User talk:HerdMusic209

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Spam
Please don't keep pushing your chosen book into lists of sources when it is not used as a source in the article. The articles on Britten and Pears are exceptionally well sourced and documented. Only if any new information is brought forward would an additional source be needed. Your persistent attempts to force your pet book into these articles will not be successful however often you make them, and may lead to your being blocked from editing Wikipedia.  Tim riley  talk    19:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I am new to Wikipedia, so I would appreciate a bit of patience. I understand that you are an experienced wiki editor. This new book, if you have read it, includes letters between Britten and Pears that have not been published previously, so I simply wanted to make certain that folks researching Britten know about it. HerdMusic209 (talk) 19:27, 16 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello! Just a word of explanation:  Because there are lots of good books and sources about these people, the mere fact that a new book contains some new correspondence between them is probably not of encyclopedic importance unless that new correspondence changes the biographical facts in a substantial way.  If the new book contains very important information about Britten and/or Pears that would change their biographical facts, the best thing may be to open a discussion on the articles' Talk pages to explain what facts are supplied by the new book (including page numbers).  But please do not make repeated edits when other editors disagree with you.  See WP:BRD for more information.  All the best!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)


 * If I have misjudged you, HerdMusic, I am happy to learn that you are not pushing book spam – which, to explain, is a sadly frequent phenomenon in which people with an interest, often commercial, in a book try to sneak mentions of it into as many Wikipedia articles as possible. If you are a disinterested party seeking to draw the new book to the attention of editors, then that is excellent. I'll have a look at the book at the British Library this week, but – as Ssilvers rightly says, above – unless it tells us anything we didn't already know there is no reason to cite it.  Tim riley  talk    15:37, 17 July 2016 (UTC)