User talk:Tontobigone

December 2021
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Fay Ray (band) has been reverted. Your edit here to Fay Ray (band) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our reliable sources guideline (see also this list of frequently-discussed sources). The reference(s) you added or changed (https://www.discogs.com/release/12788491-Fay-Ray-Contact-You) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 13:43, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Fay Ray
Hello Tontobigone - firstly, it would have been better for you to make your comment in the talk page for the band, at Talk:Fay Ray (band), than on the talk page of a deletion discussion which was archived two years ago... you were lucky that I still have that deletion discussion on my watchlist, otherwise it's likely that nobody would have seen what you had written.

Primebot is one of several automatic bots used on Wikipedia to make corrections and delete what are considered unreliable sources, so don't bother trying to write to it, as it can't answer you. Regarding sources, Discogs and YouTube are not considered good sources for Wikipedia, as they only prove that the records exist... they don't prove that they are notable enough for inclusion in an encyclopedia like Wikipedia. Reviews of the singles and the albums are much better, because they show that reputable sources have taken notice of the band (I know the album got a one-star review in Record Mirror... as much as you would probably prefer to avoid mention of this, it's probably a much better indication of notability than any source in the article as it currently stands).

If you let me get Christmas and New Year out of the way, I can probably help you with the formatting issues in order to add the sources you mention. Any interviews from the time in NME, Melody Maker, Sounds or Record Mirror could possibly be useful as well, although note that these would fall under WP:PRIMARY, i.e. the band talking about themselves. You should also be aware of the advice at WP:COI about having a conflict of interest. Richard3120 (talk) 16:53, 23 December 2021 (UTC)