User talk:Grayson Pitman

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What sources are reliable?
I see you have cited a user review from Sputnik. Those are considered unreliable; see the description at WP:ALBUMAVOID. Sputnik is okay if the reviewer is Staff or Emeritus, but not User.

You have also cited a google doc. You should instead cite the actual published source, then say that is hosted online at the URL. But if the online URL is a copyright infringement, then you can't use it. Binksternet (talk) 03:09, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

January 2023
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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Liverpool Beats (February 17)
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S0091 (talk) 18:03, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Heat Above has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing! CNMall41 (talk) 05:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Built By Nations moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Built By Nations, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. NP83 (talk) 02:14, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

WP:Copyright problem
Text and references were copied from Greta Van Fleet to List of awards and nominations received by Greta Van Fleet. You failed to give credit to the editors who are listed in the article history. See WP:Copying within Wikipedia. That was required. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 09:43, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Copying within Wikipedia is encouraged.
 * But this is particularly a problem when you copy and remove large quantities of material. Essentially you gutted that whole section.
 * It should be done in the WP:Edit summary.
 * It merited an attribution comment in both articles talk pages.
 * . 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 10:12, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:The Liverpool Beats
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 19:01, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:The Liverpool Beats


Hello, Grayson Pitman. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Liverpool Beats".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 18:26, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 10
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Wikipedia and copyright
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Category:Songs covered by Greta Van Fleet has been nominated for deletion
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September 2023
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Locomotive (Complicity), it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. ''I have removed the entire "controversy" section that you added; as it was entirely original research. Please be mindful when expanding articles to not write new material or synthesize sources; only put in what is reported by the reliable sources.'' RF23 (talk) 08:57, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Built By Nations
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Jake Kiszka Article Help
Text is messed up and I cannot solve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grayson Pitman (talk • contribs) 14:30, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * You had an excess of bold formatting throughout the body of the text. I have fixed it. If you want more help, change the help me-helped back into a help me, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 14:39, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Chloee Kleespies for deletion
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Individual band member articles
When creating articles for band members, Please don't pad them out with generic band information like this. We already have a band article for that information, and you added pretty much the same exact info across 3 separate band members articles.

Obviously it's fine to mention the band in their articles, but generally speaking, band members articles should focus on the band members themselves, not just rehashing the band's general history. And if there's not much to say about them as individuals, you should question whether or not a separate article is necessary. Sergecross73  msg me  18:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Ethnicelebs as a reference
Hi Grayson Pitman. I noticed that you used ethnicelebs.com as a reference for biographical information in Sam Kiszka. Please note that the general consensus as expressed at WP:RSN is that it does not meet the reliable sourcing criteria for the inclusion of personal information in such articles. I've gone ahead and removed it. If you disagree, let's discuss it. You may want to check WP:RSP and WP:RSN to help determine if a source is reliable. Thanks.--Hipal (talk) 18:36, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Josh Kiszka for deletion
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January 2024
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at User talk:Sionk. 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. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, not only was that completely inappropriate to lash out at Sionk like that, but I had previously warned you a month prior that the way you were creating band member articles was not appropriate, and you didn't address that at all. You should have seen this coming. You can't keep creating band member articles that are just 90% regurgitated general band info. You've got to slow down and learn how to write an article on Wikipedia, what sources are reliable or unreliable, etc, before you sink a ton of time writing entire articles, especially if its a WP:BLP, which have even stricter standards that regular articles. Please rethink your approach to Wikipedia. Sergecross73   msg me  18:32, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:Avon Grove Graduates has been nominated for deletion
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