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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! (chat) techatology 12:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Techatology! Thanks for the prompt review and feedback. Your comment on the article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Eileen McGann was, "add references in discography section." By that, do you mean simply citations to her website, where the albums/CDs are available for sale? I've referenced her website already in the "External Links" reference section. Should I add a specific link to her "Albums" page within her website, where the albums and CDs appear for sale? Some of her older albums/CDs may be out of production by this time. Also, some of her CDs are (were?) available on Amazon.com and CDUniverse.com. Should I include those links as well? Or, were you looking for an advanced, tabular layout for the discography, with full linkages, á la Loreena McKennitt#Discography? If so, frankly I was hoping that I (or some other fan) could do that after the initial article had been posted...?

In short, I'm not sure what constitutes a valid, reliable reference for a discography? I've looked at Loreena McKennitt#Discography and Kris Kristofferson discography. I don't see (or didn't notice) any references on them, other than wikilinks to Wikipedia articles on each individual album--which I intend to produce in the fullness of time. I've also searched within "Help" and not found any specific style guides for discographies within artist articles. I did find two references within WikiProject--one is dormant--and both refer to, I believe, discographies as explicit Wikipedia articles, not discography sections within artist articles. In any event, I note the following [from Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style#Citations and references sub-section 2.1 "General references"], "For the establishment of the general releases in a discography – that a certain release exists, was released in the first place, and is a part of the artist's body of work – general sources, as opposed to in-line citations, are sufficient. For additional non-contentious facts such as release date, record label, and catalog number, general sources are also acceptable."

Would you mind clarifying for me what sort of references you are looking for? (And where you would expect to see/ find them within the article?

Thanks -Spartan26 (talk) 08:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would just like to see the reference on where did you get all the list of songs that you put in the discography section. (chat) techatology 23:12, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Techatology, I've included a direct link to Eileen McGann's website page that contains all of her recordings. I've also included her pages on AllMusic.com and Discogs.com, but noting that those entries are incomplete and with some errors. I would also have you note that Eileen McGann is the sole proprieter of her own label, Dragonwing Music, which has very limited distribution at the moment. Nevertheless, her albums are available directly through her website. I point this out in hopes of obviating any suggestions that her article is "advertising" by others (and, thus, being flagged for deletion by them), because I included the very reference which you asked for. I appreciate your thoroughness and advice in making the article better. Thanks. -Spartan26 (talk) 05:29, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 08:07, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Arctic Kangaroo,

Your comment on my Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Eileen McGann is that I "have not addressed the previous comment." Please review my talk with Techatology, above. I believe that I have addressed his comments, as you might have seen if you had compared the history of the article from when he made his comment to the 'current' edition. I will ask you the same question that I asked him: What sort of references are you looking for and where would you propose that I put them? (Given that, as far as I can tell, no other artist has significant references for their albums within their discography section. Furthermore, I reiterate the only policy/ style guidelines that I have been able to find, which indicate that, to paraphrase, "General references are sufficient for a discography.") Thanks for your help. -Spartan26 (talk) 08:32, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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