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Far Out Magazine unreliable?

Hello. I see you're mass removing refs to Far Out. I'm a little surprised to see this, as it doesn't strike me as a problematic site. Has there been a discussion on this somewhere? It does seem to be cited a lot! Thanks! Mbinebri (talk) 20:58, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Far Out website was deprecated at WP:RSP back in 2019, listed as "generally unreliable". The page Far Out (website) was deleted about five weeks ago after discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Far Out (website).

You are correct that the website has been cited a lot. That's what I'm trying to remedy today by going through various pages and digging it out of the text. Binksternet (talk) 21:12, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Opensecrets

Since you were involved in some discussions regarding it. Should this "YPAC has been the largest donor to X's 202x campaign according to OpenSecrets." be added or removed from articles? Thank you. Theofunny (talk) 19:56, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a link to the discussion? Binksternet (talk) 21:15, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Dirnt

First of all, I want to thank you for removing Far Out as a ref from this article. I have actively been seeking out citations to the site to remove them on articles I am interested in, so to have someone else doing so is of great help. But I do want to ask something else about the edit summary you left -- is there a specific guideline that points to only using four genres in a musician's infobox? I ask because I am unfamiliar with this rule, and you did not link to any guidelines in your edit summary. I just thought I'd ask, thank you for your edits here. JeffSpaceman (talk) 11:25, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The four genres are found in only one infobox: Template:Infobox musical artist which says to use two to four genres and lean toward generality. Song and album infoboxes don't have that limit.

The Far Out thing finally got my goat the other day, spurring me to remove a couple hundred citations in one sitting. Whatever is still out there must be very minor. Binksternet (talk) 14:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, OK. Thank you for pointing me to that template. And I agree about Far Out -- the fact that this site was (and is) being used on so many articles, despite its obvious unreliability and use of scraped content, is quite shocking. I've been especially quick to remove any seriously negative content about BLPs I find cited to them per WP:BLPREMOVE -- I don't see them as any better than the kind of churnalist tabloid trash that nobody would argue passes the criteria of BLP sourcing (in fact, I'd argue that they probably flat out qualify as such). Thank you for your help removing all those citations, it is highly appreciated. JeffSpaceman (talk) 11:16, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
		For helping revert the sockpuppetry here as I was just getting to it. Thank you! JeffSpaceman (talk) 23:39, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Much appreciated. Binksternet (talk) 23:40, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Binksternet reported by User:Bigbo$$engeriie (Result: ). Thank you. Bigbo$$engeriie (talk) 16:39, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hey just asking, you reverted my edit on the Aquarius/Let the Sunshine in. It was this edit. May i ask why? (Boeing747Pilot) Boeing747Pilot (talk) 14:37, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The reason was WP:INDISCRIMINATE which says that not every true fact is suitable for Wikipedia. If you find that the media have commented on the appearances of that song, then you can add that appearance, citing the source. The comments would have to call out the appearance as extraordinary rather than merely listing it. Binksternet (talk) 14:53, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, it was just a small edit that i knew would not last for long. I just wanted to know why. Have a good day. (Boeing747Pilot) Boeing747Pilot (talk) 15:43, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Do you have any advice with users like Moeshaburton19798 ? The user keeps adding bestsellingalbum page source which is unreliable and removes sources like Billboard ... nevermind you reverted it. Thank you! Dhoffryn (talk) 19:30, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They think they are right when they are not. They need a pause to reflect on various WP policies and guidelines. How about WP:AN3? Binksternet (talk) 19:46, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We could wait to see if the user returns and continues previous behavior and then maybe that is the best plan of action. I don't have some big faith that the user will change. With some of them is like talking to a wall.

Dhoffryn (talk) 08:16, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, similar to how you kept removing my correct edits on Mariah Carey song recording dates. If you wanna do that, how about you check the recording months stated in the articles Emotions (states March 1991) Theres got to be a way (February 1990) Love takes time (May 1990) Underneath The Stars (December 1994) Always Be My Baby (1994-1995) Honey (February 1997) Crybaby (June 1999) Thank God I Found You (September 1999) I Still Believe (Late 1998) Through The Rain (May 2002) Say Somethin (November 2004) Here We Go Around Again (1989) and all the recording months for all her albums? Might wanna check those out as well. 50.207.218.158 (talk) 15:53, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have no published reference for thos recording dates. None. Binksternet (talk) 16:53, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Violator

Ok, so Violator is a record label, a management company, and an entertainment company. I have been adding much more information to the Wikipedia page about Violator as a company overall, and I have been providing legitimate sources. I figured that it would be easy to separate information about the management from the information about the record label branch. If you just want the page to be some long page, I'm ok with that, but I figured I was helping separating the two. If you have reservations, just let me know. 167.21.141.32 (talk) 15:10, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How about if the first entity is described first on the page? Let's keep chron order. Binksternet (talk) 15:38, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can do that, but the point of what I did was to avoid confusion between the label and the management company. I didn't want to put information down about the label and it be in the middle of the history about the management company, but whatever you want to do is cool, just don't want my edits removed. 167.21.141.32 (talk) 17:45, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, from doing research, the record label came first. Violator Records started in 1990/1991, and Violator Management was started in 1996, so chronologically, the label came first. So, with this information, will you still want the page to just have the whole history laid out or have into sections to avoid confusion? 167.21.141.32 (talk) 17:54, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How does this edit work for you? Binksternet (talk) 18:06, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect! Thank you. 167.21.141.32 (talk) 19:12, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add more information with sources as time goes on so everything looks as complete as can be! 167.21.141.32 (talk) 19:13, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moka Only deletions

“Pruning of puffery” is ridiculous. Lots of stuff is in the links I’ve already provided in the reference section (and in his music). I mean you deleted where he is from. He has multiple lyrics about this stuff and even a song called “Walking Through Langford”. You deleted where i talked about his orgin of freestlying, breaking and graffiti. He has talked about all of these things countless times in his music and interviews. You also deleted where I simply stated the number of albums he has released (which is a rather high and IMPORTANT number to include) and it is WIDELY AVAILABLE INFORMATION. You coulda looked up his name on any music platform and saw it (or look at the citations with the link to his discography in 2 places even). I mean I don’t know if you want me to use the same citation link for every single sentence or what but this stuff is proven. You deleted a lot from the “Style” section (some of which I can somewhat understand) however the 2 paragraphs you deleted about his production work and people who have produced for him is all very widely available information and the links were provided in references. I can understand taking out some of the stuff but I mean I don’t know if it’s just some missing citations or what but apparently its ok for other artists to have humongous bios full of bs (pruned puffery) but I can’t even put where this guy is from or literally his name…why can I not include that? And whats wrong with the transportation part? He does talk about trains a lot and transportation is a recurring theme. Does that not classify as a “style”? If it was a popular artist I’m sure it would. I mean you literally deleted EVERYTHING from style except his influences. Which is easily the LEAST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS ARTISTS STYLE. Artists can have their own style correct? He is much more than the (puny, not even) paragraph that you deduced him to. I have put a lot of work into this page and for you to do all of this is wack. If its just missing citations I can add them, that was the plan I just didn’t think someone would delete stuff on me. I’m sorry I don’t mean to be rude, but I have worked very hard on this and I think I at least deserve an explanation so I can maybe try to fix it. Splashmoney15 (talk) 03:31, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how much more mental masturbation is possible after seeing your contribution:

While other artists have certainly mixed elements of rapping and singing, Moka sets himself apart by not sacrificing his rap prowess for catchy hooks. He effortlessly intertwines quick-witted verses with smooth choruses on many of his songs. As a devoted practitioner of self confidence and individuality, he often names himself as his strongest musical influence.

That's outright puffery. Binksternet (talk) 03:45, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok and what about all of the other things I mentioned? You only responded to one thing. I am in agreement with you that SOME of it may have been puffery lol. But certainly not all of it… Splashmoney15 (talk) 10:29, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is where hes from puffery? His production details are puffery? The number of albums he has released is puffery? Details about himself he has talked about straight from the artist his whole career is puffery? Splashmoney15 (talk) 10:38, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All that stuff is completely unsourced and therefore unproven puffery. This seems to be an article conjured out of what User:Splashmoney15 happens to know about the subject. I'm not seeing a single independent and reliable source applied which directly details this WP:BLP subject. The page fails WP:ANYBIO. The page fails WP:GNG. The page fails WP:BAND. The WP:BURDEN of sourcing articles falls on those who wish to insert or keep material. If this was at AfD right now I'd assert delete. I don't see any argument or evidence presented which would allow me to keep the page. BusterD (talk) 14:02, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And there's an enormous amount of UNDUE detail applied. A Wikipedia article doesn't contain a listing every work an artist has self-released. BusterD (talk) 14:05, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've nominated it for deletion. Let's have this discussion over there, shall we? BusterD (talk) 14:24, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ANI

I've mentioned you at ANI in a discussion of events at Talk:Nikola Tesla. See WP:ANI#Admin acting up. Acroterion (talk) 21:08, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here’s proof of Ain’t Never by Outsiderz 4 life feat Aaliyah

https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/932172795 2600:4040:5735:C800:C8F7:4BAC:906F:50AD (talk) 23:14, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Randal Squires

Hey, have you ever heard of this guy?[1] I wanted to ask because I was so impressed with his recording of Earth Vigil (2024).[2] I was hoping to find technical info in the booklet about the recording, but nothing. I don't recall hearing a live chorus with this much fidelity before, but I assume the acoustics of the church had a lot to do with it. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 22:27, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know which engineer out of four on the page that you refer to, and I have never heard of any of the four. I appreciate good engineering chops, of course, and beautiful music. I'll take a listen to the album when I get a chance. Binksternet (talk) 22:35, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Randal is second from the top. Thanks for taking a look. And congratulations on your Emmy! Viriditas (talk) 22:36, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not a lot of online presence for Randal Squires. I didn't run into him when he was working in Alameda next Oakland where I'm at.

Thanks for the 'grats. The Emmy feels good after a lifetime of hard work, but it's a TV award and I rarely do TV. I got lucky. Binksternet (talk) 22:43, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I hope we get to see a photo of you "biting" the Emmy! Viriditas (talk) 01:02, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting my edits for no reason

You deleted my edits on “list of viral music videos” for no reason. I did not give fake information, I added in songs that did go viral, but you removed them. There was nothing wrong with saying how many views music videos have, the sources I gave were reliable because if you go on youtube you can literally see how many views videos have. I can’t believe that you deleted every single one of my edits on “list of viral music videos” because I only put in true, valid information with reliable sources. You then decided to go through my “user contributions” and delete ALL of my edits on songs.Those edits had been there weeks and even months, and no one had a problem with them except for you. If there was something wrong with the sources, you could have told me to change them or changed them yourself. Instead, you literally REVERSED my edits, and you didn’t even give a reason. If there was really something wrong with my edits, other people would have deleted them WEEKS ago. I also do not appreciate the fact that you went through my “user contributions” and deleted most of my edits, that’s literally harassment. You then went on to THREATEN me and tell me I could be banned from editing ever again. I don’t know who you think you are, but you don’t own wikipedia and you can’t just remove valid information just because you don’t like it. I’ve looked at your “talk” section, and you’ve removed multiple valid edits from other people for no reason. Just so you know, I am NEVER editing ANYTHING on wikipedia EVER AGAIN, so you don’t have to threaten to ban me again. I also don’t want to reply to this. 86.14.56.93 (talk) 12:50, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted many of the same kind of contributions by other people as well. I'm not targeting you. My aim is to get rid of updating view count sourced directly from youtube.com, which can be gamed by paying youtube to get a falsely inflated count. The better source is an uninvolved third party reporting on views up to a certain time. Binksternet (talk) 13:12, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is a ridiculous reply. If you are not targetibg me, then there would be no reason for you to continue to look at my user contribution and reversing my edits. You didn’t even give an example of what “an uninvolved third party” is. Also, if the problem was my sources, or that I stated the amount of views that videos have, you could have removed that and kept in the other information. For example, instead of just removing the amount of views and the sources for “list of viral music videos”, you removed the actual songs I added in, which is unreasonable as those songs were viral. I have never seen anyone else remove amounts of views on wikipedia before, which shows that you came up with the idea that youtube is an unreliable source and wikipedia can never have amounts of views songs have. You also went through my user contributions and reversed my edits for “Nicki Minaj Pink Friday”, and said that she isn’t a singer, but even though she is mainly a rapper, she also sings in a lot if songs on Pink Friday. I don’t want you to look through my user contributions again. Also, if no one else had a problem with any of my edits which were there for months, that obviously shows that my edits were valid and were removed only because of your opinion. You do not own wikipedia, so there is no need for you to reverse edits just because you feel like it. You have made editing wikipedia a horrible experience for me, so I will never edit on wikipedia ever again; if I did, you would delete them and threaten to stop me from editing again. I also do wish to argue with a rude, opinianated, awful person like you, so I don’t want you to respond on this, and if you do, I won’t respond on here again. Thanks for making me decide to never edit on wikipedia ever again. This conversation is over. 86.14.56.93 (talk) 13:43, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible violation of privacy

Hello, I’d like to bring to your attention a recent edit made to Wikipedia talk:Long-term abuse/MariaJaydHicky. In my opinion, that kind of edit is inappropriate. Even assuming that this is the real identity of Maria, we shouldn’t be allowed to know it. I’m writing to you because I’m not sure how to proceed, and I don’t know whether I’m allowed to personally remove a comment from a talk page. Blueberry72 (talk) 22:06, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Completely out of line. I will get it revdeled. Binksternet (talk) 01:08, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quireboys

Thanks for reverting recents to this page on Wikipedia. As a result of your diligence,?it's now full of errors. Keep up the good work! 2A02:C7C:E3A5:7E00:255F:BCFA:4F02:1F4 (talk) 23:02, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just a thank you

Wow. I just logged in after a few days of not being here to see I had 25 notifications, due to a certain user's ill-informed reversion spree. (I see he has now been blocked.) Thank you for catching all of those and reverting them back so quickly, as well as attempting to explain to him why you did it, both in the edit histories and on his talk page. Saved me a lot of work. The Keymaster (talk) 06:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Constitutional Barnstar
		For your continued dedication to adhering to the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia, your swift reversal of problematic edits that do not conform to these standards, and your diligence in attempting to educate even the most difficult of editors, I would like to award you this barnstar! The Keymaster (talk) 06:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Much appreciated. Binksternet (talk) 12:14, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Knowles

Is your last name actually Knowles? If so I think that’s really cool! 750 h+ 16:49, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Haha! Yes, as far as I can tell, Beyoncé and I both descend from Edmund or Edmond "Old Silverhead" Knowles who was born in England in 1684 or 1685. When he was a teenager, Edmund sold himself into indentured servitude to buy passage in 1700 to the British colony of Virginia where he served out his duty and then married a Swedish immigrant in 1707 to start a long line of Knowles folk in Somerset County, Maryland. My own paternal line comes from a branch of poor farmers and simple laborers. Another branch got rich and bought slaves to work their land. Somewhere around the 1830s there was a baby boy born into slavery in Chattooga County, Georgia, named Henry Knowles likely after his White slaveowner father John Barnes Knowles or Knowls; Henry eventually started a family with the enslaved woman named Elmira, and had three children born as slaves and a fourth born to freedom in 1867. Circa 1830s is the farthest that Beyoncé's people can trace up the paternal Knowles line because of gaps in the record, and no written acknowledgement of Henry's father. John Barnes Knowles was definitely a descendant of Edmund Knowles; he may have impregnated a slave girl when he was in his teens to bring about the birth of Henry.

Beyoncé's maternal line also involves enslaved people.[3][4][5]

For many years my bank manager was a Black woman with the surname Knowles, a distant cousin to Beyoncé. She said that all the Black Knowles people from Texas are related, which is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration. Even though I'm undeniably White, this bank manager always said "Hello, cousin!" when I walked in. Funny stuff. We have the luxury today of laughing at the terrible history we share.

One of my most satisfying days mixing sound was for Fantastic Negrito when he was previewing the album release White Jesus Black Problems with his band (KQED Forum Live, 82 minutes). The album deals with the musician discovering his own slave heritage, and imagining what it must have been like for a Black enslaved man and an indentured White servant woman from Scotland falling deeply in love. Binksternet (talk) 17:41, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is really interesting, I love this. Thanks for telling me about this! 750 h+ 10:39, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What to do about User:93.131.202.104

This IP seems to have a legitimate point that, on several articles, WP:FRINGE is violated by comparing the pseudoscientific Schiller Institute with scientific views. The edit you reverted was problematic and not neutral, but I don't think this IP is WP:NOTHERE and, with a bit of explanation about using talk pages, following WP:BRD, and remaining civil, I think they could become genuinely a good contributor. What do you think? lp0 on fire () 19:42, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I applaud any effort to gently rein in an exuberant new editor with the intention of having them become a good contributor. Binksternet (talk) 19:49, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion without explanation

I would appreciate an explanation for this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star_(2hollis_album)&diff=next&oldid=1319056555 2A00:23C8:F11A:7801:7A85:68F1:3564:362F (talk) 19:48, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Because you added the unreferenced bit, "On some streaming services, Jonah Abraham has a writing credit on every track he produced; on others, he only has a writing credit on "Dream Rain Sports". At best, this is WP:SYNTH, at worst it is a violation of WP:No original research. Binksternet (talk) 19:53, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The entire track listing section is unreferenced. It's a track listing. If an album is worthy of a Wikipedia article, its track listing is a basic matter of fact. But since you're so insistent, I've added a link to both the Tidal and Spotify pages for the album so readers can compare. Since you ignored my reply to you on my talk page, let's talk about you reintroducing basic factual errors, horrible typos, and terrible Manual of Style-breaking formatting back into an article just because I was the one who fixed them 2A00:23C8:F11A:7801:7A85:68F1:3564:362F (talk) 20:03, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:Emily Neves § B-class/GA-class efforts

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Emily Neves § B-class/GA-class efforts. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:40, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invite. I am not as interested in voice actor biographies as I am in music topics and other stuff. Binksternet (talk) 05:43, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Afro fusion

Hi Binksternet, hope all is well on your end? I'd like you to review the Afro fusion article. I had issues with the page creator in the past. Some of the info in the article is not supported by the sources cited in the article. I nominated the article for deletion in the past and pointed out that the page creator gathered tons of random sources that mention the term "Afro fusion" and piece them together to create the article. The article lacks uniformity and extremely lengthy for no good reason. Majority of the info in the article is completely unnecessary. Versace1608 ^{Wanna Talk?} 15:47, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is the first I've seen that page. The topic, such as it is, can hardly be presented as anything other than a patchwork of contradictory sources. A quick look around the interwebs shows me that different authors offer very, very different answers. Some people think Afro fusion started with Fela Kuti in the 1960s because his Afrobeat genre was a fusion of various influences. Others think it started in the early 1970s with the emergence of makossa and highlife, or that Fela Kuti's Afro fusion happened in the '70s. One scholarly source talks about the Afro fusion dance practice of Sylvia Glasser in the 1970s,[6] which is a completely different topic. Another writer says that the modern Afrobeats genre is a form of Afro fusion starting around 2014.[7] The same timeframe is applied to the 2008 band Ghana Bigshots who put out their debut album in Germany in 2014.[8] Another paper says that modern Afro fusion gained prominence because of online streaming technology.[9] Ghana music professor John Collins has written about Afro fusion; he places the beginning at Fela Kuti.

It's clear that "afro fusion" can mean several things. First is the catch-all term of any fusion of African music with Western elements. Second is the dance form of Sylvia Glasser. Third is the 2010s modern afro fusion which is not well-defined. So how do we present these three ideas to the reader? Binksternet (talk) 16:21, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi, I have a quick question. You're reverting the text from the chart table "Chart performance for...", but why? It is a standard in the articles now. You must now that it's everywhere. Just few examples: "The Fate of Ophelia", "Abracadabra", "Manchild" and many more. Why you're reverting just my edits? Max24 (talk) 18:41, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you can show me the guideline representing a new consensus for headers which allows additions like this one of yours listing the topic in the header, which is redundant.

At the guideline page WP:HEADERS the text says "avoid redundantly including the subject's name in a header" which you have been ignoring. Everything else you have been putting in the header is redundant. It's just more clutter. Binksternet (talk) 17:51, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so I understand that now you will remove it from all other articles, because if not, it looks like you're just going after me, and you don't care for "redundant header" elsewhere, right? By the way, it's also in the albums chart tables, in the cefrtifications tables, in the release history tables etc. It's a lot. Max24 (talk) 18:54, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You were targeted today because you were adding a bunch this stuff in a row. In general I am aiming at all the music pages, but there are many thousands of them. Binksternet (talk) 18:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I will take care of Dion's pages. Thanks. Max24 (talk) 19:06, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HEADERS

Hello. Regarding your removal of table captions, I suggest using Template:Screen reader-only, which hides the caption from a sighted reader while allowing a screen reader to access it. This is utilized in numerous FLs. Medxvo (talk) 18:47, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Feel free to add your thoughts to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Tables#Should headers be mandatory on all data tables? Binksternet (talk) 18:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unconfirmed personnel sections

Hi Bink. Just to clarify, I had added the list of unconfirmed credits at Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. because they were listed in the 2007 deluxe edition liners as "unknown," and I cited that CD at the top of the personnel section. However, I can also see how listing unconfirmed credits is kind of a pointless waste of space and I could go either way on it. If you think it's a bad idea in general, I can go through and remove them from the other Monkees album pages as well.—The Keymaster (talk) 10:54, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was responding to a section that seemed to have no sourcing. I was wrong; I didn't know about the 2007 deluxe edition liner notes.

The "waste of space" is certainly an important factor that can be weighed. Can some of the information be prosified for context? Binksternet (talk) 14:18, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. I'm thinking about how best to present that information but failing to come up with anything. Honestly, it's kind of odd that those credits were even mentioned in Andrew Sandoval's liner notes if they cannot be confirmed. IIRC many of them even have question marks beside them, depending on which edition you look at. I suppose he just wanted to be as complete as he could be. The Keymaster (talk) 23:55, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gambino Family and Ghetto Organized

The user undoing the redirects here seems very tendentious and is refusing to listen to my explanations for the redirect, which include 1. that a consensus was reached and 2. that their undoing has not provided with any more sources. They keep stonewalling me with "I don't know what this user's problem is" and even violated WP:DTTR by warning me with the exact same template I warned them with.

I would note that Ghetto Organized supposedly has reviews from The Source and Robert Christgau, but I was unable to locate either. The inability to find a review from two major reviewers is pretty telling, is it not? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're right. The group page should not exist because of the discussion result on its talk page. Perhaps a more formal XFD process should be undertaken to poll more users. Binksternet (talk) 14:18, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The user is still edit warring and stonewalling. Should I send to ANI? Because sending to ANEW didn't do shit. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:37, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The album page has a small amount of merit because it charted. The band page must be deleted some way or another. I propose formal AFD. Binksternet (talk) 22:00, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Notification of 67 vandalism

Hi, B.
What you fixed in the Salt Lake City article was an instance of 6-7 (pronounced "six seven") vandalism. I stumbled over and fixed a second instance in the same article. This is a fairly recent internet meme, and is an example of nonsense spam. The article about it is 6-7 (meme). Blainster (talk) 03:10, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh boy, new methods of disruption. Binksternet (talk) 03:12, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Advance airfield for deletion

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Aviationwikiflight (talk) 07:54, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]