Talk:Mark Lowrey

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I intend to add several entries about the past and present jazz scene in Kansas City, including the historic 18th and Vine district, the Mutual Musicians' Foundation, the Scamps, and the current prominent Kansas City Jazz Musicians. I will only include musicians that meet the criteria listed. It is not my intention to use this as blatent advertisement. I started my first entry on myself, (Mark Lowrey)and will take external links out that may appear to be self-promoting. If you have any ideas to help make these entries unbiased, I would appreciate the help. MarkpianoKC 16:14, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

We'd love your help. Please do read WP:MUSIC for our notability guidelines for musical groups. Also, generally it's considered a conflict of interest here (see WP:COI) to write an article about yourself in the article space. If you meet the criteria at WP:MUSIC, then someone else should be able to add an article on you. We do appreciate your contributions! Perel 16:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I understand about the conflict of interest, and do understand if my self-entry is deleted. However, I have abbreviated the entry quite a bit. I read WP:MUSIC and, if it helps, I qualify by criteria 1, 4, 7, and 9. I will start right away on other entries on the history of KC jazz. MarkpianoKC 17:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to remove the speedy. It's possible another editor will disagree with me and put it back, but my opinion is that this is OK as a stub. I'll add the {{jazz-stub}} template too, which will help other editors interested in expanding jazz-related articles find it. Perel 22:23, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! -also for the template. MarkpianoKC 02:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)