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Notability of Magic City Jazz Orchestra

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I guess I just looked right past Lou Marini - even I know he's notable enough for this to pass WP:BAND, so I've removed the notability tag. The article still needs some references from non-primary sources, which is to say independent sources that the band or Each does not control. Articles from Birmingham Weekly, The Birmingham News and such would work best here. As for the liner notes, it would be hard to get those put legally on here, as they would have to be licensed under the GFDL. See this article for the information you need. Moreover, liner notes such as those you included tend to be overly promotional, and promotion of anything is just not allowed at Wikipedia. So you'd probably do best to leave the liner notes off, and go with the article as it is with some added references from reliable sources. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 07:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See this page. Let me emphasize that excerpts from liner notes and reviews are generally frowned upon, if not outright prohibited, from being included in the text of Wikipedia articles. Review excerpts are either too praising and promotional, or too critical and expressive of a non-neutral point of view. A link to a review, however, is perfectly acceptable, and even encouraged as a reliable source. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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3RR warning at Jazz

You've been here since June, so surely you must be familiar with Wikipedia policy in this regard. Kindly refrain from edit-warring vanity information or information about a relatively obscure individual into the article. While the individual may be a very talented musician, his achievements do not appear to be worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia -- not even one that anyone can edit. deeceevoice 14:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I don't know if you checked back, but you had a couple of replies to your query at Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests. I placed the conflict of interest tag on the Magic City Jazz Orchestra article. The conflict of interest comes, I believe, from the fact that based on your username, you seem to have something to do with the band you are writing about. If you really have nothing to do with them, then by all means remove the tag. I offered some more advice when I answered your question, and I think it would be helpful for you to read some of the articles I suggested for ideas on how to make it more encyclopaedic. Try adding something about the history of the orchestra for example. You could also do with adding some inline citations. Hopefully the welcome links above are of some use too. If you need more help, let me know.--Beloved Freak 16:55, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the conflict of interest myself. If you are indeed connected with the band, then there is a conflict of interest, no matter how "neutral" the article is. This policy is to keep people from writing about themselves, their companies, their bands, their clubs, and so on, because people generally are not totally objective about subjects they are directly involved in. Right now, the only issue I see is references, and they way you have cited them. See this page for the proper format. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 18:20, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Reach

Before you continue, perhaps you should start adding some in-line citations to the article. The article is in need of a clean up as theres no proper sources and there are too many external links embedded in the body of the article.--SilverOrion (talk) 08:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CS.--SilverOrion (talk) 11:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, really nice work, it looks much better. Cheers. --SilverOrion (talk) 06:24, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah thats fine.--SilverOrion (talk) 06:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Refs on Magic City Jazz Orchestra

Allen, there is still a problem. Two of your main references are from BhamWiki. Generally speaking, Wikipedia and its spin-offs are not considered valid references unto themselves, mainly because they can easily be changed by the person citing them to suit their purposes. The reference to Bates Brothers adds nothing to the article, as I can find no mention of the band there. You still need to find some independent, reliable sources for this article, such as a newspaper or magazine. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 19:22, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then you need to put the links to the specific pages where those items are mentioned, not just generic web site links. Don't make the reader go hunting through a site or Google to verify what you write. The onus is always on you the writer, not the reader. Never forget that. I know I'm probably coming across as the college professor who always made you go back and work on the footnotes in a research paper, but the exact same principle applies. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 19:40, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, will do. Sorry, I'm new at this Wikipedia stuff. Thanks for being patient with me. Also, I removed one of the BhamWiki links (to the SuperJazz Big Band), and exchanged it with an article on AllAboutJazz.com. I will find a better reference for the UAB Jazz Ensemble reference... perhaps the UAB website? Allenstone (talk) 19:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Much better! I found the direct link at Bates Brothers site (I right-clicked on the Jazz link and it came up) and fixed that ref. All About Jazz is definitely a reliable source regarding jazz and is widely used at Wikipedia. Looks like it is good to go now. By the way, I normally would have done some of this myself and saved you the trouble, but it's high school football season and I'm busy chasing after Golden Gophers and Purple Tigers and Blue Devils and all other manner of colors and critters. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 22:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You'll do fine. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 17:31, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I inserted verbage releasing the image into public domain. Allenstone (talk) 05:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Ray Reach

I am glad someone is taking Ray Reach's article seriously. However, there are a number of problems with the layout of the article. Please take a look at the Manual of Style for the Wikipedia.

The photos should reflect the text and be placed in order to enhance the points being made, and in general, are not larger than 220px-- usually 300px is the largest size ever used in any article, and is often excessive.
Please take the time on Reach's talk page and set aside all the references from the external links section, and encourage other editors to use and integrate the info into the article. The external links section often becomes an unsightly dumping ground. It is expected normally to serve as a place only for official websites, not future sources. # The most glaring problem is the discography section. Please take a look at the discographies for other artists to get an idea of what exactly is a proper discography. Good examples might include those for Jaco Pastorius, or Snow Patrol. Album covers do not belong in the biographical articles. It's why we have album articles! That is where they belong, except in rare cases where some articles are missing photos completely, or have notable artwork, done by famous artists, or that cause controversy. It's the only reason they are only allowed under fair use rationales. Each cover (unless there's more than one when two releases of the same album exist) should be placed in separate album articles. We even create song articles too, when possible.

I don't mean to bark at you and be so critical, but each are really valid problems that we take seriously. If you want help with anything, feel free to leave a message on my talk page! All of these things can be fixed quickly, and painlessly. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 20:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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appearances with jazz orchestras all over the world, such as the [[Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra]] (directed by [[Wynton Marsalis]] and the [[Magic City Jazz Orchestra]] (directed by [[Ray Reach]]).

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Hi. Much of the content of this article, which you created in July 2007, has had to be removed, as it appears to have been copied from his official website. This issue was flagged for me by another contributor, and while I have looked I'm afraid I cannot find any evidence to support that they may have copied it from us. (This sometimes does happen, but in such cases we still must remove the content unless we can offer strong evidence of backwards copying.)

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Please define my "Conflicts of Interest". I don't understand. My intent was not to commit a conflict. Please explain how I can rectify this Allenstone (talk) 14:50, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COI explains this. --Yamla (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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