Talk:Bill Bruford

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Bill Bruford was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

^{Reviewed version: December 11, 2006}

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[edit] Bruford band

Wouldn't it be appropriate to mention his late '70s band Bruford ?

-- Vanieter, 18:35, December 26th.

Go for it. I'm more of a King Crimson fan rather than a Bill Brofurd fan. I only worked on this page because it was sad to see such a fine drummer without an article in the Wikipedia.

-- Robertoalencar 12:04, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)

Well, time to read up on him I guess, although I'm no music historian.

And yay for King Crimson.

-- Vanieter 12:13, Dec 30, 2003 (-500)

[edit] Melodic drumming

I'm not sure if I should try to get this across here or write a new article about it, but I was trying to somewhat emphasize his melodic and electronic drumming by referencing the song Waiting Man. I think I'll probably just write a new article about melodic drumming.

-- Robertoalencar 18:02, Dec 31, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Birthdate

This page used to refer to Bruford's birthdate as being in 1948. Currently it says 1949, although I've found other sources which cite 1950 as the date. Any final word?

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That's the date given at All Music. Don't know how definitive this is. What sources disagree? --

D.M. ^(talk) 08:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

According to his official website, Bruford was born in 1949. I hope this puts this debate to rest. --

D.M. ^(talk) 02:07, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

In my lengthy experience, official websites, autobiographies, etc., are the least reliable source for a correct birth date. See the following as supporting 1948 - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8].

Derek R Bullamore 11:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More, more, more

I put in the interview quotes, and some headers, but now the page looks incredibly short. It really needs a lot more about King Crimson, as he played with them for longer than with Yes. Earthworks needs more, more, more... andreasegde 11:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

I seem to have a problem in understanding which photos can be borrowed for Wiki. Can anyone help with photos for the Bill Bruford page? It´s beginning to look a little too black and white.

andreasegde 16:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] King Crimson

The section on King Crimson Again is ambiguous and a little confusing. The "double trio" only refers to the 1995-1996 Thrak-era Crimson; the era comprising Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair was a quartet consisting of Bruford, Fripp, Tony Levin and Adrian Belew.

Bruford specifically left Yes to join King Crimson. The quote that he "spent a lot of time waiting for the phone to ring, and wondering if it ever would" (immediately preceding the King Crimson section) appears to refer to what happened after Crimson disbanded in 1974. Bondegezou 17:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re-write

I am re-writing it (after being so advised) to paraphrase Bruford´s words, so as not to be accused of plagiarism. andreasegde 13:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

To clarify, it's not plagiarism so long as the quotes are attributed. I'm more concerned that several lengthy quotes from the same article might be a copyright violation, though the chance of getting sued is small. The most serious problem with the lengthy quotes is that it isn't encyclopedic style. It was reading more like an interview than an encyclopedia entry. Thanks for the useful edits you've done so far on this. --dm ^(talk) 15:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'm going to attempt to improve this article the best I can after reading the assessment of the article as B-class. I can see some stuff which will be quite easy to improve.--HisSpaceResearch 22:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Done it now.--HisSpaceResearch 00:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Nominated the article as good, following Talk:Bill_Bruford/Comments.--HisSpaceResearch 02:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Nice one, HisSpaceResearch. As I have been learning a lot recently about in-line citations (which are a lot easier than you think) I believe that this article needs more, but properly formatted. Take a look at the KLF page, or Paul McCartney. --andreasegde 19:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA

HisSpaceResearch, I can forsee some problems (and comments) coming about the lack of citations. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me. --andreasegde 21:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking at the article right now to help with the GA review. (Also, I'm listening to One of a Kind right now, but that's a little less relevant.) A couple comments:

Where's the reference that says that all of the members of Yes lived in the same house?
The section about the Speakeasy club in London looks like a pretty close paraphrase of the cited reference -- in fact, a lot of the phrasing is pretty similar. I'd recommend either quoting it outright, or rephrasing it so it isn't such a direct copy.
What was the reason why Bruford and Holdsworth left UK? (This is mainly for my curiosity -- it isn't a requirement for the GA review.)
Didn't the 80's version of King Crimson break up in 1984 or so, after Three of a Perfect Pair? The article says they broke up in 1994, and then reformed again in 1994.

Other than these issues, I think the article could be promoted to GA status. I'll keep an eye on the article and re-review it later. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 17:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah... I'm looking at the article again now and am thinking that portions of it may need a rewrite. The main problem is that there are far too many quotes.--HisSpaceResearch 12:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Nomination failed

Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/MUSTARD/Images
- Guideline 1.1:"The {{album cover}} tag establishes fair use only in an article about the album in question." Note that this requirement is arguably not applicable to WP:GA, since WP:WIAGA (6c) requires only the existence of a fair-use rationale.
WP:WIAGA
- Guideline 2.b:"The citation of its sources using an accepted form of inline citation is required" Many long stretcheds of this article are uncited, leaving you open to concerns about WP:CV. This is perhaps the article's primary flaw.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/MUSTARD/References
- Guideline 3:"Direct quotes, especially from living people, should always be specifically cited to a source" Many direct quotes are unsourced; that's a big no-no.
WP:LEAD
- The lead section concludes with YES; doesn't include later work. The bit about the Boston Bruins does not belong in the lead.

--Ling.Nut 06:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Bill Bruford - One of a Kind.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Bruford.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Yes - Yes.jpg

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[edit] New related interview

I've recently done an interview with contemporary composer Colin Riley, who is currently collaborating with Bruford, which may provide some useful material for this article. I didn't want to add it myself given my COI. Bondegezou (talk) 13:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)