User talk:Ztifg
September 2017[edit]
Hello, I'm TJRC. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Birthday (Beatles song), 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. In addition, please make clear the significance of the parody before re-adding it. If you can't show that, leave it out. TJRC (talk) 21:12, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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How do I reference a Wikipedia page that validates the edit I'm trying to make?
Please help me with... A long time ago, I added an edit to the Beatles song Birthday. It is a parody of the song on a Christmas album. In the edit, I referred to the band name, the album name and the song name. I own the album (CD format) and the album has a Wikileaks page.
Ztifg (talk) 03:31, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
- I thought I was talking to you on the IRC channel #wikipedia-en-help...
- Did you just type "Wikileaks" when you meant "Wikipedia" or is that some evil spell checker? — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 04:07, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
- From what I can piece together, you were mistakenly thinking that the simple existence of a parody or cover was sufficient for it to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article. We expect something more than existence. Did the song get onto the charts? Did a notable critic make a comparison? Can you provide a reference that shows this other version was noteworthy?
While an article on More Twisted Christmas exists on Wikipedia, it is a stub with no references and cannot itself be used as a reference. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 18:38, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
- From what I can piece together, you were mistakenly thinking that the simple existence of a parody or cover was sufficient for it to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article. We expect something more than existence. Did the song get onto the charts? Did a notable critic make a comparison? Can you provide a reference that shows this other version was noteworthy?