User talk:Klooka

Klooka is a username I sometimes use on the Web. It is short for "Klookamop," a nickname for one of my favorite jazz drummers, Kenny Clarke:

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Kenny_Clarke.html

My real name is George Spink. I am a writer from Chicago now living in Los Angeles. I spend part of each day writing and another part working on my web sites and blogs. Here's a list:

Tuxedo Junction - http://www.tuxjunction.net This is one of the most popular jazz and big band web sites on the Internet. You can hear more than 1,000 big band songs and read articles about big band personalities.

The Palomar - http://thepalomar.blogspot.com An interactive, member-driven big band blog featuring radio broadcasts, soundtracks, and concerts and where members write about big band topics.

Club Alibi - http://clubalibi.com Rhythm n'blues and classic rock n'roll from the mid-1950s.

George's Blog - http://georgespink.blogspot.com An interactive, member-driven big band blog where anyone can write about anything they wish.

Ain't Nobody's Biz - http://aintnobodysbiz.blogspot.com/ This is my newest blog where I write about anything that pops into my mind.

The Fog Also Lifts - http://thefogalsolifts.blogspot.com/ This ia short story about Gerry Pollack, a professional musician in Los Angeles.

Rather than describe these web sites and blogs in detail, I'll encourage you to visit them so you can decide for yourself if you want to spend time exploring them. I hope that you will.

Your edits

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Your changes to Big band

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Big band. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policy for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. -- Rob C (Alarob) 17:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As per the policies in the links above, I have removed the links to your websites and blogs. Adding verifiable, cited information to any of these articles would help to improve them, but adding links to websites/blogs with which you are affiliated is contrary to Wikipedia policy. Regards - Special-T 19:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Bg-carnegie-hall-011638.jpg)

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Speedy deletion of George Spink

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Klooka/BigBands

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If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. You may also want to move the page to EverythingWiki. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this. McWomble (talk) 14:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This has been deleted as it made no sense at all as an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia is not a webhost or weblog. Cheers, Dloh cierekim 15: 01, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Promotional links

It is not appropriate to have promotional links in your user space. Please see WP:Userpage for what is and is not the purpose of your user space. Cheers, Dloh cierekim 15:03, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited to join Stanford's WikiProject!

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Stanford University, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Stanford University. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

ralphamale (talk) 22:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]