABLE SOURCE. The deep house genre has been added with a Billboard magazine reference attached to it. I respect the fact that you want to contribute to the article but all you need to do is FIND references from sites/publications that are considered reliable here in Wikipedia and then add every genre your heart desires...We can NOT let you add unreliable information no matter how sure you are of it,personally. It is as simple as that. Furthermore, being respectful and polite wont kill you...no matter how right you are, it doesnt give the right to call people names... --Meryam90 (talk) 22:51, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Page protection
This page is facing a lot of vandalism and weir edits lately, I think we should get it protected, sadly I don't really know how that works, anyone can help? --Meryam90 (talk) 18:24, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Calvin Harris
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 orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Calvin Harris'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.

Reference named "itunes": From Feel So Close:  From Call My Name (Cheryl Cole song): </li> From Summer (Calvin Harris song): </li> From Sweet Nothing (Calvin Harris song): </li> From Under Control (Calvin Harris and Alesso song): </li> From Florence and the Machine: </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. AnomieBOT<font color="#888800">⚡ 19:45, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Reason for protest ommited
This is trivial, and I feel quite sad to be posting it. Yes I need a life. But anyway. Harris walked on a tv broadcast of the X Factor with a pineapple on his head. He revealed his reason for doing so in a high profile BBC interview later that week. Harris's explanation on what the protest was about was then removed by Winkelvil, whose reason for removing it was...."the link is enough to explain what the stunt was motivated by". There is nothing in the link but an apology. No motivation or reason is given. Harris gave it in the BBC interview which is the BBC material that the user then removed (which had been there for 6 years not that that matters). A false reason for removing the material was given (and then accused me of edit warring...the biggest insult is the insinuation I'd care enough about a protest involving a pineapple to edit war over). If someone partakes in a high profile act, as was the case with Harris, but no explanation is given as to why, the subject is incomplete. I'm calling for the reason for his act to be restored. Now who is with me (or against)? RyanTQuinn (talk) 00:57, 16 October 2015 (UTC)


 * It's trivia and placing such a lengthy, unnecessary explanation is WP:UNDUE. It doesn't benefit the reader to know why it happened.  Perhaps a quote or prose regarding the gist of the apology would be appropriate, but giving more "air time" to the stunt isn't.  -- <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">WV ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">✉ ✓  00:02, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh I have no issue with the length. If trimming it is the way to go then fine. Go for it. I just feel that if a famous man walks on live tv with a pineapple on his head, gets thrown off the set, issues an apology, but no reason for his act is given...that subject/news story to me is incomplete. Just as a side note, this act arguably made Harris a household name in the UK. Certainly brought him to mainstream attention.RyanTQuinn (talk) 01:10, 16 October 2015 (UTC)


 * You seem to misunderstand what I said. I'm still for omitting it.  The apology could be explained from a direct quote.  But beyond that, it's undue weight to add any more to this trivial incident.  As far as the incident making him a "household name" anywhere -- if there's no reliable source stating exactly that, then we can't use it (as it equates personal opinion at the least and original research at the most).  -- <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">WV ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">✉ ✓  00:20, 17 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Your reason for removing the BBC source was, "the link is enough to explain what the stunt was motivated by". The apology gives nothing on what the stunt was motivated by, only the BBC source which you removed does. Regards "trivial", that's subjective. RyanTQuinn (talk) 01:32, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2016 calvin harris T in the Park
Calvin Harris played T in the Park on 9th July 2016 and amongst other things referenced You Got The Love, but stripped in its presentation of any element of musicality or soulfulness; rather than any meaningful contribution to music as an art form his set was emblematic of a desperately hollow collection of experiences that festival goers who have little appreciation of music respond to. His popularity indeed resides amongst audiences with extremely limited sensibilities regarding the finer aspects of music. The term 'noise and flashing lights' seems a fitting mean to desribe the experience of a Calvin Harris concert.

Jorgensen, E.R., 2007. Concerning justice and music education. Music Education Research, 9(2), pp.169-189.

Calvinharrisvile (talk) 22:44, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Please state exactly what you would like changed. Something like add "some text goes here" after the second sentence in the third paragraph. Or please change the word "and" to "or" in the fifth sentence of the second paragraph. This way whomever answers knows what you want us to do. Also you will need to provide reliable source for any information so we can verify the information. -- GB fan 23:50, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The user has now been blocked due to the account being used solely for vandalism that attacks Calvin Harris. KaisaL (talk) 00:00, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Redoing awkward sentence
This sentence reads rather awkwardly: "Harris has received ten Brit Award nominations—three for Best British Male, and four Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy for Best Music Video in 2013."

What if we changed it to: ''Harris has received ten Brit Award nominations including three for Best British Male. He has also received four Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy for Best Music Video in 2013.''

Or: Harris has received ten Brit Award nominations (three for Best British Male) and four Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy for Best Music Video in 2013.

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Content dispute - Add deep house/tropical house as genre or not
Hello everyone!

I think deep house and tropical house should be added to Calvin Harris' genres because he has produced several songs of these genres. "This Is What You Came For", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Hype" being deep house and "I Need Your Love", "Outside", "My Way" being tropical house. I also cited a source to a Billboard article mentioning the genre of "My Way" (which is tropical house) and there are more sources too. One song should be enough to add an overall genre.

Please provide your opinion on whether deep house + tropical house should be added as the genres in this Calvin Harris article.

- TheMagnificentist (talk) 04:50, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * It would be best if you could back it up with sources, or expand on this in the prose if you could rather than just add it. Generally, the artist infobox should represent their own material under their own name. For example, Elvis Costello produced the ska band The Specials debut album but that shouldn't have Costello being labeled as ska in his group, as he does not produce that kind of music. That's my opinion. Andrzejbanas (talk) 05:05, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * All the songs mentioned in the OP are Calvin's own material, he didn't produce those for other artists. The point is, only "How Deep Is Your Love" and "My Way" have sources supporting deep house and tropical house, respectively. One tropical house song does not make Calvin a tropical house artist, see WP:OR. <font color="#0F45D9">snαp <font color="#000000">• <font color="#F485B3">snαp  (talk) 05:37, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You are missing the point. Do you really expect some business magazines like Billboard and such to know about genres? They're journalists, they're not music experts to accurately determine the genres of artists and songs. On the source of the other mentioned genre "nu-disco", it was stated that "The Scottish electro-house/nu-disco producer will perform". Did you think that one line was relevant enough to prove that Calvin Harris is a "nu-disco" artist? This brings me to my second point which suggests that you or any other editor are not required to dictate about what is allowed and what not because the guidelines provided are not necessarily correct. Furthermore, music is different from other topics. You don't need sources to tell you which genre is which, you only need ears to do that. By simple logic, if he produced a tropical house song, he is a tropical house artist. Hypothetically, if a hip-hop rapper makes an EDM song, I would think that he is also an EDM artist because we cannot simply negate the idea that his song does contribute to his overall genre. In addition, what you are saying is similar to saying "the earth is not round because the journalists didn't say it". - TheMagnificentist (talk) 06:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I would certainly expect a music business magazine like Billboard to know how to describe the genre of a musical work. It's ridiculous to suppose otherwise. The business side of music is even more interested in genre than the artist side. Binksternet (talk) 07:01, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree that deep house and tropical house should be added as genres for Calvin Harris.  Caden  cool  14:55, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Genres certainly do need to be verified by reliable third-party sources, like pretty much everything else on Wikipedia. Describing an artist's music as belonging to a particular genre based on one or two songs and claiming "you only need ears" to determine genres is nothing but original research. All the genres contained in Calvin's infobox are supported by sources that refer to his music as a whole, not specific songs. Besides, you used the exact same Billboard article to support both deep house and tropical house, yet only the latter is mentioned. <font color="#0F45D9">snαp <font color="#000000">• <font color="#F485B3">snαp  (talk) 21:45, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

FYI
just to let you know, a vocalist does classical music and a singer does others. - TheMagnificentist (talk) 05:24, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. Thanks. We mostly use "singer" to refer to popular musicians on Wikipedia anyway. <font color="#0F45D9">snαp <font color="#000000">• <font color="#F485B3">snαp  (talk) 02:19, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

- TheMagnificentist (talk) 08:55, 13 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the late post here: Harris refers to himself as "vocalist," which is the correct and more popular term for pop artists.  The definition of vocalist is one who regularly performs jazz or pop.BlossomFlower (talk) 13:57, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposal for article separation
I would like to propose that the "Awards and nominations" section be split into a separate article "List of awards and nominations received by Calvin Harris". - ReZawler (talk • contribs) 17:23, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I support your proposal.  Caden  cool  16:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

- TheMagnificentist (talk) 00:51, 30 November 2016 (UTC)


 * I think it's ok, but there are almost no sources there. Cornerstonepicker (talk) 01:23, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

I agree, linking to a list article is probably the best option. KevindeAmsterdam (talk) 03:48, 30 November 2016 (UTC)


 * An awards article is a good idea. You'll have to find references, but that won't be too hard. Binksternet (talk) 01:18, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

UK and US
There has been a back and forth on the article the last couple of days between and myself. It started out when i saw that an IP had been reverted after adding UK after his place of birth. The IP pointed out inconsistency between not having the UK after the place of birth and having US after his place of residence. They suggested removing the US from the residence. I did that and was reverted with an explanation that "This has been discussed a million times; Scotland and the US are countries, the UK is a sovereign country." I see no discussion that US belongs because it is not sovereign (it is sovereign). I see discussion that UK doesn't need to be added after his birthplace. I agree we don't need to add UK there, but we also don't need to add US after his place of residence. The UK and the US are on par with each other as to status, both are sovereign countries and well know. Neither one needs to be listed as the final location identifier. ~ GB fan a "frantic, furious ball of anger" 17:24, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Adding "US" is most certainly necessary. Per Template:Infobox musical artist and Template:Infobox person, the birth place parameter should follow the "City, State/Province, Country" pattern. Leaving it as "Dumfries, Scotland" and "Los Angeles, California" is just plain wrong, since Scotland is a country and California is a state. When I said this matter has been discussed a million times, I was referring to adding "UK" after "Scotland". You keep mentioning US shouldn't be listed, yet you haven't provided a valid reason for that. I still don't really see a reason to add UK when there's already Scotland, but if you feel that you can't list or omit one without the other, then both should be listed, as I see no reason whatsoever why US should be omitted. I'm not going to keep arguing over such a minor issue. <font color="#FF90C8">snap <font color="#70D0FF">snap  (talk) 00:22, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * US and UK are the same level. They are both the top level of country. Why should one be listed and the other not? ~ GB fan a "frantic, furious ball of anger" 00:47, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Like I said, adding UK seems like overkill when Scotland is already mentioned. However, if you strongly believe that UK shouldn't be omitted while US is still listed, then both should be listed, as I see no reason why listing US is unnecessary. <font color="#FF90C8">snap <font color="#70D0FF">snap  (talk) 06:36, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

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