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Hi Garagepunk66. With respect, I have reverted the changes you just made to your comment of 21:19, 27 October 2012 at Talk:Punk rock. You really shouldn't massively alter your original comment after other editors have already responded to it. Substantially altering a comment like this after it has been replied to deprives the reply of its original context. It can also be confusing. Instead, if you have new or additional points to make, please make them in a new comment below the existing replies. For more information, see WP:REDACT. --IllaZilla (talk) 02:48, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
I should amend: Minor changes/fixes are OK, but please don't change the timestamp. Again, this confuses the chronological flow of the discussion, since it will appear that the replies were made before the original comment. --IllaZilla (talk) 03:12, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
You're significantly altering your comment again. Please read WP:REDACT and don't do this. If you've got something new to add, add it as a new comment at the bottom of the thread. I'm trying to help you out here. It's important not to significantly alter your posts after people have already replied to them. Otherwise the conversation becomes very difficult to follow. --IllaZilla (talk) 05:59, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I just read your messages. I am new as a Wiki editor (very green). As a writer I love to edit and re-edit myself. I' will do it the way you recommend in the future. By the way, do they have a spell-check devise on the Wiki edits toolbar? It would eliminate the need for a lot of re-edits. If it doesn't, then perhaps you could could send a request for one up the line.
Thanks, Garagepunk66 (talk) 00:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
October 2012
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Punk rock. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please try to reach a consensus on the talk page.
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All matters have been happily and satisfactorally resolved. I contacted the other editor, and we are now on the same page. Garagepunk66 (talk) 07:01, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Made changes in "Origins" to correct factual inaccuracies and contradictions and put contents in lear chronological order
I made changes in "Origins" (History of punk subculture article) to correct factual inaccuracies and contradictions and put contents in lear chronological order. See my further comments in "Talk" section. Garagepunk66 (talk) 01:15, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
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Yes, I noticed that when I put the names of many of newly included bands in double brackets, that this ended up causing many of them to go to other bands' Wiki articles, so, I removed the doulble brackets. When I get the time, I would like to create articles on a lot of these bands, but I want to make sure that the articles are carefully worded and researched. Garagepunk66 (talk) 06:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Made additions and changes to heading
I have made necessary additions to the heading, which better serve the proportions of the genre which the article addresses. I added mention of the "numerous bands," because this is not only factual, but essential to unerstanding the phenominon of garage rock craze that swept the country (and other countries) during this period. I added the reference to "other countries" (in parenthesis), because the phenominon, though most prevelent in North America, also took place in other countries, such as Sweden, Denmark, Itlay, Peru, Japan, etc., as well as having a close relationship with many bands in the UK (though these are more commonly referred to as "British Invasion," and/or "Freakbeat, however thare are certain bands, such as The Troggs or The Renegades that have been commonly referred to as "garage"). Some of the bands in the Wiki list of garage bands come form other countries--i.e. the ones who have been characterized as "garage." I added mention that garage rock "along with the British Invasion and folk rock, helped define the guitar rock sound of the mid-60s," because this is, not only true, but also essential to our understanding of it. I added "early half" to the description about the critics in the 70s, beacuse, without it, the statement is confusing. This addition makes the statement, not only more precise, factually speaking, but more clear. I put the phrase "has become" in the last sentence, because it is more factual. The genre has not always been predominantly referred to as "garage rock." In the early to mid seventies it was more commonly referred to as "punk rock," only sometimes as "garage..." The term "garage band" was popularly used for quite some time, but has now been shifted, in the public mind, to refer to a brand of software (it seems that every word used to describe garage rock ends up getting taken by someone else!). I made some other slight changes in wording, as to make smoother, clearer transitions, but I tried to keep as much of the earlier text as possible. I have tried to repect the contributions of earler editors. My changes and additions are merely a refinement and improvement, not an overhaul. however, there remains a need for greater expansion of other sections of the article, as well as possible additions of new sections, considering the vastness and importance of this topic. Garagepunk66 (talk) 06:54, 5 November 2012 (UTC)