User talk:Tattoo515

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Basically: First the article should have reliable sources showing their notability (you can see guidelines for that on WP:Music). It is a catch-22 really, People want non-fansite based, web-based, English sources. There really aren't any good comprehensive sources like that. Fan pages should never be used, no matter how accurate or reliable they are. JAME is sometimes ok, but many people don't like it (try sticking to interviews and news releases as opposed to band bios). Anime News Network News (not the encyclepedia, which is user edited) is a good source for any band that travels internationally, and sometimes covers bands that have Anime Soundtrack releases. When I use JAME I try to back it up with Japanese sources (like news sites or magazines) that confirm the information. Unfortunately most of the users who read Japanese get chased off the site by being called liars, when really they are getting their info from Japanese magazines and band pages that they don't know how to do an in-line citation for. Generally people aren't allowed to use an album as a "source" itself, and most videos wouldn't be acceptable either. (You might be able to wing a News report, but you wouldn't link to it, you would need to know the name of the show, the time it was aired, the channel it was on, most youtube videos don't include the kind of detailed information needed to verify them). Basically I would suggest making small edits to articles you are familiar with, and really digging deep to find good sources, not fan pages. The better you dig, the better off we'll be - because as I've said - the experts get chased off of here fast. Denaar 18:37, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

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A Wikipedia account cannot be "canceled", only abandoned. However, since there is no charge or other form of obligation associated with the account, this should not pose a problem. DS (talk) 01:38, 29 January 2012 (UTC)