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A tag has been placed on Jack Cooper (musician, composer, arranger) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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TFOWR 00:27, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you.

You really shouldn't be writing an article about yourself anyway, but since you insist on doing so you must leave the maintenance tags in place. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 17:43, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. Continuing to remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia without resolving the problem that the template refers to may be considered vandalism. Further edits of this type may result in your being blocked from editing Wikipedia. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 18:18, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted some of your recent edits because they're just your own assertions of your own notability. In fact, nearly all of your edits, including creating an article about yourself, fall into this category. This is explicitly not allowed on Wikipedia - other editors will keep reverting them. You obviously have lots of knowledge to contribute to this project, but please do so in areas that don't constitute any conflict of interest. - Special-T (talk) 16:41, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your point that less-valid instances of this same abuse exist in Wikipedia is not really valid. They still shouldn't be there, they just haven't been removed or cleaned up yet (this is mentioned in a policy document somewhere...). Read the policies in WP:COI. The basic idea is that one's own contention that he/she is notable doesn't qualify as notability. There are times when editing in "close to home" subject areas is OK - your additions of recordings to an existing article on a record label would be fine. (if I mis-read that edit, my apologies, it's fine to restore it). But in general, stay away from editing or creating articles about yourself or your work, especially when those edits involve your contention that you or your work is notable. That's for others to decide. - Special-T (talk) 19:51, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the post to my talk page from an IP address was from you. You are missing the point in several regards. 1- it is not OK to assert your own importance. You keep trying to skirt this core issue. Please, please, please, read the policy guideline link above and any other associated policy documents. 2- I am not some "editor" editing contributions from "civilians" like yourself. I'm an editor, you're an editor. We all play by the rules, or we can't complain when our edits get reverted. 3- There's a lot of stuff that doesn't belong in WP, especially in the music/performer articles - bands/musicians that are not very notable, inflated importance given to works because the composer inserts them into the repertoire lists, etc. That doesn't make it OK. That stuff shouldn't be there either. - Special-T (talk) 21:14, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to edit-war, but I reverted your last edit, since, again, it's in clear violation of WP:COI. - Special-T (talk) 23:29, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The best way to show that something is encyclopedic is to cite to WP:Reliable sources that state facts that show that the information is important. For example, an album of Cole Porter songs that is a platinum seller can be mentioned in the Cole Porter article, as long as there is a WP:CITE to an article or review that confirms that it was a platinum seller. If you can show that you are discussing a major recording, comparable to the recordings by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, then it should be mentioned. See also WP:MUS. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:41, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's some important, core Wikipedia stuff that you're mistaken about: 1- I have no more "clout" as an editor than anyone else, including you. Did I make some bad edits/reversions? It wouldn't be the first time. Please re-do or fix them. 2- Your assertion of your own notability and your self-promotion are frowned upon at best, and grounds for being blocked at worst. 3- The fact that there are numerous violations of WP:COI, WP:OR, WP:POV, and WP:NOT doesn't make it OK for you to violate those policies. Clean up the other bad stuff if you find it. Don't add more. 4- None of this is my opinion, it's Wikipedia policy contained in the above documents and many others.

So please, keep editing - you obviously know a lot about many areas of music. But please also read the policy documents.

- Special-T (talk) 23:08, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Special-T (talk) 23:28, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add non-notable names to articles, as you did to Stan Kenton. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:11, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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