Talk:Tinariwen

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Tone

This article reads as promotional for the band, and indeed even reads as pro-Tuareg. Will see what edits I can make.203.218.39.15 (talk) 14:12, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: also, what does "Muammar al-Gaddafi's camps of Tuareg rebels" mean? Did Gaddafi (sp) setthe camps up because the Tuaregs rebelled against him, or was he supporting them? Again, I suspect the politics behind this line and this article.203.218.39.15 (talk) 14:14, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the bulk of the article is copied from the band's website ([1]). This is legally allowed under a Creative Commons license, but I don't see the need or point of mirroring the band's website (WP:NOTMIRROR). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 03:37, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discography

Is there any actual reason for the discography to be in seperate entries? I see only a barely enough info in the The Radio Tisdas Sessions to warrant its own article, and it doesn't look like User:Gasolene even botherered to create a page for Amassakoul after deleting the discography info. I am highly tempted to revert the Discography section to what it was before. Dalrymple 23:46, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

I think it would be worth mentioning that their producer , Justin Adams, is a formidable player in a lot of Jah Wobble's work. It could then be linked to the Jah Wobble page which would give people interested in World Music the option to go onto Jah Wobble's page if it takes their fancy.

Red_Sismey 21:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jools Holland

Anyone know the name of the track they sang on Jools Holland? 158.94.184.125 15:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Toning Down and Reducing

Today I am toning down and reducing the text of this article, in an attempt to alleviate concerns about neutrality and excessive detail. Much of the text added recently is less about the band and more about surrounding political developments. I am attempting to make this article more encyclopedic and more about the band. Comments or corrections are welcome. It is apparent that most of the existing history and biography info, which I reduced, is from the Tinariwen website, but the article is is need of internal citations. DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 03:11, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your efforts. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 14:25, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Earlier today I've added a link to Tinariwen concert photos from Mali that latter got removed for alleged breach of guidelines for external links. With all due respect for your reasoning and subsequent action I have to disagree with the removal. Before I started posting I have read the guidelines for external links and I believe I haven't breached them. I was not posting a collection of links, was not advertising anything nor trying to abuse Wikipedia articles for search engines rankings. I am well aware what nofollow tag means. My intention was to add and share relevant photo material I have available on musicians / music groups with others. Even having plenty more photos of Tinariwen in different albums (different concerts / festivals) I have followed the guidelines adding only a single link to just one of the folders. I was trying to comply with the guidelines while still enriching information available in articles on musicians / music groups. My intention was not shameless self promotion but adding what I find relevant additional visual materials to the community. I hope you can see and accept my additional link for what it is and that we can agree on re-enabling it again. Also I would like to apologise for marking my addition minor edit. I wasn't paying attention to already ticked checkbox and I am sorry for that. Best regards, Marko —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voknelserp (talk • contribs) 16:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC) Voknelserp (talk) 16:41, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]