User talk:Hallward's Ghost/Archives/2016/March

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter


That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

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WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. ,, and .--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Your edit to Phil Ochs
Hello. With this edit, you removed almost three dozen musical artists who have covered Ochs's songs. Your edit summary said "paired down this overlong list of artists who have covered Ochs' songs, by rm'ing artists who were A) unref'd, B) not as notable, or C) both."

While I agree that the list was overlong, and one of the artists you removed is non-notable (i.e., she doesn't have a Wikipedia article), every one of the names was referenced, with a citation either after the artist's name or at the end of the sentence.

I appreciate your shortening the list—I can be terrible at that sometimes, and I find myself adding too much and hoping somebody else will cut it back—but I don't understand why you removed some notable artists and left some artists who don't have Wikipedia articles. Would you mind explaining the rationale behind your selection process? Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:15, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * A couple of things: First, I don't think any of the artists I removed from that insanely long list were referenced; and second, I didn't say I was removing NON-notable artists, but rather artists that were not AS notable. There's a big difference there. The ones I left in are either referenced, very notable, or both. Hallward's Ghost (Kevin) (My talkpage) 04:52, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * But you removed names that are clearly notable for an article about Phil Ochs - perhaps you're not that familiar with him: off the top of my head, Melanie Safka, Carolyn Hester, Crispian St Peter, and there were others. A reasonable (and common across the encyclopedia) criterion is whether it's referenced and/or whether there is a WIkipedia article about the artist, not an undefinable opinion of who is as notable as whom. Tvoz / talk 03:35, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The list is WAY overlong. That's not even debatable. If you think that there are some I removed that should be put back in TO REPLACE ONES I KEPT, then do so. But don't just blindly revert the entire overlong list back into the article. Hallward's Ghost (Kevin) (My talkpage) 14:43, 11 March 2016 (UTC)