Talk:Rednex

There are quite a lot of links in the article that reference the article itself(!). If no-one objects, I'll remove them. --Tirolion 14:59, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

See also

   * List of songs with particularly long titles

err, why?

Image deleted

The image that was being used was from google, and was almost certainly a breach of wikipedia image policy (though I am not familiar with said policy). An anonymous user fixed the issue - we should get a new (legal) picture. Erich Blume 08:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Brian Reddyb

Stop vandalising this page by removing the contribution of Brian Reddyb to this band. Brian Reddyb 22:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I see your account was just created. Earlier the name "Brian Reddyb" has been added to several articles with unlikely claims such as making a coup in 1968 with Saddam Hussein [1]. There has never been a source to any of these claims. I have added a source here which says 'the band's founders and producers Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg and Pat Reiniz'. These are the 3 names in the article before you added "Brian Reddyb". I have added a citation needed tag to that name.[2] Claims in Wikipedia articles can be removed if Wikipedia:Verifiability is not satisfied. Please provide a reliable source if you don't want the name to be removed. PrimeHunter 23:52, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes I see you did add a source which states that 'the band's founders and producers Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg and Pat Reiniz', from an article which was created on the 14th of May which is four days after which some vandal on this site removed Brian Reddyb from the list of founders. That vandal being, Öban a.k.a Örjan Öberg.Quite apparent that the 'source' sourced their information from this site. Myself and Öban had a dispute early on in the Rendex project, the result being that I left. So while I was not involved during the Rednex glory days, I most certainly was there at its inception. Furthermore, that article relates to a supposed ebay sale of the Rednex brand. I relinquished my rights to the brand upon departure, perhaps another reason why I am not referenced. I setup my Wikipedia account to stop vandals removing my contribution. Brian Reddyb 13.30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Your account timing is interesting. User:Chiefofmsiss has made many strange unsourced edits about Brian Reddyb or name variations. The two most recent were adding Iraqi 1968 coup leader "Briyan al-Reddyb" to Saddam Hussein on 15 June 12.20[3], and adding producer "Brian Reddyb" to Rednex on 15 June 12.21[4]. Your account was created on 15 June 12.29[5], and your only edits are about adding producer "Brian Reddyb" to Rednex.

Wikipedia content should be based on published Wikipedia:Reliable sources. I have reverted your new addition of your name. My edit summary [6] explains why: "revert. The source is an unsourced tvWiki article created today by Brian Reddyb, after a source was requested here. Brian Reddyb gave a false date of the source here". It is not allowed to add private knowledge to Wikipedia without a reliable published source. See Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Verifiability (the first paragraph applies well here). Also see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. PrimeHunter 13:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

My account registration timing in relation to the so called Chiefofmsiss edits was merely coincidental. I have noted for some time that the inclusion of my name as one of the founding producers of Rednex was being subject to constant removal. See above comment re Örjan "Öban" Öberg, he being the principal culprit. Also see [7], this being an earlier discussion about people using my name or variations thereof in random articles. Unfortunately based on my association with Rednex and my subsequent career as a cabaret band manager, I managed to develop a cult following, primarily in Sweden, Germany and parts of Ireland. I accept your removal of my TvWiki source, but politely request that you stop vandalising this page. Brian Reddyb 15:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not vandalism to remove unsourced disputed claims from an article. I see you are User:86.42.224.156 [8] who replaced serious content in Dwarf planet with "REDDYB" [9]. That looks more like vandalism. PrimeHunter 00:06, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I see you now have removed [10] comments about deletion of Brian Reddyb from User talk:Chiefofmsiss and edited Creamer like Chiefofmsiss [11]. No reliable source to Brian Reddyb has been given in Rednex so I have removed the name.[12] PrimeHunter 16:12, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted your last edit since the claim that the band was originally founded by Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg, and Pat Reiniz is undisputed; the "according to some sources" qualifier is redundant. What is being disputed here is the contribution of the alleged 'fourth' founder. CounterFX 14:17, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, I have also submitted a request for comment and a conflict of interest report. Editors interested in contributing to resolving this dispute are encouraged to read the above discussion, and to refer to the deletion discussion for Brian Reddy. Also note that both the Reddyb and Brian Reddyb articles were speedy deleted, the former as "patent nonsense/hoax" and the latter as "completely false/fictitious". Additionally, a complaint on the Wikipedia help desk was made by an individual asserting to be Örjan Öban Öberg, one of the founding producers behind the group, who states that he has "never heard of the claimed producer named Brian Reddyb [and] neither have the others". CounterFX 14:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Firstly, the issue of the Brian Reddyb, Reddyb Briyan al-Reddiyb and other variants of my name being used to create fictitious articles was discussed above. As mentioned, I have developed somewhat of a cult following. Re the specific articles Brian Reddyb and Reddyb, I thank you for pointing them out to me, I was unaware of these. Nonetheless, Reddyb is a name of Jewish heritage and has members throughout Europe. Not sure whether those articles were supposed to be representing me or another Brian Reddyb. As for the Örjan Öban Öberg alleged complaint, assuming it is actually from him, I have also discussed that above. I left after irreconcilable differences with this individual and thus he may 'have it in with me' as it were. Finally, I have produced TWO quality references. In fact these references are substantially better than many of the references found throughout this site and are at least on a par with them. Since I was a member of the founding quartet for just a few months into the project, I was surprised to find even such references about me. I rescinded all my rights to the brand after my departure, thus you will not find any reference to me in relation to the proposed sale of the brand on ebay. I will now revert the changes made by yourself and PrimeHunter so that all producers are referenced by the same source. Using separate sources and stating that only 'some sources' mention Brian Reddyb's role in the founding of Rednex seeks to devalue my position as one of the founder's of Rednex, and arouse a level of suspicion regarding my involvement. I belive CounterFX PrimeHunter and Örjan Öban Öberg are conspiring against me and it is possible that you are all indeed the same individual. CounterFX 16:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)