Talk:Louis Cole

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Nobody reads these damn talk pages ever. But Louis Cole is a R&B/soul musician, I keep adding sources, and you guys keep reverting them. Wow. Bronoton (talk) 19:29, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bronoton - Thanks for finally bringing this issue at the talk page and not continuing the edit war. I'm not sure if you read my edit comments, so I'm going to reiterate them here. As you may be already aware (since you have created your Wikipedia user 4 years ago and made quite some edits), Wikipedia does not tolerate original research and all information added to its articles must be attributed to reliable sources. Initially, you added information without any citation whatsoever, including the subject's birthday and music genres contemporary R&B, alternative rock and punk rock. After your edits were reverted, you then added only contemporary R&B and alternative rock using Shazam and AllMusic as sources respectively, since apparently you could not manage to find any source to back up the birthday and punk rock (note that if you thought about the genres of Clown Core, grindcore is already reliably sourced and mentioned twice in the article). However, generic information from these websites' sidebars is not considered reliable (please check WP:RSP where a specific instruction on the usability of AllMusic's sidebar is included). You have to find reliable sources that explicitly mention the added genres on their prose, otherwise, your edits will be removed. Λeternus ^(talk) 12:32, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Shazam and Allmusic, wouldn't just put any nilly willy genres for him. Most of it is done from label/distributing/and also music purists who work for Shamzam, Itunes, Allmusic etc. probably listen to the songs being submitted and add the categories etc. (and I even heard as of late, the consensus was within reason Discogs is also a reputable source.) What I'm more aghast about, is I understand if I was adding genres that have nothing to do with his style. When you said yourself I been a Wikipedian for a while now, so I think I can tell what a music genre is. So the fact I'm adding reputable sources, and to think something simple as adding a musicians style/technique to their infobox was going to be this difficult. I would like a second opinion/some type of vote or something. Wow. Bronoton (talk) 20:15, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See, this is why I was doing the edits, because nobody reads talk pages, and because I've been patient on this discussion, and like wow. So I have to now find out how to do a consensus vote or something, which it should have never gotten to this point anyways. I know the type of genres he plays in, and Shazam and Allmusic are "the" source, like it doesn't get more sourced than music catalogue sites etc. Rather that, than some tabloid/gossip source etc.' although y'all keep reverting the edits, that's fine. It's whatever. Don't know why you guys are being incorrectly anal about this. Smh. Bronoton (talk) 01:48, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your concerns have been answered in my previous comment. If you want another editor's opinion, please ask for it on their talk pages. Λeternus ^(talk) 07:15, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]