User talk:Alistern

Hello Rock Soldier. Here is some links I have found on the net I would like to base the page I'm writing about the guitarist Mike Campese.

I could post it up and if you could help me edit it, that would be great........ Ali

Sure, I guess I could help if I find the time...just start the page off, and then I can help you out from there.

--Rock Soldier (talk) 18:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Rock Soldier, here is the page I have been working on, I put it up so you could edit it. Please do dont delete this page, all of the resources are from the links above. If there is anything you are not sure of, let me know and I will try to find a reliable link........Alistern

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Mike Campese

Hello, I have deleted Mike Campese once again as a repost of previously deleted content. If you want to start an article on this subject, you need to write it from scratch, in your own words, and prove how he is notable. None of the links you provide prove notability. Please see WP:BAND for more direction. Thanks --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 19:22, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the links carefully you will see that there is many noteable things he has done, this is info on the net that I ran across. The Jason Becker CD he was on is a worldwide release and all the major guitar magazine lessons he has written are a worldwide release. I have read the page you suggested WP:BAND and it listed what is considered notable, here is one of them "This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, and television documentaries" I would not of decided to write a page if the info was not important. Can you help me out with this? maybe start it off in the right direction.......Alistern

Appearing on a Jason Becker CD might be borderline. I would prefer to have additional sources. Please read the criteria more carefully - you have to be the subject of one or more article, not the author of. I have said all along that Campese could/should have an article, but the major problem all along has been that he himself or people related to him have created the article over and over using the exact same text, suggesting that it is being copied from somewhere. This is a conflict of interest (you never write articles about yourself) and it is also a likely copyright violation. My best piece of advice is to start from scratch, write a short article in your own words, and cite sources that prove he is notable. Thanks --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 12:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Spike, I know he has done a lot of magazine articles in Guitar World and Guitar Player, I ran across a few on the net. That is why I put up the links. There are articles on Mike's site that I have seen archived, but how would you cite those? The Jason Becker CD is on itunes and Mike's name is listed, isn't that a source? I enclosed that link above. Also, I did enclose a link above where it mentiones he wrote music for a Lions Gate movie. I'm not related to him I just like his style, I enjoy listening to guitar players that play like him. I'm seeing this info on a lot of places. I remember he had a page a couple years back that was around for a while. I'm sorry, this site can be real confusing, maybe you can help me start the page and I can get the idea? If you look at other guitarist pages, it is all similiar......Ali

Above all else, I must again stress that you need to write the article from scratch in your own words. You cannot copy and paste text from the previous article or from anywhere on the Web. I would start with a basic statement of who he is, and then you can create a heading where you discuss how he is notable (ie, mention that he has played on albums with notable articles, he has toured nationally or internationally with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, whatever else you can find). You might create a heading with his discography. You then need a heading called "References" where you list links proving the statements you made in the article. You can make a heading called "External links" where you can list his official web site (nothing else). I would not list or write about his instructional material because that is basically commercial promotion - the purpose of this article is to inform people about Campese as a guitarist but not to promote him. See the difference? Don't worry too much about exact formatting, someone can come along later and help clean it up. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 19:10, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Spike! The last time we spoke you gave me advise on how to put this page I have worked on, I'm just wondering if you could check it for me? Thanks, Ali

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Hello John! I don't really understand how to add a tag to this image, I got permission to use it..........Ali

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Feedback

Howdy - thanks for posting your draft and asking for feedback. I'm putting it at the bottom because I don't want it to get lost in the middle of the page. The article looks pretty good so far. I think you've established notability. Two things, though. Please be aware that the article will be edited by other people, simple copyediting and also to remove things that sound a bit too much like a PR piece. If you have an interested in promoting Mr. Campese, you should be aware that this editing will occur and it's probably best that you let it run its course so no one accuses you of having a conflict of interest. The second thing is that the image you uploaded will be a problem. We can't use a copyrighted image of a living person. So, you can either upload a free image or we can't have one. If you own the copyright to any images of the artist, you can upload one and release it under a compatible license. I can help you do this, because the image use policy here is complex and hard to get through. Thanks --Spike Wilbury (talk) 19:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Spike! Thank you for getting back to me and your advise, I'm glad you like it so far. You have written great articles about musicians and your feedback is always welcome. I did upload one in Wiki Commons that hopefully would work. I understand people will edit it, I just don't want them to delete the page.....Thanks Ali

Hello Spike! I really want to put this page up, I'm just afraid a Wiki editor will delete it.......Ali

Hello, I took the liberty of moving the content into article space. I will keep an eye on it in the short term, because it shouldn't be deleted at this time. I'll work a bit on it later to clean up the formatting. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 20:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Spike! Thanks for putting it up and keeping an eye on it. I looked back at the history, I did notice a couple Wiki editors deleted it, just hope they don't mess with it, I guess it just has to be unflagged. Thanks again, Ali

Hey Spike! How do you categorize that pic on there? Ali

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