Talk:Simmons (electronic drum company)
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[edit] Article for Deletion
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Simmons (electronic drum company), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Simmons (electronic drum company). If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Amalas =^_^= 21:21, 5 June 2006 (UTC) (Note: I moved this article-specific comment from my user talk page to this article's talk page. JonathanFreed 05:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC))
- There were pages that mentioned Simmons but no Simmons article, so I created it. If you want more detail, then please add it. (A possible source for more information are the tribute web pages identified in the electronic drum article.) Alternatively, perhaps somebody should appropriately merge this article into the electronic drum article. The reason I didn't just do that, and instead created a separate article, is because the Simmons name is already lost within that article; a link from the word Simmons to the electronic drum article would not help the user quickly identify that Simmons was a company that manufactured electronic drums. Regardless of all that, this topic is not interesting enough for me to add additional detail, though I oppose its deletion. JonathanFreed 05:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Simmons was *the* emblematic electronic drums maker of the 80s. Their hexagonal pads where the then-craze, and significant drummers like Bill Bruford endorsed them at the time. Their flashy design and characteristic sound was at the time a major improvement over earlier products in the same vein.
For that reason, although these existing products remain an icon in electronic music, like the Minimoog, the Linn drum or the Roland TR808, and the article should not be deleted but expanded. Someone put up a very good history page about Simmons at http://www.hollowsun.com/vintage/sds5/ which could help start tracking facts about these pioneers. FGM 05 Jul 2006
As a former Simmons owner, I have added more detail to the article. In the field of electronic drums, Simmons was a highly successful pioneer. To delete this article would be a great, and possibly incredibly stupid, mistake. Hardylane 05:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
