User talk:Pompous Retail

Hi - regarding Greg Wells’s Wiki page, we are aware it’s not for promotion and simply want accurate facts listed. You have said he is also known as Silias Loder. He recorded a record in 1995 that was never commercially released, and the name of the record was Silas Loder, not Silias Loder. To edit Wikipedia and say that Wells is known as a misspelled unreleased album title is a headscratcher. You have changed Wells’ album sales from 130 million to 13 million. Another baseless headscratcher. He is professionally known as, and has always been called since birth, Greg Wells. You can list his full given birth name but should also acknowledge that his Grammy award says Greg Wells and every credit he’s ever had says Greg Wells. Let’s please resolve this amicably. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.49.229.25 (talk) 17:26, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Note on your activity on associated acts

Travis w/ Bieber:- Maria I'm drunk,second emotion,No sense
Halsey w/ Bieber:- Earth,The feeling
Lil Wayne w/ Bieber :- Backpack,I'm the one

Please do some research and make sure that you meet the criteria before modifying associated acts in ANY artist's page. Thank you.Jennythute678 (talk) 19:52, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kehlani

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Another note on your activity on associated acts

You removed several associated acts in relation to Blackbear. Please do not modify associated acts without doing proper research in order to meet the criteria. You removed acts that are very much associated with Blackbear.

Machine Gun Kelly - "End of the Road" and "My Ex's Best Friend"
Gucci Mane - "do re mi"
Tiny Meat Gang - "Short Kings Anthem"

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Bare URLs

Hi Pompous Retail. I refer to your edit here: [1]. Please don't use Bare URLs on Wikipedia for reasons as explained at Wikipedia:Bare URLs.

Also as I've mentioned on that articles talk page, the list isn't a collection of everyone who has been able to get media coverage of a prediction, it's a collection of notable predictions and predictions from notable people. The Begley prediction is neither, so it doesn't belong. Damien Linnane (talk) 07:17, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I refer to this edit: [2]. While it's certainly better than nothing to include the article's title (rather than just the Bare URL), it's best if you include as much detail about the source as possible, including information such as the date of publication and the author. It's best to use an approved format like Template:Cite web, and fill out as many parameters as possible (sometimes you won't be able to fill out everything, for example if an article isn't attributed to a particular staff member, but fill out as much as you can.)

As per WP:COMMONNAME, please refer to people by their commonly used names, not their birth names. Don't pipe 'Bryson Potts' to NLE Choppa, just call him NLE Choppa period.

Most importantly, please read WP:Original research. The source you used doesn't appear to mention anything about DNA or make comparisons between this so called 'new earth' and the Christian rapture. Please just stick to the details in the actual sources you provide, without adding your own opinions on what they mean. I'd argue this prediction isn't of an apocalyptic event anyway though. He doesn't clarify what the 'new earth' is, or what not making it there means exactly. Do those of us 'left behind' die or just continue living as we have been? That question is rhetorical, as it essentially doesn't matter what either of our opinions on the matter is. The source needs to be clear that we're talking about an apocalyptic event, otherwise I'd argue it's unusable. Damien Linnane (talk) 22:35, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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