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Lorraine Chandler

Well done on creating the new article for her. Does she not need adding to the Deaths in 2020 page ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:14, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, but the sources ("...it's being reported on several music sites ...") are a little questionable at the moment, I think. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:16, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Now done (and not reverted), but I think we're still waiting for a source for Les Chadwick.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:45, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I must have missed that one altogether ! It is easy to forget just how old these 1960s beat boys are now becoming - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:35, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I found this this morning for Chadwick. Presumably that will suffice ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 10:47, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Indeed - thank you! I'd searched the Liverpool Echo website earlier without any luck - it must have just disappeared from it. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:53, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Pearl King (songwriter) is not Earl King

"Pearl King (songwriter)" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Pearl King (songwriter). Since you had some involvement with the Pearl King (songwriter) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. RocknRollArchivist (talk) 15:26, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

RocknRollArchivist (talk) 19:40, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi. You are quite correct, and I'm very sorry to have to admit that I've been wrong on this point in the (dim and distant) past. Pearl King was Dave Bartholomew's wife. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Fats Domino recordings

Hello,

Based on many years of painstaking work on the compilation of discographies as part of a team of enthusiasts of classic rock and roll, I suggest you get acquainted with my first wiki project. If successful, it is planned to create similar pages for Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Larry Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Esquerita... I apologize for my poor English and would be very grateful for any corrections and improvements to the style, as well as suggestions for improving the structure of the page. Cheers and rock on!

RocknRollArchivist (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

WOW!! Very impressive! My only initial comments are that (1) song titles should be inside inverted commas, not in italics (so, "Blue Monday" not Blue Monday), and (2) citations should be in the <ref></ref> form (see WP:INCITE) rather than linking directly to external sites. Those are just my first thoughts - I'll take a longer look in due course. But, thanks for your efforts! Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. I took your suggestions into account and almost finished the page. Please re-visit it when you have time. I also ask you to read my suggestion about the title of the Fats Domino song "Ain't That a Shame".RocknRollArchivist (talk) 18:14, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Notability

On my user page, I have recently added Walter Rhodes (musician) to my legendary 'Reds or blues' section. Tee hee... well, a far number of editors seem to be unable to write a musician's article without using "legendary" at least once, so I thought I would have a go too. Joking apart, my conundrum is whether Rhodes passes muster in the notability stakes. Four recorded tracks, with only two actually released, is a meagre output, but his association with Charley Patton is well documented, along with his somewhat unique instrument for a blues musician. I will leave you to have a look at the links I have found, duly noting that some are considerably more reliable than others, and would appreciate your thoughts. There is no rush on this one. I am still trying to string together an article for the other red link in that section, and seem to have got writer's cramp, or the jitters, or "Yeah, the tremors in my thigh bone". Ta,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:05, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Do you have access to this article? I would say he's marginal, but why not go for it and see if anyone pushes for its removal? Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:30, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Yes, that is probably the best line of approach. I am banking on his uniqueness, as per Jstor and others, as tipping the balance towards notability. That is, when I get round to actually drafting the article. Cheers, - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:41, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Right, well I have finally got round to drafting something up for Walter Rhodes, but am wondering if the journal article that you unearthed above, may have something more on him than I have found. Do you have access to that source (because I am loath to register with anything I do not know/trust) ? Otherwise, what is presently in my soapbox (with a good bit of titivation) is about it. Regards,
Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:09, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
I only have access to the opening paragraph, not the whole article - but there are some snippets in there that might be useful. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:15, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
I'll take whatever there is. Is it easier for you to add to my draft, or type here what is worthwhile and I will transfer across ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:37, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
I can add something if you like - do you not get the preview page? Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:49, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Hell, I feel a right chump. All I was looking at was the top of the page and the message about needing to register, and simply never thought to scroll downwards. I am getting old you know, and more stupid. Right, leave it with me. There is not much substance to be gleaned anyway, but every little helps - like using the scroll bar thingy. I've got my dunce's cap on. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 17:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
OK, that's done, and probably least said the better. However, my cack-handed work on Rhodes led me into...

Richard "Hacksaw" Harney — seemingly rated as the best guitarist/musician in the Delta in his day - move over Robert Johnson. I am quite surprised by how much I found about someone that I (and I suspect many others) have never heard of. But, back to the heading of this whole section, and given the sparsity of Harney's recordings, I would appreciate you having a look at his potential notability. I don't ask much, do I; and with lockdown and all that, you must be short of things to do ! Cheers – Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:54, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

No question over his notability, I would say, given the sources and what they say - though like you I'm not sure whether I'd heard the name before. We must educate the masses! Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:37, 19 June 2020 (UTC).
Hacksaw's draft is in my out tray. Could you give it the once over, please. I am concerned that I might have made too much out of too little. It's tempting to track down his album, but Amazon want almost £14 (plus delivery) for it! - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 16:43, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Looks good to me! Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:29, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you – rather belated, I know, but I briefly found something other than Wikipedia to pass my time on. It won't last. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:01, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Dog with a bone, me. So having 'dug up' Rhodes, and Harney, I could not resist having a little explore for Pearl Dickson. I uncovered far more than I thought I might, with Memphis blues and Classic female blues overtones, making hay, or should that be sandcastles, in my ickle old sandpit. Is she worth a punt ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:34, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

I hope you saved it - your sandbox looks empty to me.....  ?? Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:40, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Silly old me. I am getting ahead of myself. Dickson is still in my 'red or blues' section. I had just taken off my dunce's cap too. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:21, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Dickson's draft article is now in my sandpit. It does not look anything like as big, as when I first envisioned it (as the actress said to the bishop). Wadda y'think ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:03, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I found her in BARE, so have added what info there is on her to your draft. Tweak it to your heart's content! Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:16, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
It is amazing how one can be so easily misled when reliable sources state nothing much is known about the life of whoever, when BARE has that much. Anyhow, many thanks for your input for Miss Dixon.

In addition, I have never taken any notice of the "Related" section in AllMusic biographies - mainly because you seem to get up a 'Similar To' sub heading which may be better termed as 'Not Very Similar At All'. Nevertheless, I managed to unearth Willie Baker via this route, although I can not remember quite how. He presently sits quietly in my singular pile of sandcastles - and, really, it does this time. Never one to disappoint, but it does not refer to a bored old-timer, who puts his appendage in the oven, presumably with flour, yeast and a few seeds, and hopes for the best. Not quite Willie Love, but you know how easily I am amused. If you could cast your peepers over the draft Willie Baker - I am a little bothered that I may, once again, have tried to make too much of not a lot - particularly regarding the lyrical diagnostic. If I get your go-ahead (with whatever caveats), I should feel I have finally got back my mojo, after way too long away from article creation. Thank you and best wishes,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:20, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

I like your Robert Johnson rephrasing!

Very much! That's all! Botterweg14 (talk) 16:04, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Boyd Gilmore

A recent edit here has changed his date (and place) of birth. To be fair, the editor cites [1] stating June 12, 1910, as opposed to the previous June 1, 1905. There are discrepancies in that AllMusic also quotes June 12, 1910 (or 1913 depending on which part of their article you read); whereas Stefan Wirz gives "b. June 1, 1905 near Inverness, Sunflower County, Mississippi." Which is what I think I must have used when composing the original article in November 2016, Does BARE contain anything ? Plus, as it stands, the Wiki article now shows born 1910 in the main text and infobox, but still 1905 in the categories.

A bit of a bugger's muddle. DCI Hamilton to the rescue ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter (2004). The Blues Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-135-95832-9.
As you say, there's a disagreement between Komara, which gives June 12, 1910, in Belzoni, and BARE, which (p.188) gives June 1 [sic], 1905, "near Inverness, Sunflower County", with a footnote (p.447) which states: "The 1910 census disproves both the SSDI and Death certificate birth dates of 1910." ("SSDI" = Social Security Death Index.) SSDI in fact gives his birth date as June 1 [sic], 1910 (not June 12) - although the California Death Index gives June 12, 1910. Census information gives him as aged 14 in 1920, 22 in 1930.... but so far I haven't been able to find him anywhere on the 1910 census. You'll have seen this, with the comment "He was born June 1, 1905 (some sources say June 12, 1910)." That is the sort of approach we should be adopting, I think. We need to move this discussion to the article talk page, perhaps, if we can't resolve it here, and I'll ping @Twixister:. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:42, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

re Fortunatus Wright

I just think saying just "Cheshire" is confusing, because it is not modernly part of Cheshire. Would you be OK with something like "then part of Cheshire"? Or even "modernly Merseyside, then part of Chester"? I have used similar wording for people for people born in West Virginia when it was still part of Virginia. Brianyoumans (talk) 23:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

The general guidance here is to refer to places by the name that was used at the the time they were born. No-one with an interest in 18th century history would use the modern term "Merseyside". I would object less strongly to a wording like "..then in Cheshire...", though I think it's unnecessary. But, the main problem with that article is the general lack of referencing - I'll try and get round to that, as Wright has been on my "to do" list for a long time. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:18, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

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Steve Martin Caro

Well done; cleaning up the section that said there had been a final reunion. This was apparently in a private room somewhere and it didnt make sense to report it as a performing group, playing publicly. I tried to modify the headline to reflect that there WAS no new group but I didnt know how to neatly remove the headline. I did not understand why a headline was there about something which never happened. Youre obviously a classic music lover like me. I WISH Left Banke could have reunited before Michael's 2015 death, while Martin Caro, Lookofsky/Brown, Cameron and Finn were alive. That would have been a legitimate reunion with substantial core members. But they waited too long and couldnt achieve this. Then, from 2015 to 2020, 3 of those 4 passed away simply due to mortality and the passage of time. It may have been nice for a reunion to occur, but wasnt worthy of a reference source to emphasize speculation on an event that MIGHT have happened, but did not. The editor Floridakitties really went crazy, didnt they? Haha. Thanks for simplifying and improving the article.

[...If only one day Wikipedia would stop its hardcore insistence that Oswald absolutely and unequivocally killed JFK. Wikipedia made itself judge and jury in supporting the obviously false Warren Report and its insulting magic bullet claims. Wikipedia convicted a man who could not have been convicted, and its position on this has made me unable to ever fully trust Wikipedia. It's a good reference for things such as bird species, but as crooked as any source can get when politics is approached.] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.118.111.102 (talk) 18:49, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Information icon Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. 46.208.194.84 (talk) 20:52, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Complainant blocked. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:26, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Bernard Besman

I notice you are composing an article on this individual. You may be aware that there is some mention of him in the John Lee Hooker article, and there is more detail about their working relationship in this book, if you have access to it.[1] If not, I have a copy which I am happy to dig out, if that helps. Regards, - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:22, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

  1. ^ Robert Palmer. Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 242-3. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
Thank you! I have that book somewhere so will burrow into the library (=pile), and I'm also waiting for a fearsome lady to deliver a copy of JLH's biography (most but not all of which is online, I know). But I think it will be a brief stubby bio, which is pretty much all I have the appetite for at the moment I'm afraid.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Dan Doo

Greetings. Could you help me With thia subject? Also maybe Draft:152 Nassau? Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 10:41, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Well, there's this source ("The Old Man Who Lived In The West" - clearly the same song). Googling that title takes you here...... and to here (scroll down to "37 The Old Man Who Lived in the West ") and here... and then back to here. Good luck with sorting that out!! Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:42, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. That's helpful. I found Wee Cooper O'Fife. Interestingly there's a connection to Draft:152 Nassau. Tha ks again. FloridaArmy (talk) 21:48, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Jazz Scene USA

This is an interesting subject. I'd create a draft on it but am exhausted by how difficult the article creation process is made for me being required to use AfC. FloridaArmy (talk) 21:10, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Well, I'm sure you could get round to it before I do. Lots of useful info here... but would it meet WP:RS criteria? Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
FloridaArmy - Now started - and also Stars of Jazz and their producer Jimmie Baker. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:42, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Nedern Brook Wetlands

Nicely done, your new article on the Nedern Brook Wetlands. I was just patrolling new pages and thought I could add some small token edit, but could not come up with any. ◄ Sebastian 21:48, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Doo Wop edit warring

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You have been reverted by myself and by another independent editor. I have started a discussion on the article talk page and asked you to respond. You have not done so. Please learn the basics of editing here. Thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:15, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

List of 2010s deaths in rock and roll

Have you any idea why List of 2017 deaths in rock and roll seems to have been hived off to a separate article from the above ? This appears to have occurred back in September 2019. I only give these lists a passing glance these days (maybe the same with you), but it seems a bit odd and unnecessary to me. Regards - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 16:35, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

No idea - have you tried asking Onetwothreeip, who split it off? Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:38, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
Good idea - so I have asked him/her/it. - Derek R Bullamore (talk)
The main thrust of the reply was "If I recall, this was split from an extremely large article, where the appropriate remedy would be to split the list into articles by year. If I had only split the 2017 section from the article, this would have been as an emergency measure, and this was likely the largest section. When I get to a computer I will try to confirm this for you. As the rest hasn't been split out yet, I can do the rest if I can find time to do so"
Frankly, I have rather lost contact/interest with these behemoth articles, but am I right to assume that such a split down into each year is not desirable ? Or, like me, do you not much care either way ? Conversely, is there some other editor(s) that may have an interest/viewpoint ? Cheers - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:01, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure how many other editors are interested, but I tend to agree that we should stick to decades. Mind you, there will be a heck of a lot of ancient rockers heading skywards (or not) in the 2020s, I suspect. I still long for the possibility that one day we might establish some sensible criteria for inclusion on those lists.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:05, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

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Bedtime reading

I am on my second reading of Elvis Costello's 2016 autobiography/memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink (New York: Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0399185762). I suspect his work is not your cup of tea, but it is a highly intelligent, illuminating and frank expose of his life and career. I may tempt you by quoting a passage when he describes performing at the Roundhouse and states "The last time I'd been there was in 1970, to see The Incredible String Band singing and pantomiming through a multimedia extravaganza called "U". They had papier-mache masks, a sitar, and a girl called Licorice, which wasn't the sort of stuff you admitted liking in 1977. However, while the Incredible's earlier song "All Writ Down" is as true and heartbreaking to me today as it was at the age of fifteen..." To be fair, it is the only mention of one of your faves in the book; but Rolling Stone said the book was "Truly remarkable" and The Sunday Times stated it is "Beautifully written". I think you might enjoy reading it as much as I have - which is almost twice.

On the same subject, have you tried Perfecting Sound Forever : The Story of Recorded Music - Greg Milner - ISBN 978-1-84708-140-7 ? A brilliantly researched tale of how music has been recorded, from wax cylinder through to the digitalised bollocks of today. Jarvis Cocker says on the cover of the book, "Very, very, very few books will change the way you listen to music, This is one such book. Read it". It is really fascinating and the research Mr. Milner has done is extraordinary. It really opened my ears, and these days I'm half deaf !

I still have another part of my last Xmas stocking to explore. That is a biography of Marc Bolan - I suspect it will be rather fourth division, compared to my two previous recommendations.

Sleep well - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the recommendations. The Perfecting Sound Forever book looks good - especially for only 50p via a well-known online retailer...! The trouble is that I already have a bulging bookcase of unread books, which I may get round to one day... Almost finished the JLH bio, which is also very good. The ISB were one of the first bands I ever went to see, around 1968 - just before I saw Bolan's duo, with a crap mime act called David Bowie at the bottom of the bill. It's all a very long time ago now. I was never a huge Declan fan, though I did like some of his early stuff and he came from my home area. Which reminds me - I'm off to see this band of fellow TRFC supporters later this week - hypochondria permitting, of course. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:17, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, the growing froth over the Kia-Ora virus has put me right off drinking orange squash. When I worked in the shadow of The Liver Birds... sorry the Liver birds, in the 1980s, 50% Digestive biscuit were very popular locally, but by the time I was making plans to go and see what the fuss was about, they had split up. By the time they reformed, I had returned to Yorkshire. Sod's law, I guess. I remember driving past Prenton Park in those days, but when I saw their pitch on the telly recently, I was not sure whether they were getting ready for a footy match or were on the brink of planting spuds. I have no idea who Greg Milner is; but for ten shillings his tome is well worth a punt. Happy days - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 10:45, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Derek, you should stick to the pride of the valleys, much safer! Martinevans123 (talk) 11:01, 3 March 2020 (UTC) p.s. shocked to see that, in one of the music questions on last night's University Challenge, the team thought the very well-known clip of Mr Costello was by "... that American guy, um, what's his name.... I know this one..."
Martin, it is a sad fact that Costello's quirky mannerisms did not endear him to the masses. But as a songwriter, the fact that he has worked with Sir Macca and His Holiness, the Bacharach says far more about his talents than "Oliver's Army". To be fair, the bright young things on University Challenge, would have needed to raid their grandad's vinyl record collection, to have had much of a chance. Of course, Guy is your man to talk about such telly-based stardom. Far much more cleverer than me, he is. I would have struggled on Nursery Challenge. "Don't start me talking, I could talk all night" - ooh, you've got me going now. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 11:21, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
They even failed to get Gary. "What's this country coming too?" "The youth of today...." etc. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC) p.s. you will be relieved to learn that you can avoid the Corvid 19 virus by simply singing the National Anthem while washing your hands.

I went to Cry me a river

to add "Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Book of TOP 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits, Billboard Books, New York 2006 pp. 325-26" and you had beaten me to it. Well done. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 05:26, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Which brings me to my next point. I am one of those editors who, in a song article. believes that there is a place for every version of the song recorded, rather than the sort of blanket statements such as "many other artists recorded it" that one often finds. In discussing this issue with folks who are not wikipedia editors but are . . ....... normal people, I find that they always like seeing those compilations. I happen to feel that what makes a song great is the number and variety of artists who cover it and I think this info belongs in these articles. I will throw in a sort of in-betweener at "Cry me a river", but before I start adding others I'd like to clear it with you first. I have enjoyed reading the previous discussion on your page, I still have my Incredible String Band "5,000 Spirits album, one of the few left over from then and recently picked up an Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint CD, mostly because of the latter. Carptrash (talk) 18:51, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
To be honest, I haven't really listened to the ISB much for getting on for 50 years (!!) now.... But so far as "Cry Me a River" is concerned, how about adding an external link to the Secondhand Songs site? It may not be totally comprehensive, but it is generally very reliable, I find. It lists 484 versions!! I don't think we should try to list all of them in our article! Or (thinking aloud), say something in the article like: "One site, Secondhand Songs, lists 484 recorded versions of the song" - with a citation. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:03, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
I'm one of those old fashioned types who is reluctant to link or reference from other web sites because wikipedia is filled, well not filled, but already has too many dead links in it. One of the points of wikipedia is to be the complete, one-stop sosurce for .... everything. But thanks for getting back to me. Carptrash (talk) 19:27, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
Well.... "...merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia....". But I think having 484 recorded versions is sufficiently notable to be mentioned, so I'll try out my second suggestion. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:33, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Max von Sydow

Mainly a 'crossed in the post' (it having just been announced on the news). Jackiespeel (talk) 15:19, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Betty Williams (peace activist)

On 20 March 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Betty Williams (peace activist), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Kees08 (Talk) 19:55, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

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Chris Kenner

I have recently edited this article again - got to say I do not really know the name, as such. I saw from the article's "revision history" that both of us have 'contributed' between 2015 and 2017. Kenner seems to be one of so many similar tales of those who were robbed, or at least ignored, as bigger fish swallowed up the pool. Anyhow, the bit that intrigues me the most now is the "statutory rape charge", which one source claimed was a frame-up. It appears that Kenner's dependence on alcohol may have been a major factor. Anything more reliable you could unearth might be useful.

I hope you remain virus free - I've had some variant of a shaking fever most of my life; but somehow remain vaguely upright. As ever, regards,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:00, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I've added a little more to the article. Most reliable sources don't say a lot more about the statutory rape charge - other than something along the lines of, she was 15 but he thought she was older - so I don't think we need to go into any more detail than what is there. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
OK and thanks for your input. I added a bit of polish and do feel that the article is now a reasonable description of his life and career. Stay safe, my friend. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Rock music

Alright, I would be opening a section in Rock music's Talk to discuss there.--Diablo del Oeste (talk) 13:30, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Herbie Armstrong

You will have noticed that I gave your new article a "brush-up". I may have mentioned this before to you, but I discovered a neat trick about a year ago, which I have found invaluable when creating new articles (and more generally).

In the 'Preferences' part of the toolbar at the top right of your user page, there is a drop down thingy marked 'Gadgets'. In the section named 'Appearance', you will notice a tick box before the text line stating "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange". Click/tick that box and thereafter those links which are disambiguated show up in orange, rather than the usual blue or red colours.

I was thinking of opening an online streaming blog howsyourfather, podcast whatsit, sort of app whatdoyoucallit, titled, "Things to make your life easier when full of COVID type woes", and that would be the first on the list... and the last. Probably not my best idea, but as you can see, I am fully keeping up with all the latest technology - except Twatter. There again, when the Strolling Bones used their mobile phones to broadcast this week, dear old Charlie Watts managed to set up his phone but could not remember where the hell his drum kit was. "Frig it", he thought, "I'll paradiddle on my coffee table instead, nothing will drown out Rubber Lips."

Regards,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Ps. 1975, for me, was a real turning point. A combination of Top of the Pops performances by Noosha Fox and Andrea True ruined my eyesight.

Hopefully by now you will have noticed that I deliberately leave articles I've created in an "unfinished" state, to encourage others to add their own contributions. (Actually, that's true!) Regards, Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:19, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Lavelle White

I do not know if this article is on your watchlist, but an interesting alternative birth place for her has been muted on the article's talk page. I composed her article over eight years ago, and presume I took her birth place from AllMusic. I guess you will have added BARE into the references at some point. What does it have to say about where she was born ? Thanks,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:34, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

PS. While I am here, could you check with your US R&B chart book and see if I-Level is listed (particularly "Give Me", 1982). I recently gave their article a brush up; it was in a sorry state and I meant to follow their chart presence further but forgot... until now. I think the article needs re-naming too, if your evidence backs up I-Level, rather than I Level, as is the present case. Thanks again.

I'll keep an eye on Ms White's article - BARE has her born in Amite, Louisiana, but I've left a comment on the talk page. There's no mention of I-Level, I Level, or "Give Me", in the R&B charts book. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:47, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
PS: Actually, the I-Level issue is a bit odd. Although the Soulwalking site here claims that "Give Me", "became a Top 5 single on the U.S. R & B charts" - it didn't. This site here looks at first glance to be more likely to be accurate. It says that "Give Me" "managed to peak at #11 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Play Singles chart", and that the follow-up "Minefield" "peaked at #52 on the U.K. Singles chart and #5 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Play Singles chart.." Now, the "Dance Club Songs" chart - under whatever title - is not the same as the good old R&B chart. So, I suspect there's been some confusion. I'm not sure if there is any definitive online access to the Dance hit charts - it's sometimes listed at the MusicVF site, but I-Level isn't mentioned there at all. Further research needed! Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:59, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
PPS: Here are I-Level at #79 in the Dance/Disco Top 80(!) for 22 Jan 1983. On the charts for 16 weeks, but, annoyingly, no indication of highest position reached. You may wish to have fun browsing through back issues of Billboard, if you can find them.... I may be fairly bored at home at the moment, but I'm not yet so bored that I would willingly do that! Sadly, the definitive Billboard chart histories are only available with a premium subscription, apparently! Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:22, 27 April 2020 (UTC).
Thanks for all that (on both counts). I did not think to look in the British Hit Singles & Albums book, but it confirms No. 52 for "Minefield" and No. 56 for Teacher and No. 50 for the album I-Level. I do not go a bundle on chart placings lower than 75 because, back them, that was where the published chart stopped (and so the 'bible' does not list any lower placings). What I will do is move the article to the correct styling of the band's name (as per AllMusic, and the 'bible'), then decide my next move. Billboard's website sends me mad, in that it is next to useless unless you want to pay for the privilege, and I don't. You can read the present day Hot 100 free, but for about a year now you have to pay to see the Blues Albums Chart. Bollocks to 'em. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:41, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Henry Hayes (musician) / Kangaroo Records

I could use some help with this one. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:04, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Born in Chicago

Hello. Nice addition to blues songs. I started BIC a couple of times, but ... Just wanted to explain that I usually remove secondhandsongs.com as a source, because it is user generated. Although there is some sort of oversight, there is no indication that those involved are "recognized experts". Its FAQ page includes "we're highly cross-referenced with other databases, among which Discogs, RateYourMusic, Echonest, Spotify, iTunes, ..." The first two are also user generated and I don't think retail service providers are really reliable for identifying covers. Do you have more info? —Ojorojo (talk) 14:54, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

I know from experience that, in some areas, it's a lot more reliable than, say, Allmusic ! I've proposed additions and corrections at Secondhand Songs - they are vetted by real people who generally know what they are doing. It doesn't necessarily have comprehensive lists, but (like Discogs - but unlike RYM, Spotify etc.) the information it contains is correct for the overwhelming majority of the time - which is what guides me. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:18, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I think a lot of these are done with data sweeps, which attempt to match titles and writers, so accuracy and completeness are highly variable. I don't think that AllMusic is all that great, but at least it used to publish various professional reference works. For one cover, like Redding's Baby Scratch My Back, isn't is just as easy to use the review for The Soul Album on which it appears?[1] (although without any context, it's not clear if it meets WP:SONGCOVER). —Ojorojo (talk) 16:04, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Blues Music Award

I do not know if you have picked up on this yet, but the 2020 'Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year' is Bettye LaVette. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:41, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

PS. Completely unrelated to the above; I am certain that I told you a long time ago that I saw The Stranglers in concert in Bridlington circa 1977. I know that people do not live forever, but Dave Greenfield lifted that band above all others of that era/genre. Sad loss.... - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:30, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
I can remember seeing a band in a pub in London around 1974, that in hindsight I think may have been the Stranglers... but I was never a big fan. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:37, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Millie Small

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Alteration of Wikipedia

There have been recent edits, and deconstructions of wikipedia's entirety. Which leaves a lot of the main articles like electro-magnetism for example, with less than half of its original peak potential of its total collectively validated source information(in terms of accuracy and total amount of information) before being altered. I am wondering why this has, for 1.) Why this has not been acknowledged by wikipedia, or the entirety of the editors, and subsequently is not in the news? 2.) In respects to 1.) If this was rationalized by wikipedia, and or their steps to fix this. 3.) The total amount of information lost, and 4.) If wikipedian's are seeing the same thing on their pages(maybe only the worlds information was altered, and not the wikipedians pages, so that no one knew anything was altered.) I have had other people verify the new inaccuracies, and the variety of subjected individuals, to a multitude of people across the united states, by comparing information via the phone. Wikipedia is extremely strict on its accuracy protocols. Now, post deconstruction, their are blatant inaccuracies with compellingly incorrect material representing its informational value. What was one of the most commemorable commodities of the 21st century, a true trademark, of the digital age of information, is now left in rubble, scattered, and stripped. Wikipedia looked at knowledge in a way, that was reminiscent of a societal devotion to learning, for the private expansion of cognitive wonder, to its appraisal in understanding, with a semantic gridwork that was self dependently, independently, objectively, and co dependently verifiable within itself. A week ago, if you went onto the page of chemistry, it was essentially alchemy, and listed as a "scientific discipline"-(illustrating its studies as a mandate by law)--(note: this was during the corona virus stay at home order), which was indicative of pre 20th century scientific knowledge. This is all extremely offensive material, but in order to get through this, this is something were gonna to have to acknowledge and face collectively. I may have more insight into the situation, as well as material gathered from research, to be able to elaborate more. Please reply as soon as possible, thank you. --Ferventtboundz (talk) 23:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Sweet Pea Atkinson

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ITN recognition for Phil May (singer)

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Valley of Rocks

Valley of Rocks - Even though the Valley of Rocks is only ever referred to as the Valley of Rocks in official UK documentation, which I referenced, and never, the Valley of The Rocks, and, it is always referred to as Valley of Rocks locally on signposts, and never, the Valley of The Rocks, which I also referenced with a picture of a local signpost, it seems that the other editor repeatedly keeps changing it back to something for which there is no evidence, other than on internet websites, ignoring British and local North Devon history. Regardless of Wikipedia policy, which I am attempting to respect by writing here, this is disrespectful to folk from this area, although I appreciate that this is likely not the aim. I don't see it as any different from changing the name of Niagara Falls to The Niagara Falls. You can repeat in on the internet ad infinitum but that will never make it right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DocFolland (talk • contribs) 09:07, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Copied to Talk:Valley of the Rocks where any further discussion should take place. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:57, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Susan Fassbender

I have just given her article a bit of a spruce up. I wondered if you could don your Chief Insp. Hamilton hat and see if you could unearth more expansive birth/death details. Apparently, Fassbender was her mother's maiden name, but as far as I can ascertain she was born Susan Whincup in Wibsey, West Yorkshire in 1959. Would not have thought that there would be too many similarly named births in that year/place. It seems that she hung herself in 1991 - poor lass.

Fassbender sounds more like a home made wah-wah pedal. Brings to mind my old childhood friend, Richard, who built his own such pedal in the very early 1970s, from an elementary electronic circuitry diagram depicted in some Practical Electronics type of magazine - coupled with a hand constructed meccano based pedal/box. He could play the electric guitar could Richard, but when plugged into his wah-wah, his enthusiast combination resulted in the pedal exploding in a mixture of meccano, bolts, nuts, springs, etc. flying across the room threatening to impale me to the wall. "Probably needs a bit of refining" he informed me, as I tenderly picked bits of metal from my clothing. You can't make these things up, but honestly Richard went on to work for Rolls-Royce. For my part, my accompanying bass guitar playing accomplishments were more Fiona than Jack, but I did record at Fairview Studios. It's amazing what you can remember as you get older - sadly not the important ones, such as what day of the week it is. Merry Christmas,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Every day is like Sunday at the moment... Susan Kathryn Whincup, born 30 April 1959, married ... Baggio in 1983, died (in or around Bradford) 2 May 1991. Source: "Susan Kathryn Baggio", General Register Office; United Kingdom; Civil Registration Death Index, Volume: 4; Page: 300, (via Ancestry.co.uk)..... Over to you.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:19, 24 May 2020 (UTC) .
Many thanks and now done. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:06, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Is It Just Me ?

I have noticed two distinct trends fairly recently. Neither are related as such. The first is that there is a common trend to add United Kingdom to location place names in music articles, (possibly elsewhere, but I rarely venture too far from music... except when I do), often excluding the rather more obvious, and pertinent, England. In fact, almost always managing to exclude this sovereign nation. It certainly does not appear to be so prevalent when Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland is recorded. I am aware that you do dally in the nationalistic margins of this encyclopedia far more than I, and may be rather more aware of this phenomenon. However, seeing such locational sites such as York, United Kingdom, et al, very frequently, just seems wrong to me.

The other is that albums are not albums anymore, rather full-length albums. Am I losing touch ?!

Regards from this luckily virus free, but sadly ever ageing, English full length fool. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:43, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Not that I'd noticed.. York should be York, England, so I would just revert changes like that. If an LP is a "full length" album, what is a CD with additional bonus tracks?? Regards, Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:33, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
The first English band page I looked at today is Deadly Circus Fire... which shows London, UK as their place of origin. These type of listings are very common. PS. I am about to edit the whole article, so it may have changed by the time you look at it. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:29, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

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Draft:Henry Hayes (musician)

I was trying to cover the musician and his label. Thoughts? FloridaArmy (talk) 22:39, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

I've taken a look - it's interesting, but tricky. There may be more info in offline books than there is online - and I find the BARE reference to "Henrilyn Georgette Hayes, Jr.", born August 5, 1923 in Dallas, confusing. Apart from the fact that the birth name appears to be female rather than male, it's also the case that there is a World War II draft card for Henry Hayes Jr. with the identical birth date, who has no middle name and was born in Marlin, Texas - roughly midway between Dallas and Houston. In 1942, that person was working at Waco Airport, but with a home address in Dallas. Although there is a little information available online about Hayes, it's not much and I haven't seen anything to indicate whether he is alive (aged 96) or dead. It may be easier to construct a short article about the label, Kangaroo Records ("It jumps!") Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:09, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

How they laughed!

Hi Ghmyrtle, I'm disappointed that you thought it appropriate to try to ridicule me over my typo/negligent copy & paste edit here. I know my English grammar and spelling skills probably wouldn't win me many prizes, but did you first check through my edit history to see if that mistake was a one-off, or if I often made it, before you decided to raise it in such a public way on an article talkpage? I think a better approach would have been to discreetly correct it during one of your edits, without even mentioning it. I've seen that done before by other editors, and quite admired it. -- DeFacto (talk). 12:37, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

I pick up typos like that all the time - that one particularly irritates me. Changing other people's comments is against talk page etiquette, but I'll bear your comments in mind in future. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:46, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Mode Plagal for deletion

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Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)

Dear @Ghmyrtle: I know Prokofiev's great Lt Kijé by heart for many many years. I love the wonderful Alone Again Or since it came out, way back in the sixties. I certainly admire Barney Hoskyns, who once published a wonderful book on The Band. However, I cannot imagine how Hoskyns in his right mind would say that the song's melody "drew loosely on Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite". You tell me "it's in the source". Did it occur to you that not all sources can be trusted? Do you know this music at all, did you ever compare the song and the suite? Did you notice that the song and Prokofiev's music are not even "loosely" connected? Hoskyns obviously didn't, he must have heard a remark that someone else once made and that does not belong in an encyclopedia. Well, please start rightaway and listen... and you will agree with me that I even don't have to prove my point, won't you? The obvious truth is in the music itself. Hartenhof (talk) 22:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Well, the problem is that Hoskyns' book is a reliable source, and - so far as I know - you are not (but correct me if I'm wrong). What Hoskyns says is: "A brilliantly disingenuous ode to melancholy, the song was inspired by Bryan's memory of waiting for a girlfriend and based on Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite..." Now, Hoskyns may or may not have made a mistake, but the fact is that is what he has written. I don't have any expertise or knowledge in relation to Prokofiev so I can't comment. Anyway, rather than discussing it here, you need to make your argument on the article talk page so that other editors can contribute. I'll copy this exchange over there. Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:25, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ricky Valance

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Marc Zermati

Seems like we are stumbling over each other. I will leave it to you. IMO Marc was a key figure in punk development and the article should reflect that. I don't find the artist lists all that helpful. Wwwhatsup (talk) 15:36, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, sorry about the edit conflicts. I agree - the article needs a lot of improvement, and much has not been rewritten to any extent since the article was created. We will need to keep a look-out for obituaries that give a fuller picture. Happy for the artist lists to be removed - there should be an article on Skydog Records. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:40, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
I don't have time! I once heard an apocryphal tale about Zermati. He was in court for some Stones bootleg, and bribed Keef with drugs to come into the court and say everything was kosher. Wwwhatsup (talk) 03:17, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

The Bach of Perception

Thanks for including the bit about Bach at "Light My Fire". I never thought of that before but it makes perfect sense.

One of the best performances of that song can be heard on the video Live at the Hollywood Bowl. It's long – good long.

Cheers!

Binksternet (talk) 15:45, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm going through the book Anatomy of a Song by Marc Myers, adding snippets as I go. It's an excellent source, and fascinating - I believe many of his articles are online. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:51, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Ghost Town Blues Band

Hello again. Could you cast your eye over the draft article in my sand pit for Ghost Town Blues Band. I started on this in mid January, and it has never taken me anything like this long to produce a new article ! I feel I have been too close to it for so long, that another pair of eyes would be beneficial, before I launch it to the 'mainframe'. Ta,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:31, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

It looks pretty good to me. I might give it a minor tweak or two at some point, but it's better than at least 99% of articles here, so I would just go ahead as you are.. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:04, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Et voila (probably missing some of those daft squiggles the French insist on using to annoy all non-French speaking folk). Thanks again - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:32, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Floyd Lee now up and running too - that was a bluesman you recently 'gave' me. Thanks - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:48, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

There's a typo, or some missing words, in the second paragraph - "..once informally played guitar with Jimmy Reed, who have traveled to Cleveland to perform." Not sure what that is meant to be..? Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:00, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Does it look better now ? - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:18, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Native

Saw your comment on "native" at the Keith Tippett article. "Native" isn't an insult. As my User Page indicates, one of the dictionaries I use is the New Oxford American Dictionary edited by Erin McKean. Native can mean indigenous, as in a plant or animal is indigenous to a place. It can mean local. The first definition listed is: "a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not: a native of Montreal, an eighteen-year-old Brooklyn native." The reason I had to change this sentence is that the person before me used apposition incorrectly. In fact, I see that a lot in many publications, esp. British newspapers. Put simply, this is wrong: "Tippett was born in Southmead, Bristol, the son of an English father". It's wrong because "son" is modifying Bristol, the object of the sentence. But he's not a son of Bristol. He's the son of a human being. One can't be the son of an inanimate object like a tree or a city. "A native of Bristol, Tippett..." and "Born in Bristol, Tippett" are correct because they modify the subject, and Tippett is the subject. I recommend The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation by Bryan Garner, which is also listed on my User Page.
Vmavanti (talk) 14:37, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

"Tippett was born in Southmead, Bristol, the son of an English father.." looks perfectly grammatical to me. But that was not my point. My point was that describing him as a "native of Southmead" looks wrong because Southmead was (at the time) a modern housing estate, and using the word "native" carries an implication that it had some ancient history prior to his birth. It didn't. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:07, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
The expression "perfectly grammatical" is redundant. You need only say "grammatical". It's the kind of usage that baffles me, like saying "prior to" instead of "before" or "at this particular time" instead of "now". It's putting on airs. Snooty. What's more, it's neither perfect nor grammatical for the reasons I have listed. I know you have seen it that way and probably heard it that way, but it's wrong for the reasons I listed, just as your peculiar, arbitrary understanding of "native" is wrong. It's not the end of the world. But this is what editors are supposed to know.
I think it's a question of style, rather than grammar. I'm afraid that I see your approach, in which you claim to know what is "right" and what is "wrong", far more "snooty" and "putting on airs" than mine - but, that's just my opinion. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:46, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Another point on the Keith Tippett page. The label "Ogun" was added next to "Label" in the infobox, but you deleted it, and in your edit summary you gave the reason "many more - not just one" which I find puzzling. You seem to be saying that one must either add every label a musician recorded for—or none of them. I don't see the sense in that all or nothing approach. That field isn't intended to include every label, but it should include labels most often associated with that musician, the labels the musician recorded for most often. That field is nearly always incomplete rather than comprehensive, esp. given the nature of recording in jazz. Editors should try to list the labels chronologically. So if a musician makes his first album with Columbia, then Columbia comes first. Unlike musicians in other fields, jazz musicians record with many labels throughout their lives. Note also that this field means labels as a leader, i.e. albums as a leader, not albums or labels as a guest. Jazz musicians visit studios in cities all over the world, recording for many labels. Dozens. A hundred? It would be foolish to include all of them. That infobox field is about labels the musician had a contract with. His albums will be with a fairly small circle of labels, relatively speaking. A third point: That field refers to the first label that released the album, because that's the label the musician had a contract with. Often publications will list the label that is releasing the album now to help buyers, rather than the label that recorded the album.
Vmavanti (talk) 14:54, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I spent as much time as I wanted to on his article - that is, very little time as he's not someone in whom I have a particular interest. So, on encountering an infobox with only one record label mentioned when he had clearly recorded for many different labels, I could have gone one of three ways - left it as it was, spent some time adding all the various labels for which he recorded, or removed it on the grounds of consistency. Why include only one label out of many? I chose the latter, but it's not something to which I gave a lot of thought. If you're happy to edit the article taking a more consistent (but not necessarily comprehensive) approach, that's fine with me. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:07, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
"I spent as much time as I wanted to on his article - that is, very little time as he's not someone in whom I have a particular interest". I guess this is one big difference between us and between me and a lot of people, on Wikipedia and off. I do a job. I don't just "do my thing". I have very little interest in many articles I have spent hours working on. That's what editors do in the real world. I have no interest in Keith Tippett. I doubt he is even a jazz musician. But I put a lot of effort and thought into my work, which might explain my occasional impatience when someone wants to wrestle with me. Nevertheless, all "editors" ought to be careful, diligent, and capable of learning from their mistakes. The rules and standards for something like an infobox or discography exist for the sake of consistency among articles. That's important. It's not trivial or silly or arbitrary. Consistency influences the credibility of Wikipedia. Any job worth doing is worth doing properly.
Vmavanti (talk) 15:39, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
I was being consistent. Leaving a section blank gives greater consistency than including only one label out of many. I don't "do a job" here - it's an unpaid hobby, in which I am responsible to no-one, and I do precisely as much or as little as I want. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:46, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Overlinking

Hi, please remember that en.WP doesn't usually link country-names, dates, years, or common terms. Tony (talk) 03:52, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

I know. However, singer-songwriter is a specific defined term. As the article says, the term "came into popular usage in the 1960s onwards to describe songwriters who followed particular stylistic and thematic conventions, particularly lyrical introspection, confessional songwriting, mild musical arrangements, and an understated performing style." It is not "singer", and it is not "songwriter", and it needs to be linked. If you disagree, please find a forum where it can be discussed more widely. Israel is a small country (0.1% of world population), not necessarily somewhere that "will be at least somewhat familiar" to a global audience - but I'm less concerned about whether it should be linked or not. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:47, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

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