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[edit] Loose (album)

Hi. Regarding your edit to Loose (album): you wrote "She spoke in April 2005 of being inspired by artist M.I.A. and her first album, saying, "I've listened to bits of her album and it is so cool...what a flow...what a style...and girl can dance!!!"". I have removed this because in the webpage you cited, http://www.nellyfurtado.com/news/default.aspx/&in/93, Furtado does not mention anything about being inspired by M.I.A. Extraordinary Machine (talk) 20:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I did read the message, and yes, Furtado speaks highly of M.I.A. in it. However, I can find nothing in the message that links Furtado's opinion about M.I.A. with the recording of Loose—the mention of M.I.A. and her album occurs in the middle of Furtado's descriptions of live shows she has been to and CDs she is listening to/anticipating. Could you explain what part of the message has Furtado citing M.I.A. as an inspiration on Loose? Thanks. Extraordinary Machine (talk) 21:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm afraid that what you're saying is a form of original research because you are forming your own conclusion from the reliably cited facts known about the album—that Furtado mentioned she had listened to M.I.A. early in the recording of Loose, and that there have been comparisons between Furtado's style on Loose and M.I.A. The problem doesn't so much involve wording as it does the mere mention of M.I.A. in that section—by stating in the article that Furtado listened to some of M.I.A.'s album after stating that she listened to Bloc Party, System of a Down et al and was influenced by those artists (who, unlike M.I.A., she has explicitly cited as an influence on the album), the implication is there that Furtado was inspired by M.I.A., when there is nothing in the sources cited that state that she said this. I'm not denying the possibility that M.I.A. was an inspiration for Furtado and Loose, but unless we have something from Furtado or someone involved in the album's production explicitly saying this, we shouldn't mention M.I.A. in that section. Extraordinary Machine (talk) 21:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)