Paranoid90

Taking Over

I will keep removing that source until you get a better one. At no point within that interview is it stated explicitly that the album sold whatever amount of copies. Do a search for "Taking Over" in that interview. Seriously, check for it. Done that? Now read this: WP:SYNTHESIS. At NO POINT does it say "Taking Over sold x amount of copies". You'll have to find something better if you want it to stay in the article. Find something from Blabbermouth, RIAA, etc. if you want to definitively prove the sales figures, because just piecing together a bunch of stuff about Atlantic/Megaforce is not going to cut it. How is the reader supposed to know about all that? Their main concern, when looking at the source, is whether it matches what is stated on the Wikipedia article. Right now, it does not. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 17:16, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

It does not matter what he says about Atlantic. How is a first-time reader of the article meant to know what about the Atlantic/Megaforce thing? Imagine I'm a first-time reader of the article—I see a sales figure quoted, so I'm going to check the source to see if it clearly says that. Well, it does not. At what point does he say "Taking Over sold x amount of copies"? Nowhere. He just mentions Atlantic, and something about pennies, which does NOT directly support the quote of "As of 2011, Taking Over had sold over 100,000 copies in the U.S." All you are doing is piecing together differently bits of information to arrive at a conclusion. Lemme point you to WP:SYNTHESIS again. It is up to you to find another source which actually says, "Taking Over has sold x amount of copies", and not some random quip from Rat Skates talking about his royalty checks. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:52, 31 December 2013 (UTC)