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Hello, Mur. I have been working on assessing musical instrument articles for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments, which articles like this fall under. I wanted to encourage you to finish the article, because it fits into a long tradition within Wikipedia. Writers have been documenting the keyboards and synthesizers (to the great frustration of those who don't understand much of the instrument-specific jargon). If I could offer a word of advice for the article... The article talks about the instrument's features. Can you add a paragraph or two near the beginning, that talks about the instrument's place in the music world? What kind of people use it? Is there a particular genre of music that uses it more than others? Can you say why this Yamaha is worth looking at (to a person who knows nothing)? For a casual reader, the human interest paragraph might be what they really spend the most time reading. Best wishes--and if you need help, let me know. Jacqke (talk) 13:26, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Jacqke! Thanks for the comment and input! I added some more information to the page as per your suggestions. Unfortunately, I don't think there is particular genre it is mostly used for. In some videos I heard it is used a lot by the gospel and the faith communities, and on some videos I heard it is more suitable towards pop, rock and jazz than classical due to keyboard action, but there is no written source to indicate either of these. How ever it is clear its primary target group is professional musicians playing it on stage and in recording studios. I added this to the introduction. Do you think this is descriptive enough? If you have any other ideas, feel free to share. --Mur (talk) 15:32, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, after some thought, I think Yamaha CP73 and Yamaha CP88 might be better name for the page. What do you think? --Mur (talk) 15:34, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again, I think it reads much better. I moved one of your sources to try and get the facts up front sourced. Now the biggest challenge is to find a "credible" sources that aren't associated with advertising the instrument. I am hopeful, but it is the biggest challenge with new instruments. Don't be surprised if the article gets rejected until these kinds of sources are put into it. Your paragraph is in the right direction and is better than many similar articles that were created years ago, before editors started looking hard at new articles. Anything you can do to make this readable to a non-musician is good. Perhaps, in your own words, why the weighted keyboard is important, how that makes a difference.Jacqke (talk) 16:10, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Tried to find some magazine or news sources. The closest I could come was a magazine review, may have good content and a blog, generally frowned but has less sales info. The second source gave me an idea; I was unaware of the difference between wooden keys and the regular keys; the article talks about that, as well as the quality of ruggedness, which is another thing I didn't think about. Neither is a great source, but might help. Jacqke (talk) 16:33, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
