User talk:Category adder/Archive 2

Sources

Hi, I'm gonna ask you just a little favor: next time you add a citation, improve the details (first and last name of the author, date). Change "2021-02-28" to "February 28, 2021" or "28 February 2021".

Example: more of this > or

and less of this >

Another example: my edition on Sister Christian.

I don't think this is a rule on Wikipedia, but, as I said, I'm just asking a favor. In my beginning here, I used to do the same.

Thanks, --Marcos FTO (talk) 15:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Ok. Category adder :D (talk) 16:56, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

References

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Genres

Greetings—it's good to see you around. I feel as though we're largely on the same page when it comes to sourcing all these genres, but I have disagreed with a couple of your reverts of my additions, namely at Skid Row and Extreme. Could we collaborate a bit on these first, rather than outright revert each others' additions? We're not genre warriors here—that much is clear. I'm good with sticking to the source material just like you are, but we appear to be diverging on how liberally or strictly we're intrepreting the content. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 19:01, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Just as I write that, you revert again within mere minutes. Could you slow your roll a bit? Also, your tone—"Listen,"—is bordering on incivil. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 19:02, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I wasn't saying that in a rude or demanding way, I was simply asking you to read my edit summary, I apologize if I came off as rude, your sources you're providing are just simply not definitive enough to warrant adding those genres to the selective pages, I'd happily collaborate with you, I don't mean to start anything either Category adder :D (talk) 19:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

It's OK. You're otherwise doing excellent work in collating references for all these articles. I was just a bit surprised because I genuinely considered the refs I added for Extreme and Skid Row to be sufficient in labelling them as such, whilst being mindful of WP:SYNTHESIS. I'll get back to them another time. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 19:15, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I'd be glad to help you find more definitive sources if you want me to Category adder :D (talk) 19:19, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Incorrect use of sources

Can you explain why you're adding "glam metal" to articles and providing sources that don't actually support that addition? For example, here and here, the term "glam metal" isn't even mentioned in these sources. It is very tiresome for editors to have to look through these and discover that you've incorrectly used sources. I see that you have been warned in the past for unsourced or poorly sourced edits; if you don't stop this immediately you will be blocked. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 20:18, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Both of those sources say pop-metal, which on the page for glam metal is listed as a synonym, I mean no harm with my edits, if needed I can revert any edits deemed poorly sourced Category adder :D (talk) 20:30, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

That's not a helpful change. In any event, these are very poor quality sources. Just because some random writer for the Orlando Sentinel said it was "pop-metal" doesn't make it so. We should be looking for high-quality sources from notable music journalists, otherwise the change you make is not really worth the effort. I'd recommend focusing your efforts on improving the sourcing on these articles and not just genre tinkering with poor quality sources. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 14:17, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Alright, I'll slow down on genre changes, and just try to help fix articles sourcing and pages for a while. Category adder :D (talk) 14:36, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm really not feeling this one which calls Yngwie Malmsteen glam metal of all things. What on Earth is Penn Live and what are Chris Mautner's credentials in music journalism? If my above sources for Extreme and Skid Row were revert-worthy (and I still don't think they were), then this source is SERIOUSLY clutching at straws. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 18:34, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Tagging pages for deletion

Hello, Category adder,

Please remember to note in the edit summary what you are doing every time you tag a page for deletion (CSD, PROD, AFD/TFD/CFD/etc.). And also notify the page creator of the tagging. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:42, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

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"Metal" versus heavy metal

Can you explain your thinking on this edit? The source is a list of "metal" albums which you have interpreted as straight heavy metal, even though they include a wider range, "from grindcore and death metal to the emergent power metal movement." Thanks. Binksternet (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I think they're putting all of the albums under the heavy metal banner for those lists, and just putting aside the sub-genres while listing them out. Category adder :D (talk) 00:37, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

I don't think the list is good enough to say an album is specifically in the heavy metal genre, rather than in glam metal or thrash metal or whatever else. The source should say "heavy metal" explicitly for the album in question. Not just "metal". Binksternet (talk) 03:06, 9 April 2021 (UTC)