User talk:Subtlebody

August 2014
Hello, I'm Binksternet. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Train (band), but you didn’t support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 06:00, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. --Bongwarrior (talk) 20:56, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Should I have cited one of the many websites that discuss this very matter? My writing remained consistent with the tone of the existing content. Nothing informal about the phrasing or context. Perhaps I should have merely made mention of my observation - that x number of websites and videos have popped up in response to the perceived controversy.

I don't believe it to be a violation of Wikipedia policy to draw attention to the observation that multiple sources have made. This is, of course, because it directly relates to the artist and is similar to countless other pages I have seen on Wikipedia, often under a "controversy" section. Am I incorrect?

--SubtleBody (talk) 22:53, 23 August 2014 (CST)


 * If you want to write that Train's single "blatantly stole melodies from Andrew Lloyd Weber's rendition of The Phantom of the Opera", then you will have to cite one or more of the "multiple reliable sources" that have made this observation. See WP:CITE for instructions. Binksternet (talk) 05:49, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Will do, although it is blatantly obvious to anyone with ears. SubtleBody (talk) 10:23, 24 August 2014 (CST)