Talk:Bo Burnham (album)

formatting changes and unreferenced information

I appreciate that B633980v (talk · contribs) is trying to improve the article in their own manner, but they're also introducing stylature inconsistencies and unreferenced information into the article. I've reverted their most recent changes and will explain them here.

1. Citations to reliable sources should never be removed as it leaves information in the article unverified and unsuitable for Wikipedia. Inversely, information should not be included in the article that is not verified by a similar citation.
2. According to WP:CITECONSENSUS, "editors should not change an article with a distinctive citation format to another without gaining consensus." This article makes thorough usage of citation templates to provide the reader, researcher, and vetter with the most thorough and comprehensive citations available. Removing them makes the article less comprehensive and less helpful/useful to the end user.
3. WP:ALBUMS#Track listing first recommends using a numbered list excepting "more complicated situations" and the like. The former allows supplemental information such as song details (which B633980v has removed without comment) that have no other home since the songs are not individually notable.
4. I appreciate B633980v's inclusion of Billboard charting information, and have restored the proper full citation to that website. WP:CHARTS details that the superscripted citation links belong in the left column after the chart's name (with no space) as opposed to with the chart position in the righthand column.

A lot of changes were reverted, but they all fall into the categories I've listed here. This is the D portion of the WP:BRD cycle, and would rather discuss the matter here rather than continue to revert another's contributions. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 21:11, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Unpublished Information I Feel Is Being Left Out & Misc Topics

The DVD listing of the album should be on here, as well stop changing the information of RIAA certification. The album has only sold over 50,000 copies NOT 500,000. Meaning the DVD has been certified Gold under the Video Longform certification category. Also the bullet point information underneath the tracks is unnecessary, and can already be found in the Bo Fo Sho article. Finally my organization of the article is more understandable then contributions of previous viewers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by B633980v (talk • contribs) 02:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

A DVD doesn't typically have tracks like a CD does, and listing it like that is disingenuous. Previously, I hadn't found any reliable sources for the DVD content beyond Amazon.com's listing of "Burnham's Comedy Central Presents special, all of his YouTube videos, and other performances." However, I've incorporated a new source that lists all four entries.

I'd missed the "video longform" note at the RIAA website, and updated the page with that. The article about the longform certification (Recording Industry Association of America#Video Longform certification) notes it qualifies for "DVD and VHS releases, and certain live albums and compilation albums". Since this is a live album, and the RIAA says it's certifying "BO BURNHAM", I wrote it that its certifying the album and not the accompanying DVD.

The additional information pertains to the tracks in this album, and the songs themselves aren't notable enough to warrant their own articles. The editing policy instructs to preserve information were its appropriate. — Fourthords ^{| =/\=} | 06:35, 3 January 2011 (UTC)