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Payne, Chris (2014-10-23). "Watch Shia LaBeouf Applaud Cannibalism in Rob Cantor Video". Billboard. ISSN0006-2510. Archived from the original on 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2024-01-11. Back in 2012, singer-songwriter Rob Cantor wrote a song called 'Shia LaBeouf' about the titular character as a cannibal, with lines like, 'Hollywood superstar… living in the woods/killing for sport.'…
In October 2019, Salon found that 63.8 million views in five years warranted mention, saying, "A person can watch it dozens of times and still notice something new; that may be why it has nearly 63.8 million views". Their notice and interpretation of the view count has weight. Simple enumeration of that number, two years later, by editors of Wikipedia, has no weight or context, is a primary source, and is original research. Maestro616 (talk·contribs) has replaced the prose twice (only once replacing the Salon source), and for these reasons, I'm inclined to replace the original Salon citation, but would first like to hear whether there're other manuals of style, guidelines, or policies of which I'm unaware that might apply. Thanks, all. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 13:37, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies for this incomplete edit summary. I was trying to say that my reversion of this addition of claims neither present nor cited in the body of the article was IAW WP:V. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 14:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]