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December 23, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

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Problems in Section on films and other matters[edit]

This section needs to be drastically re-written. I have just overhauled the biography and Anthology sections -- or at least made a start on it, but don't really know enough about jazz and experimental films. There is much that could be added about Smith's fascinating, and really quite tragic life story (like that of so many artists in the United States). Perhaps we need to wait till a decent new book about him comes out that can connect the dots. In any case, I did clean up the external links section. Among other problems, the Film section still has lots of external links that lead nowhere. Apart from the fact that they are dead links, I understand external links belong in the footnotes and should be displayed in such a way that someone can trace what was in them after they expire, in order to renew them (if possible and appropriate). Mballen (talk) 21:07, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The book is here now. John Szwed of Yale University wrote a biography of Smith - "Cosmic Scholar". 146.115.70.178 (talk) 18:05, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, slightly parenthetically, it is kind of amazing that Bertrand Harris Bronson, who is as notable a scholar as it is possible to be, doesn't have a wikipedia page. I understand that everything he wrote -- in all the fields he studied -- is still worth reading. His various beautiful volumes on the music of the Child ballads are incredibly important. What a world we live in where someone like that is obscure and forgotten! It's like another dark ages. Bronson's connection with Harry Smith is truly remarkable. I bet there are some interesting revelations in his papers. Just saying. Mballen (talk) 04:59, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What Wikipedia should be, once was, but won't be much longer[edit]

This is a very interesting and useful article (as of this date, of course). It's is amazing that it has not been torn apart yet by those who claim to add value by graffiti and deletions. I expect this won't last long. AnthroMimus (talk) 06:08, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Poor parents? Rich parents?[edit]

"Smith's parents, who did not get along, lived in separate houses, meeting only at dinner time. Although poor, they gave their son an artistic education, including 10 years of drawing and painting lessons. For a time, it is said, they even ran an art school in their house."

What is it, Hippies?

195.63.149.81 (talk) 18:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can you afford that - living in the 1930's? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.63.149.81 (talk) 18:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]