User talk:ARandomShyGuy
Edit on Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign page
Hi ARandomShyGuy,
Thank you for your recent edit on the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign page. I wanted you to know I reverted your edit, as Wikipedia requires sources to state an official "theme song" for the campaign. Songs that happen to play during a rally do not automatically qualify them as official theme songs. If I remember correctly, there was a New York Times article that I read months ago that described some unofficial theme songs for the Biden campaign, although I cannot find it right now. If you can provide sources that clearly describe an official "theme song" for the Biden 2024 campaign please feel free to add it to the page. Thank you! BootsED (talk) 02:33, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
I understand, I was confused and thought I was supposed to add the songs there after seeing the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign article. I at first attempted to add the songs to the campaign song article but I kept accidently messing up the infoboxs while editing and eventually gave up and added them to the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign article thinking they would belong there. ARandomShyGuy (talk) 04:07, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
July 2024
Hello, I'm Isaidnoway. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Kanye West presidential campaigns have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Isaidnoway (talk) 00:21, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Yes, I'm sorry, I tried to replace a broken link with an archived one from the Wayback Machine but it broke the article and caused a bunch of cite errors. I'm sorry, it won't happen again. ARandomShyGuy (talk) 22:56, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for replying again quickly but I seriously don't understand what happened. All I did was replace a broken outdated website link (it linked to the defunct campaign site for Kanye's 2020 campaign) in an infobox with one from the Wayback Machine. I've done this several times before on many presidential campaign articles without any issues. I don't know why it caused cite errors or why those additional <ref>s appeared because I didn't edit anything else. Words cannot express my shame and confusion. ARandomShyGuy (talk) 23:01, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
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