User talk:Eagleblossom

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Edits on the David Haas page
Hi, Eagleblossom! You made an edit on the David Haas page, which I ended up erasing. I think I was correct to do so, but then I realized that this was your very first ever edit on Wikipedia, and it seemed uncharitable for me to have undone your very first edit. So I wanted to post this message to apologize if it seemed rude to you.

Let me explain my reasoning. Some months ago, various Wikipedians with various opinions about contemporary liturgical music were making comments, pro and con, on the pages of a number of different contemporary Catholic liturgical artists: Marty Haugen, the St. Louis Jesuits, David Haas, etc. This was turning into a mess. Moreover, it was repetitive, because folks who really love the music of David Haas usually also like the music of Marty Haugen, and those who hate the music of Haas and think it should be banned from the Mass inevitably feel the same way about Haugen, the St. Louis Jesuits, etc.

So I rearranged this material. I created a new page, Contemporary Catholic liturgical music, which includes all the arguments (pro and con) regarding this type of music. This page is meant to have a neutral point of view (see the Five Pillars of Wikipedia for details): it gives the different opinions on this music but doesn't say which of them is correct.

And then I removed this material from the pages of each individual artist, and replaced them all with a short paragraph that basically says "This music is controversial. If you want to learn about this controversy, go to the Contemporary Catholic liturgical music page."

That was the paragraph you edited. Since this paragraph appears identically on each of these artists' page, I changed it back. Maybe after this explanation, you will agree that it's better the way I had it. If not, feel free to edit it again. No one is the "boss" on Wikipedia!

Again, welcome! &mdash; Lawrence King ( talk ) 09:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)