User talk:Cvan3064

Hello, I received a message concerned with my relationship to the band. While I did write the Book The Akron Sound, I am in no way under employment or expect gratuity from the Bizarros. The band asked me to flush out their wiki page, and Im not even sending them a "Proof". Nor is anything listed something other than factual statements. While I see why youd be concerned I wanted to address this. Other than a side bar listing years active and band members, the article is essentially done and is in no way slanted to make the band seem more relevant than they are.

I just wanted to be clear on that.

One Question I do have, I was planning on listing a book I wrote, and published with The History Press, as a source. as the writied of the entry can I reference myself?

Calvin Rydbom
 * Not directly. You should instead make an argument on the talk pages of articles where you would want to cite it as to why the book would be cited (and where the citation should be), and let other editors discuss whether or not it should be used. —A little blue Bori v^_^v  Bori! 03:17, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

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