User talk:Johmbolaya

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License tagging for Image:EgoTrippinPart2-single.jpg

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Ohio Players Honey cover.jpg)

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Rising Down

There's a 10 review limit and I suppose because Okayplayer is a community started by ?uestlove, the review would be a little biased. I can't even find the review on Okayplayer.com. Was it a fan review? Because it's professional reviews. Feel free to replace the HipHopDX review with yours if it's the official review on the site and you think it's unbiased.–FunkyVoltron ^talk 21:40, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

None of the reviews at Okayplayer are "fan reviews", they are done by professionals like myself and brand new writers who are using the site as a way to branch out into other publications, online or offline. I've been a journalist for 23 years and thus consider myself a professional, although I take "professional" to mean "a publication with status" (even though my column has been in existence for four years). I will create a page for my column so that people will know that it is a professional review and not one that is from an "amateur", and I will make the change in a bit. 13:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Please take a look at WP:SPS for advice on citing your own work as a source. In general, you should very much avoid doing so, as it can create a conflict of interest. In addition, Wikipedia strongly discourages creating your own page: Wikipedia:Autobiography Rhowryn (talk) 16:29, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Question about Reviews on Solange album page

Hey there. I was not the original person to remove the review you added (here's the edit where that happened). But nonetheless, when reviews have to be removed, they are based notability of the review source and neutral point of view. If you feel that review is more notable than another that is there, I'd ask the original person who removed the review. DiverseMentality^{(Discuss it)} 02:27, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

File:ODBShimmyShimmyYaRemix.jpg listed for deletion

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Pete Marriott needs more references

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