Talk:Sam Smith

Homosexuality

In 2014, Smith came out as openly gay and stated that his album 'In The Lonely Hour' is in fact about a male he fell in love with who didn't love him back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukedebloom (talk • contribs) 14:39, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Edit request: add to Early life section

Smith is the son of Kate Cassidy and Frederick Smith. He has two youngers sisters. He lived in the the village of Great Chishill, near Cambridge. 65.205.13.26 (talk) 22:53, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Edit request: fact in error

Te name "Samuel Fredrick Smith" appears not to be Smith's legal name, his works appear to be copyright under the name "Samuel Joseph Smith" using IPI number 00454554838. This has been verified at http://iswcnet.cisac.org/ and http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by PolychromePlatypus (talk • contribs) 02:24, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2014

Frevel8093 (talk) 15:36, 28 October 2014 (UTC) Please can I edit this page

Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Please submit your request in the form of "change X to Y", providing any necessary sources. Thanks, NiciVampireHeart 15:45, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2014

Frevel8093 (talk) 15:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC) Can I edit this page ?

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Personal Life

Currently married his beloved lovely wife of five years name Tina Nguyen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.83.148.67 (talk) 04:02, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Associated act Taylor Swift?

In the associated act section, it names Taylor Swift, yet there is nothing in the article which indicates any association between the two artists. Is there an association there, or is this a mistake? If anyone knows why Swift is listed there, please add it to the article. Thanks! --pluma♫ ♯ 05:24, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2015

Please change "Smith subsequently awarded 12.5% of the royalties from his hit "Stay with Me" to Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, co-writers of Petty's 1989 hit "I Won't Back Down," upon being confronted with the similarities between the two songs. Petty and Lynne are now listed as co-writers on the track.[33]" to "Smith subsequently awarded 12.5% of the royalties from his hit "Stay with Me" to Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, co-writers of Petty's 1989 hit "I Won't Back Down," upon being confronted with the similarities in the melodies of the choruses between the two songs. Petty and Lynne are now listed as co-writers on the track.[33]"

Please also add "Smith and Petty settled the copyright dispute through an amicable agreement which prevented the situation from becoming litigated."

Please also add "Smith admits to have never heard this song from 1989 as he is only 22 years of age and was shocked by the coincidence in song similarities."

Please also add "Petty was the one to initiate the copyright dispute but never intended to sue Smith. He admits, “The word lawsuit was never even said and was never my intention […] I wish Sam all the best for his ongoing career.”

Zepcar2BB3 (talk) 00:12, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

References

Not done for now: Closing this request due to lack of communication in responding to a question asked over a week ago. Apparently there is no consensus to make the change as it stands or the request wasn't clear enough either in what needed to be replaced, what the replacement text should be, or why it is beneficial to the encyclopedia to make the change as requested. Feel free to reopen this request when all of the criteria have been met. Thank you, — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 21:20, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 9 February 2015

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. Materialscientist (talk) 23:28, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

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• Sam Smith (singer) → Sam Smith
• Sam Smith → Sam Smith (disambiguation)

– I can't see Sam Smith just being a flash in the pan - he won four Grammys in one night and has sold a good few million records already, so I'm pretty sure he's going to be the most notable person of this name for years to come, and therefore the primary topic here. Unreal7 (talk) 12:01, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

• Comment. There are a lot of people on the dab page. I'd like to see some evidence that this one passes WP:PRIMARYTOPIC - is this article viewed much more than any other on the dab page, and more than the others combined? (For "Sam Smith" at least, or possibly "Samuel Smith" as well.) Dohn joe (talk) 14:51, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose. Look at all those Sam Smiths on that disambiguation page - over 40 by my count. I could go into more detail on why very common first name + incredibly common surname is almost never results in anyone being a primary topic, but Talk:Matt Smith (actor)#Requested move already provides a good overview of that. Egsan Bacon (talk) 15:45, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose, yes he has an exquisite voice and exceptional tallent but Sam Smith does not have the monopoly on the names sam and smith. There are 51 with both names in the disambiguation. He should blame his parents for not providing him with a more unusual name with which he would undoubtedly be primary topic. GregKaye 17:49, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Damn you, Frederick Smith and Kate Cassidy!!! - eo (talk) 19:54, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose for reasons stated above. - eo (talk) 19:54, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose. IMO, the OP's rationale that the singer won four Grammys at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards just over 24 hours ago is basically WP:RECENTISM. The statement "I'm pretty sure he's going to be the most notable person of this name for years to come" is basically WP:CRYSTAL. And although the singer sold a good few million records, that does not really establish that he has significantly way more long-term significance relative to the other 40-50 Sam Smiths. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:42, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose. The nomination basically amounts to WP:CRYSTAL, and doesn't show any evidence that this is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. kennethaw88 • talk 00:16, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
• Weak support - Hardly anyone listed on the dab page really goes by "Sam Smith" Red Slash 02:43, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose Sam is a common male/female first name. Smith is a very common last name. The current situation is fine as it is. Canuck^{89 (chat with me)} 08:55, February 11, 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose. Pure recentism. Far too common a name for a young musician to be primary, however big he is at the moment. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:38, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

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artistry?

Not sure why there is an "Artistry" section which is nothing more than a short list of people who have inspired him. That hardly qualifies as artistry, and his "likes" hardly warrant their own section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.22.245 (talk) 09:18, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Photo

Sam Smith (Oct. 23, 2014) 02.jpg, I uploaded two photos of Smith, please add it to the article.--C.Jonel (talk) 00:32, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2015

Yeah. 2601:43:1:9A18:D106:C56F:E82F:DF23 (talk) 18:17, 27 March 2015 (UTC)