User talk:Erick.merc/Travis Thompson

First round of feedback
Hi. I'm really glad to see the work you've done on your article. It's exciting that you decided to create a brand new article about a local indigenous rapper. I support your work to create an article for him on Wikipedia.

That said, I think that there is a very good chance that your creation of this article will be challenged when you create it on Wikipedia. This virtually always happens when new editors create new articles. The most important thing you need to do before making your article live is to establish that the subject of the article is notable according to Wikipedia's wp:notability policies. In particular, we need to make it clear that Travis meets that criteria specified in wp:notability (music).

The easiest criteria from wp:notability (music) to meet is: Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself.


 * This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries except for the following:
 * Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising.
 * Works consisting merely of trivial coverage, such as articles that simply report performance dates, release information or track listings, or the publications of contact and booking details in directories.
 * Articles in a school or university newspaper (or similar), in most cases.

I did a quick google search and found 3 newspaper or magazine articles /interviews: 1) https://kexp.org/read/2019/11/6/sound-vision-travis-thompson-growing-seattle-hip-hop-scene/

2) https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/buriens-travis-thompson-makes-good-on-reckless-endangerment-the-rappers-first-major-label-album/

3) https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/travis-thompson-burien-hip-hop-rap-artist-upcoming-showbox-seattle/281-af675742-bf6f-4bc2-82b9-65a7b71659f3

I think that this technically makes Travis notable enough for Wikipedia. However, other Wikipedians may not all agree. So I think it's essential to write the lead of your article in a way that will convince Wikipedians that Travis is notable and that the article is being made in good faith (i.e., not self-promotion). To do this, you should make sure to cite the three sources I found, and another sources that meet the criteria that you can find in the first paragraph. You should also emphasize all the things that indicate that Travis is an important rapper with a promising career (i.e., his major label record, association with Macklemore, and any contests he's won or tours he's done). Put as much of this as you can in the first 2-3 sentences of the article to make it super clear right away that Travis deserves to have an article on Wikipedia.

Even still, I think there's still a decent chance that the article will get deleted. That's not a big deal, it happens. I won't hold it against you when it comes to your grade. I really want this to not happen, which is why I've given you such specific and in-depth advice about how to go about doing everything you can so the article will stick.

Groceryheist (talk) 00:51, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Message from
Hey Erick I just wanted to let you know I left feedback through the wiki edu page! - kai Kaig2000 (talk) 01:34, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Peer feedback from

 * Hi Erick, great work on your article! I loved learning about a local rapper that seems like he is definitely going places. I have some suggestions for your article that I think will help it be a more credible source on Wikipedia.

1. Organization: I think that there is a lot of good information in this article, but it needs to be organized a little bit. I came up with three sections that I think would help the reader follow the information a bit better, and all it would take is just a little bit of rearranging of sentences/paragraph. You could do a childhood section that talks about all about his life growing up and what his hobbies were. You could also add a career section where you could insert all the information about Macklemore inviting him on tour and stuff. And then I also thought, (this is just a suggestion) that you could add an influencessection since you talk a lot about Travis' influences. Just a thought.

2. Sources: I noticed that you don't have any sources here on the article. It's going to be difficult to get this published without any sources. I know there might not be a lot about him since he is an up and coming artist, but if you can find something definitely include it.

3. Grammar: There are a few places where your grammar can be improved. I have listed them here for you: - There should be no comma after street in the first paragraph. - Get rid of the clause "located in the PNW" it makes the sentence a run-on. - In the second paragraph, there should be a comma after "grew up in" instead of after "known as"

4. Wikilinks Your article could definitely benefit from some Wikilinks. They're super easy. to include, just highlight whatever you want to link, then click the wiki link button, and it will find it for you automatically.

Great work Erick! Let me know if you have any questions :) Veronica George 10 (talk) 20:41, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Round 2 Feedback
Greetings. and (link) have left you really helpful and useful feedback. I urge you to read it and take it seriously as you work to revise this article and hopefully make it live on Wikipedia. said that "it's going to be difficult to get this published without any sources" and I agree. See my previous round of feedback (above). As I said then, I'm really enthusiastic about this article, but I also think it's vital to make sure that the notability of the subject is backed by reliable sources. I urge you to get started revising your article right away so we can try to get it published! Groceryheist (talk) 21:28, 4 February 2021 (UTC)