User talk:Citycountryguy

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Michael Bowers, singer songwriter

Hi!

Thanks for your note! First let me congratulate you on your acheivements. I haven't made it down to Kerrville in over a decade, but wow! I see the page you've created at Michael Bowers and have added some categories and links to other Wikipedia articles. I rever the art that folks such as yourself create. This is why I've added articles on such topics as Sing Out! and Jonathan Byrd. I also started a New Folk section on the article on Kerrville Folk Festival, and have created and maintained a category of articles on finalist.

It looks like your complaint is due to the fact that I have twice removed the name "Michael Bowers," from the article Singer-songwriter. I did this because I thought the article read better if only names were included that had other articles that readers could refer to (such as the article someone wrote a while ago on Annie Gallup). "Singer-songwrtier," is not intended to be a list (see e.g. "List of singer-songwriters") it is intended to be a sort of history of singer-songwriters that highlights a few examples along the way. I'll leave it for you or another editor to decide if you belong in that article and will honor your request to not have the name removed. However, I don't think a good article on the topic can name everyone in Category:Kerrville New Folk Competition finalists, much less all the names in Category:Singer-songwriters, hence I've been trying to keep it trim. -MrFizyx 23:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some things to be aware of when editing music articles

There are thousands of teenagers that have guitars and myspace pages. Many of them would also like to have wikipedia articles. Many serious editors here find alot of this to be a real pain and regularly do clean up/deletion (though I'm not one who really has time or powers to do much of that sort of thing). Therefore, when writing a legitimate article on a musician check the criteria, WP:MUSIC and make sure the article shows its importance. Also, anyone who is writing about themselves should take a look at the essay, WP:VANITY, though I don't think its an issue if the artist meets the criteria. I'd like to see an article on every Kerrville New Folk winner, but I'm just one guy with limited time to waste. Can you believe nobody has written an article for Tom Prasadoa-Rao! Edit away if you want. -MrFizyx 23:36, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]