Talk:Shelly Berg

Possible conflict of interest
The article about Shelly Berg was created by Julia Berg, who might have some connection to him. Just a guess. It's part love letter, part resume, lots of cheerleading, poorly sourced and poorly cited. Vmavanti (talk) 19:19, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Notes on this article
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An article isn't supposed to be a list of every activity in a person's life. One has to make judgments and decisions. This is difficult when one is a fan, relative, booster, cheerleader, or for some other reason wants the subject to appear Important so that the rest of us consider him Important. One question is: Is this subject primarily a musician? A composer? An arranger? If a certain activity is discussed in the body of the article, you don't need multiple detailed tables repeating what you talked about. In fact, you don't need tables at all, especially if the discography is short, as is the case here. In most cases, don't use a table unless the discography is really long and requires additional detail. A table with all the details from an album is not only dizzying to read, it's a waste of the reader's time and it makes the subject appear more important, the assumption being that quantity equals quality. So in most cases you don't need tables. You don't need sections of lists that merely repeat what has already been said, or which turn the article into an exaggerated resume. On Wikipedia, we summarize. Keep it short, plain, and simple. Vmavanti (talk) 01:29, 6 November 2020 (UTC)