User talk:Kennethfine

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Happy editing, Isomorphic 00:38, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Vienna Teng
I've noticed in your changes to the Vienna Teng article that you tend to make a long series of edits with minor differences between each one. Would it be possible to try and consolidate all these small edits next time (e.g. working out beforehand what you want to change in several paragraphs and doing it all in one)? This isn't a hard and fast Wikipedia policy, but many small edits make it difficult for other editors to go through them and see what's been changed. If there were five "diff" links instead of 25, it would make reviewing the editing history much quicker.

Another point about this article: you may think the Amos/McLachlan comparisons are "irrelevant and bogus", but despite the differences in their music, Teng has mentioned Tori Amos as one of her major musical influences and the Sarah McLachlan comparison has popped up in numerous reviews and articles. It's true that the "women with pianos" genre is frustratingly broad and doesn't capture the nuances of each artist, but one person's disagreement doesn't invalidate the fact that these comparisons have been made multiple times and will continue to be made. Obviously, your removal of that sentence is not going to make or break the article, but I just wanted to caution against deleting sections simply because you disagree, not because there's a POV problem or factual error. You may want to open similar issues up on the talk page before deleting if this happens in the future, especially in the case of a minority opinion.

Lastly, may I ask where you got the information that Teng is a trained vocalist? From her website FAQ about where she learned to sing: "In the shower, and in school choirs. I took some voice lessons here and there, which amounted to paying $40-150 a week to be told that I was doing it all wrong. I don't think we fixed anything. So maybe I haven't learned to sing, actually." From this info it seems that whatever training she did receive was not instrumental to developing her voice. I'm not sure whether that merits emphasis in the opening paragraph.

Thanks for your grammar/spelling cleanup edits and the readability improvements you've made to the VT article. I hope the suggestions I've made are helpful, and welcome to Wikipedia. --Cue the Strings 18:38, 9 October 2007 (UTC)