Talk:One-man band

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I have a colour pic of a modern One Man Band. Would that be worth including on this page or is it overkill? Drhaggis 01:15, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I'd say the more the merrier. Proto t c 09:21, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

I've added the pic. I moved the existing one to the "history" section as it looks like its from the 60s. Do you have any more info about "Vic Ellis of Sussex?" Drhaggis 01:20, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, and no ... um ... he has a cool beard? :) Proto t c 08:27, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Moore

Removed from article:

"Paul Moore see paulmooremusic.com is a one man band using mostly home made junk instruments alongside his Ukulele, is writing a book on one man bands contact him at paulmooreil@yahoo.com if you have any contribution to make."

This seems like good work, but it does not an encyclopedia make. When the book is done, we can include it in the article, until then keep this kind of advert off the article. -Dr Haggis - Talk 02:39, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One Man Band external links not acceptable?

I had the following links that I added removed: - *Brian Kenney Fresno Warr Guitarist who plays bass and guitar parts simultaneously. - *That 1 Guy "plucked from the pages of Dr. Seuss"

Neither of these sites are mine though I do know these people who are well known and respected "one man band" performers.

I understand the need to keep Wikipedia from being a source of advertising for external sites but how can one person judge what is simply a promotional link and what is a link to a valid site when there is no way to distinguish between the two?

Articles about One-man bands make for good external links, links promoting a particular musician don't belong here. It seems clear to me. The only grey area are promotional or commercial sites that have exceptionally well researched background and historical information on the subject. -Dr Haggis - Talk 19:21, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Re-reading the policy page WP:NOT#MIRROR and the essay here, it is clear to me that commerical sites are not automatically bad, just often unwise. We can't and won't list every address of every one-man-band, so don't add the ones you find. If the artist in question is notable enough to get an article, then that article gets the external link not this article. Lists like this are supposed to be representative, not exhaustive and we don't want to get into declaring which one-man-bands get links, and which ones don't. Some good kinds of links would be one-man-band discussion boards, historical pages, and notable one-man-band fan sites, if such things exist. -Dr Haggis - Talk 19:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I always thought external links were to give examples of whatever the article was written about... Bernard Snyder and Phillip Roebuck are great examples of one-man bands! Albino Bebop 02:48, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Have a look at Wikipedia:External links. The focus is on giving enhanced information on the subject, rather than examples, which are not "directly and symmetrically related to the article's subject". A better way to give examples of what the article is about is to link their wikipedia pages (as has been done for a number of musicians in the History section). --David Edgar 17:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)