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[edit] Lynn Anderson

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. Also please note that it is considered poor etiquette here to remove tags (as you did with this edit) without providing some sort of explanation. Thanks for your contributions.--Paul Erik 16:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Lynn Anderson contributions

Great work with your additions to the Lynn Anderson article. I made a few minor changes, mostly to bring things in line with some of the Wikipedia formatting conventions: Musical genres such as country music are not capitalized, nor are titles of sections in an article (other than the initial word). Also, there is not usually a need to link to years—for example, a reader would not gain much in the way of additional context by clicking through to the article 1970. A link such as 1970 in music might be helpful in some instances, though. Also, there is no need to repeatedly link an item (such as Grammy Awards) within the same section, since a reader can click on the first occurrence of it. All this is minor nitpicking of course. :) As I said before, great work! Cheers, --Paul Erik 05:17, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lynn Anderson

Excuse me, but if you're talking about me updating Lynn Anderson's article on a daily basis, I am. However, I don't think I'm a professional writer, and have no intentions of showing myself off on the Lynn Anderson article, I'm only a sophomore in high school. I have only added important things to her article, including something you keep deleting off "The Success of Rose Garden" section of the article that says she is considered a "one-hit-wonder" on the Pop charts, which is 100% true and is very important to her biography and discography. This is because some of the people that read this article (if not most of them) have no idea she has had success on other charts besides the Pop charts and might remeber Lynn Anderson best as the girl who sang "Rose Garden" in the early 70s, and need to know she was a one-hit-wonder on the Pop music charts. I know you like saying all the good things about Lynn Anderson, but people also need to know her bad things about her as well. I'm sure if you asked Lynn Anderson herself about what I said she would say the same thing I just said in the last sentence. I understand that you want to keep control of this article all by youself, and want nobody else bothering it but you, but the thing is, I happen to like Lynn Anderson just as much as you do and I am fascinated by her just as as you are, and she is placed at No. 4 on my countdown of my favorite musicans of all time. So please, don't make this a fighting situation, it's just an article, and you don't have to get upset by me updating it all the time. THis is simply something I enjoy doing, and have no intentions to "perfect" the article either. I haven't gotten ridden all of the information in the article you have written now haven't I? I can admit to one thing thought, I tend to forget about spell-checking my work after writing it, and that is something I will definitley work on in the future. So please, see my side on this too, I really hope you do. --Dottiewest1fan 20:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

To Dottiewest1fan - You have made some wonderful contributions to the Lynn Anderson article. My only complaints are the spelling errors, the repetition, and grammatical errors. For many artists, folks (for fun and business) look at the respective articles on Wikipedia, as they're usually very informative. I continually change your capital "C" on "Country" to a small "c". Musical genres such as country music are not capitalized, nor are titles of sections in an article. As for the "One Hit Wonder" on the pop charts, Lynn Anderson is NOT, nor was she ever, a POP singer, thus making this statement inconsequential. She is, and always has been, a COUNTRY SINGER. Therefore, it is not necessary to include the pop - one hit wonder - statement. If anything, having a record so huge that it crosses over to the top of the pop charts (or any other genre chart), when you're a country artist, it's quite an accomplishment. As an artist, if you're defined by how many "pop number ones" you've had (regardless if you're a R&B, country or jazz singer), then other number ones in the artist's respective genre obviously don't count, thus, making Dottie West a "NO HIT WONDER". That's by your definition - certainly not a common opinion. Lynn Anderson was probably THE most successful country singer of the 1970s, certainly the first half of the decade. I'm very big into '70s country artists and I can assure you more people recognize and remember the name "Lynn Anderson" over "Dottie West". I'm not attacking Dottie, as I have a tremendous amount of respect for her music legacy. As for deleting all the "negative" out of Lynn's article, I haven't deleted the "scandal" section that you were determined to make part of the article. I'm not sure if you're the responsible party for the "child slapping" statement that was ultimately removed but, if you are, you should be careful before adding undocumented statements such as this. By adding a statement such as this (without ANY documentation), you could very possibly be setting yourself up for suit. Again, this is if YOU are the responsible party for that statement that was initially part of the article. Also, when talking about an LP or CD, you don't need to write "entitled" or "titled". You simply set it up with a comma.

Again, you've made some really great contributions to Lynn's article and I can /do appreciate them. I also appreciate your photo additions. The article is currently absolutely accurate, both with content and grammar. There is NO need to continually change it at this point. The only need for change would be with time passage, as new events have transpired. If you decide, email me at lynnfc@aol.com and let's work together to keep this an informative and accurate article.

Peace! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anderspro (talk • contribs) 17:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)