User talk:Lawdonpress

February 2010
Please do not assume ownership of articles. If you aren't willing to allow your contributions to be edited extensively or be redistributed by others, please do not submit them. 99.11.4.238 (talk) 00:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Mike moral  ♪♫  01:00, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Mike moral  ♪♫  01:01, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Jennifer Higdon. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Mike moral  ♪♫  01:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Reply
Being new to Wikipedia, I didn't know about the three-revert rule. While I remain confused about my editing of the first sentence, I concede that the editors have more experience and knowledge of the way opening lines should be written.

I have researched other contemporary composers on Wikipedia and have found two, Osvaldo Golijov and Joan Tower, who have the same opening statement that I would like to use for Jennifer Higdon. I propose to revise the first line of Jennifer Higdon to read "Jennifer Higdon is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer of classical music". Is this acceptable?

I would also like to understand why the "Reception" section is extensive for Jennifer Higdon. I have researched 20 of her colleagues on Wikipedia and have found none that have a section of such criticism. Most in fact don't include reviews at all. Those that do are all positive. I can certainly provide this list of contemporary composers if you feel this is necessary for your review. I respectfully ask that in fairness the Reception section should be removed from Jennifer's page until editors have decided to create the same type of section for other composers of classical music.

Thanks for helping me understand these matters more clearly. --Lawdonpress (talk) 21:51, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I changed the lead up a bit. You can take a look there. On the matters of the "reception" section, it must be reliably sourced and maintain a neutral point of view which is part of the Wikipedia five pillars. Post a list of sourced on the article talk page here. Also, DEV may be useful also. Be careful because you may be breaking the conflict of interest rule here at Wikipedia. If you have any more questions ask me on my take page (click "moral"). Regards, Mike  moral  ♪♫  00:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Be Bold! Go ahead and add positive reviews, just maintain your NPOV and don;t push you COI. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  00:27, 24 February 2010 (UTC)