User talk:Rub rb

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Gwen Stefani discography

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Gwen Stefani discography. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. 17Drew 16:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Jennifer Lopez discography. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. - eo 23:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, a message board/public forum is not considered a reliable source. Without getting the info right from Billboard, how would this be verifiable? - eo 00:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whether the charts are published tomorrow makes no difference - you're updating pages NOW. So where is your reliable source that is not a message board? - eo 00:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

August 2008

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Madonna albums discography. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, your edits will be considered vandalism and you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Geniac (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sugababes discography

Thank you for experimenting with the page Sugababes discography on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. - Underneath-it-All (talk) 18:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is still a Wikipedia policy that forums are not to be used as sources, especially not in featured lists. I will see if I can find the updated sales elsewhere. Thanks for bringing it to me attention. -- Underneath-it-All (talk) 17:17, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to I Am… Sasha Fierce, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. DiverseMentality 00:19, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for trying to make Wikipedia a reliable source avoiding uncredited information. However, if you delete the info about "I Am Sasha Fierce" sales I posted, you should do the same with almost 80% of the album sales of other artists in Wikipedia. (Latest Chrstina Aguilera album, for example). I DO give a source. Forums where Billboard or MusicWeek reports were copied from users with a suscription. I know forums are not allowed as a reliable source but, as only suscribers to that magazines have direct access to their websites, this is the only way to report official and updated info on album sales. I am contrary, and I do fight against vandalism in artist's album sales made up by blind fans, so I only upload official info that, although coming from forums, is directly copied from an official source, not written by a random user. Thanks. Rub rb (talk) 01:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Catfights and Spotlights

Was it you that put the Australian Chart position in? If so, please use a referneces as chart info past the top 100 needs a references as it is hard to obtain. It will be deleted until you add a references. Billy4kate, (talk)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Circus (Britney Spears album). Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. — Realist² 14:31, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

March 2009

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Janet Jackson discography. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. — R ² 13:51, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maintain civility

Maintain civility while talking to someones talk page. --Legolas ^(talktome) 07:18, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely i will explain it to you. See, LoveGame, though we know will be released as a single, but it still hasnot been confirmed by any sources not has it been said by Gaga herself in any interview. If you can find and add a source stating its release, I'll be happy to allow it to be a part of the singles. Next, in the discography page, i removed Spain & Turkey. The reason was, both the references for them pointed to the charts not the discography of the artist. Hence when the song ultimately falls out of the chart, the links will become invalid, won't they? That's the reason i'm reverting your good edits. If you find me a reference which points to the artist discography and has the chart positions, i will be happy to allow it. Cheers! --Legolas ^(talktome) 12:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. I checked Spanishcharts and acharts.com and they both mirror each other by publishing the Physical singles chart only. Hence we can't use them as sources. thanks for your clarification by the way. Really appreciated. I think we need to move acharts and Ultratop to the WP:BADCHART sections for Spain. You can add this link for "Just Dance" to the Just Dance article also. --Legolas ^(talktome) 12:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cititng sources

If u have a subscription to the magazine yourself I encourage you to add it as a source suing the proper style for citing physical books/magazines/newspapers. Non members don't necessarily need to have a subscription to the material as long as you can provide all needed information on how to access said material. If you don't provide the info on how to access this info: for instance isbn, date of publication, name of publication, page number author etc, and the forum does not provide this info either, it is not a reliable source. Anyone can say a magazine said such and such and with no info on how to access this info it remains unverifiable and therefor a forum...that doesn't cite a source other than saying it can from "such and such" magazine is not sufficient per wikipedia guidelines.

This is what a proper magazine, newspaper or book citation would look like,

"Shapiro, Marc. Mariah Carey (2001). pg. 145. UK: ECW Press, Canada. ISBN 1-55022-444-1."

Th authors name first, the name of the article, then the date/year of publication, the page number, the name of the publication, in the case of articles the country of publication, and the ISBN number in case of magazines or books.

PhoenixPrince (talk) 04:06, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just Dance

The link that you are providing for "Just Dance" isn't valid. Please check it to see whether the pdf file still exists or not. I tried it a number of times but still couldnot access it. Hence it has been removed. Also as noted above, you need to start adding sources by formatting the references. I find your additions personally irritating, because then I have to go ahead and format them. you can help by being understanding in this respect. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 12:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

3 Words

Please do not keep removing Korea, the chart is allowed to be used with that source please see Wikipedia:Record charts for a full list of allow charts and websites. Unfortunately some websites are "flash" and cannot be direct linked, which is why I including the date in < --- ---> those, at the top of the page you implement that date and it will take you to the chart, if you need help navigating it, a detailed english explanation is available on the link I just showed you. Please do not removed again, thank you. Jayy008 (talk) 23:24, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 2010

Your recent edit to the page Soraya Arnelas appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any tests that you wish to make. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. Millahnna (mouse)talk 00:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sugababes discography

Hello. I saw your query here, and do you know if Overloaded: The Singles Collection was certified 2x platinum by the BPI? Till 10:28, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Applause

The source is pretty specific: "Lady Gaga's "Applause" misses the Hot 100" is an unambiguous statement.—Kww(talk) 20:56, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But not on its first week! Applause first week was the week 12-18 August, and thus entered the chart published on Thursday 22. The article says that only with 2 days of airplay (as airplay goes Wed-Tuesday) it debuts already on Radio Songs although not enough to make the Hot 100. But that is NOT Applause 1st week as it was only released the day before that article was published. Applause debuted on its 1st week at #6 on Hot 100. Rub rb (talk) 21:31, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's not what the source says. I agree that it charted on the first complete week, but the article says it was actually eligible for the first, partial week.—Kww(talk) 21:45, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me, but I completely disagree. Can you please quote me here the exact words from Billboard article saying that Applause didn't chart on its FIRST WEEK? The only thing I read it's that in that week's chart, when Applause was just released the previous day and serviced to radio 2 days ago, it missed the top 100. But it never say that it misses the Hot 100 on its 1st week. It's VERY different. Applause first week is 12-18 August. And lets stop pretending because we both now what happens here. Billboard don't say those words, not even similar, and that article praises that only with less than 2 days of airplay and no sales or streaming it's close to debut in Hot 100... Which is an achievement. But some users are quoting that source just to give a negative vibe. And this user in particular, Rushton2010, only modifies Applause page to make everything look worse and put negative stuff, even manipulating info. Despite all his work here and recognitions... Rub rb (talk) 22:11, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Q:Can you please quote me here the exact words from Billboard article saying that Applause didn't chart on its FIRST WEEK?

A:"Lady Gaga's "Applause" misses the Hot 100"

I hope this alleviates any confusion you may have.—Kww(talk) 23:12, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

November 2013

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January 2014

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Artpop, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. —Indian:BIO · ^{[ ChitChat ]} 11:50, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What are you talking about??? Experiment with test edits? I just reverted your last change because, as I explained, that figure is not on the link provided. So you give a link, but the info is not on that link and people have to Google it to find if that figure is true??? LOL. If you can find a source in the internet subscription-free and that is not a forum where you can see that 94k figure, then add it as a source... Until then, there's no source for that figure you provide. And I will report this as an edit battle because you're not being objective either and your word is not law. Rub rb (talk) 12:26, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at Artpop shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. STATic message me! 18:44, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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