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Ok thanks, I"ll do that. Grey Wanderer (talk) 14:25, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

USD is United School District in city articles

USD does still NOT automatically mean dollars every where! USD stands for United School District in schools and cities of Kansas. Please fix articles that you broke last night. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 09:19, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

@Sbmeirow, thanks, sorry it was late. I found five errors and fixed them, I think that's it. You scared me when you said broke the article, usually people mean something major went wrong not a spare dollar sign that snuck in. Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:32, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

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Blue Springs

Please leave the Blue Springs page alone. I'm asking you nicel Y. That page has been like for well over a year. No issues until you got involved. The author was cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:3E4E:800:9C7E:7590:F757:F60A (talk) 23:23, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. There was no citation and the author has no article and their own website is not a reliable source as you should know because you read the policies the first time you were warned. Are you Denise Grover Swank or a family member? If so, you should read our conflict of interest policy in addition to the policies already linked when you were warned about sourcing. As stated repeatedly it doesn’t matter how long the article has been the way. Your edits have been reverted by three different editors so maybe pause and read up first before complaining. Grey Wanderer (talk) 23:41, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Removed my revision due to notability not established?

How do I establish notability for this? I am totally new here. I didn’t know how to add my father as a notable person born in Kahoka. I can send you his obit for verification of notability! Or perhaps other notable articles. Bkproz (talk) 19:14, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bkproz Welcome! I’ve left you message with some optional (but helpful) reading about editing on Wikipedia. If you want to add someone to a list of notable people they should ideally have an article about them. However, if you are able to find a WP:Reliable source that demonstrates WP:Notability and the connection to Kahokia you can add it as an inline citation or you can ask for help doing so at Talk:Kahoka, Missouri. Happy editing! Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:29, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Cerner edit

Hi there, Zane Burke left Cerner Wikipedia page back in November, but he is still listed on the sidebar under "Key People" on the Wiki page. Could you please remove him? Here is a link to the GlobeNewswire release announcing his decision to step down.

There is also a typo on the last sentence of the intro paragraph – "it's" should be "its".

For the record, I am an associate at Cerner. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks! - Patrick Prmulvihill (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Prmulvihill Thanks for the updated information, I’ve made the changes you suggested. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:22, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

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Fixed Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:31, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Columbia, Missouri has been nominated for deletion

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Thank you for the notice. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:17, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Cain

You put this in Missouri-related discussions but the college is in Illinois. asnac (talk) 12:11, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for checking, I have updated it to include Illinois. Jerry Cain was also in some Missouri categories and I’m usually working from that side of the border. Grey Wanderer (talk) 09:28, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

A Missouri kitten for you!

You've done a lot of tip top work on Missouri subjects, especially Kansas City. I wanted to ask if you have any particular goals and interests to collaborate on about KC. I need a real KC history enthusiast to consult with over time, to make topics more interwoven and complete. Columbia looks like a very nice place. Feel free to email me if you want to talk outside, or use our talk pages.

— Smuckola(talk) 03:58, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Hey there Smuckola! I was hoping you might want to collaborate after reading that Kansas City workhouse article—Right up my alley, and I had no idea it existed. Long-term my wiki goal is to get St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City up to FA-status, then tackling Missouri itself. On a smaller scale I’d really like to do an article on the 8th Street Tunnel/Streetcars to KCK in general, create UMKC conservatory of Music, improve the downtown article, FL the list of tallest buildings, improve Kansas City Jazz, I’m sure I’m forgetting some. The other big project, and I’ve seen you’re on this, is properly tagging all KC related article and assessing. Alas, I have not yet devoted as much time here as Stl and Como. My KC history knowledge is rough, but improving, although most people would probably say I’m a certified geek about it. I’m glad in general to see another active content creator around Missouri topics; there is certainly no shortage of work to be done. I tend to edit in spurts, but I am def open to collaboration and interested in hearing what’s on your to do list. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:48, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

@Grey Wanderer and Voidxor: Hi guys, I just started Wheatley-Provident Hospital because I was driving all around the city workhouse castle area, and stumbled upon this building three blocks away. So I went on that tangent. I've done massive total rewrites of several articles like the castle, and I've started some minor articles on famous subjects, but this is my first more publicly visible and permanently useful new one. The KC streetcars just got $50m in federal funding so there'll be more news, and yeah I hope to crawl 18th and Vine along the way to jazz history. ;) I even want to write the history of Worlds of Fun. Also, personally, we are painting an actual mural on a 49 foot wide wall in KC. I could see maybe possibly doing a list of all murals in KC and I wonder if anyone's done that for a metro. We already have a list of fountains. I hope you've been having fun lately. You've taken great pics long ago in Columbia so I hope you can reshoot those with a higher res camera while things are green and skies are blue. — Smuckola(talk) 20:41, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

You are doing it wrong

when you have a problem with a navbox being placed on an article. Fine. You are supposed to remove it on The template if you had an valid reason. Or just delete the whole navbox all by discussion in consensus. In your case you have an issue your baby project is Missouri. I get that. If the link is still in navbox then it should stay. Also Wikipedia and the navbox made it quite clear what the source was. Nowhere is it saying that it is connected to the great Lakes. It is saying that is indeed part of a commonly defined megaregion that one source that the navbox defined it as part of. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 22:38, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Please don’t take it personally, Jhenderson777, I also learned the hard way to be very selective about navboxes. Given the already crowded navbox landscape topics should be very closely related and in addition geographic areas should be well-defined and not speculative imo. I know you mean well so I figured you deserved a personal reason, in addition to the one I gave at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 July 31. You are correct that is the appropriate place for discussion. Grey Wanderer (talk) 00:06, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

We are good bro. Not taking it personal. If it gets deleted due to consensus it wouldn't have been the first time for me before either. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 00:12, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Pipe term

Since the problem seems to be the name of the article that is the main topic. What about a different name title while linking to an article? Examples include “cities near the Great Lakes along the Saint Lawrence River”. I need a smaller title but you get what I mean...I am trying to compromise to a more accurate geographic term to make a navbox on urban areas. I still feel that US and US borders cities that were tied to one source can belong on a navbox on helping navigate readers fluently. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 15:44, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

The title for me is less of a problem than how useful in navigation the box would be. Given the obscurity and vagueness of the subject I just don’t think many visitors would use such a box, especially with how many others there are. Let’t if we can get some other takes on the main discussion page, perhaps somebody will have a idea to merge or some better idea than I. Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:17, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Is this notable?

Outside of the discussion of that template. what about the Chi-Burgh region concept? If you don't know what that is. Here is sources. It's pretty much this but in another area. And here are sources that talk about it and others. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 19:44, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Boshwash is for sure widely known, idk about those others, Chi-Burgh doesn’t meat my personal criteria of either being a U.S Census defined region, particularly well-known, or at least a contiguous urban environment when talking about cities. I don’t have strong opinions on the notability of the subjects. Only the need/lack there of, for more nav templates in general. Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:22, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Ok I was just curious. BTW since you seem to know geography so I am wondering if you can answer this head scratching question. What metropolitan area would be the small circle inside the big circle below Chicago in this pic? Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 01:45, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Looks to be the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley, IL MSA. Grey Wanderer (talk) 02:35, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks I though so at first but I was surprised it fits the criteria of 150,000 population like the larger map noted. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 13:15, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Circles in image graph

Sorry to bother you again. In this pic Just making sure that is indeed Waterbury (or is it maybe Torrington or something else) West of Hartford and North of New Haven? Also South of California seems to be Palm Bay? Correct? I ask because that city is not even a CMA. so maybe I am wrong. Jhenderson ⁷⁷⁷ 18:53, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Apologies for the late reply, I’ve been very busy, you seem to have figured it out. Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Columbia, Missouri

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Addressed. Whole tree deleted. Grey Wanderer (talk) 15:50, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Mizzou WikiProject

I've recently written articles about two books published by the University of Missouri Press: The Collapse of Price's Raid and Price's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri. Would these be within the scope of the Mizzou project? Hog Farm _Bacon 04:31, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Indeed they would! You continue to amaze me. Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:24, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! I think one's in the project, I'll go add the other (I also created Category:University of Missouri Press books, so if you're aware of any other Mizzou Press books, please add them to that category). Hog Farm _Bacon 04:24, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

That category could see a lot of action in the future methinks. I’ll add stuff as I run across it. Grey Wanderer (talk) 12:49, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

University of Missouri Sustainability Office--Sustainability at American Colleges and Universities? DonneyC (talk) 07:19, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Crowder College

Hello. I am a non-traditional student at Crowder College. Next semester, I am considering editing the college's Wikipedia page as part of a class project.  DonneyC (talk) 08:43, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Hey DonneyC! That’s an excellent idea! Crowder College has a interesting history and its page is definitely due for an update/expansion. Let me know how I can help you in this goal if you decide to go after it. You’ve probably already read Enoch Crowder’s page. The ROTC building on Mizzou’s campus is named after him. I‘m also guessing you’re aware of his connection with Marching Mizzou and the University of Missouri School of Music. I own an old biography about him if you need me to look anything up, although I’m sure you could find a copy. Look forward to hearing from you. Grey Wanderer (talk) 15:59, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!! I am studying under the alternative energy program at Crowder College. At the very least, it would probably be good to create an article for the MARET Center. But, I have been considering creating an article called "Alternative Energy Education at Crowder College" and having a MARET Center section under that. Also, I want to keep in mind that the "alternative energy" hyperlink redirects to "sustainable energy". DonneyC (talk) 21:22, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

What would be necessary in order to start a WikiProject Crowder College? DonneyC (talk) 07:28, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Very interesting program, forward looking. Before creating a stand alone article I would suggest expanding the Crowder College article itself. Compare it’s length to other colleges, it could be ten times larger than it currently is without being too long. I am going to link you some Wikipedia basics on your talk page which could answer a lot of questions for you. If you do really want a stand alone article, there must be third-party reliable sources that demonstrate WP:Notability. I think sustainable energy is a good link for alternative energy, they do seem to essentially mean the same thing. I would caution you about forming a WikiProject, unless you think there are many other editors interested in the subject. I often kick myself for forming separate Columbia and Mizzou projects because there is so much overlap and they require a lot of work to keep active. You can read about WikiProject formation at WP:WikiProjects. Grey Wanderer (talk) 15:38, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm planning to start my class project soon. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated. DonneyC (talk) 22:37, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, could you weigh in on this article about St. Louisan up for deletion,Cara Spencer. Thanks Clearance Wood (talk) 18:15, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Done. thanks. Grey Wanderer (talk) 18:42, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

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		This barnstar is awarded to User:Grey Wanderer for his 1 drive by edit, cleaning up the webpage, and asking the eternal question, WHY? People like you, are the reason why Wikipedia look great. This includes edits in 2020 to Nightingale College. Thanks a lot for your drive by edits Infinitepeace (talk) 00:55, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

If you are interested in this subject, bored, a glutton for punishment, or just want to help a stranger out, take a look at the talk page... Have a great day either way man. Peace. I had the same question about the addition to the article also, the why template was appropriate. Infinitepeace (talk) 00:55, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Infinitepeace, sometimes you see a page that just needs to be reshuffled to look good. I'll take a gander over there although I don't know what help I can be. Grey Wanderer (talk) 01:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

thanks grey, appreciate your time and diligence! Infinitepeace (talk) 22:55, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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How do I get unblocked ?

Check out Wikipedia:Appealing a block. Grey Wanderer (talk) 05:35, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Images of Columbia, Missouri

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Columbia-related GAR

Grey Wanderer, I've recently sent an older GA to a good article reassessment at Talk:Slackers CDs and Games/GA2. It's for a video game retailer founded in Columbia, but the article hasn't been significantly updated since 2009. I've got no experience with video games outside a little Out of the Park Baseball, so I don't even know where to begin here. Does the Columbia connection catch your interest? Hog Farm _Talk 03:33, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Hog Farm, sorry for the late reply, life has been crazy. I agree with your assessment of the article. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to fix it up right now, I may revisit it in time. Given the rising standards for GAs since 2009 I think it ought to be delisted for now. Thanks for helping maintain quality. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:55, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Possible rollback in error

Just wondering if you meant to roll back my edit here. I've undid that revision, since it doesn't fall under the uses of rollback that are allowed under WP:ROLLBACKUSE. Seeing as how you seem to be an experienced editor, I hope this was an error and not a deliberate use of that tool. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:38, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Epicgenius, totally an error- fat fingers on a mobil phone. Thanks for your contribution. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:52, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem. Glad to see this is cleared up - I wrote the edit summary "inappropriate use of rollback" only so that, if I was wrong and you did actually have a legitimate reason to undo my edit, we could discuss it. Thank you for the clarification. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:57, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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		This is for reviewing Devil’s Icebox Cave. CycoMa (talk) 18:38, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks CycoMa. The Devil’s Icebox Cave has been on my to do list for a long time so I was very glad to see it created-and with pics! Grey Wanderer (talk) 02:19, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Honestly, I am surprised it wasn't created sooner. It is a pretty well-known cave in Missouri. It is unfortunate that you can't go inside it anymore.CycoMa (talk) 02:48, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Crevice cave

Hey there were you planning on writing an article for Crevice cave? It’s basically the longest cave in Missouri.CycoMa (talk) 11:15, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

CycoMa, that’s a new one to me. Definitely notable though as our longest cave. Have at it! Grey Wanderer (talk) 13:16, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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Hey. Grey Wanderer (talk) 07:53, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Category:LGBT culture in Columbia, Missouri has been nominated for deletion

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Ok Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:36, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Mayor of Columbia, Missouri

I just wanted to let you know that I have created Mayor of Columbia, Missouri which links from your workshop page as a redirect to the Columbia, Missouri article. Please feel to contact me, or change its designation as redirect page if you disagree with my actions.--TommyBoy (talk) 23:53, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, someday I’ll get around to making that a real article. Grey Wanderer (talk) 16:02, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site

Haven't ever been there (went to Mastodon, but didn't have time to take the further trip there), but went ahead and expanded it. There doesn't seem to be much that can be said about a 1.37-acre historic site that's just a cemetery overlooking the Mississippi, but thought I'd ask if you were familiar with anything else that could be added. I tried to dredge the internet for about all I could find in RS, but it still came up pretty thin. I think it says something that my old MO State Parks Centennial book from 2016 or so devotes three sentences to the site, and two of them are mainly about Gov. Dunklin himself. Hog Farm _Talk 05:43, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

I have turned over as little as you have. I have visited the site and found there was little signage. I have the same centennial book and will consult the rest of my library when I’m back at home as I’m currently overseas. Grey Wanderer (talk) 16:02, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Thanks for the heads up. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:13, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Unsourced content

Please don't add unsourced content, especially to biographies of living people. You need to cite your source when you add content like this. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:10, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Only quotes and contentious material require sources according to the policy you cite. I simply didn’t think attending a high school in the town she was born in would be so, but if you’re overly suspicious I can’t blame you. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:17, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Kansas citt 1225

You must really hate me, I was angered I was blocked, I tried getting unblocked but couldn't unless it was a topic ban. 2603:8090:C00:543E:92:1F48:7C0C:6F07 (talk) 05:45, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Nah, you’re a nice diversion from the usual boredom. I’ve been watching your edits since July, and it seemed cruel to let you continue adding nonsense that’s just going to be deleted so I figured it was time to intervene while I still remembered all your edits. Cheers! Grey Wanderer (talk) 06:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

So am I blocked or banned ? You keep saying Im banned. You clearly know it's not nonsense, it's very well referenced. I was just thinking of taking a break for 6 months and then trying to get unblocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8090:C00:543E:61BA:9EEE:99F8:D1CE (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

@Kansascitt1225: You're indefinitely blocked, though I’m not entirely clear on the difference between the two. The most important thing for you is to learn to understand from other's points of view. Unless you demonstrate that skill I will advocate for a Kansas City area topic ban as part of your unblock requirements. Grey Wanderer (talk) 13:56, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Dear Grey Wanderer, I see you've been saying in recent edit summaries that you're vigilant in reverting this user as described in WP:DENY or WP:SOCKPUPPET, and mentioning checkuser. I have seen such edits lately on Kansas City, Missouri, Johnson County, Kansas, and Kansas City metropolitan area. I just wanted to verify that you've been actually submitting checkuser requests to verify all these recent IP edits, so that I can help revert them. And I want to remind you to do that stuff and let admins handle it, instead of being trolled afoul of WP:3RR which swings both ways. The user's page has no link to the sockpuppet case but I found this via google here which doesn't have any further records. Are you able to keep those up now, so I can maybe help with the reverts? I don't know the procedure and interface for sockpuppets, or if I'm just supposed to make a new entry at WP:SPI. Thanks a lot. Wow what a huge waste of your admirable vigilance and talents! — Smuckola(talk) 07:15, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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Addressed, no longer orphaned. Grey Wanderer (talk) 02:20, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi

Hello Grey Wanderer. Just thought I'd send you some WikiLove, since it seems you were treated unnecessarily harshly in the initial replies of the recent AfD. All the best, MrsSnoozyTurtle 03:36, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

@MrsSnoozyTurtle: Thanks! I should have more throughly described the sourcing issues in my nomination and probably could have avoided the negative, knee-jerk, reactions. All in all it was probably the best discussion I’ve ever had in AfD, and I learned some things about source hunting- I’ll call that a win, no matter the outcome. Grey Wanderer (talk) 18:15, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Familiar with legal concepts?

I just finished up Macks Creek Law. I've got a significant background in government finance, but very weak in law and legislation, so I was wondering if you'd be able to check my work on this. Hog Farm _Talk 03:44, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

@Hog Farm: Alas, I have no formal training in law, but I did take a look at the article. It looks good to a lay reader. I made some small copy edits, for typos and readability; I'm not attached to my changes so feel free to revert for any reason. Funny, I passed through Macks Creek the day I got your message. Merry Christmas! Grey Wanderer (talk) 23:45, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

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You have edited at least 3 times in the last few days without logging in to your account, including twice in project space. Please be more careful or you and/or your IP may be blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:14, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks. Grey Wanderer (talk) 18:16, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

@Bbb23: you reference the sock policy, I don't see intention to mislead here, if you do please show me where. All three edits were corrected and signed with my logging in account (within two min). I've been having trouble with my mobile device, but think I've figured out the problem. Am I doing something else wrong? Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:23, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't see any intention to mislead, either. I think what annoyed me the most were your IP's edits to WP:AN, the fact that after you refactored your comment and I reverted you, you did the same thing again 7 minutes later, which I also reverted. It's true that on the article Talk page you signed the IP's edit with your username right after, but the edits at AN were not like that. You posted a comment with your username and then edited that comment twice after. Generally, you should never edit project space without logging in because it appears like an attempt to avoid scrutiny, even if it is not. Anyway, I don't think you need to fret about my warning here...I'm satisfied that everything you did was in good faith... just be a little more careful.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:44, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Ok, no worries now, thanks for the clarity. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:30, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Review Draft RfC

As a courtesy, I'm informing you that I intend to post this RfC and I'm requesting your comment. If you have any objections and/or suggestions for revision, let me know. NickCT (talk) 15:52, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I'm happy with how you've presented it and will make a comment once the RFC is posted. Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:09, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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Sources for PSN

For sourcing for a musical artist's discography, is Spotify a usable source? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eyefour4444 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Eyefour4444:, Good question. You can reference the recording itself as a basic source for its existence. I think best to avoid Spotify as it's not particularly hard to get one's music on there and the recordings can speak for themselves. (Plus it's just good to learn how to reference a recording. See MOS:DISCOGRAPHY, Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/Article guidelines for more detailed information. Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:12, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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