Talk:Jeff Buckley

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Date: 22:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Peer review Jeff Buckley has had a peer review by Wikipedia editors which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article.
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  • Requests: Get picture permission (this may require tracking down more photographs that are fair use or getting permission/licensing to use some of the definitive photographs of Buckley.)
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    Wolf River, Tennessee in death section
    Buckley in concert in Concert tours
    Early picture of Buckley in early career.
  • Verify: List of Tribute songs on talk page(see talk 1.1)
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[edit] Tribute Songs

Ok some of them can be verified, like the PJ Harvey one for instance, but people seem to have added a bunch of songs that just mention something about a river. Can we reduce this list? Other artists have had songs written about them but haven't needed such a section. Was it of any particular use to anyone? If not i'll grab the handful of songs that are verifiable and delete the rest. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 02:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I support the list being reduced to what's verifiable. It will be necessary to pass a Good article review. dissolvetalk 22:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Every time i search for citations i get a big list of blogs who've copied the list from wikipedia, thus creating an eternal loop of people citing blog material and putting it back. I've removed unreferenced Buckley tributes from the article but if anyone can find a reference for any of the songs below they should go back in the article.

[edit] Tribute songs

Thanks. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unreleased recordings section in prose

Is this even appropriate? I think it's very valuable and i'm sure many with find it interesting but i'm not sure if some parts are unencyclopaedic- e.g. Song titles circulated by fans.../other songs popular with fans... How can this be rephrased? Citation will only be from fansites. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 21:07, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archive Talk Page?

I propose archiving much of the talk page seeing as it's now irrelevant to the article in it current form and "This page is 64 kilobytes long" seems like quite a statement for a talk page. What do the rest of you think? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 14:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Any discussion that hasn't been commented on this year can probably safely be archived. WP:ARCHIVE dissolvetalk 17:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Archived. A little hasty i admit but there's a lack of other active contributors. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 19:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Main photo

I'm convinced this isn't going to stand up through the GA review. Is there a free one available anywhere? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 14:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

There's one on commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jeff.jpg released under GNU, but I'm not sure how it was made, so I don't know if it's actually free use. dissolvetalk 17:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I asked User: Giggy about it and it's not GNU and it's been deleted. The search for a good picture continues! FYI: Dr. Dre suffered similarly but still passed GA and got a picture after promotion. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 14:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Archive - Vocal Range

Following a thorough read of the archived talk only one issue is unresolved - Vocal range (Archive link 1 Archive link 2)

My interpretation of the discussion suggests that there are far too many conflicting sources, with statements varying from 3-7 octaves. Until a quality source from a musical professional is found, reference to Buckley's vocal range should be avoided. Refer to archive links for more insight. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 19:35, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

I'll be doing the review today. I'll read it first, copy-editing as I go, then read it again paying closer attention to the details. I'll write the review during that phase. I edit sporadically throughout the day, and hour here and there. The review should be completed within 24 hours. Lara❤Love 12:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)