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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:14, 2 April 2019 (UTC) (Leave me a message)[reply]

Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:14, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Associated act[edit]

{{Infobox musical artist}} has the documentation of how the parameters are used. Associated acts are "for professional relationships with other musicians or bands that are significant and notable to this artist's career". There is no way Webb should be removed, although Caedmon's Call makes sense as a long-time co-writer. There is no such association when a musician records another musican's work. Bob Dylan and the Beatles would be associated with almost everyone in that case. Discuss the association in the article and then you don't need a source in the infobox. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:45, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

One thing further, please stop using dodgy sources. If there's no author, don't use it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:54, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Tfnicholson. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Sandra McCracken, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. I thought your name looked familiar. Confirmed on Facebook. You're associated with McCracken and should 1) declare your association as discussed on the page linked above, 2) carefully weigh your edits and, 3) possibly only request changes via the article's talk page. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:58, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

April 2019[edit]

Hello, I'm Walter Görlitz. I noticed that you recently removed content from Sandra McCracken without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:06, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As for unreliable sources, this is the source you added:

https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/sandra-mccracken-steadfast-live-aug-25/

These were all found with a simple Google search.

It's another primary source since it's your press release. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:21, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]