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Can you point out where, in specific, the article refers to her as French in the context of nationality? Are you sure it's not referring to the language?Note that Celine's ancestry is French - both of her parents were of French descent: [1] (not that it matters) RachelTensions (talk) 19:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
After adding up the sales figures reported on the Wiki page for all of Celine Dion's Albums she has sold over 185 Million albums during her career, although since some figures are underreported or uncertified it would probably be closer to 190 million. Even if we only include the single sales of My Heart Will Go On, her sales would at the very least meet or exceed 200 million records not accounting the rest of her discography or single units. Shouldn't we be using the claimed sales figure of 250 million records for her? She has more of a argument for selling that many records than The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin whose albums never sold that much
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Oppose"Just because sources can't be bothered to use "é" doesn't make it right." Céline herself very specifically doesn't use the "é" in English. You can head over to her official website and see for yourself, then click over to the French version of the same website and watch the "é" magically appear. None of her English works are credited to "Céline" and she does not refer to herself as "Céline" in English.WP:COMMONNAME, the gold standard of article titling guidelines, looks for the most common usage in English-language reliable sources, and unless someone can present evidence that the "é" is used in a preponderance of English-language sources despite Céline herself not using "é" in English, then this isn't gonna fly. RachelTensions (talk) 16:34, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. See WP:SPNC: "For minor spelling variations (... diacritics ... etc.): when a consistent and unambiguous self-published version exists, it is usually followed". While her socials (Facebook, Insta) use "Céline", her official website, as User:RachelTensions points out, does not. This therefore fails the "consistent" part of the above naming convention. 162 etc. (talk) 18:01, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why isn't "Celine" the minor spelling variation (self-published on her website, but not used consistently in all her official channels) of "Céline"? WP:SPNC is implicitly about variations from birth names, like the example it gives for the part of it you quote (Milena Kitić → Milena Kitic). Ham II (talk) 14:38, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Because the WP:COMMONNAME in English-language sources is without the accent.
A reasonable explanation for her use of “Céline” as her display name on some profiles is because you generally can’t specify a specific display name on a per-language basis. In every reasonable area where she can control its display per-language, she uses “Celine” in English, and “Céline” in French. Example: her official website, her record labels, her album cover art, etc. RachelTensions (talk) 14:51, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Done Thanks. Popcornfud (talk) 10:31, 27 July 2024 (UTC)