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Richard Nordquist

Request new article review. Thanks!

Airborne84 (talk) 01:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Airborne. First, you have not adequately shown notability. About.com is not a reliable source, and should not be used. You should look for reliable sources that discuss the author in depth. A couple of minor issues:

1. You should wikify some more. For example, Estonia could be wikilinked.
2. Improve your categories. You may consider his year of birth, alma mater, and whatnot.
3. Cut back on the direct quotes. I am not sure what the copyright status of About.com's material is, but a large number of direct quotes is unencyclopedic.
4. You may want to read our guidelines for the notability of authors

Hope that helps. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! You could be right about notability. I'd suggest that his position at About.com might push him into the notable category though.

Are you sure that About.com isn't a reliable source? The New York Times Company is the author and the publisher of the About.com page on Norquist. Doesn't that qualify?

Thanks again. The article certainly needs more work, as you noted, if he is indeed notable as per Wikipedia's policies. --Airborne84 (talk) 02:31, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

It seems that there is no consensus on that, but About.com is considered questionable, and better sources should be used when possible. See discussion here, here, here, and here. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

User:Invisiboy42293/List of Christian hardcore bands

I've been working on this article in my userspace for a while. I think I'm doing an okay job with sourcing, and the existence of a Christian hardcore article already establishes notability of the subject, but I'm trying to figure out a way to format the list so that the article is more compact but still accurately represents the sources. Can anyone give me feedback on this, as well as on the article in general?--Invisiboy42293 (talk) 05:46, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

The basic premise is, Wikipedia is not a directory. So, an article - even a list article - should have prose, giving context. Take a look at any featured list for the idea. Even though it is just "List of Christian hardcore bands", it still needs to explain what it is - ie what is a "Christian hardcore band", what are they all about? It needs a beginning, at least.  Chzz  ►  00:58, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

I see what you're saying. I've added a lead that describes the standards for inclusion, but as far as a detailed description of the subject (as the List of Christian metal bands has), that will be a little difficult. The Christian hardcore article is a mess of original research, so it's not one of those "copy and paste" type of things. There's enough references to support the notability of the subject, so I will try to write a paragraph or two describing it for my lead.--Invisiboy42293 (talk) 05:53, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps add a bit more context, maybe a brief blurb on the history of Christian hardcore. Also, you may actually be overreferenced, which I never thought I'd say. Does every entry require two (or four) references? Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:02, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

The overrefrencing is largely because I copied most of the entries from other lists that had the same problem to save time. I'm currently working to get it down to one or two references per entry. I was thinking I could finish that up and then write the blurb?--Invisiboy42293 (talk) 04:31, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Drum and bass#Quoted part in History

I wanted some feedback on if everything I've described that's in the link above is in line with Wikipedia's policies. I contacted somebody else who happens to be an administrator (I specifically contacted him because his name is on the Wikiproject Electronic Music and because he's an administrator), User:Papa November, but he seems to care less that he's an administrator at this point, and is busy with other things. So if somebody could give me some feedback, and look into this guy's actions as an administrator (or at least direct me to where I could complain about him), I'd be most appreciative. Thanks. Lighthead (talk) 20:28, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind, it has been resolved. Lighthead (talk) 05:04, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Just to let you know, this is for feedback on articles you have created or expanded. If you want to complain about another editor's misbehaviour, you may want to go to Wikiquette alerts for minor problems like name calling, Dispute resolution requests for conflicts over contents, or the administrators noticeboard for really bad things like death threats. Not responding quickly, however, would not fall under any of those, especially since the user is busy. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:02, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

User:Marshism/Marshall E. Cornett

Marshism (talk) 04:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

You need more reliable sources. Other than that it looks good. Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:58, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Big Muffin Serious Band

This is my first go at creating a page and would like some feedback on that page please. The referencing in particular. Thanks

Debfu (talk) 10:22, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

[[User: [[User:Whysosirius (talk) 14:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Whysosirius/Ayurveda (band)]]

SECOND REQUEST. Looking for eyes on this "band" page. It has been deleted once for sounding too "fan-based"; I have edited to address this issue.

A question of notability came up as well; one criticism was that the videos were all live ("anyone can do that")...Ayurveda has since debuted their first concept video, "Domestic Bliss". They have had their recent LP, "H. Luminous" favorably reviewed by The Washington Post. They also have a favorable mention in another major U.S. publication, The New York Post.

My take on notability: They have coverage in two of the largest publications in the U.S. -- The Washington Post & The New York Post. Ayurveda has a particularly strong fan-base among the Nepali community, both inside the States and in Nepal. Because Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world with little media (tv, radio, etc.) available, new music travels by word-of-mouth & internet. Ayurveda is big in Nepal; music lovers there have been clamoring to get the band to tour Nepal for the last couple years. This year, October 11, Ayurveda will tour there and in India.

My point is, the denying of a page in Wikipedia seems like cultural elitism to me. Music lovers in Nepal would certainly hit on Ayurveda's wiki page as a encyclopedic source for all things pertaining to the band. Wikipedia is supposed to be global and it seems to me that folks from our poorest countries don't count.

Feedback on the page itself?...Feedback on the notability issue? Many thanks & Namaste.Whysosirius (talk) 13:25, 11 June 2011 (UTC) Whysosirius (talk) 13:25, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

User:George.putland/Jono: the musical

Would this now to noteable enough for a wikipedia page? They have been on the front page of the Kentish Express, have a full page spread inside and are going on KmFm to talk about it. Thanks

George Putland 15:56, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

George Cartwright (musician)

George Cartwright FORMED the band Curlew Curlew (band) in 1979 and other members of the band are in Wikipedia ... he has produced a large discography both with Curlew and under his own name. There was a request to initiate an article on him from several sources ... somebody had to do it ...

VCSR (talk) 17:58, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

User:Dapofrank/Employmentng.com

Well, I had my first article deleted so please can anyone check to see if this meet the requirements. Thanks!

Dapofrank (talk) 19:06, 11 June 2011 (UTC)