==Revision to Kublai Khan== 

 Per your "not a crystal ball" revision, I replaced my formatting improvements to this page but removed the reference to the historical novel that will release in January 2011. The book is already available for pre-order on Amazon and Random House, though, with a book summary that includes the information I provided. Would the reference work if I deleted the year?  Looking forward to your response. Thanks!   

    

 :The reason for the "Crystall Ball" comment (see WP:CRYSTAL) is because the book is not available to be verified as a reference for its content.  It won't work as any sort of reference at all until the book is actually out or otherwise available in full, and other editors could (in theory at least) pick up a copy and verify what's inside it.  Also, popular culture references, though quite common and popular in wikipedia articles, are not particularly important to the actual content of the article, so I would stress that it is thus extra important that we not go out on any limbs to include them when they're on shaky ground (as in this case).