User talk:Don Q314

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Again, welcome! C F A 💬 20:50, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Onion is a satirical site. Polygnotus (talk) 12:03, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

True, but the premise of the edited sentence is "Opposition to Trump using music without permission has been so widespread that it has become the subject of satire...." It's not a separate section in the main list of musicians.

I think it's appropriate, but I'm not going to argue about it. If you want to be consistent, go ahead and remove the previously existing sentence I edited: "Opposition to Trump using music without permission has been so widespread that it has become the subject of satire, with The Onion claiming that the estate of Irving Berlin was suing him for his glockenspiel rendition of "God Bless America"." Don Q314 (talk) 12:13, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is, unfortunately, what we call original research. There are thousands of interesting and fun facts to discover, but if we as Wikipedians are the ones making the discovery we have to wait until a reliable source reports on them to include them in an article. Unless you know of a source who has made this observation? Polygnotus (talk) 12:15, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would think that a reliable source for reporting what was stated in The Onion would be The Onion itself, but of course it's not a Wikipedia reliable source.

As I said above, if you want to be consistent, go ahead and remove the previously existing sentence that also cites The Onion. Don Q314 (talk) 12:23, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was unclear. What I mean is that we would need a source for the observation Opposition to Trump using music without permission has been so widespread that it has become the subject of satire. Polygnotus (talk) 12:26, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! Thanks for clarifying. That observation isn't mine, nor is that sentence. I just added the Francis Scott Key info to the existing sentence.

But, you could rewrite the sentence as: "Opposition to Trump using music without permission has become the subject of satire, with The Onion claiming that the estate of Irving Berlin was suing him for his glockenspiel rendition of "God Bless America"." Don Q314 (talk) 12:32, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or perhaps better: "The topic has become the subject of satire, with The Onion claiming that the estate of Irving Berlin was suing him for his glockenspiel rendition of "God Bless America". Don Q314 (talk) 12:38, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I took a stab at rewriting the the entire sentence. Guidance welcome. Don Q314 (talk) 13:58, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I tried looking for a source that mentioned the satire and then I couldn't find it and then I got bored and started eating ice cream. Polygnotus (talk) 14:39, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ice cream — the breakfast of ex-champions! Don Q314 (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Synorem. I noticed that you made a change to an article, The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Synorem (talk) 00:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]