User talk:Roomfulofechoes

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Magnetophone

Hello Tony,

Thanks for the welcome...

I've been using Wiki for sometime now for general research and thought I'd put an article together myself. I've edited it countless times trying to improve it as I learn more about how a Wikipedia article should read and what it should/should not contain etc. I think I've got it to a point where it is acceptable, but with room to improve...the neutrality is quite a tricky thing I've found.

I was wondering if you might be able to tell me how I can get the article looked through to check I haven't made any enormous gaffs in terms of Wiki protocol etc. I'd be very appreciative...

The article is 'Magnetophone'.

Thanks for your time... Matt. Roomfulofechoes 19:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I checked and it's very, very good. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. I assume this is either your band or you're a great fan. If the former, please check Wikipedia:Autobiography for the pitfalls of writing about yourself on Wikipedia. You write well and I hope you'll contribute more.

Minor criticisms, to my mind, are that the article is filled with obsessive detail (a whole section on sleeve design, for instance, another very large section on the sound). In general we'd probably give this much less attention except for very major artists such as the Pet Shop Boys. I don't think that's really a flaw, though, just a consequence of having people very interested in a group writing about it. --Tony Sidaway 23:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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