Talk:Slaid Cleaves

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External link suggestion: New interview with Slaid Cleaves

As an editor at Crawdaddy!, and to comply with COI guidelines, I am not posting the link to this new interview with Slaid Cleaves. However, I would like to recommend it on its merits, and hope that an editor will find the time to examine the interview and—if he or she sees fit—post it to the external links section. In the interview, he discusses his recent work, his influences, and political songwriting, among other things. I appreciate your time. Crawdaddy! [1]
Mike harkin (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up, I plan to work on this article soon and will take a look at incorporating the info. Chuckiesdad/Talk/Contribs 23:56, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested edits and sources from the subject of an article

The user below has a request that an edit be made to Slaid Cleaves. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest.
The requested edits backlog is high. Please be very patient. There are currently 171 requests waiting for review.

Please read the instructions for the parameters used by this template for accepting and declining them, and review the request below and make the edit if it is well sourced, neutral, and follows other Wikipedia guidelines and policies.

Hello, I am a professional musician, and the Wikipedia article about me and my career has been flagged for many years. I’ve read about how someone with a COI can suggest edits. While there is a lot to fix, including lack of sources and broken links, I’d like to start by suggesting a new introductory paragraph.

To bring this page more in line with Wikipedia standards and the style of the pages of similar musicians, I suggest replacing the first three paragraphs with something like the one below:

Richard Slaid Cleaves (born June 9, 1964) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has been performing extensively and recording albums in the Americana genre since the early 1990s. [1] Raised in South Berwick, Maine, [2] he has lived in the Austin, Texas, area since 1992, and is known for his concise and heartfelt stories of down-on-their-luck characters. [3][4]

1 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slaid-cleaves-mn0000748933#biography 2 https://www.fosters.com/story/entertainment/local/2009/07/02/slaid-cleaves-opens-south-berwick/51949309007/ 3 https://www.npr.org/2013/06/13/188368622/slaid-cleaves-still-fighting-with-smart-lyrics-and-stories 4 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/hear-americana-underdog-slaid-cleaves-sharp-new-drunken-barbers-hand-115844/

I hope this proposed edit finds an editor who is interested and who can advise me on how to proceed. Thanks, Slaid Cleaves Slaidc (talk) 16:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Slaidc: feel free to place "{{Edit COI}}" at the top of this section (a line below "== Suggested edits and sources from the subject of an article ==") so other editors may help. ObserveOwl (chit-chat • my doings) 16:32, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Slaidc (talk) 16:47, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Could you please format your references using the Wikipedia:Citation templates? Also, "concise and heartfelt" can't be in Wikipedia's voice it - needs to be attributed to the particular critic who said it. Rusalkii (talk) 05:17, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the guidance. I'll be working on those changes in my newly created sandbox. Slaidc (talk) 15:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for further guidance on submitting an edit

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After reading COI protocols and receiving guidance from editors I think I'm ready to submit a formatted proposed edit to Slaid Cleaves, an article about me. I understand that I should ask for editors to evaluate the edit and either approve or suggest improvements. The edit below is intended to replace the existing first three paragraphs of Slaid Cleaves in order to begin to bring this page closer in line with Wikipedia standards and the style of the pages of similar musicians.

Proposed edit, formatted (first draft):

Richard Slaid Cleaves (born June 9, 1964) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has been performing extensively and recording albums in the Americana genre since the early 1990s.^[1] Raised in South Berwick, Maine, he has lived in the Austin, Texas, area since 1992, and is known for what Rolling Stone calls "a knack for giving breath to perpetually down-on-their-luck characters." ^[2]

^ Skelly, Richard (2017). "Slaid Cleaves Biography". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
^ Hudak, Joseph (May 19, 2017). "Hear Americana Underdog Slaid Cleaves' Sharp New 'Drunken Barber's Hand'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

I look forward to further guidance with the ultimate goal of finding an editor who will say - Yes, this edit is ready and I will publish it. Thank you! Slaidc (talk) 14:16, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Skelly, Richard (2017). "Slaid Cleaves Biography". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

[2] Hudak, Joseph (May 19, 2017). "Hear Americana Underdog Slaid Cleaves' Sharp New 'Drunken Barber's Hand'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

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