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October 2017

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Odessa, Texas. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:10, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Odessa, Texas, you may be blocked from editing. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:13, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Odessa, Texas

Please take a moment to read Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline#Notable people, as it has generally been accepted by a consensus of editors as a guideline for US city and town articles. Specifically, names are added to the notable people section for "individuals that were born, or lived for a significant amount of time, in the city". This does not include people who have worked in a city, or people who went to school there. They need to live there. Also, per WP:BURDEN, when another editor challenges one of your unsourced edits, the response is not to revert the edit, or add a misleading reference. "The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing a citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution". Thanks for your cooperation. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:22, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

October 2017

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Odessa, Texas. Magnolia677 (talk) 00:42, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Roy Orbison and Odessa, Tx

With all due respect, I disagree. Roy Orbison is notable. I asked, "what is a significant amount of time?" and received no answer. Orbison grew up in many different places during his youth, landing in Wink, a tiny town about 50 west of Odessa, during his high school years. He then went away to college at Denton for a year to study geology before moving back to play music with band mates that he mostly went to high school with. He also took coursework unrelated to music at the local community college, back home. Odessa is the only place where all of this could happen. It was there that he and his band began playing at various venues in and around that city, including regularly scheduled afternoon shows at local TV stations, and eventually leading up to making their first recorded single at an Odessa recording studio that caught the attention of people able to get them a major contract in Memphis.

I don't know what a significant amount of time is, but the year that he spent there was significant. He didn't JUST go to school. If all he did was to go there to study geology for a year and move away, then I agree, there would be nothing notable. That's not what happened and his significance is not to the college (he's not a famous geologist!), it's to the town. Orbison's time in Odessa is discussed somewhat prominently in his Wikipedia article as well as in his official biography on his website <ref>http://royorbison.com/roy-orbison-official-biography/<ref> as the place where he got started. He should be mentioned in an article about Odessa. Where else would you put it, if not in the "Notable People" section? I'm open to suggestion.

I don't know who you are, or why this disturbs you, but this back and forth between the two of us seems absurd. Is there someone else who can weigh in on this? It's hard to believe that there would be only one person to decide these things. Wkgreen (talk) 21:53, 29 October 2017 (UTC)