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An editor using two IP addresses has been edit warring to include in the article "British glam rock performer Marcus Reeves cited the musical as an influence on his debut album". (There is no doubt that it is the same editor: both geolocation and editing history say so.) This information may be of importance to Marcus Reeves, and if so then it is reasonable to include it in the article about him. However, unless as good reason can be given why this is of special importance to a knowledge of Aladdin Sane, then it should not be included here. JamesBWatson ( talk) 08:16, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
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I believe it meets the criteria so stated. Fantailfan ( talk) 22:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC) |
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Hi again, I can't resist this one -- unlike Hunky Dory, this is one of my fave Bowie albums, and I did considerably more to get this to B-Class standard years ago, though not so much I think that I'm too involved to comment here. As ever I'll have to ask you to be patient while I copyedit and check new sources, but it seemed to help Hunky Dory on its way to FAC, given how that review is looking so far --
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As usual I've copyedited so generally happy with the prose; outstanding points:
Seems pretty well-balanced; compared to my first read of the Hunky Dory article I wouldn't say there's too much unnecessary detail (I boldly removed a sentence or two).
No concerns here.
Images appear to be appropriately licensed, I'd just consider moving Mike Garson to the Music and lyrics section (perhaps under Side one given his contribution first comes to the fore on the album's second track); I'd also left-justify so he 'faces into' the text.
Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 07:31, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Per theofficialcharts.com that has been here for idek how many years:
"Elton John had the biggest selling album of the year with Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player which spent six weeks at the top in February and March and he ended the year with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. David Bowie hit the top for five weeks in May and June with the second best seller of the year Aladdin Sane, and yet another five weeks in November and December with the cover versions album Pin Ups."
This same source is used at Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. You citing a wiki page doesn't mean anything because you can't self-reference WP. Yes, Music Week is reliable. But the fact is, I've never heard of bestsellingalbums.org and I'm going to need verification that it's reliable before trusting it. Also your edit at List of best-selling albums of the 1970s in the United Kingdom was reverted because you provided no source. Continue the discussion here. – zmbro ( talk) ( cont) 21:59, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1973 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976.I'm mostly unavailable today but if you could investigate the Record Mirror archives to see if what this is saying is true we could do something about it. – zmbro ( talk) ( cont) 12:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
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I believe it meets the criteria so stated. Fantailfan ( talk) 22:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC) |
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Hi again, I can't resist this one -- unlike Hunky Dory, this is one of my fave Bowie albums, and I did considerably more to get this to B-Class standard years ago, though not so much I think that I'm too involved to comment here. As ever I'll have to ask you to be patient while I copyedit and check new sources, but it seemed to help Hunky Dory on its way to FAC, given how that review is looking so far --
time will tell of course...! Cheers,
Ian Rose (
talk)
02:33, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
As usual I've copyedited so generally happy with the prose; outstanding points:
Seems pretty well-balanced; compared to my first read of the Hunky Dory article I wouldn't say there's too much unnecessary detail (I boldly removed a sentence or two).
No concerns here.
Images appear to be appropriately licensed, I'd just consider moving Mike Garson to the Music and lyrics section (perhaps under Side one given his contribution first comes to the fore on the album's second track); I'd also left-justify so he 'faces into' the text.
Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 07:31, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Per theofficialcharts.com that has been here for idek how many years:
"Elton John had the biggest selling album of the year with Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player which spent six weeks at the top in February and March and he ended the year with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. David Bowie hit the top for five weeks in May and June with the second best seller of the year Aladdin Sane, and yet another five weeks in November and December with the cover versions album Pin Ups."
This same source is used at Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. You citing a wiki page doesn't mean anything because you can't self-reference WP. Yes, Music Week is reliable. But the fact is, I've never heard of bestsellingalbums.org and I'm going to need verification that it's reliable before trusting it. Also your edit at List of best-selling albums of the 1970s in the United Kingdom was reverted because you provided no source. Continue the discussion here. – zmbro ( talk) ( cont) 21:59, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1973 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976.I'm mostly unavailable today but if you could investigate the Record Mirror archives to see if what this is saying is true we could do something about it. – zmbro ( talk) ( cont) 12:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)