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Midget and Hairs

Hello everyone.

As per the "how to post a Wikipedia article" article, I am asking for editor feedback on this page. This entry is for the band Midget and Hairs, part of the Elephant Six Collective. Please let me know what ya'll think.

Midget and Hairs is the experimental pop recording project of Paige Dearman, a musician associated with the Elephant Six Collective.

Dearman was born in Monroe, Louisiana, and later was introduced to members of the Elephant Six Collective in Ruston, Louisiana. Dearman first began recording under the Midget and Hairs moniker in 1996, with the release of a 7-inch entitled “Cactus Screwballs.” The release featured Jeff Mangum, Hilarie Sidney, and Robert Schneider, who produced it. Dearman would continue to work with Mangum on recordings, and later collaborated with Andy Gonzales of the Marshmallow Coast on a 7-inch entitled “I’m a Big Kid Now” after the two moved to Seattle.

Dearman moved to Austin, Texas, where she began working as a psychiatric nurse’s assistant. In 2007, the label Royal Rhino Flying Records released a compendium of new and previously released material, entitled Midget and Hairs. It was Dearman’s first full-length release.

Discography

Singles

Cactus Screwballs 7-inch on Den Mother Records (1996) I’m a Big Kid Now 7-inch (1996)

Compilation Appearances

Songs for a Crimson Eggtree (Earworm Records) Songs of Stupid (Stupid Records)

Albums

Midget and Hairs (2007)

=Comment on Midget and Hairs

I have added a subsection for references, so they can be seen right here and not in a different section. As for the article itself, I have seen many band articles deleted because they are not notable. I have no opinion on the notability of this band, but more inline citations would be a very good idea to avoid an immediate AfD. Perhaps some other editor knows this music genre and can provide an opinion.

Shark Steam Mop

I have created a page on the shark steam mop. I am looking for feedback as to why it is or is not worthy of wikipedia consideration. Any comments / suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Product

The Shark Steam Mop is a home floor care product heavily marketed as an infomercial on television and the internet The makers of the Shark Steam Mop claim that it allows you to avoid the use of harsh chemicals and that it will allow your floors to dry quickly. It also claims to be much better than a traditional mop

The efficacy of the Shark Steam Mop is widely contested online. Common complaints include the steam mop's short range of motion, steam leaks and the fact that the dirt streaks left behind by the mop have to be wiped up afterwards. Other reviews make notice of the steam mop's small reservoir, which requires refilling more than once to clean a large area.

History

The Shark Steam Mop infomercial first aired in 2007 under the leadership of Euro-Pro Operating LLC in Newton, MA. .

Usage

The Shark Steam Mop is an electrically powered steam mop. According to the manufacturer's instructions for use, one must place water into the reservoir, attach the machine-washable pad to the bottom of the mop, plug the mop into an electrical outlet, and wait for steam to appear.

Drown disambiguation

Having stumbled upon Thomas Messinger Drown, and then discovering that Drown redirects to Drowning, I thought that what is needed is a disambiguation page for Drown as a surname. Here is the information I have so far:

• Frank Drown (born ca. 1920) is an American author and former missionary to Equador
• Julia Kate Drown (born 23 August 1962) was the Labour member of Parliament for Swindon South from 1997 until 2005
• Thomas Messinger Drown, (1842-1904) was the fourth President of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

This is a reasonable start, but can I create Drown (surname) and ignore songs and other material with the word Drown in it? If so, what do I do with the redirect? What do other editors advise?--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:28, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

No comments? I am going ahead with a Drown (surname) article. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Sounds fair enough to me! You can put a WP:hat note on top to refer to Drowning. Should say Drown redirects here, For the cause of death see Drowning. Or something like that. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

It turns out there is a nomination to delete Drown (disambiguation), but there is support for keeping it and added material, and Drown (surname) is just fine. Take a look. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:37, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Article On Econ Engineering

I would like to include an article into wikipedia on Econ Engineering Ltd, they are currently the UK's largest manufacturer of gritters, the company has been established for over 40 years and has a history rooted in the agricultural machinery sector. With the company been established for as long as it has and still been family owned and manufacturing in the uk which is an increasingly rare thing I belive it would be notable enough to add to the wiki but would like opinions and possible help to write the entry. Tench1970 (talk) 16:10, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Have they ever had a newspaper or magazine article, or achieve a page written about them in a book?. That would demonstrate notability. You can start work at User:Tench1970/Econ Engineering and find some web links and newspaper articles to note down, and also add the long history. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:18, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

100% Records

Hi all,

I am looking for help writing my first article, I have tried 3 times now to put a page up on a record label called 100% records. I am obviously making it sound like a marketing ploy or something! After being deleted for the second time, I created a page in what I thought was a kind of draft section of my userpage. I saved the draft, assuming that was all it was, then the next time I came back i couldn't A) find what I'd saved and B)found it had been immediately deleted! I thought you surely couldn't have stuff deleted until you perhaps tried to publish it?!

Anyway, I am now literally just looking for help. I would have given up by now had it not been for the existance of other small record label's wikipedia pages. I know it must be possible but I'm not sure how to do it!

The content is basically along these lines:

100% Records is a London based independent record label and product management business founded by Toby Harris, formerly of Back Yard Recordings. 100% are currently working with Moby, Placebo, The Temper Trap and currently releasing the new studio album by UK beatboxer Killa Kela "Amplified!"

100% initially dealt purely with product management and distribution (both UK and Internationally) of the aforementioned artists album releases but then began signing artists with a view to becoming a fully fledged independent record label. The label attracts previously signed artists with an established following and are offered more favourable terms in return.

Music Week have recently featured an article announcing 100% Records modern way of running a record label.

Affiliated Artists

• Killa Kela
  Moby
  Placebo
  The Temper Trap

External Links

• http://www.100-percent.co.uk/
  

--Jackrecords (talk) 13:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

User space drafts can be deleted if they are in violation of WP:SPAM or are copyright violations, so I suspect someone thought the draft was too promotional. As regards the above draft (I removed the heading code so that it does not throw off the formatting of this page) you will need more than one source to establish notability per WP:CORP. Notability requires significant coverage in reliable sources. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 16:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

• The 100% Records article was created by Whereistoby8 (talk · contribs) who seems to have created no user space drafts. Jackrecords has not made any user space drafts either. Do you remember which user you were logged on as? Any way the clue to getting the article staying around is to say something important that the company has done, and add at least two links to independent things. That Music Week article would been a 50% start on that. The deleted articles say almost nothing, that is no claim to importance. At least now in what you posted here you have mentioned some artists that are signed up. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• I will add that the article was deleted exceptionally speedily, created and deleted twice in the space of 7 minutes. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it does seem that this is the most complicated website in the entire world to work?! I literally cannot get to grips with it. I thought I had now created a userspace draft of this page? Can anyone confirm this for me? We also now have a couple of magazine articles that cite our artists as being signed to us and I have included/will include them. I read somewhere that before the page can become a proper article, I have to have it as a userspace draft for 4 days and edit the page 10 times? is this accurate? I also don't understand that when I create a userspace draft and save it, when you go back to the userspace area, it's not listed anywhere at all, as in you can't go back to find it to edit what you've done before? As you can tell I'm a complete amateur at this but I'm just trying to stick to all the rules so I can get the article properly published on wikipedia. HELP!Jackrecords (talk) 11:05, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Standards Advisory Council ( SAC )

I have recently joined ACCA. And in the book of Financial Accounting, in chapter no. 2, The Regulatory Framework, Standards Advisory Council ( SAC ) has been discussed. I tried to find some thing more in detail here at Wikipedia, but nothing found.

I realise that the information given in the text would be quite enough the level i am in, but for the reference and more detail people like me can come here and search it out.

Kindly someone will paste some information about " Standards Advisory Council "...

Best Regards,

Waqaroptimist (talk) 08:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you are asking for an article to be created. But perhaps instead you can create an article using your text book as a reference by clicking on Standards Advisory Council. Make sure you write it in your own words. Otherwise you can ask at WP:Requested articles. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:04, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

i'm not sure how to make a whole new article about something nobody answered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Santakiki (talk • contribs) 21:25, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Lela and Raymond Howard

I have been reading and editing on Wikipedia for years and now I think I am ready for that next big step, I want to write my first article!

Like the subject implies I want to write an article about Lela and Raymond Howard. You may remember those names. I think they are notable for the following reasons:

1. They came to national media attention when they disappeared in 1997 when on a 15 mile trip in Salado, TX. They were stopped twice by AK police approx. 350 miles away. Many speculated that they just packed up and left it all behind.

2. When they were found deceased two weeks later, it sparked a debate on whether there should be laws in place regarding senior citizens on the road in order to protect them and the general public.

3. The chart-topping song The Way (song) from Fastball (band) was based on their disappearance. Lead singer Tony Scalzo read about the disappearance and wrote the song (before he found out that they died).

There are brief mentions of this story in both The Way and Fastball's pages, but I think there is more of this story to be told. I want to write about both of them on the same page (like Bonnie and Clyde) to include a biography section, a disappearance and death Section, and an aftermath section where I will briefly (and nuetrally) discuss the senior driving debate.

Please let me know what you think! Saintlouieb (talk) 20:55, 23 February 2010 (UTC)