User talk:Deuce8pro

October 2012
Hello, I'm Cresix. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Jackie Evancho, but you didn't provide a reliable source. I've removed it for now, but if you'd like to include a citation 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. Thank you. Cresix (talk) 14:52, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Evancho
"one of the youngest artists in chart history": Completely unsourced. I provided an article by Paul Grein of Yahoo where he mentions the youngest age being 12 of Michael Jackson and Zac Hanson who also had three Top Ten albums but they were in groups.

" I have the Billboard mag the info came in and it was posted on the artist's web site!": Find the Billboard magazine (or another source not on her website) and cite that as a source.

Read WP:PSTS. If the information is factual (and I'm not saying it isn't) it will be in a reliable source in addition to her website. Artists' websites are not acceptable sources for such statistical information on Wikipedia. I could set up a website and claim that I've sold more music than anyone in music history, but that doesn't make it true. Cresix (talk) 17:27, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

The link I provided was to her web site but it contained a scan of an article from Billboard mag, that was their source. I own a copy of that mag. Its not their own information. Its from Billboard Issue Oct 20th page 34 that includes the 2.1m sales figure id like to have added.
 * Again, don't cite her website. Cite the original source. Cresix (talk) 17:44, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * "I provided an article by Paul Grein of Yahoo where he mentions the youngest age being 12 of Michael Jackson and Zac Hanson who also had three Top Ten albums but they were in groups.": You wrote "Paul Grein". That's not a citation. Read WP:CITE. Cresix (talk) 17:47, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Anyway, I think someone else already took care of that citation. Cresix (talk) 17:49, 27 October 2012 (UTC)