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Conflicting information on who the song is about?[edit]

On Taylor's wiki page, it says:

The second single from the Taylor Swift album, "Teardrops On My Guitar", was released February 24, 2007. The song was inspired by a true event during her time in high school in which she liked a boy named "Drew Hardwick". He only saw Swift as a friend and a go-to person for advice about his relationship with his girlfriend. She noted she heard "through the grapevine" that Drew is well aware the song was written about him.[12]

On this page:

In a behind-the-scenes video, Taylor discusses that the song was written about a boy she met at a Pittsburgh Steelers football game. To this day she wishes he would have asked for her number. In another clip of a different video on her bus, Taylor reveals the boy does know it's about him and that he and the girlfriend are still together.[2] His name is Mike.

Which is true? - User:anonymous

The former. It's talked about at length in this biography I have: [[1]]

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Orphaned references in Teardrops on My Guitar[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Teardrops on My Guitar's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "billboard":

From Our Song (song): "Our Song by Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
From Today Was a Fairytale: "Today Was a Fairytale". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
From You're Not Sorry: "You're Not Sorry - Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
From Mean (song): Pietroluongo, Silvio (October 28, 2010). "Far*East Holds on Hot 100, Swift Makes Another Top Debut". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
From Love Story (Taylor Swift song): Cohen, Jonathan (2008-09-12). "New Taylor Swift album set for November". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
From Speak Now (song): "Speak Now - Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
From Crazier (Taylor Swift song): "Crazier". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
From Tim McGraw (song): "Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
From Fearless (Taylor Swift song): "Fearless - Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:11, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ogg sample[edit]

The article really needs an ogg sample of the song for the "Composition" section. If you can, please add it. -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 03:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Teardrops on My Guitar/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Candy o32 14:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Heyyyooo Ipod!! Another T-Swizzle article? Fabooo. I'll be reviewing it for you.

Lead[edit]

Perhaps rename Background and inspiration.

Most Taylor Swift song articles like Tim McGraw (song), Our Song (song), White Horse (song) and so on just have it as "Background". I think it'd be best to keep them cohesive. -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 18:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comma after Fearless (2008)

Done.

gentle ----> a gentle

Done.

"Teardrops on My Guitar" was commercially successful. It at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the best-charting single from Taylor Swift on the chart." --> combine these sentences

Done.

endeared by: ----> endeared by, commenting:

Done.

You should but that big quote by her in the second paragraph in a box or a blockquote.

I didn't like the way it separated the paragraph, so I paraphrase it. -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 18:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Critical reception[edit]

Paraphrase the first PopMatters quote a bit

Done.

"Chuck Taylor, also of Billboard, reviewed the pop version release of "Teardrops on My Guitar". He said, "A beautiful mainstream intro to an artist whose rise is ably exemplified by her last name." --> ...."Teardrops on My Guitar", and said that it was "A...."

Done.

Music video[edit]

have set --> have been set

Done.

American singer and actor Tyler Hilton

Done.

References[edit]

Ref 1 - Link Big Machine Records, this is the first mentioning.

Done.

Ref 11 needs an accessdate

It does have an accessdate, but it doesn't appear because there is no url. I have been told to remove the music notes URL numerous times, so... -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 18:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 15 for New York use the location= paramater, and Billboard now published by Prometheus Global Media

The location parameter is already being used and the magazine at the time was published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. So it should stay for that. -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 18:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 21, 22, 23, 24, 57, 58 Billbord now published by Prometheus Global Media

Done.

Ref 32 Work is CMT.com, publisher MTV Networks (Viacom).

Changed to CMT. Isn't Viacom, the ultimate owner, enough? -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message}

Ref 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43 publisher MTV Networks (Viacom).

Isn't Viacom, the ultimate owner, enough? -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message}

Ref 43 unitalicize CMT.

Done.

Ref 44 unitalicize iTunes Store

Done.

Ref 33 - Work is MTV.com, publisher is MTV Networks (Viacom).

Changed to MTV. And again, shouldn't Viacom suffice? -- ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 18:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 41 - Unitalicize MTV, publisher is MTV Networks (Viacom).

Done.

I think that's about it! Good work! Candy o32 14:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with the changes made. I'll pass. Candy o32 15:51, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

EP[edit]

I found that on iTunes and added it here I referenced the Itunes page when I added it. JamesAlan1986 (talk-Contributes) 06:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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