User talk:70x7~enwiki

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 * Hi, 70x7. After discussion with &oelig; &trade;, I wanted to explain more expansively, hopefully constructively, why I reverted your edit. Nothing is permanent on Wikipedia, and a version of what you wrote may well go back into the article. I just need to explain why it wasn't quite encyclopedic as it was.


 * First, it's hyperbolic to say that the song "Morgantown WV" (and without looking it up I'm spelling it as you did, which may or may not be the formal, copyrighted title as spelled) is played on radio stations all throughout West Virginia on game day. I've been all over the state and I know game days at both the old Mountaineer Field next to Woodburn Circle and the, well, not-so-new-now stadium. I'm sure one of the Morgantown stations plays it. But to say without a doubt that individual radio stations &mdash; many of them owned by large media companies with computerized playlists &mdash; are all playing one particular song on one particular day is essentially unprovable. You're relying on personal impressions or word-of-mouth anecdote, and neither of those things reaches the bar of verifiability that an encyclopedia must have.


 * Your paragraph attributed authorship of the song to a particular person. Where did that information come from? Is he the sole author? Many songs have both a music composer and a separate lyricist. In any case, it seems to me that the existence of a published/recorded song named after the article's subject is worth mentioning &mdash; with proper footnoting, of course.


 * I'm not sure what the point is of mentioning "an an unauthorized and edited version," which sounds to me like a copyright infringement; also, the way your phrased it ("was recorded and released by a former band mate who performed the song with Collins throughout 1983 in the now-defunct 'Charged Particles' rock and bluegrass band") leaves it confusing as to whether the former band mate and Collins were in Charged Particles, or whether the former band mate had the band Charged Particles that played the unauthorized version. In any event, "former band mate" is impermissibly vague &mdash; if we have reliable-source verification of this, then we say the name; otherwise, it sounds like innuendo.


 * An attribution like "According to a September 1984 newspaper article in the university Daily Athenaeum" &mdash; for which I used to write and edit; I'm very familiar with that school paper &mdash; based on remembering what someone thinks they might have read 27 years ago ... surely you can see how this wouldn't pass muster in a college paper, not without title, byline, date (it's a weekday paper, not a monthly) and optimally the relevant passage. If a college professor wouldn't accept something as vague as "September 1984 newspaper article," how could an encyclopedia?


 * As you can see in the section "Morgantown in the media," there's one sentence devoted to Joni Mitchell's famous song, "Morning Morgantown." Here's what it says and how it's attributed:


 * The Joni Mitchell song "Morning Morgantown" is popularly believed to be written about Morgantown, West Virginia.


 * If you can find verification and confirm the spelling and authorship, etc., then of course, any encyclopedia article about Morgantown should make mention of a song named after it. We just have to have a verfied, reliable-source citation. I know that sounds like a bit of work, but look at the time and effort that &oelig; &trade; and I have put it to try to help both you and the article. We're volunteers, we love and believe in this free, worldwide encyclopedia, and we do try to help each other and newcomers. Happy Wiki'ing! --Tenebrae (talk) 07:56, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you for your intriguing addition to Morgantown, West Virginia. I saw your paragraph and thought it sounded really interesting so I've written an email to some of The Daily Anthenaeum's editorial staff. I have been unable to verify its claims (re. B.J. Collins, Charged Particles, etc.) but the song does indeed seem to be part of the various game-day rituals and can even be found on YouTube. Hopefully someone from the DA will write back or I'll be able to find verification in another source. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 15:19, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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