User talk:Mike45ij

July 2012

Please do not add youtube links to "full album downloads", like you did at Breaking Benjamin. Not only does that not belong on Wikipedia, but it is also an obvious copyright issue. Please stop. Thanks! Sergecross73 msg me 13:25, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you look back at the edit history, I only removed your information the times you provided a Youtube link. I didn't remove this one. That being said, I do agree with it's removal, it's rather pointless to say "There's an interview that talks about the band's status". Wouldn't it make more sense to actually say new information is? My recommendation would be to find a reliable source that states what the actual new information is. (Hint: Youtube's not a reliable source. There's too much unverifiable/fake information on there.) Sergecross73 msg me 14:11, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Because Youtube isn't typically a reliable source. There are copyright concerns. Since you were also randomly placing "full album downloads" in the article as well, it seems like a pretty safe bet that you fully disregard copyright concerns.
- Additionally, I removed what you wrote today because all it says is that he doesn't know. What's the point in even mentioning it then?
- Again, if you want to add to the article, please find something that qualifies as a reliable source. A music website or something. Sergecross73 msg me 16:25, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Downloads or not, adding random links in articles to unofficial Youtube "full album listens", like you added in this edit, are still copyright violations all the same, and not appropriate to randomly throw into article.
  - Secondly, it doesn't matter how many people, for whatever reason, are happy to hear the drummer has no idea on the status of the band, you need to supplya source that Wikipedia deems reliable before it can be included in the article. Or it will continue to be removed.
  - Thirdly, stop with this silliness of regarding accepting apologies that were not given, or threats that this is not to happen again. It's not helping your case. Sergecross73 msg me 13:09, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Breaking Benjamin has been reverted.
Your edit here to Breaking Benjamin was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6dd-AJh3UE) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original.
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