User talk:Umrecs

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Very sorry for the comments you're getting.
I'm staying out of it, because he isn't entirely in the wrong, but your contributions are still appreciated. -Amarkov blahedits 22:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Dan Bryk
In response to your message, they've tagged the article as requiring cleanup and reading like an advertisement. I believe that the trouble lies in the large, amorphous 'History' section, which needs to be split up into more easily parsable sections. Additionally, the text requires citations and to sound less like advertising copy as per Wikipedia's WP:NPOV guidelines. I'm still new to editing Wikipedia, but these were the most glaring issues that I discovered. I'll probably do some editing in a bit, as I am knowledgeable about Dan's music as well and might be able to make it look a little more acceptable to the Wikipedia powers-that-be.

As far as the notability guidelines are concerned, the guys pushing for the article's deletion were worried that UM was using Wikipedia as an advertising medium for an artist who was not notable enough for mention in Wikipedia. However, a quick Googling will reveal that there is indeed enough information independent from the artist (IE: things that are not advertising), such as the Pitchfork reviews, to warrant that Dan Bryk is indeed notable enough to remain in Wikipedia. Furthermore, evidence that he has toured both the US, Canada, and Japan should help to bolster that claim. Check out the WP:MUSIC page to see what I'm talking about here. Anyways, hope this helps! -TheSteve04 01:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)