User talk:208.80.97.117

January 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Pevernagie (talk) 14:53, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Pevernagie (talk) 14:54, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
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May 2009
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Dl2000 (talk) 04:32, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Gino Vanelli
Thank you for your reply regarding this article, and explaining your edits. While the wording may have seemed awkward, adding "quite" seemed to introduce an additional level of opinion. There was also no edit summary to explain the change - a short statement such as "making this sentence sound less awkward" might have helped avoid misunderstanding.

For future reference, please have a look at Wikipedia's core policies: neutral point of view (NPOV), verifiability and no original research (NOR). These will help explain things when editors discuss "NPOV", "OR", etc.

It can be agreed that Vanelli's synth-based sound was quite progressive for its day. However, that fact needs to be supported by references (where the verifiability comes in). The Gino Vanelli article generally needs more citations (as indicated by the top banner there) - this could be reference to articles by rock critics, statements by other musicians, music histories, newspaper reports, etc - that is, such statements should be based on reliable sources.

You mentioned "I was around in those days, and remember well what synthesizers sounded like on other artists' recordings. The polyphonic synthesizers on the Vannelli records, in fact, sounded EXTREMELY progressive - the use of the word "quite" is actually an understatement." Fair enough, but statements in Wikipedia need to be supported by more than your own experiences - that's where the original research concerns can come into play. So the statement in question might be better as something like this (or whatever wording indicates the statement's origins):


 * "At a time when polyphonic synthesizers were non-existent, Joe overdubbed multiple parts to create a texture of sound. Rolling Stone columnist declared this musical approach to be extremely progressive for the early 1970s.[citation goes here]".

That's admittedly plenty of wiki-policy to digest, but hope this explains the situation. A welcome message follows to help provide further background. Dl2000 (talk) 01:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

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Talkback
Pevernagie (talk) 09:07, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

May 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit that you made to the page Ayn Rand has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you. The Thing //  Talk  //  Contribs  15:37, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at User talk:Pevernagie. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. No, I am not a lobbyist for the tobacco industry. Pevernagie (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
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Talkback
Pevernagie (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

April 2015
Hello, I'm Doniago. I wanted to let you know that I undid your recent edits to the Total Recall (1990 film) plot summary because they added a significant amount of unneeded detail. Please avoid excessive detail and high word counts when editing plot summaries/synopses. You may read the plot summary edit guides to learn more about contributing constructively to plot summaries/synopses. There are also specific guidelines for films, musicals, television episodes, anime/manga, novels and non-fiction books. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. -- DonIago (talk) 16:03, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2017
Hello, I'm Flyer22 Reborn. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Corb Lund have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:25, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
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January 2021
Hello, I'm Darren-M. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Platitude, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Darren-M  talk  20:59, 17 January 2021 (UTC)