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DYK for Castle Recording Laboratory

On 29 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Castle Recording Laboratory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first commercial recording studio, was established in a repurposed hotel banquet room? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Castle Recording Laboratory. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Castle Recording Laboratory), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Rumbo Recorders

On 30 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rumbo Recorders, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Guns N' Roses debut studio album Appetite for Destruction was recorded at a recording studio founded by 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rumbo Recorders. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rumbo Recorders), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Pipe links

Hi, why are you making these types of pipe links to hide "Minnesota" https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Power_Generation_(song)&diff=prev&oldid=1193420372 This isnt how it should be done, see WP:GEOLINK --FMSky (talk) 19:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

If I misunderstood the Template parameters, I apologize. I thought that specifying the City would be most important for the infobox, and that further clarification (like the State) could be included in the body of the article as needed. If this is incorrect, then I can retain the State in the infobox (although that feels like a very US-centric approach). synthfiend (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes the state should be retained especially for US cities, since there are often multiple cities with the same name, eg. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine, so specifying the state is important --FMSky (talk) 19:37, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I will proceed accordingly and correct my other edits as time permits. synthfiend (talk) 19:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Great, thanks --FMSky (talk) 19:44, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Marking edits as minor

Hello. Can I ask that you stop marking edits as minor, when in some cases, particularly your edits to Prince's articles linking to Paisley Park, you added what is technically unsourced information as the studio= parameter was not filled out? While a lot of people would be familiar that after it was built in 1987 Prince recorded a majority of his songs there, plenty of casual editors and those who patrol recent changes for vandalism would not understand this, and per Help:Minor edit, edits that can be considered contentious (particularly what is technically unsourced information) and edits that remove or change more than several bytes should not be marked as minor. I haven't reverted any of your edits and as yet I don't have an issue with the substance of what I've seen, but they shouldn't be marked as minor. Thanks. Ss112 10:51, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

No problem, thank you for the clarification. I will proceed as requested. synthfiend (talk) 14:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NAMM

Given your editing on the music industry, particulary synth stuff, I'm wondering if I know you personally. None of my business either way, but keep up the good work editing on music! This is me, BTW - I just got back from the NAMM Show late Sunday night - Alison ^talk 00:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Our paths may have crossed ... is there any way for me to contact you privately? synthfiend (talk) 13:50, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Sure - drop a note to infosyntheticdreamscapes.com. I restore vintage electronic musical instruments for folks like this guy :) - Alison ^talk 17:59, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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Fix a random page lacking sources

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Removing non-breaking spaces

Why are you doing that? How is it an improvement? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:33, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Apologies, I didn't realize what I was doing. I will not remove these going forward. synthfiend (talk) 20:34, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Good deal. Thanks. Keep up the good work, comrade. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

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Infobox edits

Hi, these types of edits arent helpful at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lover_(album)&diff=prev&oldid=1230791019 Please stop with these types of mass changes --FMSky (talk) 19:15, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I make those types of edits in accordance with my understanding of the "studio" field of Template:Infobox album. What am I misunderstanding about that Template? synthfiend (talk) 19:27, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I dont think it says to switch the parenthesis with commas --FMSky (talk) 19:32, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

For a while, I was using parentheses for studio locations, i.e. "Conway (Hollywood)" - then other editors corrected me, telling me that I should use commas, i.e. "Conway, Hollywood". The fact that the template doesn't clarify a standard only adds to confusion over formatting consistency, but no discussion on the topic (they're all archived) seems to have established consensus, so for now I will stop replacing parentheses with commas. I actually prefer using parentheses for studio locations, but I also recognize that's inconsistent with other similar template parameters, and simply wish the template more clearly set a formatting standard that editors could follow. synthfiend (talk) 20:01, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

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