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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Cultural impact of the Beach Boys's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Stylus":

From Smile (The Beach Boys album): "The Stylus Magazine Non-Definitive Guide: The Lost Album". Stylus Magazine. September 2, 2003. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
From Adult/Child: "The Stylus Magazine Non-Definitive Guide: The Lost Album". Stylus Magazine. September 2, 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 00:40, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution

@JG66:

(WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV) Avoid the temptation to rephrase biased or opinion statements with weasel words, for example, "Many people think John Doe is the best baseball player." But "Who?" and "How many?" are natural objections. An exception is a situation where a phrase such as "Most people think" can be supported by a reliable source, such as in the reporting of a survey of opinions within the group.

The relevant claim is "one of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful, and widely influential bands". These are not subjective assertions. You can observe the band's "critical acclaim" and "commercial success" at acclaimedmusic.net (Pet Sounds at #1) and List of best-selling music artists (the band sharing the #31 position with the Who, Chicago, McCartney, etc). "Widely influential" is harder to quantify, but it's an uncontroversial statement that receives a degree of substantiation in this very article. This removes it from being a WP:REDFLAG.

(WP:INTEXT) It is preferable not to clutter articles with information best left to the references. Interested readers can click on the ref to find out the publishing journal: ... Simple facts ... can have inline citations to reliable sources as an aid to the reader, but normally the text itself is best left as a plain statement without in-text attribution:

--Ilovetopaint (talk) 12:39, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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