User talk:Dalexwats

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Tea (meal)

Hello, you seem to be keen on adding links to Kinks lyrics in various places. As a Kinks fan myself, I am sympathetic. However, your attempt to link Tea (meal) to the Kinks song Afternoon Tea is misguided. The main reason is that this song is about drinking tea in the afternoon. There's no mention about a meal or eating anything whatsoever. There is nothing whatsoever about eating or food in this song. It's about drinking tea, the drink, and it's not about eating a meal. You might as well start a page called Coca Cola (meal), to write about meals where Coca Cola is served. Anyway, good luck adding links to Kinks lyrics everywhere, but there is a big difference between drinks and solid food meals. Why not add links to articles about tea, the liquid drink? And I would add that your edits did not have any sources, see WP:RS. Logical Cowboy (talk) 06:19, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Logical Cowboy. Thanks for your input. I disagree witb your interpretation-- the (light ) tea-time meal is implicit. However, I will desist from persisting with this entry.

May 2011

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Thank you, Doniago. The "reliable source" is the novel itself: Last Exit To Brooklyn, (my edition Grove Press, NY. p. 23. 1988 Originally published 1964)

~~Thanks Dalex. Please format the citation per the links provided in my earlier message. I believe you orginally just mentioned the title of the novel. Thanks again!~~ Thanks for the clean-up! Doniago (talk) 16:16, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In popular culture

Dalexwats, thank you for your questions. There are extensive suggestions and guidelines regarding "in popular culture" sections or information within WP articles. If even they exist, such information should contain verifiable facts of interest to a broad audience of readers. Moreover, lists of mentions are discouraged, as are also passing references to the article subject in media or other places. Mere mentions in books, television or film dialogue, or song lyrics should be included only when that mention's significance is itself demonstrated with secondary sources. The critical element is: that the mention is indeed "significant". For example, it is not enough to mention than a particular product is used on a "acclaimed" TV show. Rap music is notorious for corporate sponsorship. To be encyclopedic, these product mentions in the media must have a third party reference and demonstrate the significance of such mention, This could include the amount of money or other consideration a company paid to have their product used or mentioned on a program and text of of a song, or document the impact such a mention may have had on sales. In other words, corporations use popular culture to promote and advertise products. This method of target marketing is not encyclopedic. These so-called popular culture mentions are most often not a demonstration of a brand's impact on culture, but rather the result of effective corporate sponsorship and advertising. Therefore, before considering any "pop culture" additions to WP articles, please follow WP guidelines. Specifically the following questions as copied from WP:POPCULTURE:

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Has the subject acknowledged the existence of the reference?
Have reliable sources that don't generally cover the subject pointed out the reference?
Did any real-world event occur because of the reference?

If all three of the above questions have verifiable sources, then you are possibly adding valuable content. Otherwise, these "pop culture" mentions are just trivia and "guff". I hope this explains the problems with your contributions to the Gucci article! CZmarlin (talk) 15:04, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

-Thank you for elucidating the challenges and complexities involved in adding to these entries. DalexwatsDalexwats (talk) 20:57, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Paignton

Please use WP:BRD here. I live in Paignton and The Kinks are not regarded as a major part of the history of the town, on a par with The Beatles in Liverpool. In fact, I had never heard of John Gosling or the link to Paignton before it was added to the article. Gosling is not a well known or important historical figure by any standard, and does not meet WP:GNG for his own article. This would be more on topic in another article.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:15, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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January 2016

Hello, I'm Doniago. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Dancing in the Street, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. DonIago (talk) 19:46, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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