User:Geofferybard/Inclusion criteria traditional tunes

Traditional songs
+ 	Traditional songs (as well as tunes) will typically have a storied past and there will be an ample supply of lore, much of it in secondary sources such as academic articles on ballads and music journals.

Beware of adding tidbits of knowledge you pick up from jam sessions if you can't find secondary sources. In such cases, it would be better policy to write an article somewhere such as a blog or website catering to a specific music genre. That article would be a secondary source and the specialist community which reads that journal will provide plenty of expert critique. You can then ask another Wikipedia editor to consider your article as a source which could be cited as a reference in a Wikipedia article.

You are not prevented from citing your own article, but other editors may question your credibility with a higher level of scepticism than you might expect or welcome, and you might be required to submit COI (conflict of interest) information.

If you opt for the strategy of requesting other editors to consider your article for incorporation as a reference, the members of this project would be a good place to seek that kind of potential collaborators. You might also invite people you know in the music community to create a Wikipedia account, provided you are not engaging in an attempt to unduly affect WP opinion. In any case, it will be your responsibility to demonstrate notability, even if you have existing secondary sources at your disposal.