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Spam[edit]

Please don't keep pushing your chosen book into lists of sources when it is not used as a source in the article. The articles on Britten and Pears are exceptionally well sourced and documented. Only if any new information is brought forward would an additional source be needed. Your persistent attempts to force your pet book into these articles will not be successful however often you make them, and may lead to your being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Tim riley talk 19:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am new to Wikipedia, so I would appreciate a bit of patience. I understand that you are an experienced wiki editor. This new book, if you have read it, includes letters between Britten and Pears that have not been published previously, so I simply wanted to make certain that folks researching Britten know about it. HerdMusic209 (talk) 19:27, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Just a word of explanation: Because there are lots of good books and sources about these people, the mere fact that a new book contains some new correspondence between them is probably not of encyclopedic importance unless that new correspondence changes the biographical facts in a substantial way. If the new book contains very important information about Britten and/or Pears that would change their biographical facts, the best thing may be to open a discussion on the articles' Talk pages to explain what facts are supplied by the new book (including page numbers). But please do not make repeated edits when other editors disagree with you. See WP:BRD for more information. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If I have misjudged you, HerdMusic, I am happy to learn that you are not pushing book spam – which, to explain, is a sadly frequent phenomenon in which people with an interest, often commercial, in a book try to sneak mentions of it into as many Wikipedia articles as possible. If you are a disinterested party seeking to draw the new book to the attention of editors, then that is excellent. I'll have a look at the book at the British Library this week, but – as Ssilvers rightly says, above – unless it tells us anything we didn't already know there is no reason to cite it. Tim riley talk 15:37, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Hi HerdMusic209,

I see that you are new here and I wanted to let you know how Wikipedia referencing works. You should only include a reference in an article if it is being used to verify content. The addition of extra references does not really help the article can can be confusing to our readers when they attempt to use the reference list to verify our content. In addition, repeatedly readding the same information over and over again is considered an edit war. That is one of the last things you should do as it could result in the revocation of your editing privileges. If you feel like you were unjustly reverted you should discuss the revert on the article's talk page. The link for it is at the top left of every article. If you have any questions about this please let me know. --Majora (talk) 19:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your information. I am really quite new to this, and do not yet have a command of the "rules". I suppose I am in an edit war, which I really did not mean to start or have. I will use the article's talk page -- thank you so much for pointing that out to me. HerdMusic209 (talk) 19:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]