User talk:Whatitdonephew

The Aquabats
Hi, I wanted to write you back about your additions to The Aquabats, and to let you know that the preferred way to discuss changes to Wikipedia with a fellow editor is to leave them a message on their talk page, like this, rather than via email. This protects your personal email address from being viewed by people you may not know.

There were a few reasons why I reverted the additions you made to the article. First, the information you added regarding the formation of the band and its original members was unreferenced. WP:Verifiability states that "Articles should contain only material that has been published by reliable sources; Editors adding new material should cite a reliable source, or it may be challenged or removed by any editor; The obligation to provide a reliable source lies with the editors wishing to include the material, not with those seeking to remove it." When I wrote the band history I used the liner notes from the albums as a source, as well as a few things mentioned officially on the band's website. While there aren't a lot of specific references in the article, this information would be easy to verify by anyone with access to the albums. Since the information you added was not referenced and was not in any source that I could easily find, I considered it unverifiable and therefore not suitable for the article.

Second, the style in which the information was written into the article did not follow Wikipedia's policies on neutral point of view. Statements like "they rocked the party," "powering through a three song set," "word of the band was spreading like a wild-fire," and "dozens of these demos were sold at shows" sound biased and a lot like an advertisement, as well as being unverifiable.

As you mentioned in your email, I would be happy to accept any material you could provide which would add verifiability to the information you wish to include. Scans of the covers and liner notes of any demos in your posession would be helpful and would lend authenticity to information about the band's formation. It would also allow me or others to create article entries about these demos which could be included in the band's discography. So yes, I'm happy to assist in including information about you, other founding members, and early releases in the band's history, but I want to be sure that it's done in a manner which is both neutral and verifiable since this information is not easily available through reliable sources to people interested in finding out more about the band. IllaZilla 19:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That's great. If you send me whatever you can find from your collection I'll do my best to include anything I can. If the demo has a list of the band members on it then be sure to scan it as it may work as a source of verifiability. Thanks for your help in providing this info. Really, there's not much information out there about the band's formation so what you're doing is very helpful. IllaZilla 20:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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