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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you've been creating a number of short articles for various hit songs. I just wanted to give you two or three tips that will help make your work more accessible and visible to the rest of Wikipedia.
Remember to categorize the article. Most importantly, add [[Category:XXX songs]] where XXX is the name of the band or recording artist. You can also add [[Category:YEAR songs]] where YEAR is the release year. The latter may seem a little silly as these categories are typically huge and hard to browse but they are useful for automated bots and for people using the CatScan tool. (For an example of categories added, see for instance what I added to your article Pincushion (song)).
I see that you're already using {{music-stub}} which is good, although {{song-stub}} is more precise and more useful to others.
Lastly, you can add to the talk page of the article the following tag: {{songs|class=stub}} which, again, is useful for bot-maintained statistics. (I also did this for Talk:Pincushion (song).)
You're welcome. I've gone ahead and fixed a few of your earlier contributions in this way. Of course, adding these categories and tags is good when you create articles but don't hesitate to add these when you find them missing from articles you happen to read! Cheers, Pascal.Tesson (talk) 05:40, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, please adhere to the suggestions left for you above - you're still creating song articles without adding any categories. Thanks. - eo (talk) 03:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please also do not put self-links into articles.... Use boldfacing in the opening sentence to highlight the song title. There is no need for a wikilink to be placed for itself in the article. - eo (talk) 03:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Again, please, when creating song articles, remember to add categories to the article. Aside from being important to Wikipedia formatting and organization, this will prevent other editors from having to clean up articles after you. Thanks again. - eo (talk) 17:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, thanks for the response. Categories and stubs are easily added... in fact Pascal.Tesson's instructions above are very good, a very basic category add would be to add the year of the single release or group it with the artist, such as "Category:OMD songs" (replacing the quotes with double-brackets). A good thing to do is look at an article for a different OMD song, put the article into edit mode, scroll to the bottom and look at how the categories are formatted. Stub tags can be added easily too, and there are plenty to choose from.
Regarding the speedy-deletion tag below, I don't have anything to do with that, but instructions are shown below about how you can hold off on the deletion process. Thanks. - eo (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Porcupine (prickle me!·contribs·status) 15:48, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Williamwade (talk) 23:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs18:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Dustitalk to me16:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. If you start a line with # then the MediaWiki software will interpret it as the start of a numbered list. If you want to avoid this, the surest way is to use the nowiki syntax: if you write <nowiki> # </nowiki> then your line will start with the # symbol, for example:
# See? it works.
When you edit a page, there's an edit toolbar that appears above the text box. The 9th button in the toolbar is a red cross-out circle which allows you to do this. Pascal.Tesson (talk) 15:04, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I've noticed that you are removing all references in music articles that list the chart position on the BillboardMainstream Rock Tracks. Can you please explain why? This is a recognized and approved chart for use on Wikipedia - see WP:CHART for more. It appears you have removed these details from many articles, including those such as "Fortress Around Your Heart" and "Separate Ways" which reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock charts and are included in the related category (Category:Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one singles). If there is a discussion or Project page with consensus regarding this change, please advise where to find it.
While I'm here - please remember to explain your changes in the "Edit Summary" when making edits so that other editors know what your changes were, per Wikipedia policy WP:ES and WP:EP
Thanks. - Z00ropean (talk) 03:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again, thank you for your quick reply. I'm sure you meant no harm with the removals, and yes I think this would be good information to have. Especially for those song/album articles that fit into the "#1 on the chart" category. On a side note, if you want to talk with other editors in the various music projects, be sure to check out the WP:ALBUM homepage, and the related talk page Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums, where many of these topics are discussed. I think you might also be interested in the WP:SONGS project too. Thanks. Z00ropean (talk) 23:26, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Dustitalk to me 16:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)