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SL93 (talk) 00:02, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Certification question

Hey Muhandes, hope all is well. I had a quick question, not sure if you would know the answer to this but I was looking at Rosalías RIAA certs and I'm not too familiar with her work but I do know of her music and likeness and noticed that a good portion of her certs are the standard ones and not the "Latin" certs. Do you have any idea why they may have her set as the standard and not Latin? She sings entirely in Spanish, I don't even think she has any music in English or any other languages. Pillowdelight (talk) 07:55, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

@Pillowdelight I don't know for sure, but I can offer some possibilities. As I understand it, RIAA certifications are based on submissions from record labels. If an album or single qualifies for both standard and Latin certifications, the label might prefer the standard one, as a multi-platinum Latin certification is worth less than a single standard platinum. This is just a supposition, though—I’m not an expert. Muhandes (talk) 08:14, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Shay Segev

Hi Muhandes, how are you? I am working on updating the article on Shay Segev to include his early life and career. I noticed you had edited the article about Tel Aviv University as well as the article about Mercury Interactive, both of which I want to update on Segev's page, and I hoped you would be interested in helping. I have a COI, so I understand I need community input. You can see the edit request I posted with suggested language and sources here.

Thanks, KopekDesBordes (talk) 16:45, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

@KopekDesBordes Any edits I made to Tel Aviv University or Mercury Interactive either fall under very minor changes or date back to my early days on Wikipedia—well before I was aware of the COI guidelines. I do have a COI with both, as an alumnus of the former and a former employee of the latter (I left MI in 2002). That said, I have no COI with Shay Segev—I’ve never met him, and he joined MI in 2004, after I left. I’ll review your edit request when I get the chance, likely tomorrow. Muhandes (talk) 17:38, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

@KopekDesBordes: My ping on Talk:Shay Segev failed so I'm notifying you here as well that I reviewed and partially accepted your request. I think the entire Career section requires revisiting but I don't have the time or interest to do that, so I took the lazy road and tagged it for promotional language. If another editor disagrees, they are free to remove the tag. Muhandes (talk) 11:53, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

Best wishes for your health--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:24, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 06:12, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

New certification program

Hey Muhandes, did you hear Luminate and A2IM announced they're partnering together for a new certification program for independent artists? [1] Do you think this is something we would be including on here? Pillowdelight (talk) 00:58, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

@Pillowdelight If they maintain a database, I see no reason why not. Muhandes (talk) 09:26, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

They do on their website, but their threshold is different. They don't go by the terms "Gold, platinum, diamond" etc, they go by "Star".

1 Star = 50,000 album sales

2 Star = 100,000 album sales

3 Star = 300,000 album sales

I believe that's how far it goes up to. They have certified 36 albums so far. [2] I did leave a message on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums If you’d be open to leaving a comment there as well that would be greatly appreciated. Pillowdelight (talk) 09:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

I created A2IM Star Certification (redirecting to American Association of Independent Music#A2IM Star Certification) and I commented at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums#New US Certification Program Muhandes (talk) 10:07, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Hopefully it'll gain some traction and become notable. Pillowdelight (talk) 23:12, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

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