User talk:KiwiJeff
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Hello. You recently added a citation to a book by Alphascript Publishing to this article. Unfortunately, this is not a reliable source as the text derives entirely from Wikipedia; this is a circular reference. See WP:ALPHASCRIPT. I've only removed the reference, not the text it was referencing.
Another source to be wary of is the "Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" series published by Icon Group International as their books are computer-generated, with most of the text copied from Wikipedia (most entries have [WP] by them to indicate this, see e.g. [1]). Fences&Windows 15:49, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank You
[edit]Dear KiwiJeff, thank you for your friendly message in response to my edits on the best-selling singles of all time; it took me a long time to research and cogently organise all the information on the subject before I was able to add it to Wikipedia, and I am glad that someone appreciates it! I was simply frustrated that the statistics on the articles of "White Christmas," "Candle in the Wind 1997" and "the best-selling singles of all time" seemed to be changing on a nearly daily basis, and none of them seemed to have any compelling citations to verify the ever-changing information, so I thought it was about time someone found a reliable source to end the confusion. As to whether only Bing Crosby's original 1942 recording of "White Christmas" was counted in the Guinness statistic or whether it included sales for all of Crosby's versions combined, I am not 100% sure. However, the Guinness Book of World Records 2009 edition states that, including all of Crosby's versions of the song, sales have exceeded an estimated 100 million, whereas the Guinness Book of Records 2008 states that Crosby's 1942 recording has exceeded 50 million copies, which seems to suggest to me that the 50 million figure cited as the "best-selling single of all time" is only for his 1942 recording of the song. R.h.c.afounder1 (talk) 00:10, 28 July 2010 (UTC)