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I see that you tried to insert a Christmas Cantata by David Mitchell, and that it was reverted. When I was new I had no idea that you read who did what in the article history, but you seem to be advanced and found out that it was Michael Bednarek who reverted, giving as a reason that it is not even clear which Mitchell. Another reason is that every entry there needs an independent source to verify it (which may be an article on the piece). I will now revert to Michael's version, which had other improvements also. Please: only return Mitchell's work linking to the correct composer, and with a source. It doesn't matter how important his work is, important is who says so. A performance or recording by notable people would be an indication, or a review in a notable publication. Please always sign on talk pages. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:02, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page
Christmas cantata has been reverted.
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Christmas cantata was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our
reliable sources guideline. The reference(s) you added or changed (
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http://www.christmascantata.com)) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
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Violet, we had the same thing before. Please offer a solid independent source, or drop it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Violet, did you understand the bot message? (Probably not, or you would not have inserted it again.) Do you understand that external links may not appear in the middle of prose, only in references and in the External links section? Do you have an independent source? Can I help you format a reference? - Please look at Christmas cantata and see how it's done for other works. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:49, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
It works by observing Wikipedia policy on editing and verifiability, and its guidelines on notability and external links. -- Michael Bednarek ( talk) 14:06, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Violet Kaplinsky, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit The Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.
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I see that you tried to insert a Christmas Cantata by David Mitchell, and that it was reverted. When I was new I had no idea that you read who did what in the article history, but you seem to be advanced and found out that it was Michael Bednarek who reverted, giving as a reason that it is not even clear which Mitchell. Another reason is that every entry there needs an independent source to verify it (which may be an article on the piece). I will now revert to Michael's version, which had other improvements also. Please: only return Mitchell's work linking to the correct composer, and with a source. It doesn't matter how important his work is, important is who says so. A performance or recording by notable people would be an indication, or a review in a notable publication. Please always sign on talk pages. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:02, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page
Christmas cantata has been reverted.
Your edit
here to
Christmas cantata was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our
reliable sources guideline. The reference(s) you added or changed (
https://sites.google.com/site/brightmorningstar624/home/christmas-cantata (redirect from
http://www.christmascantata.com)) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an
external link that does comply with our
policies and
guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to
undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's
external links guideline for more information, and consult my
list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see
my FAQ page. Thanks! --
XLinkBot (
talk) 07:26, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Violet, we had the same thing before. Please offer a solid independent source, or drop it. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Violet, did you understand the bot message? (Probably not, or you would not have inserted it again.) Do you understand that external links may not appear in the middle of prose, only in references and in the External links section? Do you have an independent source? Can I help you format a reference? - Please look at Christmas cantata and see how it's done for other works. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:49, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
It works by observing Wikipedia policy on editing and verifiability, and its guidelines on notability and external links. -- Michael Bednarek ( talk) 14:06, 13 September 2017 (UTC)