Talk:Steel Bananas/Archive 1

Archive 1

Hello! I believe this page should be kept on Wikipedia because it offers information to Canadians about an alternative art collective working in Toronto. This page is not being used as a promotional tool, as the Toronto community as well as the Canadian government already support Steel Bananas - financially and otherwise. The zine as well as the art group do not work for profit, and special projects are funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. I just believe that there should be more information online about the large community of alternative artists working in Canada, considering that so much of Canada's artistic image is subsumed by conservative commercial art. Karen Correia Da Silva (talk) 04:06, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Steel Bananas is a community, not a profit-based organization. I think the page offers good information about a valuable part of the modern urban art community in the Tee dot. Cassandra Sivic (talk) 04:08, 23 December 2009 (UTC)Cassandra Sivic

You will need to provide us with sources independent of yourself and the group to show notability. As a separate issue I would like you to admit to the very clear Conflict of Interest that it appears you have attempted to hide with this edit [1]. Ridernyc (talk) 04:09, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing - I didn't edit my name out to cover up a conflict of interest, I just figured the editorial staff changes and grows all of the time, so I might as well leave specific names out. It's all over the Steel Bananas about page in the references, considering I started it up, so that would be a tad hard to hide, ha. Another site writing about the Steel Bananas "guerilla academia" : Torontoist, lhttp://torontoist.com/2009/11/this_shit_is_steel_bananas.php, and I guess I just have to be quiet and see if anyone else wants to defend SB. Karen Correia Da Silva (talk) 04:20, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh! Also, SB is proudly supported by other organizations in the community, who periodically write about our projects and give us free ad space, including Broken Pencil Magazine and Open Book Toronto - two awesome and integral parts of the alternative art/literary scenes. Should I add links to them, too? Karen Correia Da Silva (talk) 04:28, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I want to make it clear that I'm not judging your organization. I actually think it sounds really cool. Just makesure it's something can have an article according to our policies. The Torontoist link is a good start, anything else? We need like one really good solid reliable source. Anything at all in more mainstream press? Ridernyc (talk) 04:35, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I think The National Post article and the Torontoist article are enough to satisfy the basics. Ridernyc (talk) 04:49, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Infobox

Added the infobox for you. I think the logo should be smaller but I'm not sure if you can adjust it with this info box. Might want to resize it and just use a new one. Ridernyc (talk) 05:44, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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