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Happy editing! DemocraticLuntz (talk) 02:56, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

October 2019

Hello, I'm MusikAnimal. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Nothin' Matters and What If It Did, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. — MusikAnimal ^talk 03:40, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello 75.132.39.167, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to John Mellencamp (album) have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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February 2021

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Gimme Shelter, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Robvanvee 18:04, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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Bizarre edits

Please see MOS:VAR and MOS:RETAIN (don't arbitrarily change existing styles), WP:V and WP:OR (don't insert unsourced claims, particularly about living persons), and don't change templates to backdate them or insert the same reference multiple times without using named references...? I have no clue why you did the last two. Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orpheus_Descending_%28album%29&diff=1172121653&oldid=1172021868 ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:06, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Why are these edits “bizarre?” I added professional reviews and corrected information that wasn’t factually correct. Please revert my edits back into the entry. I’ve written 90% of John Mellencamp’s Wikipedia entries. I’ve done work for the man. I’m an expert on this subject. JMFan05 (talk) 03:13, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

You added reviews that were already in the article. Why is it better to have the same reference twice? Why did you remove {{use list-defined references}}? Why did you add unsourced dates for single releases? Why did you backdate a template to being from June when the article wasn't made until August? None of what you did makes sense. You removed sourced genres in the infobox and replaced them with unsourced ones. None of what you did makes any sense. You also removed alt text which is completely mind-boggling: Why would you make this site more hostile to the blind? It's ridiculous. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:26, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Look at the other Mellencamp album entries; they all have a dedicated review section that makes the star ratings very clear. I’m keeping in the style of the previous reviews I’ve written. I put the exact release date of the album in the opening paragraph. Why was that deleted? You made edits just to make them. My edits made the entry better. JMFan05 (talk) 04:16, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

I have asked you multiple times now how the article is better. You just ignored them. How is removing alt text better for the article? Have you read any of the links I provided above? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:17, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

I had already created an entry for this album in June that was hung up in a perpetual review state. I had that text for the info box ready and used it in this review as my version was more comprehensive and accurate than what I replaced. For example, the running time of the album is 49:02, not 49:00. I changed the release date in the opening paragraph to “June 16, 2023” instead of “2023.” How is just having the year better than the actual release date?

The dates for those three singles are 100 percent accurate. Check the dates the lyric videos for those songs dropped on YouTube if you doubt me.

Again, the review with the star rating need to be in their own separate box so that people can easily access the review if they want to read it. If there’s a separate heading called “Reception” that quotes the highlights of the reviews, that’s okay too. Both things can co-exist.

You’re being difficult for no reason. I’ve written all the reviews for this artist’s albums. I know what I’m doing. Stay in your lane. JMFan05 (talk) 15:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Your infobox edits were not more comprehensive by removing alt text. I just asked you why you did that and you didn't answer. I'll ask again: why did you remove alt text? I also never wrote that the single release dates were inaccurate: I wrote that they are unsourced. And yes, you can have {{Music ratings}}, but it is not obligatory and if you add it, don't add the references twice, use the existing named references. Telling me to "stay in my lane" will not be productive. Don't resort to that. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:36, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

I don’t even know what alt text is. I took the info box data and text from the last album and populated it with the info for this album. If it was okay for the previous album, why is it not okay for this one? My info was accurate whereas the existing info was not.

I know the single release dates because they were sent in the official Mellencamp Newsletter. Kinda hard to reference a newsletter that is emailed. This is ridiculous for it to be this difficult to update this page with correct info. I made this entry better, you made it worse be deleting my edits. I don’t think that is the purpose of your role. Nice work! JMFan05 (talk) 17:38, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

I already directed you to a link that explains what alt text is: WP:ALT. You are not reading these posts, you do not understand some pretty fundamental things about how Wikipedia works, and you are asking me to "stay in my lane".

"My info was accurate whereas the existing info was not" What info is "inaccurate"?

"This is ridiculous for it to be this difficult to update this page with correct info." Again, you fundamentally do not understand how Wikipedia works. As I have already mentioned to you, you need to read WP:V and WP:OR. We are not concerned with every fact that is accurate, we are concerned with verifiable facts. If you cannot verify something, don't publish it here. You need to actually understand how to edit here and what our core policies are. If you need help with that, I have tried to help you educate yourself, but you refuse to do the mildest amount of due diligence, so I don't know how to help you. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:46, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Stop it. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:56, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Relevant thread at WP:AN

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=1172297756#User_lacks_competence,_refuses_to_learn,_and_is_editing_from_an_account_and_an_IP ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:00, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

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