User:Grimhim
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[edit]I have been creating and editing articles on Wikipedia since January 2006 and I'm not ashamed to say I have learned a lot since then.
A couple of main points about my approach to contributing to and editing Wikipedia: In general terms, more information makes a better online encyclopedia. Philosophically speaking, I am an Inclusionist, particularly in the field of articles on albums and songs. I have a strong belief that if an artist is considered notable, their entire album catalogue should also tend to be accepted as notable. I'd love to see Wikipedia's coverage of music improved to the point where it is the first point of reference when seeking information about artists and albums. Ideally then, every artist who makes the grade to have an article on Wikipedia would have their entire album catalogue here as well, complete with track listings, album covers and links to reviews, where available. I find it depressing that because of the existing policy on notability, hard-headed Wiki editors can force the deletion of articles on albums within an artist's catalogue that, while not big-sellers, are an important link in the chain of their career.
The second main point is that good writing, with attention to punctuation and spelling, is a beautiful thing. Accuracy and verifiability are the foundations on which this entire project is built.
Articles I've created
[edit]Albums and songs
[edit]1978-1990|Ahead Rings Out|And Another Thing...|Birds of Prey (album)|Bright Yellow Bright Orange|Brood (album)|Burning Up Years|Crossed Lines (album)|Do Not Bend|Fireboy|Freeze Frame (Godley & Creme album)|Getting to This|Greatest Hits ... And More|Handheld Torch|Heal Me|Home Improvements|Horsebreaker Star|In Your Bright Ray|Intermission (Robert Forster & Grant McLennan album)|Ismism|Juggernaut (album)|Look Hear?|Mirror Mirror (album)|Neanderthal Man (song)|Nervous Flashlights|Pins In It|Solitaire (album)|Stoned Guitar|Strawberry Bubblegum|Ten Out of 10|The Bells Line|The Graham Gouldman Thing|The History Mix Volume 1|The Tra-La Days Are Over|Thinks: School Stinks|Traffic From Paradise|Transnormal Skiperoo|Watershed (Grant McLennan album)|What's a Few Men?|When Good Times Go Good|Windows in the Jungle|You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think Of It|...Meanwhile
Music
[edit]Chris Thomas (record producer)|David Tickle|Doctor Father|John Keane (record producer)|Mike Chapman|Tarmac Adam
New Zealand
[edit]History of New Plymouth|New Zealand land confiscations|Taranaki Herald
Other
[edit]Dandenong railway line triplication|Electron (computer hacker)|Nahshon Even-Chaim
Articles I've given a major makeover or at least a good tickle-up
[edit]Music
[edit]10cc|Bubblegum pop|Consequences (album)|Divinyls (album)|Eric Stewart|For Your Love|Graham Gouldman|Hotlegs|I Am Woman|Strawberry Studios|Temperamental (Divinyls album)|The Cuff Links|The Lemon Pipers
New Zealand
[edit]Dicky Barrett (trader)|First Taranaki War|New Zealand Company|Pai Marire|Parihaka|Second Taranaki War|Titokowaru's War|Wairau Affray|Waitara, New Zealand