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For some, just mentioning the word "information box" (infobox, ibox, idiotbox) is a provocation. Please find something less controversial to do. Check out Talk:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Archive 14 for one example of a time-sink, or check out Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Composers/Archive 40. Fill red links, correct mistakes, - even write about composers adding an infobox (because in articles you write, you will have the freedom to add one). Just leave the articles of others alone, not even asking, in the name of peace in an area where people are licking wounds from past battles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:58, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt—Cj7557 does not seem to be a discourteous editor. Their last post to Talk:Stanley Kubrick reads "@Bus stop I went to the link you supplied. I have to say I am sad to see the results but I have to accept them. Thank you for your time." Bus stop (talk) 06:35, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bus stop, I wrote the above when I saw on my watchlist (which I check from newest to oldest) that the courteous question by a new editor had been reverted, twice (Talk:Brahms), and I tried to explain why that could happen. I didn't know any other place yet. I addressed someone new, trying to prevent that others loose time and health in these irrational "battles" dating back to 2005. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt I was just inquiring why certain pages didn’t have information boxes while most do. Such as composers some writers and some directors. It just seems strange to me. I did not know the history of this matter as I am new. @Bus stop helped educate me on this matter. With all that is going on in today’s world it seems like such a ridiculous thing for people to get upset about. And I would not have brought it up if I had known that it would bother so many people. Now I know. Thank you for your concern and time. Cj7557 (talk) 07:38, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can we not pretend that this person is either a frustrated, retired academic from Harvard who is desperate to improve an online encyclopaedia so he can continue to educate the world, or that they are a minimum wage-earning shop worker from Coventry who's never been academically prosperous, but thought they'd have a go at improving Wikipedia after struggling to fight off a bout of insomnia, and took up a bit of gnoming. Cassianto^Talk 07:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cj7557, and out of the millions of infoboxes-less articles we have, you happened across six of the most controversial articles on the subject? Pull the other one, it's got bells on. Cassianto^Talk 07:41, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cassianto not that I have to explain myself to you or anybody else, because I have broken no rule. I will go ahead and explain myself more clearly. I literally have just started editing on Wikipedia. Part of the reason I created this account was to ask why certain pages had Info boxes and others didn’t. I was curious. Now I know. And to inquire of how I “happened across six of the most controversial articles on the subject“ I noticed that Mozart did not have an info box so I checked the other composers many of them did not have it either. I also remembered that I saw that Stanley Kubrick did not have one either nor Ian Fleming. I remember these because I thought it peculiar that they didn’t have it. Now I know. In the future perhaps you should not judge a book by its cover. You do not know anything about me and have no right to cast judgment. I will not be responding to any more comments on the matter of info boxes. I hope there is no hard feelings. I wish you the best. Cj7557 (talk) 08:53, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cj7557, fascinating. Cassianto^Talk 08:56, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Something ain't quite right here. A newbie doesn't usually know how to sign his posts so immediately, know about indenting his/her posts, then quickly track down bios that already had 'infobox' discussions. GoodDay (talk) 15:42, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cj7557—in my estimation, you didn't do anything wrong. In my estimation the problem is with the people being bothered so much. I agree wholeheartedly that biographies should have Info-boxes. (People have places and dates of birth and death and reason(s) for notability. Info-boxes address these things with aplomb.) I don't bring this up because WP:CONSENSUS, at least at the Talk:Stanley Kubrick article, is furiously in favor of no Info-box. But I believe you really truly are a new editor who is therefore new to this passionately-fought-over issue, and I felt I had to weigh-in to voice my agreement with your observation. Bus stop (talk) 17:35, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Bus stop thank you again! Your the only one who has been nice to me. Cj7557 (talk) 19:35, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I won't fix indenting once more ;) - Do you want to help me? Today, I came across an article that is threatened with deletion, - would you find sources? Don't edit right away because someone is busy right now according to my watch list. I also have a list of articles on my user page that are red links or not fully developed. I have a friend, LouisAlain, who creates several articles each day which would profit from infoboxes. He often clicks me thank-you when I add one, - you could earn those ;) - Nice to meet you. I welcome many new users, and tell many that the beginning is hard. Chin up, was advice I received. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:59, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt In regard Joel Amadi I have had only minimal success. I have found many many articles about the tragic death of his father. And a few places where you can download his music and the names of the songs. But nothing else. I even tried using different search engines google, bing, Yahoo, and duck duck go but most had the same results. If these are helpful then I can provide links. But it looks as if most of the information I have found has already been added to his page. One or two even quote the same sources I found. Cj7557 (talk) 22:34, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cj7557, welcome to Wikipedia. My best advice is to stay away from articles that are already highly developed - they tend to have editors who are personally attached to their work. I know how tempting it is to try to get an infobox on specific articles, but its a sisyphean task - nothing will be accomplished and the level of abuse can be emotionally tolling. Shift that effort to productive endeavors on more esoteric topics. Hope you enjoy editing! ~ HAL333 00:07, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for looking, Cj (if I may say so, - feel free to call me Gerda). The article is already in much better shape. I believe that if you watch the nominations for deletion, you could do much good! I watch Deaths in 2020 and look for those that interest me, making sure that they are not tagged, and decently sourced. Those well-sourced can be shown on the Main page in the "Recent deaths" listing, - always causing interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rudolf Hindemith --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]