Talk:The Weeknd

Main photo

Why was the main photo changed? Can it be changed back? User1042 (talk) 00:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Klaipeda

It says he was born and raised in klaipeda. He obviously wasnt raised in lithuania 213.55.221.31 (talk) 13:01, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Photo

His photo is regularly switched from the show in 2017 and his portrait in 2021. While the photo from the show in 2017 is more realistic, the portrait from 2021 is way more recent and should be used. An o niem ja (talk) 15:35, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 December 2022

yesterday nominated for an oscar for best original song from Avatar 2 - Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength) 2A00:23C4:9482:F101:1DF0:5B88:B3FC:E4D8 (talk) 19:52, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Khrincan (talk) 20:10, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Nate Albert

found this interesting thing that in 2011, Nate Albert, an A&R executive at Republic Records, followed the Weeknd around the world for 18 months after he found out who he was

Source:Vulture- https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/the-weeknd-collaborators-chronicle-his-rise.html

Should this be added in the "Early beginnings" section? There are also other interesting things in the article about his early career Bhkkbey250 (talk) 11:30, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Does Scarborough not exist anymore? lol "He was brought up in what was then the city of Scarborough"

The article reads: He was brought up in what was then the city of Scarborough

But when you read the article on Scarborough, it literally says it's a current city.

C'mon guys, lol. Fix this. 68.71.12.38 (talk) 14:24, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

All fixed. Thanks for bringing that up. The Corvette ZR1 (talk) 20:39, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Request: Rename page from "The Weeknd" to "Abel Tesfaye"

He has reverted to his birth name on social media accounts and made it clear that that is how he wants to be known as such, rather than The Weeknd:

"I'm going through a cathartic path right now.. it's getting to a place and time where I'm getting ready to close The Weeknd chapter. As the Weeknd, I've said everything I can say." ([1]) Profavi1 (talk) 18:35, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

This has to be discussed through WP:RM, IMO. Keivan.f^Talk 19:08, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 27 May 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Not moved as WP:SNOW. Clear consensus not to move based on WP:NAMECHANGE and WP:COMMONNAME. In any case, his next album will still be released under his stage name (beyond that is unclear), so maybe sometime in the future another rm could be proposed, but now is not the time. (non-admin closure) estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:38, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

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The Weeknd → Abel Tesfaye – He has reverted to his birth name on social media accounts and made it clear that that is how he wants to be known as such, rather than The Weeknd:

"I'm going through a cathartic path right now.. it's getting to a place and time where I'm getting ready to close The Weeknd chapter. As the Weeknd, I've said everything I can say." ([https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65601638 90.255.15.152 (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose per Mos Def, Cat Stevens, etc. 162 etc. (talk) 22:12, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:NAMECHANGES, vast majority of sources listed in the article still refer to him as The Weeknd. – MaterialWorks 22:38, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
• Hard Oppose, absolutely insane that this has been suggested. He will always be known as The Weeknd, even if he starts releasing music as Abel, the average person will still say, "did you hear the new Weeknd album?". Very rarely can an artist shed their stage name, and seeing how big The Weeknd is as an artist, the average everyday person will not see him as Abel, and they would certainly not search him up on Wikipedia as such. Zvig47 (talk) 23:01, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose It will take time for him to be better known by his birth name assuming that ever happens which isn’t a given.--65.93.193.94 (talk) 00:53, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
• Comment It’s very unlikely that Abel Tesfaye will become his common name in the media. So for the purpose of Wikipedia, he’s stuck with this name around here. Trillfendi (talk) 03:13, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Oppose per commonname 90.255.15.152 (talk) 10:27, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose per above. Maybe in six months. We should need more usage than an Instagram post talking about going through a cathartic path to change a name. Walt Yoder (talk) 21:49, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per NAMECHANGES and per COMMONNAME - Whose to say in 5-10 years time he won't be all "iM gOiNg tHrOuGh a cAtHaRtIc pAtH" again?. Nah it can stay where it is. –Davey2010^Talk 22:39, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:NAMECHANGE. TheCorvetteZR1^{(The Garage)} 01:34, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.