User talk:Arjayay

A Gnome Explains

It's a silly WikiGnome story:-
I found that I had misspelt retrieved, as retreived (ei), three times in one article (one mistake, copied & pasted).
I set myself a "penance" (nothing like a bit of masochism) of correcting the "ei" versions in Wikipedia articles.
I only intended to do the 100 or so misspellings there were at the time, but I then adopted "retrieved" (retreived, retrived, retreved)
I then added "rhythm” rhythem, rhythim, rhythym, rhytm, rythem, rythim, rythm & rythym " - Arjayay (talk) 08:35, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I have since got carried away, and adopted the Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/R - all of it.
Don’t do it, it's bad for your health - Arjayay (talk) 13:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Peacock language

I notice that you've edited many articles which use the work "renowned". Please remove such language rather than touch it up. It's not allowed at all. Thanks. -- Brangifer (talk) 22:12, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Please note, I am not using the word, just changing mis-spellings of "renouned" to "renowned". I'm a Gnome, I do things like that.
Despite your claim "It's not allowed at all" Wikipedia:Manual of Style (words to watch) opens with the statement:

"There are no forbidden words or expressions on Wikipedia, but certain expressions should be used with care"

Sometimes other editors obviously think the word is appropriate - especially when explaining how a subject meets WP:Notability.
Arjayay (talk) 15:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for fixing my misspelling of "retrieved" in the List of journeys of Pope Benedict XVI article. I don't know why I transpose those two letters so often. Usually I catch the error myself but not always. Your diligence is appreciated. Mtminchi08 (talk) 03:45, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

It's nothing - that's what we Gnomes do. Arjayay (talk) 08:55, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you (the next generation)

Thank you for fixing referred and referring in Runtime verification. As an often time gnome myself (though I have always done it anonymously before), I greatly appreciate the effort that goes into finding and repairing typos and poor grammar. I usually only do it in the articles I am actively reading for some reason; to go to random pages finding errors is amazing in my book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.92.217.195 (talk) 23:48, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

As you can see, I forgot to sign in again. Old habits die hard! Pmeredit

Appreciation

Thanks for your efforts. Herbyfitz (talk) 10:12, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Search index not being updated

I get the feeling that only Gnomes really feel the bite of this problem. I tried the Google search, but when I asked for "prominant", it only gave me about 1,000 articles that contained "prominent". The WP special search gives me 18 articles that I fixed several days ago. I can still find other things to fix, but this inability to retrieve favorite misspellings throws off my rhythm (I used two of your favorite words!). A year or two ago, the index updater didn't run for over a week, as I remember. I hope we don't match or beat that record. Hang in there! Chris the speller (talk) 22:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. The "Plus operator" was new to me, and vastly improved the results. I added "-intitle:User", and that trimmed it to 52 articles. Many are articles I fixed 3 days ago, and a few were articles deleted 2 or 3 days ago. These results are pretty close to being usable, and will start to look even better if that blasted index updater doesn't get fixed in the next week or two. A few years ago I used Google heavily, although its spider at the time was about 3 months behind, on average. The Special:search page really spoiled me since then, when it was being updated. Cheers! Chris the speller (talk) 15:09, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

I thought the updating was back, but now not so sure. I offered up a limerick on The Village Pump; check it out: section "Search index not being updated?" Chris the speller (talk) 06:08, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

It seems to be working at the moment; corrected mis-spellings have disappeared and new ones added. Having read the explanation at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#.22Updating_search_index.22_out_of_order.3F I'm not sure if some pages are still being excluded from the search, but I can at least correct some of the backlog. Arjayay (talk) 12:31, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Original Barnstar
		This barnstar is for all the speling corectuns yu do SPhilbrickT 01:01, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Let's troubleshoot your RefToolbar problem

Hey Arjayay, sorry to hear about your troubles with RefToolbar. I would love to help you troubleshoot this problem as it is likely that if you are experiencing it, others are as well. First off, I would like for you to temporarily turn off all your user scripts in your skin JS page. Next disable all of your gadgets. Then turn on "Enable enhanced editing toolbar" and "Enable dialogs for inserting links, tables and more" under editing preferences. Go to edit an article and do a hard refresh (shift-refresh on most browsers). Record whether or not refToolbar shows up or not (it should add a "Cite" dropdown in the toolbar). Next turn off "Enable dialogs for inserting links, tables and more". Repeat the shift-refresh on the edit page and record if refToolbar shows up or not. Next turn off "Enable enhanced editing toolbar". Repeat the shift-refresh on the edit page and record if refToolbar shows up or not (it should appear as a square "Cite" button in the toolbar). Then post the results here, and I'll follow-up with you. Kaldari (talk) 02:19, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi - sorry for the delay. I am on UTC and was busy in real life yesterday. Taking your instructions in turn.
I didn't even have a JS page for vector, so it wasn't that.(I had a disused JS page for monobook, so cleared that as well).
Turned off all my gadgets in "My preferences".
"Enable enhanced editing toolbar" and "Enable dialogs for inserting links, tables and more" were already selected, so I cleared tham, saved, then reselected them.
Carried out edit. Ref toolbar as before with <cite-section-label> at RH end of top line. If this is selected it gives <cite-template-list> at top of drop-down box LH end of second line.
Deselected "Enable dialogs for inserting links, tables and more"
Toolbar includes {{ }} which, when selected, gives correct tabs along top.
Deselected "Enable enhanced editing toolbar"
Cite button turned up second from RH end, then on preview, moved to first on LH end.
This seemed to be a solution, but I then discovered that with "Enable enhanced editing toolbar" selected and "Enable dialogs for inserting links, tables and more" deselected, the other toolbar options (no-Wiki, Newline etc) do not work.
Await firther instructions Arjayay (talk) 10:21, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

It sounds like RefTools is loading for you, but you're running into the last problem mentioed at Wikipedia talk:RefToolbar 2.0#Troubleshooting, which I still need to fix. I would suggest turning both "Enable enhanced editing toolbar" and "Enable dialogs" on and then after you get the <cite-section-label>, just refresh the page normally (without clearing cache). That may fix it, at least until your cache is cleared again. Hopefully I can work out a real fix in the next day or two. Kaldari (talk) 18:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the interest, but unfortunately refreshing the page as suggested doesn't work. I'll go back to using the basic version for now.
Arjayay (talk) 08:40, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

retrieved

nice catches Decora (talk) 01:25, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference

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Spelling

Thank you. I've now placed a sticky note on my computer for with the word "retrieved". on it. David in DC (talk) 12:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Knight's Armament Company Upper Reciever Extension

Hello Arjayay, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Knight's Armament Company Upper Reciever Extension, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not a recently created redirect - consider WP:RfD. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 14:33, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Date vandalism

Hi. You undid this revert of mine on All by Myself. I admit that there wasn't much to go on in the edit summary, but could you have a look at my explanation at WikiProject Songs, and if you agree, do a self-revert. Thanks!  —SMALLJIM  09:58, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation.
The only date I can find for the release of Eric Carmen's version of All by Myself is 1 December 1975.
Arista Records do not have a list of release dates on their web-site, so all other references are "unofficial", but they are all either December (without a date) or 1 December.
I realise that, having been on Wikipedia for some time, these other sources may have copied the Wikipedia date, but that is speculation. 1 December 1975 was a Monday, the usual day of the week for records to be released in that era, whilst a release any later in December would miss the Christmas market. So the date looks highly likely as well.
If your vandal(s) added dates to months at random, there is a 1 in 30 chance they were accidentally right.
I therefore suggest we go with the other references and keep it as 1 December. - Arjayay (talk) 14:46, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

That's great, thanks for checking. In view of the IP's other edits I have no doubt that if it is correct, it's by luck. I don't see any problem with leaving the "1" in there—as long as you add a citation to it. After all, it's now a piece of challenged material, per WP:CHALLENGE. Cheers!  —SMALLJIM  19:25, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

No? I can't find anything that looks reliable for the 1st. The MTV article is dated 20 April 2011 which is after the 1 was added here. I also note that the same IP range (almost certainly the same person) had also added 4 and 12 Dec in earlier edits - [1] [2] etc. However, this interview looks OK, so I've replaced the "1" with "early" and cited it.  —SMALLJIM  13:33, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Uploading pictures

Hi, do you know how you correctly upload an image for a music single on here? It's been ages since I've done it and everytime I try to find out, I find templates that don't look at all like the ones used for good profiles. Thanks Dollvalley (talk) 11:36, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Dollvalley - I assume when you say "an image for a music single" you mean a picture-sleeve? It's ages since I've done it too, although I used to do quite a few

I keep crib notes as Word documents (including tips and hints for myself) and I have just pasted them in below, only changing the line break formats, so they work in Wikipedia. Although headed Album Covers it works with singles as well. I haven't checked - so the notes may be out of date, but you are welcome to try them:-

WIKIPEDIA ALBUM COVERS
Copy cover from internet Amazon etc. to My Pictures (Most Amazon covers are 240 x 240 = ideal)
To suit Infobox, image should be NLT 200 Px wide. Fair use requires NMT 300Px on one side
If < 200 px need to enter width in infobox see “Infobox advanced usage”
Ensure article exists, as need to link upload to article (Tip - copy article title to paste later)

Go to Wikipedia:Upload
Select “The Cover of an Album”
Select “Infobox”
Source (Where it is on my computer) Browse & select file
Destination (What file-name will Wiki store it under)
NB A file-name, so no illegal characters (/.\ etc), but needs extension (jpg etc)

Summary
Article Must be exact title of article (case sensitive)(Tip – paste article title from earlier)
Source enter “www.amazon.co.uk” or wherever obtained file from
Other Info Do not need to fill in rest – will automatically generate
Licensing Pick “Album Cover”

Upload File
Check uploaded information esp. article name & uploaded name
Can be edited like any other page using “Edit this page” tab at top (Tip – Copy upload title to paste later)

Go to Article
“Edit this page”
Cover = title (must be exact & include extension e.g. .jpg) (Tip paste upload title from earlier)

Preview & check
Save page (Will take a few seconds to link up the first time)

Arjayay (talk) 12:30, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I managed to upload one :) have a nice day Dollvalley (talk) 13:05, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Biomedical scientist

Oops...I reverted your edit by accident. Sorry! :) WikiPuppies! (bark) 17:57, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

No worries - I often miss-click too. Arjayay (talk) 17:59, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Dick Campbell (singer-songwriter)

Arjayay, the Dick Campbell page has been put on Proposed deletion:

The article Dick Campbell (singer-songwriter) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The artist fails WP:SINGER and I have been unable to find any sources that are not self-published that discuss him.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Inks.LWC (talk) 21:17, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification, hopefully we can develop the page to get it up to a level where it can remain undelted.Will Dockery (talk) 00:54, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Barren Earth

Thanks for pointing out the notability of the subject on its AfD page. I'm going to speedy close it because the group are notable. Would you care to add the information that you mentioned in the AfD to the article? Even though the band is notable, the article fails to demonstrate that it is. I couldn't find anything in a Google search either. That's why I tagged it in the first place. Cheers. — Fly by Night (talk) 17:47, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Protective Action Guide for Nuclear Incidents

Thank you for your corrections of Protective Action Guide for Nuclear Incidents. I am very confident that my writing has a lot of errors. I've been waiting for someone to proof read this page. I had asked a couple of English natives but apparently they were busy. Now I have one less concern. Thank you again.--MasAqui (talk) 17:11, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Shake 'Em on Down

Thanks for pointing out the typo in the quote. It's good to have someone give new articles a once-over. -Ojorojo (talk) 15:23, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate your edit

Atheism 3.0 is a validly notable topic which has been ruthlessly suppressed at WP, probably because of egoism rather than religionist POV warriors but possibly both. Can you advise me on how to go about appealling deletions?Devilishlyhandsome (talk) 17:44, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't know almost anything about Atheism 3.0, I'm not sure my edit was much more than a spelling/typo correction. Having read the AfD discussion, the first thing you should do (if you haven't done it already) is ask for it to be restored into your userspace, as suggested in the AfD. I can then re-read it and see if I can make any suggestions.
Arjayay (talk) 17:54, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

South Carolina Stingrays

Thanks for the retrieved catch. I just put it up for WP:GAN and that would have been embarrassing. Thanks again.  Cjmclark ^(Contact) 03:54, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Receives

It would help us little Wikignomes if you didn't change the correct spelling of receives, to the incorrect spelling (recieves) as you did in this diff:- [3] Thanks Arjayay (talk) 16:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

I never "changed" the correct spelling of "receives"...it was probably a little mistake, as in maybe the spell check didn't catch it. I don't think its enough to post on my talk page, just correct it and move on. Sue Kastle (talk) 18:02, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Unneeded spelling changes

The spelling repellant is an alternate and accepted spelling of repellent. There is no need to change it or insert the term [sic] to tell the reader that there is a mistake in the original. There is no mistake in using the alternate spelling. Binksternet (talk) 15:57, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your message - although I can't agree at all.
The word repellant appears in Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/R which I am currently working my way through.
If you look the word repellant up in Wiktionary, [4] you will see it states that repellant is "a Common misspelling of repellent".
I will, therefore, continue to change this mis-spelling.
Arjayay (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for Karl Holl

The small corrections//enhancements to the Karl Holl article are appreciated. Gamonetus (talk) 14:10, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Ressurection

I notice that you're going around Wikipedia articles replacing Ressurection with Resurrection. That's fine and dandy, and I'm sure that 99% of the time this is the correct spelling, however on Deathwish Inc. discography there is a band whose name is correctly spelled with two S's. I'm sure it's also spelled this way on a couple of other articles too, but this is the only one on my watchlist. Just a friendly heads up :) Fezmar9 (talk) 18:10, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll put a hidden (sic) to avoid others doing the same. Arjayay (talk) 18:14, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Blocking a vandal

Hi, i was wondering whether you could help me block User talk:170.185.55.19, i do not fully understand who has the power to do so, but he's been vandalizing a lot today. thx--Macarenses (talk) 14:18, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm not an administrator, so I can't block anyone. The IP 170.185.55.19 belongs to a school, I suggest you bring this up at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents If it is the wrong place they will dorect you where to go.
Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 14:22, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Recieve

Hello

I correct many words - and it's a never-ending task:)

seperate - There's A RAT in separate.

recieve - etc, (decieve, concieve) I before E except after C (usually)

BUT - acheive should be achieve

dissap* - dissapoint, dissapear, etc (Should be one S, two P's) - BUT dissipate is correct.

parliment - parliAment

enviroment - enviroNment

goverment - goverNment

geneology - geneAlogy

wich - wHich

untill - Only one L, please

Any other words I run across as I see them.

becomed -> became (as I see them Results 1–20 of 340,602 for becomed)

"it's" as in "its" (possessive form) - as I see them.

I'm an equal oppurtunity (oppOrtunity) spelling corrector.

I'm certain I've forgotten a few.

I did - similiar, similair, simular -> similar.

quater - as in headquater, quater-final -->> quaRter

alot is two words - a lot

EoGuy (talk) 19:01, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Global Search and Replace

I think there should be a way to enter the misspelled word and have EVERY ONE in Wikipedia replaced at one time.

Sometime I forget words and think - OH, yeah! I used to correct that one.

EoGuy (talk) 08:23, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Finkpal

Hi; I was Born in America, however since my parents move to Poland at my early age, my English are require a lots of correction. Since this is your hobby, I got the idea that you may be in help for me. I'm working on "Von Roggenhausen" family article and I can translate to English but as you did correct me on St. Benet Fink article, the English require much more then I'm able to deliver. So please be so kind at let me know, if you can be in help.Finkpal (talk) 11:27, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I have only just found your request.
I am quite happy to help correct your English, but know nothing about Polish Royal families.
Having looked at the article there seem to be three problems as well as the English:-

1. Lead section - There is no introduction to explain what the article is about - see WP:LEAD
2. References - There are no references to identify the reliable sources on which the information in the article is based. Without such references, the article will be deleted - see WP:REF
3. Notability - Have the Von Roggenhausens received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. These sources do not have to be in English, but that does help - see WP:N

I will look at the article in more detail later
Arjayay (talk) 13:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for proofreading the translation of Tom Morel.

Zargulon (talk) 12:59, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - An interesting man who deserves to be remembered. - Arjayay (talk) 14:19, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Religiously- thanks

Thanks for fixing the spelling in the Macs Joy article. I can't claim it was a typo as I repeated the error. I share your views on capitals by the way, especially on headings- I got fed up having to change "Racing Career" to "Racing career".Tigerboy1966 (talk) 17:49, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Ditto, for my similar "religious" typo at Thomas Crawford (captain). I don't know how I got it wrong, or how you found it, but I'm grateful. Wikiwayman (talk) 18:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Adelstrop

Many thanks for your spell check. Much more needs to be added re English church bells. There are about 6,000 towers with bells in the world, with rings of bells hung "English fashion" (full 360 degrees mouth-up to mouth-up). 94% of these are in England, 4% in Wales, Scotland and Ireland together, and 2% in the rest of the world. 109.153.216.235 (talk) 22:12, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Vaneeesa Blaylock protected page

Hi, you listed the page or parts of the page to be protected; could you offer me some advice on how to get this lifted? I have placed a request on the articles talk page, is this all I need to do? Im new to wikipedia and couldnt find the answer in the help pages. If the content that you protected was due to permission to use the content how do I need to prove to you or admin that I have permission from the artist in question to use any available material? Many thanks for any and all help in advance :)--BRobinson111 (talk) 21:07, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Errr - I'm confused. Vaneeesa Blaylock does not appear to be a protected article, and according to the history, it never has been protected. All I did was change 9 misspellings of retrived to retrieved.

I'm an inclusionist, who believes that we should include detailed information on Wikipedia, provided it can be verified as true. Others may find your description too detailed. I hope you have not just copied the information straight from Vaneeesa Blaylock's website, or another source, as that would be a copyright infringement. She cannot give you permission, she must give Wikipedia permission, as you are not the publisher, but Wikipedia is. You are, however allowed to include short quotes, as you appear to have done.

I know nothing about Vaneeesa Blaylock, but a quick flick through the article:-

• You should read WP:DATESNO which rules out the st in 1st or rd in 23rd etc.
• After the initial Vaneeesa Blaylock, she should be referred to as Blaylock, not Vaneeesa
• Avoid terms like "to present" no-one reading the article knows when you wrote it, so no-one knows when the "present" is
• Avoid listing every work Blaylock has produced see WP:NOTDIR tell us where we can see of her work

Hope this helps - Arjayay (talk) 21:35, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Yea that helps a lot, Ill get those things sorted; thankyou very much.--BRobinson111 (talk) 21:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Cinema of andhra pradesh

User secret of success is removing crucial information related to the article. Have an eye over him. wishes

(Ramajogayyasastry (talk) 10:35, 31 October 2011 (UTC)).

Frito-Lay -- Your Thoughts?

Hello Arjayjay, I've noticed that you have helped to make a few copyedits here and there on the Frito-Lay article. I've put together a proposed re-write of this article here: User:Jeff_Bedford/Sandbox

Any chance that you could take a glance and share your thoughts on the proposed revision here, on the article's Talk page: Talk:Frito-Lay#Sandbox_Draft_Revision_--_Contains_Reliable_Sources Cheers, Jeff Bedford (talk) 15:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Bankruptcy in the Republic of Ireland

Thanks for fixing my typo in this article. Now I probably need to fix some of the misuse of "it's" to assuage my guilt. FrankFlanagan (talk) 21:03, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Arjayay,

Thank you for changing the singles titles to the correct Wiki style on Simon's page. I am trying to learn Wiki house style as fast as I can and all help is much appreciated.

And can I ask where the use of bold type is appropriate? I see you unbolded "More recent". I just thought that might be of interest to readers.

Best wishes,

00:23, 21 November 2011 (UTC)WikAndPen — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikAndPen (talk • contribs)

Solution to your page error mystery?

Hello again,

I forgot to add that I may have found the problem that flagged up that mysterious alert at the top of your page.

It looks like it is the bouncy Wiki icon that is playing up.

Click on the icon to display a page that logs all the issues associated with it:

00:27, 21 November 2011 (UTC)WikAndPen — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikAndPen (talk • contribs)

WikAndPen 20:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

R

I just realized now you adopted words starting with R, I was just going through the R's and fixing them hahaha. xP Glacialfox (talk) 00:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not possessive about "R" - I'm more than happy to share the burden.
The trouble is the search facility is forever having problems, which creates a number of backlogs and errors in the list.
Then you go through a word in the list and find the mispellings seem to have been corrected - which is fine - but have they all been done? or has the editor got bored after the first 5 or 6 and left the rest of the mistakes?
After 13 weekly iterations only 4 words have occurred every week:- “Recieve”, “Refered”, “Refrence” and “Retreived”, with "Recieve" way out in front. However 103 words in the Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/R have yet to have a mispelling in 13 weeks.
Arjayay (talk) 12:48, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

I actually found a bunch in words you didn't just mention when I went through some. Glacialfox (talk) 20:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Regarding your recent List of songs in Glee (season 3) edit

Just wanted to be sure you were aware of some of the minutiae of the WP:RS article you cited, specifically Wikipedia:RS#Self-published_and_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves. To my eye, the tweet by Dot-Marie Jones about a song she sang during the "I Kissed a Girl" episode of Glee, "Jolene", was a perfectly valid reference establishing that she was the person who sang it. (The other reference did not contain information as to the vocalist on the song.) All five of the listed criteria in that section were met.

Secondary sources are now available, but at the time that reference was posted, that was the only authoritative source, and a primary source was allowable under the circumstances. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - but as I understand it, if secondary sources are available, (both removals had more than one reference) shouldn't the primary sources be removed? Arjayay (talk) 18:28, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Only if the secondary source contains all of the information being sourced from the primary. And, of course, once the secondary sources are available, someone has to find them and have the time to turn them into a citation and insert them. To my mind, there's no immediate rush. I'll be working on "I Kissed a Girl" this weekend, but not until after I've finished the Reception sections will I go back to Production and make the references there more streamlined, and only after I've finished all that will I work on the List of Songs article references.

To address your other query, if the other reference cited along with the primary you want to eliminate does not have that particular information, you have to retain the primary. In both cases today, the other reference was an Amazon page that gives the name of the song and the fact that it's a single and (I'm pretty sure) what episode it's from, but no definitive information about the original artist (person who sung the version of the song that Glee is performing) or the Glee artist (person or people on the show who perform it). The Jones quote gave both original artist and the fact that Jones herself was singing it, and neither fact was available from Amazon. Once it became available, those two pieces of information could be added to the two articles; without it, there's no basis for including it.

At some point, a person working on the article will run across one of the reviews of the episode that gives both pieces of information, and replace the primary source with that secondary one. With lots of luck, the source will be as informative for many or most of the songs in the episode, and may even allow the elimination of the Amazon reference as well. But it is frequently the case that more than one reference is required to give all the information needed to cover all the columns in a table row, or items in a list. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:13, 3 December 2011 (UTC)