Talk:Music of Oklahoma
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[edit] Lists of bands, musicians, and venues
Whaddya say we edit these lists down and set some guidelines for what bands and venues should be included in the article, because these lists are getting out of hand. Certain bands and clubs might be fairly popular to the immediate demographic, but may not be Wikipedia-worthy. In other words, we don't need to include every hole-in-the-wall dive and every garage band in Oklahoma. For example, Mike's College Bar and Willie's Saloon are certainly popular among the college kids in Stillwater, but they are essentially a couple ragged bars whose claim to fame is that Garth Brooks used to play there when he was an undergrad at OSU (BTW, I'm not doggin' Mike's or Willie's--they were a couple of my favorite hangouts in college, but they aren't exactly world-famous establishments). Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom and Brady Theater at least have their own wiki articles and if someone can argue that the other bars are notable, then maybe articles can be written about them as well. The same goes with the bands/musicians. If they have wiki articles, great. If not, someone needs to argue why so-and-so is more noteworthy than, say, the local Nirvana cover band. I suspect there's a bit of self-promotion going on here. Peace. --buck 23:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you. I think that some of the Oklahoma bands are just using the page as promotion. --Danielbot 15:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of unsourced bands, musicians, and venues from lists
To prevent regional promotion of some non-notable subjects, I have gone through the lists and removed the "red link" items, as well as subjects that linked to articles that had nothing to do with Oklahoma music (e.g. The Great Divide). So if the band/musician/venue doesn't have a wiki article, it will be deleted. If anyone feels that an "article-less" subject is notable enough to be included on the list, first check if it has a wiki article. If not, go ahead and write a stub or at the very least provide an external link showing why the subject is notable (and a myspace music page for your local bar's cover band won't cut it!). If you do decide to write an article, make sure you do it correctly and keep it neutral, or else your new article will be deleted (as was the case with OKC guitarist Edgar Cruz). Repeat: If the band/musician/venue does not have a wiki article and/or an external source, it will be deleted from this article! Peace. --buck 20:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
