User talk:Bluenote1939

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Speedy deletion of Groovesect[edit]

A tag has been placed on Groovesect requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

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Your recent edits[edit]

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Alfred "Uganda" Roberts[edit]

Hi. I see you reverted some of the changes I made to this article. No problem with you doing that, but you need to note that your changes have caused (in my opinion) a few 'issues'...

Second paragraph - '...by the encouragement of..' is not good English - I believe 'after' or 'with' would be better. In the same paragraph - 'becoming an in-demand conga player' - is not a neutral point of view - what does 'in-demand' mean here - one gig a night, one a week, forty bands clamouring for his skills ? How do you back-up that remark ?

The paragraph mentioning 'Professor Longhair' - fair enough, he's most well known by that name, but read that paragraph to yourself - 'Professor Longhair' is mentioned five times, and it doesn't 'read' smoothly - can't some of those be changed to 'him/his/Byrd', just so it flows better ?

Part way through that paragraph, you refer to '..Fess' last studio album', but there's no indication of who 'Fess' is - in my version, where it said 'Byrd', at least the meaning was clear. YOU may know it's the same person, but someone without your interests may have no idea.

You added 'the young funk band'.. before Groovesect in the last paragraph, but it's not needed - if they click on the Groovesect link, they can find out all about them. Also what does 'young' mean in this context - does it mean the band members are young, that the group is newly formed, that they're inexperienced or what ? That word can be interpreted in different ways - so I think those words are unnecessary.

Ok, now, stop getting annoyed, take a deep breath and calm down :-)

The reason I'm telling you this here, rather than editing the article again, is that I don't want to start any bad feeling or edit wars with us constantly battling over changing the article. I've just given you my opinions on a few items - just read them through calmly, and think about them. If you disagree with one or all, fair enough - noone owns the article, and I'm sure other people will edit it over time anyway, possibly in ways neither of us would agree with ! :-)

Cheers ! :-) CultureDrone (talk) 16:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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