Hello, I'm Dan56. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Classic rock seemed less than neutral, and the content you removed has been restored, as it is supported by reliable sources cited in one of the article's sections. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Dan56 (talk) 19:27, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- It's chosen for its appeal to and popularity among the target audience/demographic: white males. Your reasoning is splitting hairs. Dan56 (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- "Classic rock" is a radio format, not a music genre; reggae is a music genre. You're comparing apples to oranges. The article is not saying what you are saying it implies. It is summarizing observations by academics and scholars, observations that are actually the case, are voiced by multiple high-quality sources, and seem to discomfort you. Dan56 (talk) 03:18, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- MOS:LEADNO: "According to the policy on due weight, emphasis given to material should reflect its relative importance to the subject, according to published reliable sources. This is true for both the lead and the body of the article … to harmonize coverage in the lead with material in the body of the article." Dan56 (talk) 03:40, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- I am sorry to hear that a connection between a serious issue (like race) and a radio format discomforts you. Especially given that radio formats are a particular branch of marketing for the music industry, and marketing often involves demographic profiles of consumers like you. And given that music chosen as "classic rock" almost always comes from the UK and the US. And given that historically and still, the US has a racially and ethnically diverse population and a large immigrant population, yet (for some reasons) this was not translated to representation in the commercially successful album-oriented rock of the '60s-'90s, later canonized and rebranded as "classic" by white-male-proprietaries like Lee Abrams and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I am sorry to hear you are discomforted for the slightest mention of race, for two extra words, "white male", to have been mentioned in the second sentence of the third paragraph of an article that is otherwise skimpy on critical thinking about the article's topic. Dan56 (talk) 05:28, 31 August 2019 (UTC)