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May 2012
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RS 500

 * My personal comment, usually if something is notable, it is available from accessible, reliable sources. I think noting a "re-ranking" of some list by some magazine is giving a little too much weight to said list. Regardless, it needs a source cited. Dan56 (talk) 22:21, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for citing the source, but can you format your prose this way? It's more in accordance with WP:MOS, including proper internal linking and italics for a journal/magazine source. Dan56 (talk) 23:24, 10 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Also, in cases like Illmatic, it's not necessary to include the revised edition's ranking if it's lower. It sort of defeats the encyclopedic purpose the statement has being included in the first place: supporting an album's standing/accolades with critics. Dan56 (talk) 23:27, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

References to the older RS500 list published in 2003 are now obsolete. Most of the links in articles citing this online reference no longer work. The ones that do will soon be replaced by the 2012 version. I assume the latest data is always preferable, especially in an encyclopedia.


 * Let's get a hold of ourselves. If a link for the revision was available by RS, then this issue with sourcing wouldnt have been. Now, if we're gonna debate relevancy, then the original list is the more relevant one. But if we're gonna talk about encyclopedic value, which is what this site is about, then the more relevant ranking is the higher one. The article is about the album; if we note that the ranking decreases in a later edition, then we're giving more weight to the list than the album. What encyclopedic value does it give to the album article by saying it was dropped a few spots in a revised edition? How is it relevant to the album and not the list? I understand if there is an accessible link by RS, establishing the revised one being the prime one, but the links you refer to can be salvaged using sites like archive.org and webcite. Dan56 (talk) 23:39, 10 May 2012 (UTC)


 * You said in this edit that the 2003 list is not sourced; it is, in the body of the article, as oppossed to repeating citations in the lead (noticed any other citations in the lead?). Dan56 (talk) 23:41, 10 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh, and sratch the obselete discussion: Rolling Stone's site still has the '03 list (here), but not the revised 2012 one. Dan56 (talk) 23:43, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

I disagree. The latest data on this list supersedes old data, just as you wouldn't put on George W. Bush's bio that his current job is President of the USA. The current ranking of an album on Rolling Stone's best 500 list is newsworthy and relevant to all albums on the list. A higher or lower ranking does not make any data more relevant; objectivity is key. More recent rankings should carry more weight. Many links may be salvaged to the online 2003 list. However, this list is superseded by the new list which has only been published in book form. Older online sources do not supersede newer printed ones. The older online source will be replaced soon anyway, making all the links and sources go dead. At that point, my source can be revised to the new online version.


 * Where not talking about facts, like Bush was president, but one publications opinions. You're giving to much credence to RS and not enough to the point of the album's article. The list is only noted as an example, it becomes a less convincing example of the album's praise/accolades if we do it your way. The online source isn't older: older to what, there isn't a newer online source. You're predicting something, and RS's site doesn't confirm that. Dan56 (talk) 23:52, 10 May 2012 (UTC)


 * And you called it "data" in your edit summary to an article. It's just a critical ranking, only included in the article to serve that article, not to be the latest by Rolling Stone. Dan56 (talk) 23:56, 10 May 2012 (UTC)


 * As to the point of the article, the album as it currently ranks on a highly prestigious list, though opinionated, published by what is widely considered the most historically important music publication of all-time, is quite relevant. Anyone who takes the time to update that data to the latest version, whether its available online yet or not, should be commended. If only I had the time to update all 500 album articles, I would. While the origin of the list is based on multiple opinions, the publication of the list is a fact. The data within the list represent history. When you say "Rolling Stone ranked this album at number 403" that is indeed a reportable, relevant, historical fact... just like when a newspaper endorses a political candidate. An album's ranking on this list is more relevant that any one review because it is a culmination of several dozen opinions, gathered by an extremely reputable music source.


 * You must drool whenever RS is mentioned. Prestige indicates honor from other sources. You're giving them way to much credit for something any and every music publication has done. You want to be commended for adding something more trivial than notable? Data is not a ranking/opinion/award/accolades, it's a fact, usually statistically-based, and an album being the 403rd greatest album of all time cannot, and will not, be a fact. RS are critics, not scientists. And don't remove content from the lead as you did to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. If you want to propose your changes to the article, do so at its talk page and find consensus, b/c their disputable. Dan56 (talk) 00:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Too much credit? Do you actually think a Grammy award is any different? A group of peers in the industry vote. Same thing. I find your condescending attitude to be deconstructive to the spirit of Wikipedia. Do you seriously have nothing better to do than follow me around all over the site and nitpick my edits to your standards?


 * Do you have nothing better to do than add a new ranking? And you're right, a Grammy Award isn't any different (see Grammy Award, which I contributed to). The nature of Wikipedia is to be encyclopedic, and whats best for the articles you are editing is to consider the topic, the album, over the list you admire. You're missing the point of why the ranking is even mentioned in the article in the first place. I would like to see one publication's list of "greatest" albums be removed from any lead, as it looks a little skewed and unencyclopedic, but I respect the editor of the Lauryn Hill album article, as he/she expanded and improved it significantly. Dan56 (talk) 00:56, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * If your argument is to remove all references to awards and critical response from all Wikipedia articles, that is beyond the scope of this discussion. Every album on the RS500 list has a reference on Wikipedia to its place on the list. I am simply updating the data to reflect the current list. I also update release dates and other information I come across that needs correction. That is what Wikipedia is about... users contributing. You seem hell-bent on the exact opposite, namely reversing volunteer work done by someone who cares about updating and correcting data, and overlooking your stated standards for subjective reasons because you like how someone writes. Nonsense.


 * Again, you're giving too much credence to this list. It's not a sales report, or an update on a release date, it's nothing like that. It's opinion, not fact. A sales report updates what's fact, that is how much something sold. Updating a release date is updating something real, an upcoming event. But calling an album the #rd greatest album is opinion. Also, The 500 Greatest Albums list by RS was an issue published by the magazine in November 2003. It's seperate from what you call the 2012 "update", which was published differently. So if anything is prestigious, it's the 2003 list, not the latter. And you misunderstood what I said about removing this ranking in general. I was talking about the lead, which is reserved for the most notable aspects of the article's body. If RS's list is included in the lead, why shouldn't Pitchfork's or Spin's, or Robert Christgau's, etc. That is another discussion. Regardless, my entire point is it's becoming like fancruft with you and this list, and Rolling Stone. Dan56 (talk) 01:09, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * As I said, all RS500 albums in Wikipedia cite their rank on the list. This was not my doing. It appears to be an accepted Wikipedia policy. And the vast majority of articles have this in the lead. I agree it should be in a lower section for awards and critical response. However, I am not going to be the one to re-edit all 500 articles to suit that standard. The scope of time I have limits me to correcting the data to reflect the latest list, which is most relevant. Your bias against the list itself is not relevant here. You can propose on the Talk pages to remove references to the list. However, if the ranking is cited, it is my opinion that the LATEST rank be indicated, either alone or with the older ranking. The revisions to the original 2003 list were made partly to correct voting errors and consolidate greatest hits albums with the originals, as well as add data from later polls. The 2012 list remains the most complete and accurate source. If the list is to be cited at all in articles, it should include the ranking on the 2012 list.


 * Again, I'm not understanding how "accuracy" even enters the discussion. These kind of lists are not based on statistics or anything factual. They're based on critics' opinions, so they're subjective. Accuracy is about correctness, but there's nothing correct about one album being the greatest of all time, which is what these lists claim. And what is this "my bias"? I didn't remove the statement about the list from the article. You are treating this list like gospel: "Complete and accurate source"? Source for what? And once again, you're priority is the list and not the album, which is the topic of these articles you're editing. If a higher ranking serves the article better, than why are you changing it? That's why these lists are noted in all these articles, for that purpose. So following that principle... Dan56 (talk) 01:26, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * A higher ranking most certainly does not serve articles better. The articles are not promotional tools for the record companies. They are supposed to contain objectively-gathered information. Positive weighs just as much as negative. But I don't see how a new list which takes into account albums from the last decade could possibly be less relevant than one that does not.

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How about this one JoeyJ ~ it's interesting that brown is mentioned on the talk page of Felicity Huffman but you decided to edit her first ~ maybe you should read the talk page before going for the easy edits ~ by the way nice to meet you! ~mitch~ (talk) 13:55, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

In what way do you find it interesting?

May 2020
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Joey.J (talk) 20:58, 19 June 2020 (UTC) I will add that there does not need to be a legal determination of a 'killing', as there is no such thing. The legal issue is whether the killing was a criminal act or was legally justified- which does require a legal determination. We cannot use the term murder until and if Chauvin is convicted of the same- but the Floyd killing is reported as such by independent sources and is on video. 331dot (talk) 00:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your detailed response. I’m confused.

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“Mercilessly” is Wikipedia’s word, not mine.

A “killing” is on video, you claim. That is a bias, not a factual determination. One can die of heart failure while under the influence and not be “killed” even if a video perspective appears otherwise. It is not the place of a Wikipedia to advocate a perception of an historical event, but to document all reasonable perceptions as they’re reflected in credible sources, no matter how unpopular, disturbing, or against anyone’s beliefs it may be. Hence the various theories presented on the assassination of JFK.

I am simply here to present alternate points of view with legitimate sources despite unpopularity. The Floyd article reeks of temporal bias at a time when people are turning to Wikipedia for objective truth about a man who may very well be a murder victim, but first and foremost, is as much a convicted felon as Martha Stewart and Bill Cosby. There is no excuse for those who will fight me on this in an edit war (which takes two to engage in), so perhaps you should consider those editors as the real threat to Wikipedia’s stated purpose instead of me. They are the ones removing my edit without reasoning why on the Talk page, where I repeatedly and respectfully attempted to discuss this issue and finally had to assume consensus.

Joey.J (talk) 03:53, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

July 2020
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January 2022
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Ain't She Sweet, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. – zmbro (talk) 14:16, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Track listings of music albums have never required sources. In this case, the statement is linked directly to another Wikipedia article which lists it as a track. Joey.J (talk) 23:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Ain't She Sweet in Miss Mary (1986) - reply
I have seen Your post on the other user's talk page, but I will reply here (I am aware that the other user would likely see this message, I just didn't want to spam his talk page). Unfortunately, some editors like to role-play as Wiki police and try to make it harder for other users. If that makes them feel better, fine, as long as they are not in the majority. Personally, although technically not against the rules, I find such behaviour against the very idea of Wikipedia as a collaborative effort. Especially in such minor and non-controversial issues such as the one I had (adding a film in which the song plays a prominent role, while all other films/TV shows on the list were unsourced!!!!). I, as someone who has published papers in scientific journals, am aware of the importance of references, but some users, sadly, take it to the next level, and act more like a repressive apparatus than as part of the editing collective. Unfortunately, we have to endure that and try to find common language with them :( StjepanHR (talk) 03:17, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your note. On behalf of reasonable editors, I want you to know your contributions are appreciated and I hope you aren’t discouraged by the actions of those who put ego before ideas. Joey.J (talk) 04:25, 10 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank You for Your kind words :) During over a decade I have edited the Wiki, there were dozens of people like him, but also some much, much worse (I am talking about full-on, film-style, psychos/paranoid men). It is sometimes very frustrating, but we must all endure it and words of encouragement are always helpful. StjepanHR (talk) 10:27, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I tried to show the other user his mistakes, but it seems to be in vain. Let's hope/pray he will see that approach like his will lead him nowehere in real life. I won't try to discuss the matter with him any further, but You can contact me anytime in similar situations. I am always here to help. StjepanHR (talk) 23:06, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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