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Is this Video here real? That sould be from a conzert in Utrecht (Netherlands) in 1998. 2003:74:CF15:CB71:3DB6:5046:FA4E:338D (talk) 14:33, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The paragraph beginning "Prince is a trademark owned by Paisley Park Enterprises Inc...." should be removed. The paragraph is synthesis, citing primary sources to support statements that are not in the sources cited. - Tefkasp (The Editor Formerly Known as SummerPhD) (talk) 16:27, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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PRINCE

HE IS NOT'A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.98.94 (talk) 12:52, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Several reliable sources cited in the article say he is. We report what reliable sources say. - SummerPhD^v2.0 14:03, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Prince is a "dancer"?

The Categories and the Infobox both make uncited assertions that Prince is a "dancer", something not mentioned in the text. Either a cited assertion should go in, or the Cat and occupation should be deleted. --Dweller (talk) 14:31, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He uses choreographed movement on stage, but I don't think dancer applies to him. Not in the article to support it with a ref or two? Cat should be removed. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 15:20, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Name

His legal name is Prince Rogers Nelson, not "Roger." It's wrong both times it appears on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.43.27 (talk) 03:49, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The apparently reliable source cited in the article says "Roger". - SummerPhD^v2.0 13:27, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably he uses his legal name in litigation (copyright/trademark stuff, mostly), and the federal docket has 30 entries for under "Prince Rogers Nelson" and only one under "Prince Roger Nelson." In the sole case using that name, it was written that way by the person suing him, and the docket expressly states that his name is "Prince Rogers Nelson" and that he was sued as "Prince Roger Nelson." His own counterclaim (i.e., his own lawyer's filing) in that matter names him as "Rogers."

In sum, I believe that's an error in the one newspaper cited in the article. The weight of evidence is clearly on "Rogers" rather than "Roger." Everything I can find that's official has the name that way.

Even IMDb has it right. Everyone but Wikipedia. I guess that's the way some people like it.