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Quick question, AOR?

Hey @Binksternet, hope you're doing well today!

I’d like to ask whether AOR would be an acceptable genre classification for Pop Kreatif. Some sources mention AOR in relation to it, but the extent of its meaning varies.

• Music archivist Munir, in an NME interview, refers to AOR in the album-oriented rock sense.
• Another source used multiple times for the article I wrote, Radar Tasik uses under the adult-oriented rock sense and MLD, uses AOR but doesn’t clarify whether it means album-oriented rock or adult-oriented rock.
• Munir’s publication under CultureofSoul and a Whiteboard Journal article mention connections between Pop Kreatif, AOR, and Yacht Rock, but they don’t explicitly clarify AOR’s meaning.
• Stamp the Wax also referenced AOR in its historical context, but the original article is now down since 1 Jan 2025. The archived version is here. Or banbantonton under historical background (though sadly its wordpress.)
• To Discogs, it acknowledges AOR as an ambiguous abbreviation.
• The Japanese City Pop article also references its connection AOR, though to an unclear extent. And by the citation used for said article ([1], [2], [3]) itself had less developed historical context to AOR than the articles given above (ignoring Discogs.)

Given these sources, would AOR pass as a classification for Pop Kreatif? Or would the ambiguity still be an issue? Given the possibility that this was during the time in the 70's where the definition of AOR was still vague-ish. (or I could be wrong however, you're very much more qualified than me afterall). Kaliper1 (talk) 18:23, 2 March 2025 (UTC) Edit to this comment: bold to italics.[reply]

Given the confusion connected to the AOR designation, I would not put the label into an infobox without clearly saying which one it was. In the Munir interview, it's the author Daniel Peters who mixes up the AOR designation. Munir doesn't talk about rock at all, or AOR. Peters's mention of classic rock AOR is not compelling to me, because pop kreatif is not about listening to a sequence of rock songs contained in an album side. Basically, Peters made a mistake, or an unnamed editor.

I think it's better to say that pop kreatif has roots in soft rock, which everyone understands. The "adult-oriented rock" term can be introduced and explained in the article body. Pop kreatif is not album-oriented.

That discogs.com page has no listed author, and cannot be considered a reliable source on Wikipedia per WP:USERG. It's not wrong, though. It has no bearing on pop kreatif. Binksternet (talk) 20:39, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Right noted, Thanks for the input! Kaliper1 (talk) 20:51, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

500k edits

Congratulations on 500,000 edits, Binksternet! You've done a lot to keep those vandals, block evaders and genre warriors out, as well as fantastic work to various many articles including expanding them and cleaning them up. :) — AP 499D25 (talk) 10:54, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! How kind. ;^)

Binksternet (talk) 13:14, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do you know about pages being vandalized, users committing block evasion and other offenses, and other edits on different pages? It seems like you made so many edits because of this. Hikingboii (talk) 00:39, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see activity patterns and I make notes. I frequently check IPs for geolocation, to get a sense of who is contributing. If I'm suspicious, I look for previous activity of the same type at the article, and I look for other activity by the current IP and also nearby IPs. Binksternet (talk) 00:58, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source question

Hi @Binksternet, I hope you're doing well. I just saw that you replied on Wikipedia:Help Desk, and I appreciate your reply.

By the way, could I ask how do you find sources from the songs? I'm trying to find sources that these songs are singles, but it's so difficult to me;

1. Indila's song "Run Run" from the album Mini World

2. Aurora's song "Daydreamer" from the album A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) - I found this link from Apple Music, but it's all the source I can find.

3. Sia's song "Sunday" from the album Colour the Small One - I deleted it from single template for now

4. Birdy's song "Here You Calling" from the album Beautiful Lies - I deleted it from single template for now

In addition, I'm also in trouble to find Radio airplay link, to prove if this song is single or not, or the songs' charts performance link, or infobox song credits.

I really hope I can get your help and some tips to find reliable sources from internet, thank you. :) Camilasdandelions (talk!) 00:05, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very good at finding out whether a song was a single unless there are sources specifically reviewing the song and calling it a single. It looks like you are jumping ahead, trying to find sources before they exist. Binksternet (talk) 00:37, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hackman

Please stop edit warring, I will take action to prevent it if necessary. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 16:55, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. I said my piece there, and I'm laying off. Binksternet (talk) 17:02, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Instagram post by Playboi Carti

Hello, this is unrelated to anything but when u removed my edits to the “I am music” article, carti posted what I put on instagram Edzmplays (talk) 20:52, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edzmplays, you are talking about the page I Am Music (Playboi Carti album) where I removed your addition of Playboi Carti's incoherent post on social media. I removed it because it was not clear about when the album was coming. You said it would be March, but Playboi Carti just said, "MY ALBUM DONE". That doesn't mean it's coming in March. I told you in my edit summary that we should be using an independent source—a WP:SECONDARY source—which is exactly what RXLFZ did two hours later. The problem is fixed. Binksternet (talk) 01:49, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you remove my edit?

See subject. It is a fact that Falling to Pieces was featured in the film Black Hawk Down... 210.108.212.103 (talk) 04:48, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's trivia. See WP:INDISCRIMINATE.

If the media called it out as extraordinary, you could mention it and cite the journalist. Otherwise, it's not important enough to include. Binksternet (talk) 12:57, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indiscreet "studio" album

While the inclusion of "studio" isn't technically necessary for every studio album on Wikipedia, it is almost always. The vast majority of musical artists or bands of a certain period in their career have, Sparks included, made at least one compilation, live, or soundtrack album.

Although a seemingly minor detail, it is not redundant but in fact a helpful bit of context for readers that may or may not read past the first few sentences. Also, even though they had not made any other type of album up to that point, the average reader will likely not know that.

I know, it's minor, but I only bring this up because another user and you reverted an edit back-and-forth several times, so I wanted to be clear that there is a reasoning behind it other than just saying "other pages do it". The reverting battle, without having a discussion, is wholly unneccessary and clogs up edit histories. Davejfudge (talk) 12:30, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The word "album" without any modifier is understood to be the type you call a studio album. The word "studio" isn't necessary when it's the first album of any kind for the artist. It isn't necessary when other types of albums have not been issued for the artist up to that time—when every album so far has been a studio album. It isn't necessary when context is already understood from surrounding text.

If an artist first issues mixtapes or EPs and then puts out a normal album, we can use the word "studio" or call it "full-length" following EPs.

I often remove wikilinks to "studio album" because it's usually considered overlinking, and because the actual article about the topic is found at album. There is no article on Wikipedia about the concept of studio album as a separate entity. Binksternet (talk) 13:13, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with the sentiment that "album" on its own automatically implies "studio album". Please read: Album#Types_of_album Davejfudge (talk) 13:21, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That page says "most albums" are studio albums, which is my point. When people say "album", they almost always mean the type you call a studio album. If they are talking about a different type, they specify that type. Binksternet (talk) 13:24, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, "most" albums are. Which means some aren't. That is my point. Wikipedia is supposed to attempt to be encyclopedic and comprehensive; it's not meant to cater to anyone's assumptions. Davejfudge (talk) 13:30, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I like concise prose. I remove unneeded words from the encyclopedia. I will continue to remove the word "studio" if it is not needed in context. Binksternet (talk) 13:32, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What's the point? Just about every thorough album page on this website uses "studio", so clearly I'm not in a minority here. What you "like" is clearly a point of contention in a website that's supposed to build on concensus. The perfect example is Please Please Me. You know, the debut studio album by the most famous band in history.

Minor edits that fail to improve articles but rather end up being nitpicking is not helpful. Davejfudge (talk) 13:40, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One editor's "consistency" is often another editor's "nitpicking", and vice versa. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:44, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to bring up consistency, we should be talking about how consistent it is for good+ articles to include "studio" in it. Davejfudge (talk) 13:47, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FA-class articles would be where you want to look. GA-class pages may have been copyedited by only two people. FA-class has been through a much more demanding group of people. The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman is FA-class. Binksternet (talk) 17:42, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I almost brought up "nitpicking", but I thought better of it.... Martinevans123 (talk) 15:49, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

? Davejfudge (talk) 15:51, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest that if and when edits "end up being nitpicking" is a wholly subjective judgement. Apologies for the sarcasm. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:55, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first non-studio album by Sparks was very late in their chronology. That's why The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman can be called their 22nd album without having to say it was a studio album. The 21 previous albums had been the same type. Binksternet (talk) 13:18, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I addressed this above already. Davejfudge (talk) 13:21, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've thought about it for a bit. First off, to be clear, if I came off as rude, I want to it be known that I have the best of intentions, and I legitimately wanted to have a discussion, because I think the question at hand present a more broad philosophical question.

My issue really isn't so much about consistency or nitpicking, but it's about placing trust in every single reader that shows up. The omission of the context "studio" assumes that absolutely everyone makes the same implication that you do. Why should be remove tiny bits of context, although redundant to many people, that some people, however small a group, may need? We haven't even discussed people that do not speak English, whose only reference for a piece of information misses a piece of context upon translation. For a website that strives to be encyclopaedic, who are we to ignore that one single person?

I hope it comes across what I'm trying to say here. Davejfudge (talk) 15:30, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But where does that stance end? Should we always say "electric bass" or "bass guitar" rather than simply "bass" when the context is, say, heavy metal music which does not generally have upright bass or keyboard bass? Should we always say "Atlanta, Georgia", rather than Atlanta by itself, so folks don't mistake it for Atlanta, Wisconsin, or Atlanta, Mississippi or whatever?

Wikipedia should follow the usual writing style in English. That style is seen in the literature as leaving out the "studio" more often than not when an album recorded in a studio is being discussed. Adding "studio" every time is not needed. Binksternet (talk) 17:42, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1st paragraph: Yes, to both questions. If anything, it benefits to add them, unless maybe if it's wikilinked.

2nd paragraph: Fair enough, I suppose. I'm just not one for ambiguities that require out-of-page context to immediately get all the information. Davejfudge (talk) 17:52, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I heartily disagree with your stance in favor of disambiguating everything. People don't write like that; they rely on context quite a bit. I don't have anything more to add. Binksternet (talk) 17:59, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) I can say personally, that I always assume "album" to mean "studio album" unless I see a modifier like "live", "compilation", "bootleg", "video", etc. But most discographies do use the sub-headings "Studio albums" and "Live albums", etc. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:39, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, personally you're free to agree, but letting those feeling interfere is an example of bias. What's the point in reversing an edit three times for personal reasons? Davejfudge (talk) 13:46, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is less of a "feeling" and more of my "understanding" of what I have read for the past 18 years at Wikipedia (and elsewhere, as it happens). If there is already some clear policy at Wikipedia that invalidates this understanding, I'd be very grateful for you to direct me to it. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:53, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is the reason I'm here at all. I felt bad for an editor that this was done to, and I was worried it would be done to me too, so I came here to explain my reasoning.

It has still not been addressed. Davejfudge (talk) 16:44, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see. Sorry, I thought it was all about a Sparks album (or a Sparks studio album). Martinevans123 (talk) 16:56, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why the sarcasm? I'm being serious, I wanted a discussion. Davejfudge (talk) 17:02, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was being serious: that's how you started this thread. I'll just leave you to continue the discussion. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:12, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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IP user reverting my restoration of deleted sentence

On the Flashdance (soundtrack) page an IP user removed a sentence without providing a summary. I reverted it since it seemed like a perfectly acceptable piece of information, but they reverted me. Can they be blocked? Danaphile (talk) 21:34, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The removals are annoying, but they haven't risen to the point of blocking the IP address, nor even semi-protecting the page. The first thing to do is start a talk page discussion about how the sentence should stay in, and see if they comment. I'll keep an eye on the page as well. Binksternet (talk) 23:30, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Am I That Easy to Forget (song)

From different IP addresses, what seems to be the same person keeps vandalizing the page to say that it was written by Country Johnny Mathis, something corroborated by very few sources and zero reliable ones. I'm doing my part to keep undoing the edits but it's just creating an edit war which isn't fun. Do you have any idea how to stop this person? Elephant445956 (talk) 06:14, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SPI: Giubbotto non ortodosso

Hi, Would you mind adding the following Italian IP Special:Contributions/5.90.62.23 to the SPI you started on Giubbotto? The individual is pushing the same edits to the personal life section of the Chris Brown article that most of Giubbotto other socks also request or make themselves when they gain extended confirmed access. Thanks. Isjadd773 (talk) 15:47, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP

Is it possible that the IP 24.249.20.223 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), who you reported today, is the Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Eagles hard rock vandal, given the similar geolocation of Rhode Island? Or is this a different user? wizzito | say hello! 22:41, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see a few different hands using that IP over time. Our friend the hard rock vandal may have used the recently blocked IP back in late 2021, making simplistic genre changes. The more recent style is a person who has better control of the language. Binksternet (talk) 22:57, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Warning: Your Point Of View Pushing At Closing Time (Semisonic song)

Hi Binksternet I know it’s painful for some of us to acknowledge, but people who are in the United States unlawfully are illegal immigrants. Insisting to no end that they are undocumented is misinformation. This especially when they have more documents tied to their name than citizens in many cases due to documents in their country and numerous arrest and court paper documents in the country of their illegal occupation. Plus the link used in the article for supposedly undocumented immigrants redirect to a Wikipedia page for illegal immigration. So it’s misinformation when you insist as you did on calling them undocumented rather than the correct term of of illegal immigrants. Please avoid POV pushing on Wikipedia. If you have a political belief about immigration policy, Wikipedia is not the place to settle it. Continued violations of Wikipedia policies may result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. 66.50.167.228 (talk) 01:14, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was just following music industry sources such as Rolling Stone ("...the White House shared 17 seconds of propaganda in which Border Patrol agents appear to arrest an undocumented immigrant") and Billboard ("... a recent White House video glorifying the deportation of undocumented immigrants").

"Painful" is the lack of awareness in folks that immigrants are vital for the US labor market. The US has a 500,000-person shortage of labor, and we should be working closely with Mexico to hammer out a realistic system of immigration which helps everybody involved. Your whole life in the US has benefited from cheap food and cheap housekeeping from immigrant labor of all statuses including undocumented, "illegal", and green card holders. The immigrants are not the problem; they are the solution. Binksternet (talk) 04:43, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Binksternet excuse my diplomatic travel. Isn’t what you say here a classic acknowledgement of violations concerning wp:npov and wp:notaforum?

If you think you know where I’ve traveled and/or what county I’ve spent my whole life in, if you think that slavery/cheap labor is good for the country’s economy, if you think I have lack of awareness, if you think we should be negotiating with Mexico, if you think I’m benefiting from cheap/slave labor — what do these things have to do with Wikipedia editing? These are things maybe you talk to your senator over, run for office over, or torch a Tesla over, right? Seems like some problematic editing, Binksternet. 108.31.88.248 (talk) 01:55, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I should add, Binksternet that Rolling Stone is a deprecated source. The defense was that the revert was just adding the same incorrect terminology (such as undocumented immigrant) that the article mentioned. However the article shouldn’t even be cited. I’m afraid there’s an agenda here in this edit revert and not a neutral point of view. 2600:4040:2355:B900:A598:13CD:DAC3:F478 (talk) 02:19, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think dehumanizing terms are good for the encyclopedia everyone can edit.

Rolling Stone is fine for music and culture issues such as this one. Billboard is the music industry standard—which you did not acknowledge.

Low-paid work is not slave labor. If the work is so menial that only immigrants will do it, then immigrants should be offered the job. I don't understand why you think having a sensible guest-worker/immigration arrangement with Mexico would be a problem for the US economy. Economists say we should be welcoming them.[4][5][6] Binksternet (talk) 02:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, Binksternet, your continued comments here are very much indicative that you are POV pushing and using this as a forum. The article cited is very clearly something having to do with politics and culture, which this source is deprecated for. 2600:4040:2355:B900:A598:13CD:DAC3:F478 (talk) 11:38, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here you have used two IPs from the Washington DC area, and one proxy from Puerto Rico, which raises questions about your editing history, and whether you are evading a block. Clearly you are angry with the world these days, which is a valid stance, but you are turning against constructive efforts to improve people's lives, and resorting to vandalism nonsense like this. If you think I should lose my editing privileges, you are free to start a discussion about it with the admins, but with your Tesla vandalism on display, you will likely experience a boomerang effect. I will continue to do what I do to improve the world. Billboard will continue to be a responsible voice in the music industry. Binksternet (talk) 16:41, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please look in at...

the Negative Feedback article. It had recent blocks of text added to lead only, from a couple of former editors (one blocked), and because the added large blocks were text without source, it violated both WP:VERIFY and WP:INTRO. We removed these unsourced blocks of text. An apparent Hindi editor came on and reverted our good faith, policy-supportive edits.

I subsequently—as here, with clear explanation—reverted their reversion, so that the WP:VER noncompliant material is back out again. But I will not continue, so as to respect 3RR.

But the unsourced, blocked editor-derived content should not be allowed back in. (Ignore the other edits intervening regaring the "Short description", they are immaterial.)

In short, please keep the new status quo, before the reversion returning the unsourced material. We could not have proceeded to make the lead of that article compliant, more respectfully of WP and its policies, than we did. 98.226.86.66 (talk) 23:54, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that page is a patchwork because it gets adjusted by drive-by editors who probably understand one aspect but don't have a bird's-eye view of the breadth of the topic. Thanks for bringing up the problem. Binksternet (talk) 00:17, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for stopping by. I am sorry if my further edits interrupted yours. And thanks for—hopefully—putting an end to the return of bad content issue. Bless you. ;) 98.226.86.66 (talk) 00:27, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Davejfudge (talk) 01:26, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you recognize this user's mo from past work you've done in this content area? Their first two minutes were improbably efficient (pristine sandbox creation, page creation, project banners, AfC submission. BusterD (talk) 01:55, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Confused what the question is. Are you asking if I'm a former user already acquainted the system or a bot? This is my first account on wikipedia and I found the system pretty intuitive. Wasn't rocket science or anything. I created the draft in the sandbox when I began editing on Wikipedia. I don't think I saved anything until I was "finished", because I was slightly confused between the difference between saving and publishing the draft (or whatever it said) and was hesitant to click anything until it was ready for submission, so everything that immediately followed was, well, immediate. Davejfudge (talk) 02:15, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With due respect, Davejfudge has accused a longtime trusted user of edit warring, then started an ANI procedure against them for disagreeing. Davejfudge has put their own behaviors under scrutiny, by filing at ANI. I'm asking the right question of the right user. I'm not asking Davejfudge anything right now. BusterD (talk) 02:26, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I genuinely didn't know what or to whom you were asking. Davejfudge (talk) 02:29, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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BusterD, I can see how you might question whether Davejfudge is an experienced editor returning, perhaps evading a block, as they have been quite busy in the three weeks they have been active. If one were to investigate in that direction, one would want to see whether there is a history of edit-warring and blocks at articles having to do with the musical group Sparks, which appears to be the main focus of Davejfudge. To start that process, I would take the time machine back ten years to UK editor User:Mrwallace05 who was active in various music topics (but not Sparks), and who evaded their block with IPs and socks, many of which were editing Sparks topics. See the archived sockpuppet investigation page, prior to being merged with another puppetmaster; a merge which I think created confusion. The involved UK IPs 213.205.192.222 and 86.158.105.232 were doing Sparks stuff in 2016 and 2017.[7][8] Various socks were created and blocked, for instance Shikari 123 in 2014,[9] Johnnydelusional16 in 2016[10] and Scandiblues2 in 2019.[11] Hombres12 was active in 2021–2022 on the same sorts of pages including Sparks.[12][13] In 2022, I was suspicious of Rhythmspirit,[14] but no blocks resulted despite many warnings. All of these IPs and registered users were focused strongly on the genre parameter in the infobox, edit-warring extensively on that issue alone. Our friend Davejfudge is not doing that. Binksternet (talk) 04:47, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Lithgow

Just a heads up, that IP editor is really not interested, they've been incessantly reverting their edits back between three different editors now. Rusted AutoParts 03:42, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I requested page protection. Binksternet (talk) 03:43, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Funkytown Cartel video news source

Hello, I’m looking for the official sources regarding the Funkytown Cartel video and I was wondering do you have any links from legitimate sources. Let me know. Thanks. FireDragonValo (talk) 16:55, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No idea what this is about. Binksternet (talk) 23:28, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Youngstown music vandal

I don't think 2603:6010:8600:26B:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) is the Youngstown music vandal at all. That vandal's tells are a.) editing through mobile web and b.) using incredibly generic edit summaries, neither of which that /64 is doing. The range geolocates to Mount Vernon, Ohio, which is a Columbus suburb that is nowhere near Youngstown. I also don't think that the Youngstown music vandal is interested in PBS shows either. wizzito | say hello! 20:08, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're generally not that bad when identifying LTAs, but in some cases like this you tend to be way off the mark. No hate intended. wizzito | say hello! 20:11, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I was a bit bewildered by that aspect. There could be two different disruptive persons in the same area. The one I was intending to indicate was a person I encountered first four years ago at "The Thunder Rolls" where they kept removing anything remotely feminist about the song. The person was using IPs from Mount Vernon, Ohio.[15][16][17] They were definitely into editing TV show pages. Binksternet (talk) 20:16, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing that vandal you mentioned is most likely the same person, but they are not remotely in the same area as the Youngstown one. Columbus and Youngstown are entirely separate metro areas. wizzito | say hello! 20:40, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The so-called Youngstown vandal also edits from western Pennsylvania. They get around. Which is why I lumped our Mt Vernon friend into the same bucket. Binksternet (talk) 20:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I removed a Mt Vernon IP range from the page Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Youngstown music vandal. Thanks for alerting me to the different styles. Binksternet (talk) 19:48, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Unfinished comment?

In this edit you've left a comment mid-way through the discussion, that's fine. You've also though added Responding to the as a new paragraph at the end. I'm guessing either you changed your mind about writing there or you forgot to complete a comment? Thryduulf (talk) 01:49, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note! Cleaned up my mess. Binksternet (talk) 01:50, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Departure– (talk) 17:15, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Daydreamer

[18] Hello Binksternet, I opened this discussion because you removed "Daydreamer" in Aurora discography.

But I got a question. "Daydreamer" is actually a single, due to this Apple Music link. [19] If you don't regard this song as a single, then why you didn't delete "Apple Tree" too [20]? Camilasdandelions (talk!) 15:18, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your Apple Music link shows that a remix of "Daydream" was released as a single, with the non-remix album version offered as the B-side. Binksternet (talk) 15:27, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then I want to ask, why did you delete it, rather than changing "Daydreamer" to "Daydreamer (KDA London Dumb)"? Camilasdandelions (talk!) 15:39, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Because I had not seen the Apple Music page. Binksternet (talk) 15:47, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't mind, can you put it back then? I'm so unfamiliar at wiki table grammars, so I'm afraid of adding back. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 01:10, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clearing things up

Thanks for clearing some of these things up there has been numerous reports about occupation and genre warring going on between pages and the title pages such as calling the person a singer instead of a rapper when rapper is in the title page 2600:4040:7A2D:D500:658B:F43F:A351:3353 (talk) 16:13, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Binksternet is an awesome editor!

		The Editor's Barnstar
		When viewing edit histories of various Wikipedia pages, I have always noticed that Wikipedia user Binksternet takes his edits to the extra mile! He goes out of his way to improve Wikipedia articles and remove unsourced information or poorly written sections. I personally believe that he deserves adminship on Wikipedia. Thank you Binksternet for all of your hard work! Your the perfect example on how every Wikipedia editor should be! JustTryingToBeSmart (talk) 01:52, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey...

Hey! I see on Jordan Hanson you edited to change to a city! Not to be rude, or to say you did it on purpose, but next time can you please check the history of the edit? It was a person, not a city! Thanks... Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 02:26, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I intended the city target because its mayor bears the page name.[21] Binksternet (talk) 03:12, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taylor_Hanson Please check it out. It says the mayor on the top... Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 03:34, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing for "notable users"

I wonder if you could have a look at User_talk:XlosVSM#April_2025. IMO, "Notable user" of an instrument should establish that an artist used an instrument so notably that secondary sources picked up on it. I mean, hundreds if not thousands of hit records in the 80s had Oberheims on it... Thanks, Drmies (talk) 14:22, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'll keep an eye on the situation. Binksternet (talk) 15:11, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I appreciate it. Hope you're well. Drmies (talk) 17:17, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doing great, thanks for asking. Right now I'm gigging in Boston, about to tear down the show and pack it up. Binksternet (talk) 17:36, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 228, April 2025

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Page protection for Serbian and other musicians

I think that page protection should be a good idea also you've been editing here for a long time 2600:4040:7A2D:D500:F512:B5C0:76C5:4F36 (talk) 15:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. A couple of hours ago I asked for protection on two pages. Let's see how that goes. Binksternet (talk) 16:04, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of List of SACD artists

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86.124.200.180

Hi Binksternet, can you take a look at this IP's edits? I have a feeling they might be a sock. They at least appear making disruptive edits (changing/adding genres, dates, etc.) but you are more familiar. S0091 (talk) 21:54, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The IP is from Romania. The location doesn't ring any bells for me regarding which blocked vandal might be socking. I'll keep an eye out. Binksternet (talk) 23:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! S0091 (talk) 18:54, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

S0091, I think we're looking at block evasion by User:Vladutpunkist1996. Last year they were using the Romanian IP range Special:Contributions/2A02:2F0E:C018:1000:0:0:0:0/64. They keep changing to wrong birthdates and genres, sometimes saying "I wish" that the false information was true.[22][23] Binksternet (talk) 00:41, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see Drmies nabbed them. I'll try to put this in my memory bank in case I run across them again. S0091 (talk) 16:52, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Klamath River

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Capitalizing "The" Bronx midsentence

Hi, Binksternet. Are we sure that "The Bronx" is capitalized mid-sentence? Per MOS:THECAPS, "the Bahamas" is correct but "The Hague" isn't, due to The Hague being routinely spelled with a capital "T" by reliable sources. A quick review of several recent articles in The New York Times sees lower case "T"s mid-sentence, as does The Bronx article on Wikipedia.

I was certain there was a MOS page where this specific case was settled, but I can't seem to find it. Rift (talk) 22:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was assuming The Bronx, The Hague and The Gambia were treated the same. I usually lean on the Chicago Manual of Style, which says keep The Bronx capitalized. However, Wikipedia is international and CMoS is not always the preferred style guide. If you have better information about a consensus I would appreciate the update. There's a page with old discussions at Talk:The_Bronx/Name_and_capitalization, at which the capitalization issue was left undecided. Binksternet (talk) 00:50, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the input, Binksternet. I've sought opinions on the MOS talk page. Rift (talk) 19:10, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That LTA

I thought there was something fishy about the IP but wasn’t sure. Thanks Doug Weller talk 20:48, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You bet! Binksternet (talk) 21:24, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Probable sock of Giubbotto non ortodosso

Hi, would you mind looking into if new user J-Majestik is a sock of Giubbotto non ortodosso. I think it's probable given their contributions history.

The user focuses on R&B topics with lots of edits to Chris Brown articles. Edits include creating new articles concerning Chris Brown. Similar to some of Giubbotto non ortodosso previous socks It's treeggax and NoOneElseLovEe, J-Majestik also takes an interest in Karrueche Tran, who is an individual with limited notability. With this edit they created a new article for a song focusing on her. Additionally the Giubbotto non ortodosso sock It's treeggax previously created an ANI notice where they stated they would be focusing future edits on "legal issues concerning controversial figures such as Sean Combs, R. Kelly, and Chris Brown". J-Majestik, an account created after It's treeggax was blocked, has also made several edits concerning legal Issues of Sean Combs and Chris Brown.

Thanks in advance for your help. Isjadd773 (talk) 14:48, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll look at this issue. Binksternet (talk) 15:16, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anne Renée

Hi Binksternet. It looks like you reverted back too far at Anne Renée[24], unless I'm missing something? - Hipal (talk) 22:43, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I got confused. Sorry! Binksternet (talk) 04:05, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Substack

Hi Binksternet, nice to meet you! I saw that you are a part of WikiProject San Francisco. I've been working on updating the article about San Francisco-based company Substack, and I was hoping you would take a look at the edit request I posted here. If you agree that the changes improve the article, would you mind implementing them?

Thank you, LS4Substack (talk) 01:13, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's not my area of interest. Binksternet (talk) 22:23, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The World Destubathon

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You keep removing my edits

Are you kidding me even when I add problems with grammar you keep stating it is unsourced content how 2603:6081:2A00:30F6:2001:8137:726E:5216 (talk) 00:22, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The pinky and perky show

Telegael did not produce the series according to the credits watch the shows credits on YouTube you'll find out 2603:6081:2A00:30F6:2001:8137:726E:5216 (talk) 00:39, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of North American Labour Party

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Help with sourcing

Hello! Recently you removed one of my edits on Benson Boone due to a lack of mentioning a source. I got the information directly from Ryan Hyde, who was the choir teacher at Monroe High School while Benson Boone was there and correspondingly was Benson's choir teacher (which I can provide proof of if that helps). I'm not sure how to add this as a source. Can you please help? TheTrumpetOrchestra (talk) 19:35, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia facts should come from published sources, not from individuals bringing their own observations. See WP:No original research. If you have published sources then you can cite them. Binksternet (talk) 19:38, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oasis Live '25 Tour rollback

Hi Binks. I think I am right in assuming your recent rollback of this article was to undo all the edits made by the block evading user. But on reviewing the history, I think you missed some earlier editing. So I have taken it further back, but not to before their first edit, since their initial ones (about the set list) were subsequently overwritten by other editors.

I am pretty confident I haven't erased any substantial good edits by other editors, only minor copyeditz. Maybe you can give it a quick look to check I haven't missed anything? If I have time, I'll see if I can redo those too, although it seems most were to format the content added by the blocked user.

Full disclosure, I have a COI wrt to Oasis (but I'm not a PAID editor), so I will be confining my activities to merely administrative or otherwise minor edits to maintain the integrity of Wikipedia (ethically and qualitatively). Rather than anything that coukd be seen as a significant change to the content. Oasisfan149 (talk) 07:20, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good call. I can see that your reversion was more apt, taking out a batch of earlier disruption including misquoting NME saying "first two shows" when in fact they said "first show" when supplying the set list. Binksternet (talk) 13:51, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually that was Revision as of 08:19, 6 July 2025 edit undo 2a0a:ef40:7b7:501:90f8:24a6:36a7:b7ff (talk) Oasisfan149 (talk) 16:43, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you outdate every page on Wikipedia?

it is not 2016 nor 2017 anymore for you to do this, for example, my modification edits.
and i'm not a sockpuppet anymore, you liar. 2804:1A68:116:B64F:55B1:CD8E:9BA1:ACF5 (talk) 15:43, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Read WP:STYLEVAR which says you should not go around changing from one acceptable style to another. The comma is fine as a separation between two or three elements. Binksternet (talk) 15:51, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible block evasion

It looks like MariaJaydHicky is block evading by asking another editor to change the genre in 808s & Heartbreak [25]. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 04:00, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, exactly. She's been accessing Turkish IPs through some VPN app. Directy after achieving a modicum of success with that request, she created another sock to ask for more.[26] Binksternet (talk) 04:37, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Still block evading [27]. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 03:28, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand you might be able to help me Mr Music Conoisur?

I am looking for references for article Reggie Sears for music genres. If I find some sources would you be able to help with assessing their reliability? As they are a lesser known artist then I am not sure which sources are reliable. Thanks in advance, Knitsey (talk) 18:01, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first thing is that all those genres must be moved down to the article body if they have any supporting cites. The infobox is only for the main facts, not minor stuff. He's mainly a singer and guitarist. His genre is mainly blues. One source says he does pop rock,[28] but all the other ones say blues.

Note that the instructions for Template:Infobox musical artist say that we should list only two to four genres up top, and these should aim for generality. All the minor stuff can be described in a section that talks about his musicality. Binksternet (talk) 18:11, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thats a great help, thank you. I will get a selection of refs together and if it is ok with, ask you to take a quick look? Knitsey (talk) 18:15, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Binksternet. Would any of the following be OK for referencing?

[29]...soul, pop, blues, funk, and rock.

[30]...blues.

[31]...This might not be usable as the bio is from Sears' own website.

I've taken note of the template only being used for about 4 genres.

No rush at all for this. Knitsey (talk) 15:42, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe Reggie has been a Blues artist for well over a decade. It seems the majority of his recorded output is Southern Soul and R&B- Contemporary R&B and Neo-Soul as well. Listing him as Blues and Pop-Rock definitely doesn't seem to be accurate. It looks as though you pulled up a single venue listing (Rocco's) as the source for that?

Sears himself has also spoken on this on various social media per my research. Also, I'm not sure why you would have removed the multiple instruments that he plays as it seems that is part of his identity, like Prince for example. It seems to be well-documented.

[32] - Lists him as a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist.

Genres listed: Contemporary R&B, Modern Electric Blues, Neo-Soul, Soul, Soul-Blues, Southern Soul, Urban

[33] - I know that is his website but if we are talking genres, wouldn't it make sense to reference from there even if just for sub-context?

[34] I think this might be good?

[35] This is current and no mention of Blues but Southern Soul and R&B.

[36] Pretty straight forward.

Research also found that he has worked extensively in Hip Hop. Queenoftherumblingspires (talk) 13:31, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Artists don't establish their own genres on Wikipedia, because WP:SECONDARY sources from independent observers are considered definitive, while primary sources from involved people are not definitive, even if they may be interesting for the reader to know about. Primary source genres can be listed in the article body with attribution, for instance, "Sears considers his music to be..." But music critics and journalists are the definitive sources for genres in the infobox and for flat statements of genre in Wikipedia's voice. The AllMusic prose review by David Jeffries says Sears is blues and jazz-rock. Jeffries says that one song is "more of an R&B sound" but that is not strong enough to add R&B to the infobox. Binksternet (talk) 01:59, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I mean on Allmusic.com it lists his genres as: Contemporary R&B, Modern Electric Blues, Neo-Soul, Soul, Soul-Blues, Southern Soul, Urban

I would assume Contemporary R&B and Southern Soul would be his genre, as it seems that he has been in that world since 2006-2007. Allmusic also confirms that. Queenoftherumblingspires (talk) 07:14, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So wouldn't he be considered Blues, Contemporary R&B and Southern Soul as the genres? Queenoftherumblingspires (talk) 07:18, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AllMusic automated genres are not reliable, so we only use the genres mentioned by the named music critic in their prose review. A note about this problem can be found at WP:ALBUMAVOID where it talks about the AllMusic automated "summary" genres. There have been cases, for instance, where the summary genre says reggae but the reviewer tells us that there is no reggae on the album.

I think we must list the Sears genres as blues and jazz-rock which should link to jazz fusion. Binksternet (talk) 15:06, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure though his career has been in the Southern Soul and Contemporary R&B world? It seems only one album “Transitions” is Blues and Jazz fusion. Research shows all singles following starting in 2006 were all in the Southern Soul market and later in the Contemporary R&B market. AllMusic seems to confirm that. All of the other references I listed seems to back that up as well. So I would think it is safe to say Blues, Southern Soul and Contemporary R&B would be the most accurate as that is what seems to be referenced as his primary styles. Queenoftherumblingspires (talk) 19:33, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are "pretty sure" but what you need are reliable WP:SECONDARY sources naming his genres. Binksternet (talk) 20:53, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AllMusic has in his bio that he started in Blues and pivoted to the Southern Soul genre and later Contemporary R&B so I’m not sure how that isn’t reliable source. Queenoftherumblingspires (talk) 22:01, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Let's continue this conversation at Talk:Reggie Sears. Binksternet (talk) 22:02, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2020 in music and similar pages

Hey Binksternet, this is redundant to the revert you probably just got notified about, but I also wanted to leave a talk page comment as well as a friendly courtesy. How I've been formatting the Year in Music deaths sections is to include musicians who may not have their own page, but did play in a notable group that does have a page. For instance, since Demetri Callas was a member of The Four Seasons for four years, he can be listed on that page. There are many such instances of these across the whole series of pages. This is a bit different from the main Deaths in [Month X] page, where such instances are purged at the end of a month. The 2020 page is before we started including a source with every listing, though. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Doc Strange (talk) 22:29, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note! Cheers. Binksternet (talk) 23:06, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:Britney Spears § Conservatorship wording

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Britney Spears § Conservatorship wording. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 00:52, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting accounts

Dear Binksternet, I was wondering if I could delete my old Miked1992 account, and move on to using this username and account instead Metalfan199220, in order to continue editing and avoid the sock puppet violation. If you could help me out with this I would really appreciate it, thanks. Metalfan199220 (talk) 21:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)Metalfan199220Metalfan199220 (talk) 21:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are not able to delete an old account. Your behavior with the new name is the same as with the old name, so of course the two names will be connected, including the history of warnings and blocks. If you wanted to have a Wikipedia:Clean start, you would have to create a third username and avoid the topics you were previously interested in: Spanish flu, 9/11 and heavy metal music. Binksternet (talk) 23:16, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will definitely look into that, I was looking to edit a whole bunch of topics under this current user name. A clean start might not be a bad idea, Thanks for the advice Metalfan199220 (talk) 21:58, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

can you please create Dandy World page? Dongthichielts (talk) 09:09, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you can work on the existing Draft:Dandy's World (Roblox game). Binksternet (talk) 15:04, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Fridayy

Hi, Binksternet. His birthdate is 2000. They say he was born in 1997. 173.211.255.162 (talk) 12:55, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a published source for either of those years. Binksternet (talk) 15:01, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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12.52.209.115

Despite your warnings, User:12.52.209.115 continues to make unreferenced (and often erroneous) changes. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:16, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will keep an eye out. Binksternet (talk) 23:06, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Let It Go - Worldwide" table reversion

Hello! I noticed you reverted the table that I made on the Let It Go page listing all the language versions, and referenced Taiwan. I'm not all too familiar with the issue that's involved with that, is it the table itself or is it specifically the entry about Taiwan? I do notice most other translated pages for Let It Go have the same table listing all the dubbed versions of the song. Ivyydoeswiki (talk) 05:15, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]