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Crufty lead

The lead in its current edition needs a major cleanup. Do we really need to list every magazine and every award he's received? It reads like a fan letter rather than an encyclopaedia entry. If no-one offers, I'll have to do it myself, but I'm torn on what to keep or zap in terms of all that magazine stuff. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 14:49, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mac Dreamstate we could create a separate section for the second and third paragraphs (something like "Reception", "Accolades", "Legacy", idk) and just leave a sentence like "Petrucci has been lauded by some as one of the best guitarists of his generation" or something like that at the lead. Victor Lopes ^Fala!•C 18:23, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's the way. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 19:56, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Restrict edits to auto-confirmed users

Is it worth switching the permissions on this page so that only auto-confirmed users can edit?

Someone is using multiple IP addresses to repeatedly remove "the" from "the progressive metal band Dream Theatre" without consensus amongst editors and against repeated reverts. CurdyKai (talk) 09:49, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PP requested. The IP should discuss here if they feel that strongly about using journalistic language on an encyclopaedia. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:12, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]