This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SummerPhD (talk | contribs) at 22:21, 14 January 2014 (→Reverting to an old version: c). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 22:21, 14 January 2014 by SummerPhD (talk | contribs) (→Reverting to an old version: c)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Pebbles (musician) article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
|
| Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Archives: 1Auto-archiving period: 30 days  |
 | Biography: Musicians Start‑class | |||||||||
| ||||||||||
| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Pebbles (musician) article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
|
| Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
| Archives: 1Auto-archiving period: 30 days |
Reverting to an old version
This edit] by 65.205.13.26 reverts to an earlier version of the article without explaining why. It has numerous errors.
- Changes the section heading "Early life" to "Early Life", against our Manual of Style.
- Changes "...raised her family on the income..." to "...raised her family on he income..."
- Restores the source Yahoo voices]. This is effectively a forum posting and is not a reliable source per WP:SPS. Further, it adds material based on the unacceptable source.
- Adds ages to the phrase "George, his 16 year old daughter Jennifer; Perri and her 2 year old daughter Ashley..." contrary to the source cited. Additionally, it is providing otherwise unpublished personal information on children who are incidental to the topic, contrary to WP:BLPPRIVACY.
- Changes the section heading "Early career" to "Early Career", against our Manual of Style.
- Changes "1981" to "the early 1980s" when the source cited plainly says 1981.
- Changes "Her former husband and boss George L.Smith bankrolled her career by putting up $80,000 for her demo tape and music video to 'Mercedes Boy'." to "Her boss...", contrary to... OH MY GOD! This is almost right. The source says "Finding work in an Oakland, Calif., real estate office, Pebbles met contractor George L. Smith, who in 1985 put up $80,000 to bankroll her second assault on the music world. The result was a demo tape and the video for "Mercedes Boy"—a shimmering single about an autoerotic female driver—and a contract with MCA. Pebbles and Smith, who is 20 years her senior, married soon after." They were not yet married, so removing "former husband" is correct. However, the source does not say "boss", "bankrolled her career" is rather strong: he bankrolled the demo tape and video. Why we don't say that this resulted in her contract with MCA is a puzzle.
Long story short, I am reverting the change again and changing the "Her former husband and boss..." section to better reflect the source. As the IP editor in question seems to revert large numbers of changes rather than edit, this might be a problem. - SummerPhD (talk) 18:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
- Restored again with the claim "yahoo and its blog are credible." Two problems here: You restored ALL of the errors listed above and no, a blog on Yahoo (not "yahoo's blog") is not a reliable source. "Stephanie Modkins" wrote this. If you'd like, you can start your own "Yahoo voices" blog and tell us that the universe is really a simulation running on a god's cellphone. You cannot, however, then cite that as a reliable source. So who is "Stephanie Modkins"? Well, you can read everything there is to know about her here. I do not see anything included there that indicates she is a reliable source. If you disagree, please take the issue to the Reliable sources/Noticeboard.
- If you feel there is a reason to restore all of the errors in the edit, please explain. Thanks. - SummerPhD (talk) 22:21, 14 January 2014 (UTC)