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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:42, 7 January 2022 (UTC) (Leave me a message)[reply]

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February 2022

Hello. Some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to Politics (song), have conflicted with our neutral point of view and/or verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you seek consensus for certain edits by discussing the matter on the article's talk page. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 04:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 2022

Please refrain from adding, removing or changing genres, as you did to Sound of Madness, without providing a source or establishing a consensus on the article's talk page first. Genre changes to suit your own point of view are considered disruptive. Thank you. Magatta (talk) 13:36, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edit reversion

In this edit here, I reverted some information that appears to be a violation of our copyright policy.

I provided a brief summary of the problem in the edit summary, which should be visible just below my name. You can also click on the "view history" tab in the article to see the recent history of the article. This should be an edit with my name, and a parenthetical comment explaining why your edit was reverted. If that information is not sufficient to explain the situation, please ask.

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Professional reviews

Hey, I saw that you added https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84216/Chevelle-Wonder-Whats-Next/ as a review. You'll notice that it reads "USER" next to the reviewer's name. The other types are CONTGRIBUTOR (https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84746/The-Linda-Lindas-Growing-Up/) STAFF (https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84753/Patrick-Watson-Better-In-The-Shade/) and EMERITUS (https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/28205/Scarface-Emeritus/). Only the latter two are acceptable. User reviews never are. I think Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources explains this as well. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:17, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

thank you BlinkSulfate (talk) 04:22, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SUBCAT

Before adding genre categories, always ensure that the band's songs are not already in a subcategory of said category, as per WP:SUBCAT. For example, for Evanescence, Category:Evanescence songs is a subcat of American hard rock songs, post-grunge songs, nu metal songs, and alternative metal songs; therefore, you don't need to add these four genre categories to their articles. Similarly, to explain this edit, Category:Creed (band) songs is a subcat of American hard rock songs, American alternative rock songs, and post-grunge songs, so refrain from adding these three genre cats. Thank you. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 10:52, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

is it unnecessary ? BlinkSulfate (talk) 11:09, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's unnecessary. Make categories as specific as possible unless talk page consensus decides against it. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 12:54, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

well, okay then, but if the song was totally uncategorized, i mean like it's only showing artist/band's songs and year's songs, is it okay to categorize it based on it's genre ?, thank you BlinkSulfate (talk) 13:14, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if it shows the band's category and the year, it's not totally uncategorized. You can add genre cats as long as the band isn't under a subcategory, but categories don't make the article; the article does. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 14:11, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

well thank you for your explanation, really helpful! BlinkSulfate (talk) 14:16, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

October 2022

Hello. Some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to Strike a Nerve, have conflicted with our neutral point of view and/or verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you seek consensus for certain edits by discussing the matter on the article's talk page. Thank you. Ss112 22:54, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

oh, i'm sorry, alright then i'll put the reliable source later, thanks for reminding BlinkSulfate (talk) 04:16, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from adding, removing or changing genres without providing a source or establishing a consensus on the article's talk page first. Genre changes to suit your own point of view are considered disruptive. Thank you. FMSky (talk) 02:47, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for reminding BlinkSulfate (talk) 15:43, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Until the End

I'm not trying to get into an edit war, but I want to know why you reverted an edit I made last May? I believe that all music articles should have to source their genres so that people can't just claim whatever genre they feel like. Breaking Benjamin is a noted alternative metal band, but it should still have a source. yawaraey (talk) 01:49, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not trying to get into an edit war either, alright, thanks for reminding BlinkSulfate (talk) 02:18, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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