Johnnysings
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Please help me with...on Johnny Tillotson page it says citations are needed is that for the peoples names in red? I'm not sure.
Johnnysings (talk) 19:59, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
- Johnnysings, citations are another name for references, and when it says that you need more citations it means there needs to be more verification of the facts in the article. For example, "In 2006 he was honored by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications with the Alumni of Distinction award" - who said this? Is there any proof that this happened? Adding more references will give more validity to the statements, and if they are not properly sourced they may be removed. If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 20:14, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
March 2021
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Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:44, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
editThere is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Orange Mike | Talk 01:43, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi is this how I answer... first this is not Johnny Tillotson editing his own page.. My name is Nancy and years ago we corrected some errors and ask for help in coreccting others you can see the last was like 2015 until today....when looking up a musician they have had a very hard time this year, I didn't see a page but found a band website but didn't see any links to him just one of the other members than decided I would add his website strictly to help..then looked up few songs etc....just trying to help you took them all down. So now I know that you can only link to other Wikipedia pages...but it doesn't matter I'm not a pr person or employed by anyone to put links on Wikipedia so there is no reason for me to edit anymore in that regard...Best. Nancy