User talk:Barbooza

Dale Ockerman Page
I have reworked some of your edits so that the page is less colloquial and promotional, plus added references. My understanding of Wikipedia is that, where possible, one is not to be writing one's own page, though here the information you add also adds to the overall profile. I deleted the reference to YouTube, for example, because my understanding is that Wikipedia is concerned about copyright issues in the absence of some assertion as to explicit clearance or public domain release. For example, there is a YouTube 10 minute or so amateur clip of Moby Grape at the 40th anniversary Summer of Love concert, which is referenced on the Don Stevenson page, as I recall. If you have more published references you can add to what is being said here, it would add to the article.

I haven't completed what I would like to do here, relative to your additions to the early part of the article, where the performers mentioned should be internally linked to their respective articles in Wikipedia--and, in my view, things smoothed a bit.

As a matter of interest, I had tried to put up a separate Omar Spence page, but it was challenged by the editors based on a lack of notability, beyond being the "son of". Since he has no recordings that I am aware of and at the time was mostly referenced to a local Santa Cruz church, I didn't have much to defend the Omar Spence page against editorial reservations. If you are interested, you can find it through searching through my own Wikipedia contributions. Maybe once the concerts come out on DVD and are reviewed, I will try again.

All best wishes.

Dreadarthur (talk) 00:36, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Plus, of course, you or anyone else can add to the page as you see fit...

Dreadarthur (talk) 00:38, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

It was on the Peter Lewis page that reference is made to the Moby Grape 2007 performance video.

Dreadarthur (talk) 00:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I have completed what I believe to be an improved overall edit to the page, and hope that you agree. What is missing at this point is a discography, which I suspect is quite extensive. I found that Michael Fonfara has a similar history to yourself, though at a different level, but he ends up with an extensive discography, when all of his various contributions are grouped.

Dreadarthur (talk) 00:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Moby Grape
I have reworked the "Where They Are Now" section, since there seemed to be too much Ockerman. In addition, the information on the Skip Spence tributes seems more appropriately detailed on the Skip Spence page. I hope you agree.

Dreadarthur (talk) 14:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)