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Hey, I see you do a lot of editing to band pages. My band, STFU (pop punk from NJ, is trying to get a page made. Do you think you can help us? Hpomeroy89 (talk) 04:04, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Some observations

Hello. You seem to do some editing like me... just random things on wiki but please look out for "bare" citations. You can see these in the References section just as a plain links. I think I came across some done by you.. and there is an easy way to do citations. It's in the Help:Edit_toolbar. Click "Cite", and if it's a website then click, "Cite web". Paste the link in the URL spot and then click the magnifying glass. it will fill the details for you.

Also, if you come across pages with this, there's a tool I use: Reflinks where you just copy and paste the wiki article link in it and click Go. It will do it all for you.. but of course if you are citing an article, the above method is preferred.

Brush on and/or bookmark the MOS:ALBUM album style guide to get a better feel for what order the subheaders should go in.. I am finding a lot of articles that are in weird orders [not your doing, I'm just saying be on the look out so you can fix a bunch of things at once]

This message is not meant to be taken accusatory or rudely by any means. I am just trying to be helpful and for all I know, you could already know how to do all this. if so, then disregard

Thanks and please use the ping function so I get a notification of your reply. --Jennica✿ ^{talk / contribs} 14:06, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

I really like how you fixed up the musical style section on Panic! at the Disco. I've been wanting to get rid of all those ridiculous genres listed for each album, but never knew how to replace/tweak it because it looked like such a major part in that section. Thanks. Sekyaw (talk) 04:58, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I know those genres were driving me nuts. They were different than the infobox and I fixed the genres so the article supported the infobox. Bowling is life (talk) 11:48, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	For excellent work on Awolnation. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:08, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Mudvayne

Thank you for that watch. Mudvayne articles are among the most irritating thing I've ever had to deal with on Wikipedia. (DannyMusicEditor from an IP) 104.39.247.36 (talk) 21:12, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance

Why did you remove my edit from My Chemical Romance? I'm not trying to add it back, I just wanted to know what you disagreed with. Thanks. SuperLuigi22 (talk) 00:58, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Good Charlotte

Can you make it so the timeline includes The Madden Brothers (including touring members & session musicians) and Good Charlotte also has the touring and session musicians on timeline.

Thanks, WikiEditsAnnon WikiEditsAnnon (talk) 19:48, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Only offical members go on the timeline. Bowling is life (talk) 20:58, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

New Found Glory

Why did you remove my edit saying that the band is best known for "My FrI ends Over You". It's their only song to reach the US Billboard or reach 10 million views on YouTube. WikiEditsAnnon (talk) 14:33, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

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Your edit to RATM's "The Battle of Los Angeles"

I started a discussion on the Talk page for The Battle of Los Angeles (album): Talk:The Battle of Los Angeles (album)#Rap metal vs. Rock - "This edit changed the genre in the lede (lead paragraph) from rap metal to rock. I reverted because...." Please contribute your opinion, suggestions, etc. so we can reach a consensus. Thanks!   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) 22:56, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

In Bloom Neck Deep

I just wanted to thank you loads for helping on the In Bloom song so that it wouldn't be deleted - I had no idea how to fix it.

BTW TØP's Tear in my heart was there because I copied that info to try to get it like that on In Bloom but it failed. WikiEditsAnnon2 (talk) 23:08, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

In Bloom Neck Deep sources

I don't know if it's useful, but I found a source mentioning about In Bloom having frequent radio play. If that helps. But not found much about charts for it. Or any of neck deep's singles. I will look for that source tho WikiEditsAnnon2 (talk) 23:20, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

I used own musical ability to get the chord progression for In Bloom. Cause most reviews won't detail chord progressions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiEditsAnnon2 (talk • contribs) 00:12, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

@WikiEditsAnnon2: Using your own musical ability falls under the category of original research. —C.Fred (talk) 00:15, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Paramore

Hey you know on Paramore wouldnt the explation of Hayley being the only constant member (since formation) need "- since it's interception" as otherwise she hasn't been the only constant member; Taylor York joined in 2007 but never left the band. So would he be a constant member too? WikiEditsAnnon2 (talk) 07:22, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Genre edit on Bennington

Please do not add content to an article that is unsourced. Genres, like anything require sources. I'm sure you are familiar with WP:OR and WP:RS. To top it off, per WP:SUBJECTIVE, "Wikipedia articles about art and other creative topics (e.g., musicians, actors, books, etc.) have a tendency to become effusive. This is out of place in an encyclopedia. Aesthetic opinions are diverse and subjective—we might not all agree about who the world's greatest soprano is. However, it is appropriate to note how an artist or a work has been received by prominent experts and the general public. For instance, the article on Shakespeare should note that he is widely considered to be one of the greatest authors in the English language. Articles should provide an overview of the common interpretations of a creative work, preferably with citations to experts holding that interpretation. Verifiable public and scholarly critiques provide useful context for works of art.". In other words, things like genre, which are artistic interpretations on work, require a source. Those genres are not sourced in the prose, so they were removed. Any further thoughts on this are welcome, but maybe let's stick them to the page on the singer. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:37, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

@Andrzejbanas: Yes I am aware of WP:OR and WP:RS. That edit was a mistake and I shouldn't have recklessly reverted your edit. I'm going to find sources for those genres since they are prominent genres in his career. Bowling is life (talk) 17:49, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Fall Out Boy

There's a f#$%ing award for this? dannymusiceditor ^{Speak up!} 00:47, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: I guess so. Why? And which one are you talking about? Bowling is life (talk) 00:55, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

People are getting awards for using Twitter? That's the joke of the week. Wow. dannymusiceditor ^{Speak up!} 00:57, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Yeah it's stupid but it's an award. Bowling is life (talk) 00:59, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Revival (Eminem album)

The alt text is useful for visually impaired people. I agree with what you did with 'pop'. HARSH RATHOD (talk) 03:22, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Imagine Dragons

Don't revert. Go post on the talk page or the Music Wikiproject and see if you can get someone to have a look at the sources you signaled as defective or partial. Good luck. Drmies (talk) 01:22, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

@Drmies: I know about the edit revert rule but none of the sources explicitly support the genre that the user is adding. I'm going to start a discussion on the talk page so the edit war doesn't continue, its gone on long enough. Bowling is life (talk) 01:27, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Right--edit warring is edit warring even if you're right. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:29, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Twenty One Pilots

I don't know how to add album covers. :( Every time I upload to Wikimedia Commons, they're removed. The article "Ode to Sleep" needs one, so if you'd be so kind as to add the cover, that'd be great. Or at least lemme know how. It can be found here.-- AlexanderHovanec (talk) 20:57, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

@AlexanderHovanec: I would love to help but I don't know how do that either. I wish I knew how to do it but I don't know where I can learn how to do it. Bowling is life (talk) 21:00, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Alright, that's perfectly fine. It's strange, I've been asking around and no one seems to know how to do so. Hopefully someone can get around to doing it eventually. -- AlexanderHovanec (talk) 21:03, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

February 2018

Thanks for contributing to the article Outsider (Three Days Grace album) . However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that contributions must be verifiable, by being clearly attributed to reliable sources, preferably using inline citations. Please help by adding more sources to the article you edited, and/or by clarifying how the sources already given support the claims (see here for how to do inline referencing). Thanks! P.S. If you need any help, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page, or just ask me. Thank you. --Jax 0677 (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jax 0677: Thank you. I'm fully aware of Wikipedia's policies. I just made some format fixes to the page and I was planning on adding sources to the article (I did not create the article). I just didn't have the time to add sources to the article at the moment. Bowling is life (talk) 17:19, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Billy Herrington

Are you certain about the source that cites his death? FunksBrother (talk) 19:59, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

@FunksBrother: Yes but the more I look at the source, the more it seems like it is not the best source. But it looks like, sadly, that he did die today. If you search his name you'll see alot of people mourning his loss on Twitter, even his mom confirmed it. And yes I know Twitter isn't a reliable source but if that many people are mouring his death, than it must have actually happened. If the source that I added isn't relaible than I'll search for another one. Bowling is life (talk) 20:07, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

@Bowling is life: The link was discussed in the article’s talk page and one of the users disagreed that the source is verified. I want to make sure it’s correct before there’s a news article that everyone fell for a death hoax. FunksBrother (talk) 20:27, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Van Morrison, U2 and Jon Gibson via lists articles...

Hello, I have a question. In the spirit of being fair and following all Wikipedia policies, as with Twenty One Pilots, do you believe it's appropriate to keep Van Morrison (with a Rolling Stone source that doesn't confirm he is doing Christian rock because he doesn't nor does he even consider himself a Christian which is moot) and U2 on the List of Christian rock bands? These are secular musicians. My argument is as with adding Jon Gibson on the List of Christian hip hop artists to prove a point (someone who did rap in the past so the years he was active in hip hop could be added behind his name as is done on other list articles), I was told adding "citation required" after his name is not allowed and he had to be removed from the list yet that was accepted on the 'list of Christian rock bands' (there wasn't a consensus to keep Gibson yet there is a consensus to remove U2 on the 'list of Christian rock bands' but U2 and VM's name remains on the list with weak sources). This makes no sense and seems to be deliberate. Being prejudice that i'm using an IP instead of an account is why their judgment is clouded in my opinion. Others aren't warned for edit warring so I thought i'd bring some new eyes/minds into the matter to avoid conflict. Would you be so kind as to read the talk pages for 'list of Christian rock bands' and 'list of Christian hip hop artists' please? For that matter, Dolly Parton isn't a Christian country singer (even if she's Christian or sang gospel-related songs in the past) yet was added on the list for that as well. I just want to point out their discrepancies/hypocrisy without me getting involved again since the back-and-forth with only one editor is useless. I give up on defending myself and I don't want to add to the pre-existing disruptions/violations/vandalism of others. There are so many issues with those articles that i'm just wanting/trying to fix. Thank you for your time/input/assistance! 2600:1702:1690:E10:3518:CD9E:7602:BC52 (talk) 09:17, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

Please refrain from changing genres, as you did to Gwen Stefani, without providing a source or establishing a consensus on the article's talk page first. Genre changes to suit your own point of view are considered disruptive. I see you have been advised several times about these kind of edits and reverts. Again, please refrain from reverting WP guideline-based edits without discussing the changes you disagree with. The WP:ONUS is on you to seek consensus for inclusion of disputed content. Lapadite (talk) 20:41, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

DGD dispute

I'm not gonna fight anymore. You seem to have a really rough grasp on post-hardcore based on the bands you said were post-hardcore on the DGD talk page. I've been listening to this genre for literally almost as long as you've been alive (fifteen years), but whatever. I'm done. We'll agree to disagree. Have a good night. Cblake92 (talk) 03:32, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Associated acts

Didn't Kanye West worked with The Weeknd 2 times? Tell your friends & FML? So, why can't I write his name here? Kushal2004 (talk) 04:45, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

@Kushal2004: You might be right. I think you can add his name there. Bowling is life (talk) 05:22, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you. You could've thought about it. Without thinking, you cleared it. Kushal2004 (talk) 07:27, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Rush and Light Metal

It isn’t a commonly used term, but it is a sourced genre. Plus, all you need to add or delete a genre is a reliable source, wich I’m also providing. Sixty Minute Limit (talk) 22:00, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "DISRUPTIVE EDITING"

What do ya mean kiddo? I just put the genre there. No need to get uppity about it. Max of government land (talk) 21:30, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "DISRUPTIVE EDITING"

What do ya mean kiddo? I just put the genre there. No need to get uppity about it. Max of government land (talk) 21:30, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

List styles

May I ask the what the point is of going into articles and switching list styles from hlist to flatlist as you did here? Since the rendered text looks the same, it seems like the kind of thing you would leave to the regular editors of that page. Am I missing something? --Spike Wilbury (talk) 18:01, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Second request for a response here. You are required to discuss your edits with the community when asked, as this is a collaborative environment. I've observed you making seemingly pointless changes to infobox parameters that have no effect on the rendered display, and I'd like to know why. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 23:34, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for not responding earlier. Honestly, I don't know why I made pointless changes to infobox parameters. I'll stop doing it. Bowling is life (talk) 03:36, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

My apologies

I thought you were the other editor who keeps undoing all my edits. I'm confused though, if you thanked me for my edits then why did you undo my edit? VanWinkle92 (talk) 19:46, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@VanWinkle92: I edit on mobile and I have to press the desktop button so I can undo an edit and the desktop button is close to the thank button. Because of this, I sometimes accidentally hit the thank you button. It happens a lot and it makes it awkward to undo an edit. Bowling is life (talk)

Change photos

Hi! have seen you often give precious contributiions to update the Wikipedia page of Ronnie Radke that I also follow. As there is an old Photo of 2015 do you know how might I change It with a newer One? Thanks a lot for your attention. Nazaria 73 (talk) 09:10, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Twinkle

Bowling is life, do you have a Twinkle to use revert vandalism? ^{FedericoPaoloBassani} 13:23, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

August 2018

Your recent editing history at Angelic 2 the Core shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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@Oshwah: I know, that is why I started a discussion on the talk page. I know I should have started the discussion earlier instead of reverting. Bowling is life (talk) 05:10, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Cool deal; thanks for doing that. I left the same warning on both your user talk page and the other user's talk page so that I'm fair and treat everyone equally. Just don't make any more reverts to the article and you'll be okay. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:17, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

About Ghost

About Ghost, where's the source stating that they are pop rock? There's like no citation next to it and that makes it look more like someone put in some false info. I'm just wondering because it just seems a little sketchy to me.

@73.240.105.138: The sources for the genres are in the Musical style and influences section of the article for Ghost. You will see that pop rock is supported by three sources. Bowling is life (talk) 15:15, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Weezer Associated Acts

You reverted my edit to the Weezer page wherein I added Weird Al Yankovic to the associated acts. Weird Al does work and play with them, he toured with the group and recently was a part of the music video for their cover of Africa by Toto. Surely this would qualify him as an associated act? IronBridge (talk) 20:50, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Breaking Benjamin's "Defeated", "Ashes of Eden" and "Red Cold River"

Hey, could you find reliable sources on the genres of those songs please. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.157.19.180 (talk) 13:29, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Muse (band)

If you had warned that IP before, I could have blocked already. Drmies (talk) 04:34, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

@Drmies: I told the IP why I reverted his edits in an edit summary. I'm going to leave a message on the IP's talk page. If they proceed with these edits then we can block the IP and/or protect the page. Bowling is life (talk) 04:37, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes. I know about the edit summary--this is more the bit of paperwork that admins need to block sooner, before things really get out of hand. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:54, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Incorrectly Capitalizing Genres

Ok. I received your message regarding my edits. Where exactly are the guidelines for capitalization, and where does it say that the edits I made were examples of incorrect capitalization? For example, if one of the genres listed is "rock" with a lowercase r, but the wiki page is "Rock" with a capital R, then why should the genre be listed as "rock"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgriffy98 (talk • contribs) 04:01, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Maroon 5

You also mentioned "unsourced genres", but none of the other genres have citations of any kind. So why did you revert my edits, but not the other sourceless genres? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgriffy98 (talk • contribs) 04:12, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Jgriffy98: Here: Template:Infobox musical artist. Under the genre section it says, "Most genres are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. However, the first word in a list of multiple genres should be capitalized." Hopefully this clears things up. Also, please sign your messages by typing 4 tildes (~~~~) or copying and pasting them. Put the 4 tildes at the end of your message to automatically sign it. Also about genres and sources, the genres are sourced in the Musical style and influences section of the article because is preferred to do it that way instead of sourcing the genres in the infobox. Bowling is life (talk) 04:16, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Yes, it does. Thank you. I just had one more question in regards to my edits. Given that “pop rock” is one of the genres listed on the page, wouldn’t “rock” be rather self-evident? Pop-rock is a subgenre of rock music, so wouldn’t pop-rock bands, albums, and songs also fall under that category?Jgriffy98 (talk) 04:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Also, you say that "the genres are sourced in the section of the article because is preferred to do it that way instead of sourcing the genres in the infobox." Where does it say that's preferred?Jgriffy98 (talk) 05:07, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Jgriffy98: Sorry, that was bad word choice on my part. Again, with Template:Infobox musical artist, under the genre section, it says, "Genres that are sourced in the article itself do not require a source in the infobox, but sometimes it can be useful to have the source listed again anyway, to help prevent edit warring." Genres can be sourced in the infobox but typically a musical style is created so the infobox doesn't get cluttered with sources. Bowling is life (talk) 05:22, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

I understand. Thanks for the information.Jgriffy98 (talk) 05:27, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Jgriffy98: Actually brother, pop rock is different thing than rock though it is a subgenre of the latter. For ex-Rock is what Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin made but have you listened their song? There songs is miles apart than what pop rock like The beatles and Maroon 5 made. I hope its clear to you. Sorry for any mistake in writing(if there). RegardsHardSunBadMoon (talk) 14:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

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Jacksepticeye

I am sorry for the edit , but I know this person well that edit Jacksepticeye :( . Plz , I have bad things , but I wanted to be helpful . You may remove this to think that I have good things but ......... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.35.48.28 (talk) 03:07, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

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About Maroon 5

I had already said in my edit summary there that before reverting go and read the discussion on talk page but you didn't. Anyways, now please go and read that and also i want to tell you that maroon 5 singer has himself admitted that he doesnt makes rock, rock is nowhere and if anywhere it is, then he hasnt attended the party. You can't write their old genres on wikipedia. Also i have a reference to prove that. HardSunBadMoon (talk) 04:16, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@HardSunBadMoon: Yeah, I know. But all of the genres on Maroon 5's page are sourced. It doesn't matter if Adam Levine says they don't play rock music. They did in their early career. I reverted your edit becuase you removed sourced genres. If you want to re-add your genres, with sources, then go ahead. But don't remove sourced genres. Also, we can list genres that the band was once know for playing. Sources call their early material pop rock and their new material pop. Don't remove genres just becuase the lead singer says they don't play that genre of music. To put it bluntly, Wikipedia doesn't really care what the artist thinks. Wikipedia goes by reliable sources. Also, why are you using a different account? Bowling is life (talk) 04:26, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I handle multiple accounts. You should have guessed it. Only a veteran would try to gain consensus before editing. But i think that the music which the band creates for majority of their career should be acknowledged. ANYWAYS. HardSunBadMoon (talk) 04:32, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@HardSunBadMoon: I agree. I'll admit that the genres for Maroon 5 aren't 100 percent accurate and could use some tweaking. You can add any genres you as long as you have a source to support it. Add the genres to musical style section, but not the infobox, and we can reach a full consensus latter so we don't over stuff the infobox. I don't have enough time to reach consensus right now but latter we can. Bowling is life (talk) 04:40, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@Bowling is life: I have sourced that they make R&B music. See reference no. 194 on the page.HardSunBadMoon (talk) 04:53, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@Bowling is life: I actually added that(which you removed just now from modern culture) as it gave meaning to their reputation in modern culture which justifies the title. When you leave only that part then it only talks about an interview. Just like a story looks incomplete with introductory parts, the respective section looks incomplete without that erased para. So i request you to give a re thought to your action and tell me what you think. Yours faithfulHardSunBadMoon (talk) 13:21, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@HardSunBadMoon: I removed that section because it wasn't sourced. With out sources that was just Original research. Bowling is life (talk) 14:34, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@Bowling is life:See reference no. 169. I think that reference is partially enough to add that. The author in that explains how some of their songs were in start pop rock but then turned into pop like Harder to breath vs Sugar. And for those collaborations, i don't think a reference is needed as everybody knows that. Though if you ask i can help. What do you think about this. Thanks for being so attentive towards me brother.HardSunBadMoon (talk) 14:56, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

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Prog rock apology

Hey. I'm sorry about that edit on The Black Parade on it being a prog rock album. It was wrong of me to assume it to be as such and no similar edit will happen again. - User talk:Danielcool123 15:06, 6 January 2019 (GMT)

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! Peaceray (talk) 03:31, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Riot

That heavy metal edit was only because the verse riff sounded very similar to the bridge of Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath, a heavy metal song. Sorry. - User talk:Danielcool123 14:05, 12 February 2019 (GMT)

: @Danielcool123: That's WP:original research. Hard rock has a source, heavy metal doesn't. Bowling is life (talk) 14:23, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

: : Right. I apologise for the edit. Have a good day. - User talk:Danielcool123 14:27, 12 February 2019 (GMT)

green day

may i ask why you undid my edit? --SacredDragonX (talk) 13:37, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

@SacredDragonX: Your edit caused an error in the band member timeline. Bowling is life (talk) 13:39, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

oh yeah you're right. my bad. --SacredDragonX (talk) 13:44, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Jared Knabenbauer

Hi, I noticed your edit on this article. If you don't mind, why do you prefer Template:Flatlist over Template:Hlist? It seems to me MOS:HLIST saves some unnecessary punctuation, especially spaces. Cheers, --SVTCobra (talk) 21:37, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Imagine Dragons

I initially accepted the revision due their song "Heart Upon My Sleeve." Your thoughts? Spyder212 (talk) 03:08, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

@Spyder212: I reverted your edit because it takes more than them just being featured on one Avicii song for them to be considered associated with each other. These are the criteria for associated acts per Template:Infobox musical artist:

"1. Groups of which he or she has been a member

2. Acts with which this act has collaborated on multiple occasions, or on an album, or toured with as a single collaboration act playing together

3. Groups which have spun off from this group

4.A group from which this group has spun off" Bowling is life (talk) 04:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out! I was not aware. Cheers, Spyder212 (talk) 00:33, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

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Flatlist formatting

Hi. I don't know if you've learned since January that we don't need to add Template:Flatlist to album or song infoboxes now as they support flatlist formatting automatically, but they do. Even at the time you made this edit to Amo in January, the infobox supported listing items on separate lines without needing flatlist formatting. Thanks. Ss112 21:38, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

YUNGBLUD and Halsey (associated acts)

(Edited) Why don’t one time collaborations count? Halsey has heavily impacted YUNGBLUD's career. Under the template for musicial artists, in the section for associated acts it says "This field is for professional relationships with other musicians or bands that are significant and notable to this artist's career" and she has been for him. Sawhitney36 (talk) 23:35, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Also another point: If one-time collaborations don't count as associated acts, all the artists under Halsey's associated acts should be taken off of as they've only collabed once. Sawhitney36 (talk) 14:27, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Capitalisation on Wikipedia

New-ish wiki editor here! So the rules of caitalisation are confusing on wikipedia if something is in all caps or all lowercase or mixed case, wikipedia completely ignores that (even if it's a brand name) and has the first letter be a capital letter unless it's an acronym? Sawhitney36 (talk) 15:47, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

The Beginning (The Black Eyed Peas album)

Closing discussion per WP:EVADE.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Hello, I saw that you once edited the above page, however, SummerPhDv2.0 has removed the sourced content I had added and got the page protected is there any way you can get the edit restored please? Thank you 62.252.205.65 (talk) 13:26, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

July 2019

Hello, I'm Dartslilly. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Alkaline Trio have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Thanks. Dartslilly (talk) 06:17, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

@Dartslilly: Yeah, I know. My edit was constructive and also, I just reverted part of your edit because you removed a sourced genre and replaced it with an unsourced genre. Bowling is life (talk) 06:19, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

That change to infobox genres was made earlier by another editor [1]. Your edit also changed the genre in the lead sentence from pop punk (sourced) to "rock music" (unsourced ? Dartslilly (talk)

Please join the discussion

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dabs

I see you like links in main space that point to disambiguation pages. Perhaps when you restore such edits you would be so kind as to explain why they're necessary. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:05, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Blink-182's self-titled/untitled discussion

Hi, Bowling. I am the anonymous guy that has been adding some sort of information that I think the wiki page for the aforementioned album Blink-182 deserves to hold. I admit I'm wrong with the subject matter that implies me in putting some music genres without any kind of source, I have the link but never knew how to put them in it. I am new to this community and I couldn't find a way on how to put the source where it's being said that the album summarizes in punk rock and post-punk, which are the genres I've been putting lately in the page. I'd like to apologize if there was any confusion or to beliefs about me trying to vandalize the page. This is the page I wanted to cite as the source. Hope you understand, sorry for the inconveniences.

@179.52.175.117: No problem. You can either add the source to the infobox or in the composition section of the article. It looks like you have the source correctly formatted. All you have to do is add it. You can just copy and paste is. No need to apologize as your edits seem to be in good faith and you are new. Welcome to Wikipedia! Bowling is life (talk) 20:37, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album) and Dude Ranch (album). This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. DanWarpp (talk) 08:45, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

We Are Not Your Kind

Hi. Can you please remove alternative metal and industrial metal from the "Composition" section? The sources are not reliable. I'm surprised that nobody noticed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.41.59.139 (talk) 23:32, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/100.6.104.147

I noticed you reverted this IP at Hey Look Ma, I Made It. I just wanted to inform you that this isn't the only time they've made these types of unsourced edits, as I've been non-stop dealing with them and a related IPv6 range at Big Enough (Kirin J Callinan song). I've linked above their contributions page if you would like to have a look. Jalen D. Folf (talk) 19:14, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

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Pink Floyd

If you're going to change genres, please ensure that what is stated in the lead is consistent with genre box. Your previous edit was not. Rodericksilly (talk) 14:24, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

my edit

Why did you revert my Travis Barker edit? –apap04 ^{talk | contributions} 17:07, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

TB collaborated with $B to make "Live Fast Die Whenever", so I added $B to associated acts -apap04 ^{talk | contributions} 18:28, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Moved this section to the bottom; however, as per the Template:Infobox musical artist#associated acts page, I don't think it should have been added in the first place. One song isn't enough to make the associated acts list, as otherwise, the list would never end(!). --Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) 17:10, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

PewDiePie

Hello,

Unnecessary? that's your opinion but not mine. It's important for me! I don't break rules :)

+ I have created a extra row. That's called "extra_information" and that's a extra information!

Jicco123 (talk) 19:14, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

The Cranberries

Hello. The Cranberries are not a pure rock band nor a classic rock band, they classify themselves as an alternative rock band and it's written on their Facebook "Genre: Alternative/Rock". They mix various elements such as folk, post-punk, indie rock, jangle pop and they produced themselves their album with Stephen Street. Also, The Cranberries disbanded in 2019 after the release of their posthumous album In The End on April 2019, it was official. Dolores O'Riordan had died on January 15, 2018. Between the day of her death and the day of the disbanding of the band, the remaining musicians were working of this album. It's on the media, on their Facebook. I'm 43 I listen to them since the 90s Oroborvs (talk) 19:16, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance

Hi MCR are updating their social media/website at the moment for a reunion, please refrain from undoing changes to the article, references will be added within the hour when the press goes live. thanks Nitromaster (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

@Nitromaster: All they did was change their profile picture. Doesn't mean that they are getting back together. Please refrain form adding unsourced/inaccurate information. Bowling is life (talk) 18:36, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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Hi. I've opened a GAR on the The Killers article for which you are a main contributor. I have concerns that it does not quite meet current GA criteria regarding sourcing and other issues. Following the guidelines at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment, I'm letting you know in case you're interested in helping to resolve the concerns, though you are under no obligation to do anything. See Talk:The Killers/GA1 for more details. SilkTork (talk) 05:08, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

@SilkTork: I would love to help. I'll start looking for sources to add to the article now. This may take me a while because I'm going to be a little busy this week. I tried to fix the articles issues a couple months ago but I kind of forgot about this article. I'll see what I can do because I would like to see this article keep it's GA status. Bowling is life (talk) 05:22, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Blink-182 (Album)

Why are you reverting my edits? blink-182's self titled, or untitled for you was released self titled and I'm 100% sure my edits are true, next time please don't revert my edits. Thanks, FunnyMoneyForBunnies. Bye! FunnyMoneyForBunnies (talk) 16:27, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

@FunnyMoneyForBunnies: I already told you that you need to bring it to the talk page and reach a concensus before making the change. Plus, in the first line it says "The untitled fifth studio album by American rock band Blink-182, also known as Blink-182." So, I don't know what the problem is. It says that is also know as Blink-182/self-titled.Bowling is life (talk) 16:32, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Well it was never released untitled, so please, Plus you saw something in parentheses saying "Or Untitled As Stated By Mark Hoppus". Please let me restore my edits and please don't remove them. 10:36 Am 28 November 2019 (UTC). — Preceding unsigned comment added by FunnyMoneyForBunnies (talk • contribs)

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Lover (album)

Hi,

I added retro-pop to the genres in the article's infobox, and you undid that. may I know why? you said its unnecessary. why is it unnecessary? It's been cited as a genre of the album.

thank you. BawinV (talk) 18:57, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Of Mice and Men

Hi, we need to do something with this guy otherwise he is causing an edit war.--Tobi999tomas (talk) 18:05, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Tobi999tomas: I don't know. I'm not going to revert again until this is resolved. I don't want to get blocked for edit warring. I explained it to him more than once and he isn't listening. If he keeps edit warring and vandalizing, he'll get himself blocked. Bowling is life (talk) 18:11, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Me neither. I already told him to stop, but he's keep going with it. I don't want get a warning either. And, well, that's the point. He need to be blocked otherwise he will do this over and over again. We need to contact to someone who is able to handle him asap. Can you do that instead of me, please? I am not really good at explaining this situation and I also do not really know who can block him.--Tobi999tomas (talk) 18:19, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Tobi999tomas: I would report him to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism if he continues. He seems to have stopped temporarily and I don't feel comfortable reporting him if he stops. For now, a consensus should probably be reached on Talk:Of Mice & Men (band). One more act of vandalism or edit warring from him and I'll report him. I think we should reach a consensus before blocking. Bowling is life (talk) 18:28, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't know. To be honest, we should report him now, because otherwise it will cause more fire. We already reached the consensus with him on this and besides, we already warned him, didn't we? Even he told himself "Fair enough.", but I don't think he seems to understand his situation right now, cause he is calling to himself for a ban.--Tobi999tomas (talk) 18:32, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, Wikipedia wasn't letting me save my edits for some reason, briefly. I thought I got blocked. I just realized that I can't report people for edit warring there. That is for vandalism only. I don't know what else to do. Bowling is life (talk) 19:12, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Like I said, I am not really good at this, even I don't know where to report these kind of things. Usually I contact other users who have the right to contact admins to block those who are, well, "unreliable" I shall say, cause I don't want to be mean. --Tobi999tomas (talk) 19:31, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

If you know someone to contact, please do because I don't know who to contact. Someone else just joined the discussion on Of Mice & Men's talk page. Maybe there should be more discussion on the talk page until a concensus is reached. I'm the one who changed the lead genre from metalcore to rock originally. There have been a few other editors who changed it back to metalcore or metal and I would revert them. So, I started this mess. Bowling is life (talk) 19:49, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

PewDiePie associated acts

Hello! Regarding my recent edit in PewDiePie's associated acts, can I ask why you removed my edits? Would i need further references to corroborate my edits? Thank you for answering! Ice bear johny (talk) 07:40, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Lol I don't think it's true. It is true. I can provide references. Please hear me out before removing my edit. Ice bear johny (talk) 07:55, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Infobox sourcing

Is there a policy or guidelines I'm unaware of regarding infobox sourcing? I would think that it makes sense to source something at the first point it appears in the article, rather than making the reader hunt through the whole article to see if it's sourced later. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:14, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Ohnoitsjamie: It's how it's done on most articles. If the genres are sourced in the musical style section, it doesn't make sense to also source the genres in the infobox. It is recommended to keep sources out of the infobox if possible. Bowling is life (talk) 21:10, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Ohnoitsjamie:WP:INFOBOXREF says "references are acceptable in some cases, but generally not needed in infoboxes if the content is repeated (and cited) elsewhere or if the information is obvious." So in this case, sources are not needed in the infobox of the Attack Attack! article. Bowling is life (talk) 21:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Ed Sheeran

You reverted my edit to Ed Sheeran's categories without providing any rationale. Sheeran is a singer-songwriter, and does not make the style of music described in the folk music article. I am aware that in the USA the term is often used for any kind of acoustic music, however the two categories relate specifically to England. Sheeran is an English singer but he is not an English folk singer. Please revert your undo. Monxton (talk) 00:02, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

@Monxton: Sorry, I was going to explain myself but I accidentally hit the save button before I could. I wasn't aware of this and I really don't care anymore, so I'll revert my edit. Bowling is life (talk) 00:43, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

OK Human

OK Human is an upcoming Weezer album that could possibly even be released before Van Weezer as hinted towards on the band's Instagram page. The band has brought it up many times.

Interview with Rivers Cuomo

Interview with Brian Bell

A page about the album on Rivers Cuomo's offical wiki on his website

Instagram post — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coopdaloop22 (talk • contribs) 22:08, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

The Post Human

The Post Human Track Lenght Is on iTunes Dudes...you always remove this edit Why? FiGadeth (talk) 10:10, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

@FiGadeth: I explained why in my edit summary. I couldn't find any sources for it. I also looked at iTunes and the track list lengths aren't there either. If you have the source that has the track list lengths, add the source to the article along with the track list lengths. Bowling is life (talk) 14:22, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Request

"Dancehall-pop" has been redirected to reggae fusion in several years, can you change redirect to dancehall pop (without hyphen, has been created). Thank you. 115.164.94.74 (talk) 14:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

October harvest

treats --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:40, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Your revert of my Vandalism revert

Hi, Bowling is life, I made a revert of vandalism at Rage Against the Machine. However, could you please explain your revert of my vandalism revert here, I would appreciate it. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 22:50, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@P,TO 19104: What do you mean? You removed vandalism and then added it back for some reason https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rage_Against_the_Machine&diff=987419528 right here]. I then removed it. I removed the vandalism because you added it back to the article for some reason.Bowling is life (talk) 22:57, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Ah, it's possible I probably undid my revert in my dummy edit. Thanks. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 23:03, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Van Halen keyboard work

Hi there. Most respectfully, I'd like to stand up for my edits, they were legit, nothing was added that was not present in the songs' articles. I'm a lifelong fan of EVH, had all the records when they came out since Diver Down, and Edward's keyboard work most definitely merits mention. Should we discuss on the talk page, please notice I took care of going there before editing the article. The intention is righteous improvement. All the best Ibaman (talk) 23:24, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

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if Eddie Van Halen is american, then Rene Descartes is Dutch, is he not?

i am just trying to use your rationale on the van halen page for descartes.

presumably your argument is that eddied's accomplishments were primarily through the american rock band van halen, and thus he should be referred to as american, right?

well, how does a similar rationale not apply to descartes? all of his work was in the netherlands and yet he's called french... 50.99.182.113 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 21:46, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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Why in the world does Chevelle (band) need sections that are one-paragraph (and in one case, one sentence) long? Have you read MOS:LAYOUT? The MOS:BODY section reads "Very short sections and subsections clutter an article with headings and inhibit the flow of the prose. Short paragraphs and single sentences generally do not warrant their own subheading." Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:12, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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Edit (Revert) leading to misleading Discography section

Hi, You reverted an edit I made to alert readers that the "Discography" section in the main "Pink Floyd" article includes only the 15 studio albums (they being the source of (almost) all new creative material), and not any of the 50 other "derivative" issued discs (3 "live albums", 9 "compilation albums", 5 "box sets", 6 EPs, 27 singles (only 4 of which are not album material), etc.). These numbers come from the separate complete article on "Pink Floyd Discography", and in fact the summary Discography in the main "Pink Floyd" article is currently identical to the "Studio Albums" section of the full discography article.

Can you please explain your justification for returning the section heading to the misleading un-qualified state ?

Iolar~enwiki (talk) 11:06, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

@Iolar~en wiki: Sorry about that, I have just fixed my mistake. Now the discography is more clear on the fact that it just includes studio albums. However, I did not include it in the heading. Bowling is life (talk) 12:15, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

I've been reverted twice

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Weeknd&type=revision&diff=1002930775&oldid=1002930314 probably needs to be undone. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:12, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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After Hours (The Weeknd album)

Hi, I recently reverted (twice) your addition of "electropop" to the genres of After Hours in its infobox. As per WP:EXPLICITGENRES, we required the genre of the work/album explicitly stated. The source you cited does not call the album 'electropop'. It ambiguously calls so "other" tracks (without pertaining to the number of tracks). Therefore, it doesn't qualify as a genre for the whole album. Have a great day. BawinV (talk) 07:00, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@BawinV: Why did you revert it a second time? I clearly added a different source the second time I added this genre. This source seems to support the genre better. "“After Hours,” his strongest album to date, is uniquely fed up with L.A. Heavy with sinister 1980s electropop." Bowling is life (talk) 07:06, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh right. I assumed you made the same edit again, since your edit lacked an edit summary. Please write an edit summary everytime you make an edit (except in cases of reverting vandalism). I've reverted my own edit on After Hours. Regards. BawinV (talk) 07:14, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

References

Your Revert on My Edit

Hello! I noticed that you reverted my edit on the page Jack Black and I just wanted to explain to you why I did what I did. So, setlist.fm is a user generated cite/source and that is considered to be unreliable. If you have any problems with that, feel free to {{ping}} me here and/or start a discussion on my talk page and I will respond back to you as soon as I can! (Note: If you do not respond back in the next 24 hours, I will revert your edit back to mine. Also, please {{ping}} me when you are responding back) Jack Reynolds (talk to me!) (email me!!) 13:14, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

@JackReynoldsADogOwner: Well, since setlist.fm isn't reliable, it shouldn't be used at all. Why did you add it? Bowling is life (talk) 13:30, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

@Bowling is life: I didn't. I tried to remove it. Jack Reynolds (talk to me!) (email me!!) 13:31, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

@JackReynoldsADogOwner: Oh, I wasn't paying attention and I thought I removed the source. I just reverted my edit. Bowling is life (talk) 13:37, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Jack Reynolds (talk to me!) (email me!!) 13:40, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Oliver Sykes Nationality

Hey! I've recently updated Oliver's nationality and you changed back to what it was saying that I need to provide a source. Can you help me on that? I'm unable to copy the exact link of his Instagram post announcing that, if it's not trouble to you, would you mind updating with the source? It's his last post Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raphadoenstlikeyou (talk • contribs) 17:57, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Travis Barker

Please see Template:Infobox_person. The info box "partner" field is for an "unmarried long-term partner" or "unmarried life partner", not someone he's been dating for a few months. I didn't remove the information from the body of the article, just the info box. And please read WP:BRD. When you have been undone you should discuss the edit rather than restoring it. Meters (talk) 01:59, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Discography references

Those references on Waterparks discography aren't needed. See The Prodigy discography or Nirvana discography, which are highlighted as sample tables for their formatting at Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style. As you can see on those and other discograph pages, references aren't used in that section of the table. Additionally you reverted many of my changes cleaning up the overall formatting with no cause, so please make sure your edits are productive. Thank you. Leesandeul (talk) 00:31, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Chill

Bro chill the fuck out I made a mistake wtf TheWeekdayz (talk) 05:09, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@TheWeekdayz: No worries it's not a big deal. It's an easy fix. It was just a simple edit summary, I am mad at you. Bowling is life (talk) 05:54, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

I've never known BIL to be anything but chill.

I know it's late, but could you please address the question I posed to you on Talk:The Weeknd‎. The docs of template indicate at the start of the associated acts part that "This field is for professional relationships with other notable musicians or bands that are significant to this artist's career." It then lists some criteria that may qualify. The two opposing editors have simply listed the number of times that they've worked together to indicate that they are significant, but I'm not convinced. Then you come in and make the same argument. Are you saying multiple is significant to this artist's career? Of course, please respond on the article's talk page.

If that is the case, then with the current trends of artists 1) releasing multiple strings of singles rather than albums (even though most do not chart) and 2) artists collaborating ("This is My Song" (featuring Some Artist)) on almost every song, the field is going to become meaningless. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:34, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for my previous childish behavior

-Charlie — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheWeekdayz (talk • contribs) 07:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Reason

Hi, regarding this, I did not add the reference up there. I think it's a glitch/bug that occurs when you add sources via visual-editing. Wikipedia should fix it. I would've removed it myself if I had noticed it. Thank you for removing it. Regards. BawinV (talk) 07:09, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Jaiden Animations draft

So is this ready to pass notability? Please see Draft talk:Jaiden Animations and chime in on whether this is now ready to pass notability. If enough of the objectors in AFC and AFDs are on board, we can push to remove the salt. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 17:42, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Infobox lists

Hey there, I've noticed you tend to replace hlists with flatlists like on this edit. This isn't a criticism, I was wondering why you do this? Because, Template:Infobox musical artist says hlists are just as acceptable as flatlists and it seems like a lot of hassle for a minor formatting difference. Thanks, Issan Sumisu (talk) 16:57, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Disruptive

Greetings, I find your claims aimed at me to be quite rash. Let me explain. On Zayn Malik you ordered me to stop removing genres because *they are sourced in the article* also defining my edits as disruptive. You added the alternative R&B genre that i removed because it is sourced in the article right? I only found the two sources that supported it, that are and they strictly and exclusively talk about his first solo single. Do you really think that sources for the first solo single from a major artist in his whole carreer to still define his overall artistry 3 albums and 5 years later? On Bruno Mars you were right on the acts thing, I apologize, I wasn't informed enough about it and after a double check i got it, but the genres revert is a little bit off the road to me. Sources from 2010, about his first album and first album only do not define his overall genres, he has done multiple projects and developed his artistry a whole lot since then. That is also sourced right after the reggae and rock statement.

Please, I kindly ask you to check what you are doing before making certain statements--Morce Library (talk) 15:17, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

@Morce Library: My apologies for my mistakes. I'll revert my edits. Bowling is life (talk) 15:49, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

References

Wage War template

Hi – no objections at all to you creating this template, but I don't know if it's because you forgot or you didn't know, but if you create a navbox template like this, you then have to add it to all the relevant articles (the band's article, their discography article, and each album's article), otherwise it serves no purpose, because nobody will ever see the template you created. Thanks. Richard3120 (talk) 00:50, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Richard3120: Thank for the message. I didn't know you had to do that and I'll remember that for next time. Thanks.Bowling is life (talk) 01:04, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it won't appear automatically on the articles once it is created. And if it's not on the articles, then it won't be seen anywhere on Wikipedia. No problem – I just wasn't sure if you knew or not. You'll have noticed I added the template to all the articles for you. Richard3120 (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Ed Sheeran

Closing discussion per WP:EVADE.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Hi! Talking about Ed Sheeran, the source says "elements of folk, hip-hop, pop, dance, soul, and rock can be heard in his big hits "The A Team," "Sing," "Thinking Out Loud," and "Shape of You"". I personally find It quite far from a statement like "Sheeran Is an hip hop artist", plus other genres listed the same way as hip hop, on the same source/sentence, are not reported in the article. I would like to know what's your take on it :)--Morce Library (talk)

Justin Bieber

Closing discussion per WP:EVADE.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
That source Is not enough, because It defines him an R&B Singer on the project. Talking widely, the source itself says that he is a pop artist and that the work detaches itself from his usual work being rnb, that means that rnb Is an occasional genre in his discography, you keep on taking one sentence out of a much wider context, That's WP: Cherrypicking --Morce Library (talk) New source Is fine though Morce Library (talk) 16:58, 22 November 2021 (UTC) Yeah I new this source was going to be better. It probably wouldn't hurt if we found more sources. I just don't know what we would do with that Spectrum source for R&B. Bowling is life (talk) 17:05, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Eternal Blue

You reverted my recent addition of the "alternative cover" at Eternal Blue (album). I was just trying to help because of someone else's concern at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums (November 15 thread). Either way, you included two reasons for the reversion and neither makes sense. Broke the infobox? This version: [2] looks completely functional to me. The image is also not a violation of Non-Free Content Criteria because it is a retail item and qualifies as Fair Use (WP:NFCI). Meanwhile, multiple covers are common and the system is set up for it, as seen in the "Advanced Usage" section at Template:Infobox album. If you choose to revert someone's attempted improvement of the article, so be it but your explanation needs to be more accurate. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:22, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

@Doomsdayer520: Even though I reverted your edit originally, I do really appreciate your edits and you adding the cover art. No hard feelings. The addition of the extra cover removed the label and producer from the infobox. See this revision to see what I mean - there is no label or producer section in this revision: [3] When I checked the file for the extra image, it said the file did not meet Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. This is what I was talking about in regards to the file: [4] So my edit summary was accurate. But, none of that matters because it has all been fixed. The infobox is working and the extra cover art is back on the article and now meets Non-free content criteria. Bowling is life (talk) 23:03, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

The "non-free" issue was temporary for a few hours, and it happens with most incoming images of album covers if they are larger (pixel length x width) than a certain size. That in turn is caused by whatever source the image came from. But WP has an automated system to reduce the image size in the background, and it happens pretty quickly. The slightly-too-large original file is allowed to sit temporarily until the bot does its thing, and I have seen this hundreds of times. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:17, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Volbeat

Servant of the Mind digital deluxe has Don't Tread On Me as track 18 as per Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music etc... 173.206.26.237 (talk) 04:39, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

30 (Adele album)

Hi Bowling. 70svinyl accidentally removed sourced genre (Stereogum)[5], can you restore? Plus, "Melted Stone" is a copyright holder for her recordings, not a label. 183.171.115.125 (talk) 16:17, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Silk Sonic

I think that a group like Silk Sonic which has been around for nearly a year now should have an official photo and not two separate ones spliced together, but I also want to abide by copyright restrictions. This website contains information regarding who took the photo and was posted by Silk Sonic’s official Instagram page (the website is linked because it lists the photographer). Would this work? https://dailytrojan.com/2021/11/16/silk-sonic-channels-old-school-rb/ Zvig47 (talk) 22:49, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Question about horrorcore

Hiya Bowlingislife, I came to ask a question. I noticed you reverted an inclusion I made on The Silver Scream 2, in which you removed horrorcore. I added a source where I was specifically looking for hard rock, and in the article [6] I stumbled across horrorcore as a specific genre included in the summary from this reliable source. I decided to add this as well as hard rock and post-hardcore. I've seen the Wikipedia article for it before, you said it wasn't accurate even though the source specifically states it. In the context of the album, a subgenre of hip hop doesn't make sense especially when they talk about the genre of horrorcore being in the context of horror-themed hardcore music. It would sure at least warrant a mention in the article, it only so happens that the horrorcore article says something completely different. Other sites such as here [7][8] have also referred to Ice Nine Kills as horrorcore, so the mention in the article makes sense. Though because genres should have hyperlinks, what would be done about this inclusion even though the statement of the horrorcore article says differently? These say them in the context of the genre, I suppose it could be up to interpretation as we aren't music journalists, though what do you overall think of this? Many thanks. Rockmusicfanatic20 (talk) 12:29, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

@Rockmusicfanatic20: We can mention the genre in the body of the article but I don't think it would be appropriate for the infobox. Maybe we could link it to the horror punk page like this: horrorcore. Putting horrorcore in the infobox just would not be appropriate because it is a hip hop genre. The source is obviously not referring to the hip hop genre. Bowling is life (talk) 01:53, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

MxPx

Please explain why you undid all my changes in MxPx, I am working to fix inaccuracies in representation on this page as directed by the band and their immediate team. There are multiple errors included in this Wikipedia page that demand attention, and my edits are not malicious or trying to misrepresent in any way. I have even provided sources and new citations to keep this page current and updated with their most recent accomplishments. I do understand the genre specification and will leave that in, but the rest of my edits should not have been removed where we added in the bands accomplishments up until the present. Wtfsteph (talk) 21:21, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

I just fixed the edits back and did an undo on the GENRE specific portion of my edits. I hope this suffices as there is no longer a change on Genre.

However, I would like to discuss the rules behind this - as it is a sensitive topic to designate a religion to someone that they do not identify with. How is this handled for other public figures that change their religion or gender over time? How does that get adjusted and fixed? What sources do I need to provide? Thank you. Wtfsteph (talk) 21:31, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Apologies to as this discussion should be happening on the article's talk page, but new editors. Feel free to move it to there if if you'd like.

@Wtfsteph: I can explain it. There are many problems with your content. For instance in this edit that reads "continues to tour the world on their own terms". The source you supplied is 12 years old. That does not address their current situation in any sense of the term. Also, it flies wildly in the face of WP:PEACOCK. There were violations of MOS:HEADING, MOS:PUNCT, MOS:LINKING, WP:OVERLINK and a number of other editing manuals of style and guidelines. In this edit, you add a category for albums to an article about a band, you remove correct formatting, and so many, many other problems. I suggest you take it slow and try to make small edits. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:10, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Walter Görlitz: Thank you for your kind and thoughtful discussion. The original comment to me was pretty aggressive, and yes this is my first time editing and trying this on my own so I really appreciate the help. I will take your feedback to heart and try to correct everything. I do want to add the most current updates up until the present, I referenced many songs and events that the band participated in with current and relevant articles. The 12 year old article was referencing the band going independent, which still remains their current situation to this day, but I will correct that with a more current representation. This has been my job over the last year, trying to correct, source, and update the inaccuracies on this page. So I don't take it lightly and really appreciate the help. Wtfsteph (talk) 17:12, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Wtfsteph: I want to apologize for my edit summary. I really need to avoid editing Wikipedia when I am in a bad mood. No hard feelings, I thought you had bad intentions, but I was wrong. I really appreciate what you where trying to do. I hope my inappropriate edit summary doesn't discourage you from editing Wikipedia. My edit summary was completely uncalled for and unwelcoming. I am really sorry for being so aggressive. I'll try to be more welcoming from now on. Bowling is life (talk) 17:31, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Bowling is life: Thank you for your kind words as well. I understand this page is pretty frustrating, as fans have seemingly been the ones to update it for years now and I AM very aware of the back and forth arguments about religion and such. However, the band is entering their 30th year this year and preparing for a new album, but this page wildly misrepresents them and reads as if they shut down operations long ago, despite them being pioneers of live streaming throughout the pandemic, releasing several new songs, curating an entire event series through the pandemic, and new live albums. It also is missing a lot of factual information that can be found elsewhere like IMDB on the band's extensive TV, video game, and movie history. They are a much bigger staple in American pop culture than this page represents, and it's become a pain for the PR team to have to correct journalists who are utilizing outdated or incorrect information. I'm hoping to fix all this and make sure it's accurate and up to date so that when the band promotes their next album, people don't get the facts wrong. That has happened many times in the past as folks tend to reference Wikipedia before anything else. I just want to emphasize that everything I am working on is communicated to and approved by the band themselves and with the best of intentions. Thank you again for your help! Wtfsteph (talk) 17:47, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

MOS:GOODHEAD

Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that I undid your revision that incorrectly uses bold markup for headings at Impera. Per MOS:GOODHEAD, bold markup should only be used as a last resort, and only because you've run out of subheadings. Since that isn't the case here, I have fixed it again. Just because other album articles also incorrectly use bold markup doesn't mean it should be repeated here. Thanks. 174.2.92.104 (talk) 18:44, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

In This Moment edit

Classifying In This Moment as a rock band instead of an alternative metal band is a matter of opinion, not a fact. They have been classified as alternative metal by numerous music publications and outlets. Their Apple Music bio also lists them as a metal act. I made the necessary updates to correct this, and you reverted my edit. Could you provide clarity on this? 2601:2C4:C481:66B0:58B4:2827:C6F7:D004 (talk) 17:52, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

@2601:2C4:C481:66B0:58B4:2827:C6F7:D004: The lead genre is supposed to be broad, not specific. How is calling them rock wrong? All of the genres they are described as are rock genres. Metal is a genre of rock music. We can't just call them alternative metal in the lead because they are described as many other genres. That's why we keep the lead genre broad. Bowling is life (talk) 18:18, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

That’s the thing, alternative metal is a broad term. Specific would be calling them an “Industrial Metal band”. Regardless of that, your perception of whether or not the lead genre was broad enough or not irrelevant when the band refers to themselves as an alt-metal band. You may not understand the difference but there is indeed a difference. The artists/band understand these differences is why they make it a point to say what they are and we as consumers have to respect that. By changing their genre you have inadvertently changed their Google Knowledge Panel. Now when someone googles them, they come up as a rock band which is inaccurate and misleading. Sylense night (talk) 23:07, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

In This Moment revision

Yes, the lead genre should be broad, but this is where you are wrong. Alternative metal is a broad, all encompassing term for different sub-genres of metal music (nu metal, gothic metal, industrial metal, electronic metal). The genre box on the wiki article lists all metal sub-genres. The opening statement of very first article link that is listed in the “Musical Style and influences” section classifies them as an “alt-metal act” as well as many other publications.

Following your logic, you would have to go through and change the lead genre from metal to rock for every single metal band with a wiki page. Every metal or alt-metal such as bands like Slipknot, Metallica, Korn etc has done much softer music, but that does not make them a “rock” band. Take a band like Slipknot for example. They have many songs that can be classified as hard rock, soft rock, and gothic rock but classifying them as a “rock band” would be incorrect because that isn’t indicative of their overall feel and sound. They are undeniably a metal act. The same goes for In This Moment. They themselves have stated in many RECENT interviews that they are indeed a metal band. If we are going to make sure that the information provided on these wiki pages are as accurate as possible then we need to understand the intricacies of these genres and artists. We have to be consistent with the bands as well as the media publications and outlets. 2601:2C4:C481:66B0:58B4:2827:C6F7:D004 (talk) 18:44, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Your editing is becoming disruptive

You do not need to unnecessarily change an artist’s genre. The only time the genre in the info box should change, is if the artists acknowledges a shift in their primary genre. An artist’s overall body of work indicates their primary genre, not a few styles that they may experimented with throughout the years. For example, Lady Gaga has done songs that has a country influence, but that doesn’t make her a country music artists…she’s without a doubt pop artist. Genre’s and sub-genres exist for a reason and you seem to be having trouble grasping the concept. Sylense night (talk) 06:20, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

The Saints of Violence and Innuendo

In reference to your revert of my Shinedown edit, tweets are valid sources when they’re self-referential, per WP:TWEET. In any case, releasing a second single while the first is still charting at #1 wouldn’t make any sense. Grat tracks are uncommon, but they do exist. IYoni (talk) 07:36, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

@IYoni: Interesting, I have never heard of grat tracks. The Loudwire source calls it a single so I don't know what to call it. Bowling is life (talk) 19:52, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Whitman or Boston re: Poppy

I'm curious why you removed the ExploreTalent source for Poppy's birthplace being Whitman? What makes that "not a good source"? I know some other sources list her birthplace as "Boston" but its worth noting that that may simply be because Whitman is a suburb of Boston, in the same way that a lot of articles will say Matt Damon is from Boston even though he's actually from Cambridge (plus only one of the sources actually mentions the city of Boston specifically; the other simply says "the Boston area" and the third doesn't mention it at all). I would assume that the source with a more specific location would be more likely to be accurate; if the source indicates that Poppy is from Whitman then why should it be disregarded? Thanks, VSatire (talk) 06:02, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Following up on this; if there are at least a handful of sources indicating that she lived in Whitman for part of her youth then why should those be disregarded? I would appreciate it if we could discuss this rather than just editing the page over and over. VSatire (talk) 15:23, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

@VSatire: I didn't mean to cause an edit war. I should have explained myself better. It is completely fine to mention that she lived in Whitman. You just need a better source than Disogs. Disogs is considered to be an unreliable source according to WP:RSPSOURCES because it is a user generated site. I found another article from The Boston Globe (a reliable source) that says she was born in Boston. I haven't been able to find any better sources for Whitman. Do you have anymore? Bowling is life (talk) 17:15, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I understand what you mean. I wasn't aware Discogs was considered unrelible; that's my mistake. Most of the other sources that mention Whitman cite back to her ExploreTalent page; to my knowledge that isn't user generated and can only be created by the person themselves (I could be mistaken though). But the majority of sources that I've seen do just say Boston or the Boston area, so I suppose it is possible that the Whitman claims might be mistaken. I'll try to see if I can find any more. VSatire (talk) 17:08, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Imagine Dragons

Apologies. While trying to restore a better version of the article, I reverted your revision. This was due to disruptive editing by other editors. Apologies again

Jaiden Animations

Apologies; I missed the numbers change. I thought it was only the shortdesc. Best wishes, Solipsism 101 (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

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The title of your account

I think it is little bit offensive the title of your account you chose as we know bowling is game you are not editing about sports or related to bowling games I think you should explain everything here if you have respect for all Wikipedians because that and your angles of contributions clashes each other or is that I am mistaken? 196.191.188.64 (talk) 04:19, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

@196.191.188.64: Haha you are kidding right? My edits not matching my username should not be a big deal or a concern to anyone. Although, if I could change my Wikipedia user name I would. I do not like the name I chose at all. Bowling is life (talk) 04:43, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

I advise you to change it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.191.188.67 (talk) 05:07, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Post Malone

Hi, I removed trap because the sources provided for trap did not call him trap, and I moved hip hop first as he as known as a rapper/hip hop artist and has been additionally called three sub genres of hip hop. RoseAnarchy (talk) 17:14, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

System Of A Down

Thank you for helping out on System Of A Down, one my favorite bands, and I think bowling is indeed life, as your username states. Think of this as a barnstar, just with words. Smotoe (talk) 12:35, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Friendly Advice

Please in the future read the Infobox Templates before you remove sections from them :), Each wikiproject has slightly different styling params. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:47, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

"Doesn't look right on mobile"

Hi Bowling is life. If list formatting isn't displaying correctly on mobile and you are concerned about it "not looking right", that is absolutely something you should be raising at (and I would encourage you to raise at) Template talk:Infobox album. Employing local workarounds on topics you edit/are interested in instead of raising what is apparently a wider problem is not going to get anything solved. Please tell the editors who can code a fix about it at the infobox's talk page without restoring formatting Template:Infobox album explicitly tells editors not to use anymore. Also, I don't see the point for nowrap templates most of the time, so I have removed your addition of it. It's really not an issue to have a name split on two lines—it has to happen in some places. The infobox or whichever table names are listed in can't always be ultra-wide to compensate for a couple of names or genre names being split up. If one hovers the link, they can see the full linked name anyway. It's not confusing or an inconvenience really at all. The formatting thing though sounds like it is, so I encourage you to try to get something done about it where it counts. Ss112 17:50, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Also, I just want to point out that you are the first editor I have seen point this out and use (or reinstate) flatlist formatting for this reason. That's not to say nobody else has raised it or is not having the same issue (I can clearly see/delineate the separate items on mobile), but I would think if this is such a widespread issue for mobile users we'd be seeing a lot more people trying to go the local workaround route like you've done. I would raise it at the infobox talk page then go from there, as this might be an overall infobox issue for mobile that template editors can work towards correcting across the site (and it would be important too, as a lot of readers use Wikipedia on mobile nowadays). Ss112 18:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

• Hi Bowling, would just like to let you know I let the editors at Template talk:Infobox know about this (as I noticed you hadn't), and Izno implemented a fix 24 hours ago here. I've checked myself, and the interpuncts display correctly on mobile now. So no more need for restoring flatlists. Ss112 17:28, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance

I struggle to find how my edit was not constructive and I do not need to read the policy again when my edit is fully within fairness and all the evidence needed is that Gerard Way has stated that he does not believe his band is emo and actually despises the term. I believe my edit that was reverted was fully unfair and didn't violate any policy. RhinoNutts505 (talk) 06:45, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

@RhinoNutts505: Whether an artist agrees with the genre they are labeled with doesn't affect the infobox genres. Wikipedia goes by what reliable sources say. There are reliable sources in the musical style section of the article that call them emo. Therefore the genre can be included in the infobox. Saying that Gerard Way has stated that MCR are not emo is not a valid reason to remove emo from the infobox. While Gerard disagreeing with the band being labeled as emo is mentioned in the musical style section, it doesn't mean we can't include emo in the infobox. Also see: Wikipedia:Genre warrior and Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Just know that on Wikipedia, genre are based in reliable sources, not what the artist thinks. I hope this clears things up. Bowling is life (talk) 13:09, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Amaranthe

Hi Bowling is Life. Could you check on the Amaranthe article to settle a dispute please? Thank you....SirZPthundergod9001 (talk) 06:08, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

RATM

The reversal of my edit was in a YouTube video where the actor stated the facts. Wikipedia would not let me cite

“The rapper and actor Yaasin Bey revealed in the June 21, 2021 episode of Peoples Party , that he had been approached to replace Zach De La Rocha, citing that he turned down the offer . Later Morello would recall an exchange with Epic Records: “ Curpop (talk) 15:21, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Discussion

I’ve opened a discussion on Blurryface’s talk page. I’d appreciate it if you would respond back as I pinged you’d many hours ago. Pillowdelight (talk) 21:34, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Gorillaz albums and singles

Hey there, would you check all the explicitly sourced genres? 183.171.123.177 (talk) 04:24, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Pink

I know all that, my concern is why are we placing "WERE" as an acceptable replacement, if we're saying to use and using "ARE" ? - FlightTime (open channel) 19:17, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

The Edit War: Wisconsin’s Language

Hi,

In case you were not aware as a state in the United States, Wisconsin generally speaks English. I see no reason why we had to insist on putting that a small specimen of the population speaks Spanish just like we don’t need to put what percent speak Middle Eastern languages, German, Afrikaans, Chinese, or anything else. We know for certain that if we go there and interview every person that we will find some speaking every language. But as a United States state, they primarily speak English. Zillion&one (talk) 08:18, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@Zillion&: I am aware that every state is predominantly English-speaking. Spanish is included because it is mentioned in the source and other state articles mention other languages besides English. Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan all have other languages besides English even though English is by far the most common language. Bowling is life (talk) 14:58, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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Suicide Silence

Hello, I need with this problem hopefully you can agree with me upon this. I will send a link because this will take awhile to explain so you can see it for yourself. Suicide Silence (album) Revision history --Tobi999tomas (talk) 18:33, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello again, I guess you didn't have time to answer so here's the situation: Introductory sentence of the article should've been "American deathcore band" and not "American metal band". I usually follow your guidelines because it makes the most sense to me. You always changed the lead genre to match the band's article no matter what genre is the album. The lead genre should be broad. I tried to make a consensus about this but the conclusion still haven't come out yet. Hopefully you can join the talk page and agree with me upon this. I also tried to make another option: "American heavy metal band" will be in the introductory sentence in all the pages related to the band. Since they played more than just deathcore, then I guess heavy metal would be better for the lead. Tobi999tomas (talk) 11:03, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

John Marshall (guitarist)

regarding your question on that article, it's redundant/pointless to write "occupation = Musician", "instrument = Guitar", when you can you straight up write "Guitarist" in the infobox. see also WP:REDUNDANCY. this is also common practice for singers, where most of the time it just says "Singer" instead of having both "Singer" and "instrument = Vocals" --FMSky (talk) 11:03, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance

In relation to the genre changes on My Chemical Romance, I have provided sources Gaffer2602 (talk) 22:34, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Discography citations and infobox formatting

Hi Bowling. As you might remember me telling you a few months ago that after you pointed out that without flat list formatting bullet point-listed items bled into one another in infoboxes on mobile, I asked if a template editor could alter the code so the items display the item-separating interpuncts correctly on mobile. The interpuncts display correctly on desktop and mobile without the flat list formatting being present, so you don't need to still hardcode the formatting in the infobox. Also, I noticed that you were the one who added citations to Paramore discography. While I don't think anybody has an issue with more sources being present and I know you edit discographies fairly regularly, you might agree that most editors aren't really going to say that citations are required on discographies for albums and singles when they (all) have articles that prove they are indeed albums and singles. Unless the title itself is contentious, the citations are usually better placed next to the release date, which is generally a more contentious thing and gets fiddled with more regularly, so I've moved the citations there. Ss112 13:42, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Ss112: I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder and for your help on Tekkno! Bowling is life (talk) 14:22, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Removal of content on Blur

No offense, but why are you so defensive on keeping the new content added on Blur? Blur's article only had alternative rock, Britpop and indie rock in the infobox, never had a music genre and influences section in the article and didn't have additional categories at the bottom of the article. Blur's article should go back the way it used to be before all that new content, save the band members section, came in. 2601:407:4100:87A0:4057:2557:7318:4C3B (talk) 22:28, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@2601:407:4100:87A0:4057:2557:7318:4C3B: None taken. I added the musical style section a while back because genres need to be sourced and Blur's article is a "good article". Good articles are never perfect and I added the musical style section to improve it further. I am not being defensive, I am just letting you know that removing content without a good reason could lead to you getting blocked and I don't want that to happen. The musical style section is properly sourced and removing it will not improve the article. I have yet to hear a good reason why it should be removed. Bowling is life (talk) 23:57, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Escape the Fate

Hi there, why did you revert my edit? Yes, there should be better source than Facebook post. If you did not like it, find a better source instead of reverting my edit without mentioning it in the edit summary. Egeymi (talk) 16:16, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

@Egeymi: Sorry. I was reverting an anonymous user's edit and I didn't see your edit. Bowling is life (talk) 16:30, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Rearranging citation parameters to your personal preference

Hello. I don't know why you rearranged citation parameters, but it appears having the author parameters first is your preference. I started that article and I didn't have them in that order. I've seen you do this on other articles. If you can do that on those articles and the creators of those articles don't care or notice, fine, but please don't do it on articles I started, let alone rearrange citations you didn't even add. The author's first name doesn't even appear first, it appears after their surname in the final output, therefore your personal preference is just as valid as mine, but the original order should be stuck to if anything. Nobody's forcing you to conform your citations in what you add, but please don't rearrange pre-existing citations just for personal preference. Thanks. Ss112 06:04, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Bowling, there is entirely no need to move around citation parameters in citations you didn't add to a page. I've asked you to stop doing this. Please don't do it. Also, please do not change accurate citation types to "cite web". Kerrang! is a magazine. It should be cite magazine. The Independent and The Daily Telegraph are newspapers, they should be cite news. Thank you. Ss112 08:18, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

@Ss112: Sorry for the late response. Your message got buried in the mess that is my talk page. I didn't realize I was causing trouble when I was making those edits. I was trying to make the citations look cleaner. I wasn't changing the order because of preference, I was just trying to help other editors by making the code look more organized. When the citations all look different in the code it just looks messy and unorganized. I only do this if I notice that an article need a lot of work done (like needing more sources or information). Some examples of where I did this are: Dan + Shay, In This Moment, and Tallah. I did a complete overhaul of clean up for those article because of missing information and sources. While I was doing that I figured I'd might as well clean up the citations that were there while I was at it. These articles barely had any citations to begin with. For the majority of the articles I stumble across, I don't even bother doing this because I don't want to step on any toes and I don't have that much time. I only do it to articles I am adding additional sources and information to. I will keep it to a minimum as you said because I don't want any trouble over something so trivial. I'll also stop changing cite magazine to cite web. I didn't know that was an issue. Bowling is life (talk) 21:27, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Imagine Dragons revision undone

Hi there, I noticed that you undid my revision of the location of the formation of the band on the Imagine Dragons page, despite the fact that I linked a source to mine as where the original source had no mention of the location of where the band had initially formed. Please don't make edits like that unless you can provide a better source. Thanks. WDJam (talk) 20:54, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

System of a Down

See WP:ETHNICITY. We report the nationality of people and groups. We are discouraged from including ethnicity in the lead. If it is important it should be covered in the article body. There are reasons for this. Skyerise (talk) 22:15, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Please don't unnecessarily revert removals of Wikidata-retrieved parameters.

Wikipedia's infobox logic was recently updated to internally retrieve certain parameters via Wikidata, a sister project of Wikipedia that stores various values and parameters; and can show that information on Wikipedia pages. That is why I removed the subscriber parameter from the infobox on Jacksepticeye. - Evelyn Marie (leave a message · contributions) 21:56, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

@Bowling is life: I should additionally note that, for completeness sake, that that subscriber parameter did nothing; as you could see on the live page, the subscriber parameter had different text from what was shown on the live article. And what I mean by that is, the paramter in the article's source text didn't show "(March 2023)". It only had the number itself. That is the infobox retrieving the number from Wikidata instead. - Evelyn Marie (leave a message · contributions) 22:00, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

@Evelyn Marie: Sorry, I misunderstood your edit. I thought you were removing the subscriber count. I didn't even look at the live article. My mistake. Bowling is life (talk) 03:19, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Boy band definition

A boy band can and do play their own instruments. The Vamps, McFly, Busted and even the Beatles in their early days all play instruments. Have you heard of the British groups above? RedSorcery16 (talk) 16:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

April 2023

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at List of Motörhead band members. Sundayclose (talk) 19:15, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Sundayclose: Don't you think this warning is a bit harsh considering the fact that I only did it once and stopped when you explained your revert? Chill. I didn't see the notes that it was unsourced. I never intentionally add unsourced material. As you can see by my contributions, I always source content that I add. You can't just skip to level four warnings that threaten to block me for the next time I make an edit like that when I only did it once. Bowling is life (talk) 22:19, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Warnings are cumulative for registered editors. You've received multiple warnings on this talk page. The level of warning doesn't reset to zero simply with the passage of time. The purpose of warnings is so you can learn from your mistakes and not have to receive additonal warnings. You've edited for seven years and know that WP:V is a core policy that shouldn't be ignored on a whim just because you don't like it. That's particularly true because my edit summary clearly says "unsourced", and I placed "unref" tags on sections from which the timeline is derived. I'm chill, thanks. Just taking care of Wikipedia. You do the same please. Sundayclose (talk) 00:06, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Sundayclose: Sorry about my initial reply. It was kind of a snotty reply. I have just had a couple stressful weeks at work. Nothing personal. I try to use warnings as a chance to learn from mistakes. Hence, why most of the warnings are from years again when I didn't know what I was doing. I've been editing for seven years, but that doesn't mean I know everything or don't make mistakes once and a while. Mistakes and misunderstandings happen on Wikipedia. I know all about only adding content if I have sources to back it up and I enforce it myself. Sorry I didn't read as carefully as I should have. I don't know how I missed the unsourced notices at the top of the page. I reverted your edits too quickly and didn't realize that I added unsourced content. I'll try not to do that again. Thank you. Bowling is life (talk) 03:35, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

I've had weeks like that myself. And sad to say, I've let it affect my behavior here at times. Thanks for the communication and your contributions to Wikipedia. All the best! Sundayclose (talk) 13:54, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Band origins: Iron Maiden and Dire Straits

Hello. Over at the Bring Me the Horizon article, you removed South Yorkshire in the infobox, saying that it is not necessary to have anything more added to the "Origin" part of the infobox other than it's city and constituent country. Well, the main reason I am here is because at the Iron Maiden and Dire Straits articles, my edits to the articles were reverted and my edit summaries were ignored, with my edit summaries saying that if a band from the UK forms in a city, it should only have the city and constituent country in the infobox and only the city they formed in as the opening sentence of the article. Also, I have received warnings that say that I must find a reliable source to prove my claims that the two bands formed in London, in which they obviously did. Can you help me with people who can't understand my claims and my edits to the articles? 2601:407:4181:4260:2878:2118:418:D511 (talk) 20:45, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

re:July 2023

since this is ridiculous, I’ll have you know that common sense is supposed to tell you that the band being plural due to ending with the letter 's' means that it/they has/have to be labeled as “the Backstreet Boys”, like other bands with plural-form names, as well as countries like the Netherlands. sure, we would get the point if it’s just Backstreet Boys without “the”, but I thought this wiki’s writing is supposed to formal and not informal

and fyi, this discussion has nothing to do with the band being American and not British

plus, other/later parts of the article say the Backstreet Boys, ergo my point stands Geoyui (talk) 19:14, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Oli Sykes

Just wanted to give you a head-up I removed a piece at Oli Sykes related to his citizenship after finding this which confirms he's still a resident alien of Brazil, not a citizen. Nswix (talk) 21:57, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

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article for Wristmeetrazor

hi bowling is life! i had a question for you - i noticed you clean up and edit a lot of band articles. the article for Wristmeetrazor is currently at risk for deletion, which was escalated from someone trying to correct a members chosen name multiple times with no source. i’m looking for someone who can help me edit the page to be “notable” to keep it from being deleted (i am in the band, and don’t want it to be flagged for COI). Userelaine (talk) 15:52, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Regarding the Brendon Urie article

Well, yeah, of course Twitter is not a source, however, there's no media outlet that reported on the things why the allegations seem off. They have only reported on the allegations themselves. I have found a few videos (with people having done research), is that a source where you would say that the video is not something to be used as a source in a wikipedia article? XxMVGFan8xx (talk) 21:01, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Five Finger Death Punch

Hey, based on the current wording of the article and the edit history around it, there's definitely some confusion regarding the "founding members" text. There's some discussion around it on the Talk page of the article. Hoping you might be willing to weigh in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Five_Finger_Death_Punch#Error_in_article Jlbruno (talk) 03:41, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Travis Barker

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Spiritbox

I don't want to come off as WP:OWN-y, but considering I just put a ton of time and work into it, I would have liked to have received a heads up on the overhaul. A lot of it is good, but good articles have a responsibility to be shepherded and I'll admit I'm a little protective. Besides integrating the discography into a separate list, what mostly did you do, of note? dannymusiceditor ^oops 03:17, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: None of my edits are meant to take away from the excellent work you or anyone else did to get this article to GA status. When I see that GA symbol, I think okay, how can I further improve this article or help maintain its GA status? As it says on the top of the talk page, "[BLANK] has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it." To be fair, nowhere does it say you should consult with the editor who originally nominated the article. I was following WP:BOLD. But, I do see where you are coming from because it can come off like I am completely changing the way the article is. maybe I should have consulted the talk page when it came to the discography section or the lead. This article is well-built and well-written, but no GA is perfect, not even ones that recently achieved GA status. I saw some improvements that could be made and I went for it. Take another look at the article and you will notice it is mostly the same as it was (except the discography section). I'll admit I questioned whether I should have waited or not to separate the discography into its own page. Like I said, none of what I did is taking away from your hard work. I'm just making some improvements that I noticed needed to be done. I added more sources, double-checked that the genres were well-sourced (I removed a student newspaper that was being used as a source), added new photos, and added some new information, including a Grammy nomination and new song remix they were featured on. And I wasn't the one who removed the information from the lead. I tried restoring it. Also, AlexandreBT88 made a good point about the lead nationality and I thought changing it to Canadian-American would be a good compromise. I was wrong, it wasn't even supported in the article. Again, I appreciate the work you put into this article and I'm happy you got it to GA status. I intended to further improve the article, not take away from it. Bowling is life (talk) 04:26, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Of course, I would never doubt that you had good intentions, I have experience with you. All I was really looking for was some help digesting it due to all the sources being added, and I appreciate you helping me break it down. Do be mindful not to overcite when it isn't warranted. I see all the sources you added, and they're pretty good, but sometimes simpler statements don't need so many refs next to them. Keep up the good work. dannymusiceditor ^oops 04:33, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: Thanks you keep up the good work too. I have experience with you too and the amount of GAs and FAs you have is impressive. I'll try to communicate what I am doing better in the future. While I do follow WP:BOLD, I should use the talk page more than I do. Thank you for providing feedback on my edits. Bowling is life (talk) 07:15, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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Alestorm

Where would you put the track listing and times? Metalbro (talk) 10:47, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

When will wikipedia stop calling every song released an actual official single

You created the page for "Never There" right? Notice how that is the 3rd single from 13 Voices (2nd sent to radio)? There are 3 promo singles that were released in the exact same way as Rise Up was on that album. You and I both know sources NEVER call new songs promo singles, they call them singles (unless it's an artist like Nicki Minaj or Lady Gaga who explicitly let fans know it's promo only). Look at "Attention". Not only is the Talk section of that page stating it's a promo single due to lack of radio impact, but it had it's own individual release, single artwork, yet is still left as a promotional single in it's article after an entire discussion with several long tenured editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.49.13 (talk) 18:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@98.117.49.13: ???? Never There is the third single from Order in Decline so... Bowling is life (talk) 20:16, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

So you're just completely ignoring every valid point here over a typo then? Or am I talking to a wall

@98.117.49.13: Sorry I was kind of in a rush when I was writing my response. I'm going to refer what Issan Sumisuto said here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1194343852 let's stick to what the sources say and singles aren't defined by being sent to radio. Bowling is life (talk) 00:21, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

I would like to know why the source I used was considered questionable?

Hello Bowling is life,

I had some doubts about some changes I recently made to some pages. I noticed that you reverted them. I recently added ratings to these albums; here are the links to the pages of these albums:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weight_of_the_Mask https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_Sorrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Above_(Code_Orange_album) I saw a note saying that the source of the ratings is questionable. I would like to know why the source is questionable or if I added it incorrectly in some way.

Thank you very much for your attention. Rocket3dev (talk) 21:58, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

@Rocket3dev:.You implemented the source correctly it's just that the sources reliability is questionable. I recommend checking: Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources. Here you will find a list of reliable sources for album ratings/reviews. Bowling is life (talk) 15:49, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Poppy partial revert

Hi, I appreciate that it was only a partial revert of my edits to Poppy — but how come you’ve changed hlist back to flatlist — I thought that articles preferred the hlist format now?

Kind regards, Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 15:36, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

‎Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums#Track template

Hello. There's recent discussion for track listing template. If you have time, your comments are always appreciated. Regards. 113.210.105.145 (talk) 03:02, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

Hello, could you make an update on this page List of most-streamed artists on Spotify which has been out of date for some time and no one has thought about updating it, thanks and regards --190.219.101.16 (talk) 19:33, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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Poppy is "not an actress"

How is Poppy not an actress while her entire career was based off of playing a character? Lots of reliable articles confirms that she is in fact an actress, and rarely mentions "YouTuber". So I don't think it's necessary to remove that especially since she's no longer active on YouTube. Gabriella Grande (talk) 22:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Gabriella Grande: Don't you have to have actual acting roles in order to be considered an actress? Besides, Wikipedia only includes the main occupation. People know her as a singer, songwriter, and YouTuber. Not an actress. There are sources that call her a YouTuber or YouTube sensation. Even though she does not make videos anymore, that doesn't change the fact that she did at one point. Bowling is life (talk) 00:37, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Closing discussion per WP:EVADE.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Iggy Azalea Hi Bowling is life, I've noticed you're an established editor, can you please change on the Iggy Azalea page, the genre from Pop-rap to Hip hop As there are more sources that call her hip hop over pop rap, please? Many thanks, Ninacaliente (talk) 07:42, 27 May 2024 (UTC) @Ninacaliente: Done. Bowling is life (talk) 10:15, 27 May 2024 (UTC) @Bowling is life: thank you 🙏 Ninacaliente (talk) 11:42, 27 May 2024 (UTC) The Beginning (Black Eyed Peas album) Hi, Bowling is life, I saw you’ve got a helluva of experience editing on here and have edited on The Beginning (Black Eyed Peas album) before, can you please change the genre from just Pop to Pop hip hop techno as the source states all three genres? Thanks in advance Queen of Hip hop and R&B (talk) 09:57, 30 May 2024 (UTC) @Queen of Hip hop and R&B: I see there is a dispute over the genres on that article. You have a similar user name to a user that was blocked a couple months ago, User: RnB-Hip-hop soul, who was blocked for edit warring. If you are the same person as User: RnB-Hip-hop soul who was blocked, just know that creating a new account to pretend to be a different user to get around a block is Sockpuppetry and not acceptable. Because I suspect sockpuppetry here and because there is a dispute on the page, I am sorry but I am not getting involved. Bowling is life (talk) 10:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC) You weren't wrong. This is an LTA known generally as MariaJaydHicky. They've been genre-warring over this kind of music for over a decade now, and have had hundreds of accounts blocked. The Ninacaliente account in the thread directly above this is the same person, so it looks like they have taken a shine to you. If someone shows up asking for a favour again and you feel suspicious, feel free to ping me. Girth Summit (blether) 18:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Discussion about "Label" or "distributor"

Hello @Bowling is life:

In the recent discussion about the album release history table, Andrew318 said that those are distributors, not labels. Feel free to discuss this further there. Regards. 183.171.121.2 (talk) 09:46, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Adding CN tags doesn't work

Nobody will ever cite sources if I just tag the stuff. I've removed alot of shit that was dated back to 2011. I'd find the sources myself for all of them, but I can't do everything on this site. Nobody will bother to source this shit without the threat of it getting removed from the article. Everyone just wants to readd the content without actually imporving the article. Also, I'm realizing a great deal of long unsourced bodies of text are just blantant plagiarism anyway. It's fucking embarrassing. We're supposed to be maintaining the integrity of an encyclopedia and all everyone wants to do is revert and re-add content without doing anything to improve the article. CatTits10 (talk) 08:34, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

@CatTits10: You are removing mentions of studio albums from the history section like on your recent edit on Sevendust. I know so many articles are badly damaged by editors or fans of the band who just add information and don't care about sourcing the information. Remember, Wikipedia is a work in progress and it will never be perfect or finished. I can't do everything either and I don't go around to every badly damaged article and remove half the page. I recommend taking it one article at a time. I have a list of articles on my user page that I have improved. Some of which, at one time, were poorly sourced but are now properly sourced and well built articles. I added sources to information that I could and removed information that I could not find a source for. More than one editor has asked you to try adding sources instead of removing so much content. You can't be removing mentions of studio albums from band's articles. You said on your talk page that you'll find sources as people add the information back. First off, you are assuming people will add the information back, second, how do plan on doing this when you have done this hundreds of band articles? Bowling is life (talk) 14:00, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Everything is in my watchlist. And I don't assume people will try to add the unsourced info back, I KNOW they will. You are correct we should add back the mentions of albums that I removed. You are correct I shouldn't have removed entire sections from the band history. I know my style is jarring, but I am trying to draw attention to the problems so many of these articles have. And like, some of these articles are so fucked up from years of neglect that it almost seems easier to start over. On some of them there is almost no information to establish notability after the unsourced info has been purged, and that's a huge fucking problem.

Thank you for your concerns, look forward to collaborating with you on this. Cheers, CatTits10 (talk) 14:41, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

User 88.97.194.94

You're almost certainly dealing with a sockpuppet of StarryNightSky11. See the investigation archive here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/StarryNightSky11/Archive Multiple socks have repeatedly edited the soccer captain article, and as for the other article, insisting on British English even when it doesn't belong, and constantly edit-warring when others revert him, seems to be his standard mode of operation. (I advised user Panda Girl of the same thing.) 1995hoo (talk) 14:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

wp:Disruptive edits

A) One doesn't include any souce in the box for genres b) Many other reviewers used the label goth(ic) rock: Louder Than War, the Independent, etc... wp:genre warriors are a plague. Woovee (talk) 22:05, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Removing unsourced genres doesn't make me a genre warrior. There was no support for the genre in the critical reception section even though you said there was. If a source supports the genre, it should be pointed out and included in a separate section called "composition". Please don't expect other editors to search all the sources to find the one that supports the genre. Bowling is life (talk) 22:26, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

How you feeling about new Spiritbox?

I haven't felt this much excitement for an upcoming release maybe ever, except for maybe Eternal Blue. Today is a good day. :) You don't share much about your personal enjoyment, just your editing habits, but I'm stoked and you've been faithfully protecting and nourishing the band BLP for me which I'm very grateful for, so I can only assume you like their music too. mftp dan ^oops 18:01, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

@MFTP Dan: Thanks, I haven't even heard the new song yet but will check it out once the music video officially premieres. I'd say I'm more of a casual fan of Spiritbox. I just really enjoy cleaning, maintaining, and improving articles when I can. It's been a pleasure working on this article. I've seen many GAs deteriorate over the years and I plan on maintaining this one so that doesn't happen. Thankfully this is a new GA and that hasn't happened yet. Bowling is life (talk) 19:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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