Talk:Despina Vandi

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I removed this sentence from the article that I thought was quite POV:

Her irresistible pop / dance music, brought by long-time producer and friend Phoebus, in conjunction with her expensive shows and unrivaled vocal talents and beauty, make Despina the new international sensation to look out for and pave the way for a new decade of unrivalered hitmaking in Greece.

Feel free to put it back somehow rephrased.

-- Rune Welsh ταλκ 16:10, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

No. I hate to read advertising crap on WP. Well done. -andy 80.129.114.165 15:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 NEW CD!!! 2 Sales 3 Despoina Nikolaidis 4 Discography 5 References 6 Philanthropy 7 Start of Article 8 Image Captions

[edit] NEW CD!!!

HER NEW CD IS CALLED "SPECIAL EDITION"! ALSO THE CD"STIN AVLI TOY PARADEISOY" IT SOLD MORE THAN 80.000!UPDATE THAT PLEASE! WE WOULD LIKE,YOU,TO WRITE TO HER LINKS,HER FAN CLUB- WWW.VANDI.CJB.NET ,TOO!

thank you _very_ much (and please do not write in big letters, thanks!) By google'ing, I found an extremely old Tripod site (derkithira...) which was horrible in lay-out, outdated as hell and about 80% of photo links were not working. Seems orphaned. Will look on the CJB one, thank you guys! -vandifan 217.91.47.231 16:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sales

Please, do not add the sales. They are inofficial and keep changing. To meet with the wikipedia policy, only the platinum and gold status should be kept. Thank you. --Alexignatiou 08:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Despoina Nikolaidis

I removed the sentence "also known with her husband's name Despina Nikolaidis". This is not true. No one knows her as Despoina Nikolaidis. It is well known among Greeks that she is married with Demis Nikolaidis. But this may not be confused with how she is known and accepted to the collective consciousness. The fact that her husband is a famous football mentor does not mean that any soccer-fun of his can add his name wherever he likes and in meaningless sentences.

[edit] Discography

Someone has got to clean it up, it's hard to read and i think it should be modelled after Keti Garbi's discography section. It's easy to read and looks better. I'd do it myself, but I don't know the years and such.

I am going to try to work on it to make it similar to Elena Paparizou's and Anna Vissi's. I'm making it my project for the next couple of weeks to upgrade most of the Greek discographies. Greekboy 02:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I spent about half an hour improving the wording and making the content seem ever so slightly more encyclopaedic. I hope people approve of the minor changes I made. I also added several citation needed tags where appropriate. On another note, I think we really need a better photo for the article, as you cannot even see her face - not good enough.Queer As Folk (talk) 23:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

Since the Heaven Music website uses a system that only has one web address, meaning that it is impossible to link the exact page the information came from. Its there, you just have to search for it. Grk1011 (talk) 18:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Philanthropy

Does anyone have any evidence for the Philanthropy section? This is the first time I've read those things so just wondering. If there is no evidence, I suggest delete. Queer As Folk (talk) 23:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I am deleting the philanthropy section. If anyone can find a source, please undo (I Googled for a long time and could not find anything - but I only searched English) Queer As Folk (talk) 18:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Start of Article

I am removing the brackets that say her international success is "(mainly in Europe)" as she did go to #1 on the US Billboard Dance charts, so I think that is unwarranted. Saying she has achieved moderate international success will suffice, in my opinion. Queer As Folk (talk) 18:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image Captions

Every image caption uses the word "release" instead of 'album' or 'LP'. Is there a reason for this, or is it simply poor English? If the latter, I suggest replacing with "album". Queer As Folk (talk) 18:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

It is just a preference by an editor I suppose, but it isn't poor English. Grk1011 (talk) 20:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)