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This article states that Shawn Colvin is a songwriter but cites no songs she has written nor any artist whom she's written for. Dangnad (talk) 20:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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These sources do not ever belong in External links. I have moved the link farm from there to this talk page where they do belong. Warning: I didn't check them over, so be careful in choosing any references here. Thank you! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 15:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leah, While agree with you that the EL section should not be a link farm, WP:ELYES says its OK to link to: "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons. I'm not a fan of IMDB but I would think that the link for the NPR interviews would qualify under this guideline. Also the Rock on The Net link gives a lot of info in a timeline format that would be a useful resource to someone wanting a concise overview. Thoughts? --KeithbobTalk 18:24, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I think this article, I may have pushed too hard in haste. I've been trying to "revisit" articles where I've placed photos, adding the link to their Category in Wikimedia Commons, if there is one. In doing so, I keep finding all kinds of *stuff* in External sections-- a smorgasbord of sources, fan sites, and useful, notable sites all jumbled together. The reason they don't belong there is to keep the page pristine, and unused stuff should be here, and when I notice all that stuff and I'm there already-- I just can't leave all that stuff there, and if it's notable, editors can find refs here but don't have the time to weed out what may be a good reference or not; bummer. Anyway, this article I rushed through. My apologies. Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 10:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, thanks for being so humble in your response. I agree that many of the articles on music and movie stars tend to have a lot of fan junk in them and often need clean up. Like you, I am pretty aggressive in that area because it happens so often. And its easy to make an error. The main thing is that we are here contributing to the project in a constructive way :-) --KeithbobTalk 12:23, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Split "Discography" section

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Split I think the discography section is large and should be split off. Thoughts?--Jax 0677 (talk) 05:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

By normal Wiki standards (word count) a fork is not warranted and I don't feel the disco section is overly long. Can you explain further why you feel a split is needed? Best, --KeithbobTalk 18:52, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have been told that if a Discography section is almost half of the article, that it may be recommended to split it off.--Jax 0677 (talk) 16:26, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, we should see if that's a guideline or policy, If so, we should do it, if not I think we may want to leave it. But I'm open to discussion on it.--KeithbobTalk 00:51, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Parking unsourced content

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This content is unsourced and appears to have low notability in the context of the subject's life. However if sources can be found it be added back into the article. Meantime I'm parking it here:

What gives, oddly and suspiciously?

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Is she just fantasizing that she is Italian, given those two guys' names that she married for VERY short periods of less than five years each? Seems odd, uncommon, and unusual in the extreme, and certainly worthy of note. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starhistory22 (talkcontribs) 01:31, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Grammy win for the children?

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Am I crazy to say that Ol' Dirty Bastard aka Dirt McGirt aka Joe Bananas aka Big Baby Jesus should be mentioned for interrupting her during her Grammy acceptance speech?