Talk:James Booker
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[edit] Booker transcriptions
A book with transcriptions of ten Booker performances by New Orleans pianist Joshua Q. Paxton is still in print. It's called the James Booker Collection. What's the appropriate way to work it into the article? It's available from amazon or louisianamusicfactory.com if anyone wants to take a look. Doesn't seem quite right to mention either of those sites under external links though. I believe it is the only such book available. Drumsac 06:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
- Seems reasonable to add a section or just a paragraph on transcriptions. There are 3 Booker transcriptions in New Orleans Piano Legends as well. -- Rick Block (talk) 06:22, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] International Chopin Piano Competition
Did Booker really win this prize? A brief look at the competition website shows nothing was held in 1958 and Booker doesn't appear in any of the other years.
- It was added by this edit by a user who made only two edits last December. Sounds to me to be not verifiable. I'll delete it. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] James Booker Petition
Infrogmation deleted a link I added to an online petition asking for Montreux Sounds to release video footage they have of James Booker. I think this is a legitimate thing to have in the links section so I have replaced it. Feel free to advise me why it shouldn't be there.
- I'm removing it again. Here's why: Wikipeida is a project to build an informative encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a forum to advocate causes. The link does not contain informative material for people who want to learn more about James Booker; it is simply a link to a petition for commercial release of certain of his material. It is not the role of Wikipedia to distinguish between worthy and less worthy causes; petitions simply do not belong on Wikipedia pages. Hope this helps, -- Infrogmation 19:35, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I disagree with the logic but I'll resist the urge to replace the link again. Although it may not 'contain informative material for people who want to learn more about James Booker' it is exactly the aim of the petition to see such material made available. I can see no reason why people who've been drawn here by an interest in this artist shouldn't be able to request the release of archive material and it's a shame a New Orleanian would stand in the way of this.
[edit] Should the external links be alphabetized?
I've added some new links but the list is starting to look a bit ugly. Putting them in alphabetical order would fix this, any thoughts?
- At least some of them should really be turned into references, cited from the text using (perhaps) the REF syntax (see Wikipedia:Footnotes). It's more work than alphabetizing, but ultimately much more useful (allows specific statements in the article to be verified as from a specific source). -- Rick Block (talk) 13:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to alphabetize them and then have a look at the referencing system - thanks.
