User talk:KY Coal

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Bontrager Family Singers

Hi, I have noticed your latest edits to this article. Are you a member or related to them? I ask because unless you have expressed permission to list all these minor children and their birthdays I would not. Per WP:DOB and per our care in guarding Biographies of Living Persons this seems unwise. I have not yet reverted this, but another editor may as a violation of our policies. I see the biographical details are on the band's personal website, but have they been published widely elsewhere in reliable sources? Even the infobox you are using :Template:Infobox musical artist cautions to add only year: for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB The link to their website is already in the infobox. Thanks. Fylbecatulous talk 17:47, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

"No, I am not related to the Bontragers. They give this information on the Bontragers' website.KY Coal (talk) 18:20, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Having information on their website is not the same as giving permission to Wikipedia. Please fix this ASAP. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 18:42, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

May 2016

Hello, I'm Sundayclose. I noticed that you made a change to an article, William Sidell, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Sundayclose (talk) 18:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I added him to Category:Belmont High School (Los Angeles, California) alumni, based on his name being in the article itself. KY Coal (talk) 23:40, 24 May 2016 (UTC).

That's a circular argument and meaningless. You can't state in his article that he went to Belmont High School simply because his name is listed (unsourced) in Belmont's article. Sundayclose (talk) 02:03, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Laser brain. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on The Political Cesspool, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Laser brain (talk) 23:49, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to The Political Cesspool. Thank you. Laser brain (talk) 00:34, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

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